On December 4^th we offer a pause from the busy pace of the Christmas season with a concert titled A Carol for Peace. Flutist Ann Salmon will join us in carols familiar and new, as well as music that expresses a desire for peace—both in our world and within ourselves. Works to be performed include “Et in Terra Pax” (And on Earth, Peace) from Vivaldi’s oratorio, Gloria; an evocative choral arrangement of Bruce Cockburn’s “All the Diamonds”; and the one of Ukraine’s best-known folksongs, “Carol of the Bells.” As in past years SMC will be collecting donations of food for Saskatoon Food Bank at the door.

Mark your calendars—and set your clocks—for Spring Forward, a unique concert all about Time which takes place on April 16^th at 2:30 p.m.—sharp! Popular Saskatoon actor Kent Allen joins the SMC in a fun afternoon of songs and readings inspired by the concept and experience of time. Percussionist Darrell Bueckert will keep time along with us as we waltz through many musical time signatures, from the common to the unusual, while performing some remarkable time-defying rhythmic feats of his own.