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Get to Know Your TSO: Meet Alexandra LeBlanc

Alexandra LeBlanc has been with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since 2018. She started in Patron Services, and now works as the Development Officer for Annual Fund Stewardship, taking care of donors in our Friends of the TSO, Impresarios Club, and Maestro’s Club.

Can you share a memorable experience that you had through your work with the TSO? That one is easy. I’ll never forget Yo-Yo Ma’s gala performance for our 100th Season celebrations in November 2022. It was especially lovely because of the gratitude I saw him express to the donors that he met backstage and at the gala. From the first incredible note, I could just see the joy in his craft radiating out of him. His show of genuine kindness as he left his riser to drag the young soloist back on stage to accept his curtain calls. The roar of sound as the audience leapt to their feet when he burst back onstage at the end of the night, took Joe Johnson’s offered cello, and made it sound like a flock of nightingales. Gustavo Gimeno was so surprised and delighted that he just plopped down on his podium to listen. It was magical. I was pregnant at the time, and even my baby stopped kicking to listen!

What are you most looking forward to this season? Honestly, the 2024/25 season has something for everybody–so it’s hard to go wrong! For something I’ve never heard live before, I’m looking forward to the Takemitsu Requiem for Strings in the Romantic Treasures program on April 9-11. For a nostalgic favorite, I can’t wait for Holst’s The Planets on February 26-27. It just doesn't get any more epic than that!

What would you share with our donors about how they make an impact? Like a lot of my fellow staff colleagues, I am also a musician! I received a full scholarship myself to attend school, so I understand the transformative impact donor support has on the education and professional development of young musicians. I see that same vital impact every day in the opportunities the TSO creates with the help of its donors–whether it’s supporting young musicians through the TSYO, or showcasing emerging artists with programs like Women in Musical Leadership (WIML), our NextGen Composers, and our Spotlight Artists. 

So thank you–both to my donors who supported me during my school years, and to those who support the TSO. You’re making a real difference in the lives of young musicians, and I’m grateful to be part of the work that keeps these opportunities alive.