The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra is hoping that you can help us support special holiday drives which support friends of the SPO. There’s a few ways you can help families and children in need in our community. 1) Bring a non-perishable food item with you to our December 1st Holiday Concert and support The Salvation Army Food Bank. Most needed are tuna, peanut butter, rice and pasta. Or 2), you can bring an unwrapped toy or gift for a child aged infant to 16 years old and we will deliver them to the Delta Bingo & Gaming Centre Downsview “Toy Drive”
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The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra is pleased to announce that JACELYN HOLMES, one of Canada’s most-talented emerging singer/songwriters, will be joining us for a special performance at our upcoming Holiday Concert. Jacelyn, together with Tony Rabalao and Ronald Royer, have written and arranged new music for our concert. Click here to download our MEDIA RELEASE for this special event, or click here to see our MEDIA RELEASE (EXTENDED) for this concert and coming events!
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Congratulations to Maestro Ronald Royer and our musicians on a very successful concert last night to open our 39th Season. Special thanks to guest pianist Kara Huber for your strong and passionate performance of Brahms Piano Concert No. 2.  Our audience and friends had an awesome time. We also send thanks to our SPO volunteers, led by Board member Heather Castrucci, and to our SPO team who all helped make our guests and dignitaries feel welcome and comfortable. We were also pleased that Scarborough Centre MP Salma Zahid was able to join us during the second half of the concert.
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The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra has been working hard on our social media platforms and our branding. We are thrilled to announce that you and your friends can now find us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, simply by searching for our user name SPOGreatMusic.  Or use the small social media icons found throughout our website! Thanks to Glen Ellis for making our Twitter account sing and to Sergei Kofman and Tamara Keigher for working with us to get our Facebook page under control (it was just recently updated and refreshed, so remember to update your bookmarks or links to https://www.facebook.com/SPOGreatMusic/). We
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A gentle reminder that our New Generation Composers Workshop application submission deadline is OCTOBER 31, 2018.  For more information on this amazing opportunity for developing composers, please click here.
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When you’ve selected tickets to buy online, you can use PayPal, Visa or MasterCard to pay for your order.  On our Buy Tickets page (https://www.spo.ca/buy-tickets/tickets/), you’ll find a useful guide on how to use our online ordering system. It’s at the bottom of the page, or click here to go to that page now!
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Our online ticketing system is now up and running. Order a Season Tickets package, or order individual tickets for individual concerts. We’ve also included notes on how to use the ordering system properly. You’ll find them at the bottom of this page.
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With all the great things happening with the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, we also wanted to let you know that we’re also working to improve our Social Media platforms.    We’ve greatly improved the quality of our Twitter account. Not only is it current and interesting, but also educational. We are also working hard to get our Facebook page updated and refreshed. Of course, we also have great videos available on our YouTube page. Just search for SPOGreatMusic on your favourite platform — and let the fun begin!
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The SPO is thrilled and honoured to have Grammy-nominated concert pianist, KARA HUBER, performing at our first concert of our 39th Season. Ms. Huber is exceptional and has performed on some of the largest stages in North America. For more information and a wonderful poster for this event, please click here.
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In addition to performing amazing classical music, the SPO is dedicated to helping young composers achieve with our “New Generation” activities. If you are interested in upping your composing skills and would like to be mentored by some of Canada’s leading talent, these programs might be for you. To view the basic details, click here. For more in-depth coverage, click here.
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