I'm thrilled to be singing the music of Joni Mitchell April 12, 2025 with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra! Check the tour section for ticket links and information.
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May 25 2024
May 25 2024
I'm thrilled to be singing the music of Joni Mitchell April 12, 2025 with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra! Check the tour section for ticket links and information.
May 25 2024
I will be collaborating with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra again this year! This time, I will be singing the extraordinary contemporary classical piece “Ecstasy” by my friend and mentor, Christos Hatzis - a work we first recorded with Symphony Nova…
Read moreOct 17 2023
Juno and Gemini Award-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Slean joins the ESO on the Winspear stage to pay tribute to the iconic Joni Mitchell. Slean sings classics from the Canadian legend's noteworthy albums Both Sides Now (2000) and Travelogue (2002) -…
Read moreOct 8 2023
Sarah is teaching the Intro to Film Scoring course at York University for the fall semester! Sarah began her university education in 1996 at York studying piano performance with Christina Petrowska.
Jun 14 2023
The Art of Time Ensemble, led by Artistic Director, Andrew Burashko brings one of its classic ‘songbook’ programmes, featuring the sensational Sarah Slean, with music by Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Sarah Slean, Brahms and many others.
Jun 14 2023
Canadian bright light Sarah Slean is a four-time JUNO- and two-time GEMINI-nominated performer, and a CSA-winning composer with 25 years of wide-ranging experience in music. Joined by Ottawa’s Ironwood Quartet, this special collaboration will feature Sarah’s original chamber compositions, vintage…
Read moreJun 14 2023
Sarah is thrilled to be working on two new commissions for the National Arts Centre Orchestra and their spectacular 2023-24 season! The concerts will feature some outstanding singers from the Canadian Opera Company - more soon! Big Hint: Clara Schumann……
Read moreJun 14 2023
BIGLAKE and BASE31 are proud to present a very special concert celebrating the 80th birthday of Canada’s musical legend and hero, Joni Mitchell. Multi JUNO and GEMINI nominated performer, singer songwriter Sarah Slean has performed this programme for sold-out audiences…
Read moreFeb 28 2023
Sarah will be singing an expanded program of Joni Mitchell music this October 28th with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra! New charts will include “Circle Game”, “River”, “Hejira”, “Refuge of the Roads” and more… Sarah first sang selections from Joni's Travelogue…
Read moreFeb 28 2023
Sarah was a composer on Season 3 of the hit show “Detention Adventure” alongside talented composers Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner and Antonio Naranjo, and the music has just been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (Best Original Music - Comedy)…
Read moreAug 10 2022
Sarah will be hosting the national classical music program "About Time" for two weeks this summer - July 25-29th and August 22-26th! Mark you calendars and tune in for some fascinating modern choices and the timeless classics...
Jun 30 2022
Two trips to beautiful BC within 6 months! Sarah will be performing with the Kamloops Symphony March 10-11 in 2023 for their spring season. This will be the third orchestra in British Colombia that Sarah has collaborated with - first…
Read moreApr 28 2022
Sarah will make her debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra this October 28th and 29th at the stunning Orpheum Theatre as part of the VSO's 2022-23 season! Sarah will be singing a program of Joni Mitchell songs from the Travelogue…
Read moreMar 31 2022
Sarah will be singing the program of beautifully orchestrated Joni Mitchell songs with the fabulous musicians of the Calgary Philharmonic on April 9th (next Saturday) conducted by Karl Hirzer!
Stay tuned here for another orchestra debut announcement coming very soon…
Read moreMar 21 2022
Stages are opening up again and we couldn't be happier! Sarah has performed a program of Joni Mitchell songs (as orchestrated by the legendary jazz composer Vince Mendoza) with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra on February 19 and 20th and recently…
Read moreNov 11 2021
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…
Read moreSep 5 2021
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…
Read moreSep 5 2021
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!
Jun 23 2021
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…
Read moreMar 30 2021
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…
Read moreMar 9 2021
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…
Read moreMar 4 2021
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…
Read moreFeb 17 2020
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…
Read moreSep 7 2019
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…
Read moreNov 20 2018
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…
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