Upcoming Performances
Strings Attached Orchestra (SAO) is a 50-member community orchestra with a mission to bring music not only into our own lives, but also into the lives of others. Throughout the year, we play concerts for hospitals, retirement homes and special events. We also play open ticketed concerts in December and June for friends, family and all music lovers.
Mainstage Concert · Sunday, December 13, 2026
Time & Place – Sunday, December 13, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.: Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, 36 Greenfield Avenue, North York, ON M2N 3C8 (1 block north of Sheppard, east of Yonge).
Accessibility – Wheelchair accessible entrance.
Getting there – Parking at Yonge Sheppard Centre, entrance from Doris Avenue, 1 block east of Yonge just north of Sheppard. For those on foot, take the TTC to Sheppard-Yonge subway station on Line 1 and Line 4.
Programme theme and programme book will be posted here when available.
Book us for a concert
SAO would like to present a concert for your community group. If the full orchestra is too large for the space you have, SAO’s smaller Chamber Group can help. Contact us to discuss the possibilities or let us know the size of your facility and the number of musicians you think you can accommodate, and we will work with you to present a concert of great music for your group.
If you would like us to play a concert at your venue, please contact us at info@stringsattachedorchestra.com.
Past Performances
Every concert tells a story, and our programme books, posters, photos and videos capture it, from the music on the stands to the friends, families and sponsors who make each season possible. Browse our past performances below, newest first, and relive a few favourite moments with us!
2025–26 Season
2026 Season Finale Concert: e•motion
Sunday, June 28, 2026 · Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, North York
View programme book (PDF) · See the photos · Watch the videos (editor’s samples)
2025 Holiday Mainstage Concert: Baroque Reflections
Sunday, December 14, 2025 · Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, North York
View programme book (PDF) · See the photos · YouTube playlist
Community concerts
Thursday, August 13, 2026 · Earl Bales Park amphitheatre, North York · See the photos
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 · Amica Thornhill (string quartet) · See the photos
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · Castleview Wychwood Towers, Toronto · See the photos
2024–25 Season
2025 Season Finale Concert: A Field Full of Folk
Sunday, June 8, 2025 · Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, North York
View programme book (PDF) · YouTube playlist
2024 Holiday Concert: Romance Departed
Sunday, December 15, 2024 · Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, North York
See the photos · YouTube playlist
No programme book on file for this concert.
Community concerts
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 · Earl Bales Summer Concert Series, Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre, Earl Bales Park · See the photos
Sunday, May 25, 2025 · Cummer Lodge, North York · See the photos
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 · Delmanor Northtown, North York · See the photos
Sunday, April 27, 2025 · Chartwell Gibson · See the photos
Sunday, March 30, 2025 · Castleview Wychwood Towers, Toronto · See the photos
2023–24 Season
2024 Season Finale Concert: Celebrating Our Musical Families
Sunday, June 23, 2024 · Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto
See the photos · YouTube playlist
No programme book on file for this concert.
2023 Holiday Concert: Home for the Holidays
Sunday, December 17, 2023 · Al Green Theatre, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · View poster
Community concerts
Sunday, April 14, 2024 · Castleview Wychwood Towers, Toronto · See the photos
2022–23 Season
2023 Season Finale Concert
Sunday, June 25, 2023 · Al Green Theatre, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · View poster · See the photos · Watch on YouTube
2022 Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 11, 2022 · Leah Posluns Theatre, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · View poster · See the photos · Watch on YouTube
2021–22 Season
2022 Season Finale Concert
Sunday, June 26, 2022 · MacMillan Theatre, University of Toronto Faculty of Music
View programme book (PDF) · View poster · See the photos · Watch on YouTube (part 1) · part 2
2021 Family & Friends Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 7:00 pm · Live-streamed on Zoom, with a limited in-person audience
View programme cover · YouTube playlist
Programme: Mozart’s Divertimento in F major, K. 138; Terra Aria; The Carman’s Whistle; Theme from “Exodus” with Hymn to Freedom; music from Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Star Wars: The Last Jedi; and solo performances by members.
2020–21 Season
2021 Season Finale Concert, on Zoom
Sunday, June 13, 2021, 7:30 pm · Online on Zoom
View programme cover · Watch on YouTube
Programme: Daehn: As Summer Was Just Beginning; Piazzolla: Libertango; Grieg: Morning Mood and Aase’s Death from Peer Gynt; Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7; Time to Say Goodbye; Bach: Inventions; Carrying You (Castle in the Sky); Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Cassadó: Suite for Solo Cello (2nd movement); Star Trek; Love Theme from The Godfather.
