Join us on the eve of International Jazz Day for this very special night of music making as award winning Canadian composer Fred Stride guest conducts the SJO and sharing his extraordinary compositions and arrangements.
As the centerpiece of this concert, the SJO will present Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition reimagined through the creative mind of the one and only Fred Stride.
For more information on our featured guest artist Fred Stride, visit his artist info page here.
| Conductor | Fred Stride |
| Alto/Soprano Sax | Donny Kennedy |
| Alto Sax | Gerard Weber |
| Tenor Sax | Nathan Degehart |
| Tenor Sax | Sheldon Corbett |
| Baritone Sax | Doug Gilmour |
| Trumpet | Dean McNeill |
| Trumpet | Miles Newman |
| Trumpet | Nick Fanner |
| Trumpet | Terry Heckman |
| Trombone | Ross Ulmer |
| Trombone | Spencer Krips |
| Trombone | Don Schmidt |
| Trombone | Dawn McLean Belyk |
| Piano | Paul Suchan |
| Guitar | Rory Lynch |
| Bass | Emmet Fortosky |
| Drums | Chris Wallace |
| Alto Sax | Hayden Webb |
| Tenor Sax | Dylan Mowbray |
| Baritone Sax | Nathaniel |
| Trumpet | Ronan Inkster |
| Trumpet | Noah Willms |
| Trumpet | Bennett Mccumber |
| Trumpet | Sam Loseth-Scheirer |
| Trombone | Brinley Perratt |
| Trombone | Liam Noble |
| Trombone | Trushank Lakdawala |
| Piano | Jonathan Guan |
| Bass | Ronin Sawitsky |
| Drums | Seraphina Anand |
Pictures at an Exhibition comp. Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Fred Stride
Mov 1 Promenade
Mov 2 Gnome
Mov 3 Promenade
Mov 4 Old Castle
Mov 5 Promenade
Mov 6 Tuileries
Mov 7 Ox Cart
Mov 8 Promenade
Mov 9 Ballad of the unhatched Chicks
Mov 10 Rich and Poor
Mov 11 Marketplace
Mov 12 Catacombs
Mov 13 Speaking to the Dead
Mov 14 The Hut of Baba Yaga
Mov 15 Promenade
Mov 16 Great Gates
Thank you, Mr. Douglas
by Lauren Klassen
Mr. Douglas,
It was your dream
Your dream created an ever-lasting legacy
Bringing about equality and accessibility
For generations to come
Your legacy, believed in community
In care
In helping others
No one teaches themselves to stand
No—we get there by holding hands
Together
Mr. Douglas, can we get there?
Can we come together to make this world better?
Mr. Douglas, can we come together hand in hand?
Can we come together to better understand
Empathy will make this world better
Mr. Douglas, can we get there?
Mr. Douglas, what if I told you of the keepers of the flame?
The health care professionals who carry out your name every day
The ones who keep your legacy alive
The ones who keep our families alive
The ones who keep this province alive
Mr. Douglas, what if I told you they’ve seen it all,
Lockdown, applause from apartments, banging on pots and pans to—
Persecution, plague, and pain
Mr. Douglas,
You believed in community
Community is sowing the seeds
Even though you may not get to eat the fruit from the tree
Mr. Douglas,
Although you stood alone
Know that your dream created ripples in our pond
Know that countless lives carry out your vision
You gave our country something to set us apart
To take care of our community, no matter how hard
Mr. Douglas,
You once said
Courage my friends, ‘tis not too late to build a better world
Mr. Douglas,
Thank you for sowing the seeds
I am eating the fruit
And it is beautiful
Sincerely, a generation who will keep the flame burning
