As we wrap up our HPO140 season, we wanted to put together a bit of a highlight reel to look back on our amazing season! From our summer series, to the concert hall and the library, we really made a splash this year and we are so grateful to our HPO community for coming out to support us. Read all about it via the link in our bio!

We are still reeling from Saturday's HPYO Alumni 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert. We shared fond memories, a few laughs, and a whole lot of great music! Special shoutouts to our HPYO alumni players who joined us on stage as well as Music Education and HPYO Manager Megan Benjafield for hosting and putting together such a stellar celebration! This was one for the books. If you are an alumni who was unable to join us, please reach out to us at communications@hpo.org and we can add you to the newly established HPYO Alumni Circle (officially launching this fall!).

Get to know the cello with HPO musician, Laura Jones! Hear Laura play a few tunes highlighting the unique sounds of the cello while we learn all about the instrument and its role in the larger orchestra. Tomorrow, from 12-1PM visit the Hamilton Farmer's Market in the York Boulevard glass room for Laura's performance. This event is free and open to the public!

This Saturday, celebrate 60 years of youth music-making in Hamilton at our HPYO 60th Anniversary Alumni Concert! This piece from our archive is a letter founding Music Director of the HPYO Glenn Mallory received from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty congratulating him on his retirement. Want to learn more about the HPYO and take another peek into our archives? Come to the concert this weekend ONLY! Tickets available via the link in our bio!

We are so pleased to support HPO Composer-in-Residence Abigail Richardson-Schulte's premiere of her new opera, Sanctuary Song! This opera is being presented by our friends @tapestryopera and opens THIS FRIDAY, May 9. Use code SanctuaryHPO at checkout for 20% off! Tickets on sale via the link in our bio! From the circus to sanctuary, an elephant journeys to freedom. Based on a true story, Sanctuary Song explores the story of Sydney, an elephant whose remarkable journey culminates in her release into a sanctuary. Written by the award-winning team of librettist Marjorie Chan and composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte, Sanctuary Song is a story for audiences of all ages that uncovers powerful truths in the life of a remarkably resilient elephant.