2020 Holiday Concert, on Zoom: Physically Distant but Emotionally Close
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 7:00 pm · Online on Zoom
View programme cover · Watch on YouTube (part 1) · part 2
Programme: Solo and small-group performances by our members, from Bach to Bill’s Bulgar.
2019–20 Season
2019 Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 15, 2019, 2:00 pm · Congregation B’nai Torah, 465 Patricia Ave., Toronto
View programme cover · YouTube playlist
Programme: Boyce: Symphony No. 1; Bohemian Rhapsody (arr. J. Berry); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (arr. M. Tullis); Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement; Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen; Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles; Rachmaninoff: Prelude; Super Mario World; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?; music from Rogue One.
2018–19 Season
2019 Friends & Family Season Finale Concert
Sunday, June 2, 2019, 7:00 pm · Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University, Toronto
View programme cover · See the photos
Programme: Highlights from The Greatest Showman; Yesterday; Vivaldi: Concerto Op. 3 No. 11; Bésame Mucho; Telemann: Concerto for Two Violas; Big Spender; Game of Thrones; music from Frozen; Beethoven: Scherzo from Symphony No. 6; Skylark; The Nearness of You; A Salute to Mancini.
2018 Friends & Family Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 2:00 pm · Congregation B’nai Torah, North York
View programme cover
Programme: Gluck: Overture to Orfeo (arr. Hoffman); Songs by the Beatles in Concert; Let It Snow; Mozart: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 25; Fauré: Pavane (arr. O’Neill); Waldteufel: The Skaters’ Waltz; Winter Wonderland; Them There Eyes; How Will I Know; Theme from Schindler’s List; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; Puccini: Nessun Dorma (arr. Ricketts).
2017–18 Season
2018 Family & Friends Year End Concert
Sunday, June 3, 2018 · Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University, Toronto
View poster · Watch on YouTube (part 1) · part 2 · View programme cover
Only the programme cover is on file for this concert.
2017 Family & Friends Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 10, 2017 · Congregation B’nai Torah, North York
View poster
No programme book on file for this concert.
2017 Joint Concert with the Orangeville Show Chorus
Sunday, November 26, 2017 · Westminster United Church, Orangeville
View poster
No programme book on file for this concert.
2016–17 Season
2017 Family & Friends Year End Concert
Sunday, June 4, 2017, 7:00 pm · Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · Watch on YouTube (part 1) · part 2
Programme: Selections from The King and I (arr. Moore); Bach: Air from Suite No. 3; Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite (arr. Bulla); All of Me; Telemann: Concerto for Two Recorders, with guest soloists; Ravel: Boléro; Viaggio delle Farfalle, winner of the 2017 Young Composers Initiative; Piazzolla: Libertango; Benda: Grave; Bach: Presto from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4; The Phantom of the Opera; Sweet Caroline.
2016 Family & Friends Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 2:00 pm · Congregation B’nai Torah, Toronto
View programme cover · Watch on YouTube
Programme: Selections from The Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber, arr. Moore); Montreal (D. J. Johnston); The Nearness of You (Carmichael, arr. Niehaus); selections from Mozart’s 12 Duos, K. 487; Cassiopeia, winner of the 2016 Young Composers Initiative; Handel: Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks; Benda: Grave from the Violin Concerto in G; Piazzolla: Libertango (arr. Kazik); The Ludlows (Horner, arr. Moss); Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshawsky).
2015–16 Season
2016 Family & Friends Year End Concert
Sunday, June 5, 2016 · Tribute Communities Recital Hall, York University
View programme book (PDF) · See the photos
2015 Family & Friends Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 13, 2015 · Congregation B’nai Torah, Toronto
View programme book (PDF)
Community concert programmes
May 22, 2016
April 3, 2016
February 21, 2016
November 26, 2015
November 15, 2015
September 21, 2015
2014–15 Season
2015 Family & Friends Year End Concert
Sunday, June 14, 2015 · George Ignatieff Theatre, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · See the photos
2014 Friends and Family Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 7, 2014 · Congregation B’nai Torah, Toronto
View programme book (PDF) · View poster · See the photos · Watch on YouTube
Community concert programmes
May 31, 2015
April 26, 2015
March 15, 2015
December 16, 2014
November 16, 2014
