Sarah has been newly elected to SOCAN's Board of Directors! SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) administers and protects the performing and reproduction rights of more than 160,000 songwriters, music publishers, composers, and visual artists. In…

Hurray - many exciting shows to announce this week, and more next week! 

Sarah will be performing a full set of Joni Mitchell's exquisite music, arranged for full orchestra, with both the Niagara and Regina Symphonies.  These are the original…

This will look nice on the piano! Heartfelt thanks to the entire Detention Adventure team, and my excellent music colleagues with whom I share this incredible honour! 

In May, Sarah won her first Canadian Screen Award, alongside her co-composers Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia and songwriter Antonio Naranjo, for her work on the show "Detention Adventure"! Huge thanks to the amazing team on this show - from the…

Sarah has been nominated in the category of "Best Original Music - Fiction" for her composing work on the series Detention Adventure (HBO, CBC GEM)! This is her first CSA nomination. Sarah co-composed the score for Season 2 with esteemed…

WOW! Sarah's collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia and composer Christos Hatzis has been nominated for a Juno Award, Canada's celebrated music prize, in the "Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral" category!! Congratulations to all our wonderful colleagues on…

We're pleased to announce that Sarah's collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia and composer Christos Hatzis has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award - wooooo! Congratulations to all the musicians, Christos, producer Jeff Reilly, conductor Bernhard Gueller and all…

Three concerts with orchestras on Sarah's schedule for the 2020 season have been cancelled or rescheduled. The National Arts Centre Orchestra date on April 17 and Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec April 24-25 have both been cancelled. We hope to present…

That’s right, these spiritual siblings are teaming up again for 9 tour dates in 2020! 
They will be playing and singing on each other’s songs, and bringing two extra musicians with them. 

Stories, laughs…

Hey everybody – I’ve missed you! So much news! Read on… 

After months of prep – I’ll finally be in Halifax this week with Symphony Nova Scotia rehearsing for our big shows this Friday November…

Sarah penned a dark and mournful song called “Personne ne M’Entend” for the season finale of CTV’s crime drama “Cardinal” with friends Todor Kobakov (the composer for the series) and First Nations singer/songwriter Jacques Nadjiwon. To be released worldwide later…

Sarah has been a resident film composer at the Canadian Film Centre since July 2017. The CFC will be taking the composers to Los Angeles mid-March for a week of film scoring activities – woo! 
Sarah has been writing and…

What an incredible concert with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra on Saturday March 3rd! 

Sarah sang a full selection of Mitchell songs from the acclaimed albums “Travelogue” and “Both Sides Now”, as arranged by multi-Grammy Award winner Vince Mendoza – who…

Today, singer-songstress Sarah Slean announces her upcoming Canadian fall tour in support of her 9th studio album, Metaphysics. Metaphysics was released on April 7th via Cadence Music/Fontana North and features two CBC Radio 2 – Top 20 songs Sarah and…

“Metaphysics is a tour de force.” – NUVO Magazine 

“breathtakingly compelling, evocative and immersively lush new album…” 
– Music Life Magazine 

“Her songs are simple, poignant and utterly personal, infused with jazz, classical, pop and Latin influences. Sarah Slean’s classiness…

Pre-order Sarah’s first recording in 5 years – the gorgeous, moody epic “Metaphysics”, featuring her breathtaking arrangements for string orchestra and the brilliant production contributions of Canuck gems Hawksley Workman, Daniel Romano, Jean Martin and Joshua Van Tassel. Mixed by…

So, as you may have heard, last April I was Jessica Chastain’s piano-pounding body double in the Guillermo Del Torro thriller “Crimson Peak”. Crazy, right? Let me tell you, it was more than a fluke opportunity – it was more…

We’re delighted to announce the addition of three new shows with orchestra in 2016, all of them will be debuts for Sarah! 

Stay tuned for more Canadian dates in April as the site undergoes a creative re-birth. 

Sarah is working…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Monday, August 19th, 2013

Here are the dates for Sarah’s September Tour across Europe… 

September 13 : Paris, France – Le Zebre (w/ Thomas Semence) 
September 19 : Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s (w/ Ian Kelly) 
September 20…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Saturday, September 14th, 2013

Ever wonder what it`s like to be on tour on foreign soil – strange new places everywhere you turn? During the month of September while on tour in Europe, Sarah will be creating a…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Sunday, November 3rd, 2013

It has been two years since Sarah has last played her home town of Toronto. On November 16th, Sarah will be joined by a string section and play the Bloor-Yorkville’s 2013 Holiday Magic lighting…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Thursday, May 15th, 2014

WOW! Final editing is now underway for the DVD filmed in Montreal on April 5 in front of a sold out crowd. 

The performance featured an octet of incredible string players, bass, drums and…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

Update:  It is with sad regret to announce that due to personal reasons Sarah has withdraw from the production of Company.  Sarah is replaced by Cleopatra Williams and we wish Company all of the…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Monday, June 9th, 2014,

2014 you are finally here… I didn’t even think about you until half way through the year. Then the appointed hour finally came, 2013 exploded, and I waited for you madly, high-pitched and half-crazed…

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Leaves of burnt orange, morning frost, cozy sweaters – fall is upon us! It is indeed the perfect time of year to wrap ourselves in the sweet welcoming warmth of music … now where…