During this Covid-period, GSO has presented 45 concerts; from opening up for Sponge Bob at the Mustang Drive-In, to school concerts in -14 degree weather, on a semi-heated portable truck! We are thrilled to offer a return to MainStage performances and to resume the search for our next Artistic Director! Candidates 2 to 6 will each conduct one concert this season.

All concerts in the 2022-23 Season will be one hour long, without intermission.

Please note that GSO will now offer tiered pricing at River Run Centre.

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Season Opening Concert – October 2, 2022

Holiday Celebration – December 11, 2022

In Search of Joy- The GSO 2022-23 Season

Season Opening Concert

Sunday October 2, 2022, 3pm- River Run Centre

Conductor, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser

Violinist, Tiffany Yeung

GSO returns to the River Run Stage in a delightful program which includes Sarasate’s charming Carmen Fantasy, Wijeratne’s high-energy Polyphonic Lively and Dvorak’s poetic Symphony no.8, which celebrates the sheer joy of being alive in a world of natural wonders.

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Holiday Celebration

Sunday December 11, 2022, 3pm- Basilica of Our Lady

Conductor, Jaelem Bhate

Enjoy a musical sleighride through time.  Celebrate the season as the GSO presents its annual family friendly array of sparkling holiday favourites.

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New Year’s Day in Vienna

Sunday January 1, 2023, 3pm- River Run Centre

Conductor, Genevieve Leclair

Soprano, Jonelle Sills

Ring in the New Year with your favourite Strauss waltzes and Viennese-inspired revelry. GSO’s New Year’s Day in Vienna concert is a delightfully joyous tradition – it’s the perfect way to bid a fond farewell to an old year while ushering in a new one.

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Brahms at the Basilica

Sunday April 2, 2023, 3pm- Basilica of Our Lady

Conductor, William Rowson

Celebrate the arrival of spring with Brahms’ cheerful Symphony No. 2 in D major, nicknamed “Pastoral”, in obvious reference to Beethoven’s symphony of the same name.  We will open the program with Wijeratne’s charming ‘Letter from the After-life’ based on quotes from Schubert’s Death & the Maiden string quartet.

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Season Finale Concert

Saturday April 29, 2023, 7:30pm- River Run Centre

GSO welcomes final Artistic Director Candidate, Michael Hall, to the podium, in a romantic programme of Debussy, Coleman, Bizet and John Williams. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’s breath-taking Romeo-Juliet and Bernstein’s vibrant West Side Story. A true celebration of friendship, connection, and love.

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