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Feb 4
2 min

Donor Spotlight: Bayer Fund

Thanks to generous funding from Bayer Fund, IN UNISON champions diversity and connects the SLSO with the St. Louis community.

Feb 2
2 min

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Early Childhood Professional Development Workshops Go Global

This year’s early childhood education training by the SLSO extended beyond St. Louis to teachers across the nation and world.

Jan 26
6 min

SLSO Sip & Learn: Pair These Wines With Classical Music

We paired a beautifully fresh Prosecco from Northern Italy. It is light, and bubbly—and twirly—like Strauss' music.

Jan 12
3 min

Pre-K Students Get Take-Home Instruments Thanks to SLSO, volunteers

The SLSO has adapted programming so the St. Louis area’s youngest musicians can still reap the benefits of making music with their peers.

Dec 23, 2020
4 min

Year in Review: 2020 with Your SLSO

In a season unlike any other, your SLSO made music and memories. Take a look back at the orchestra's activities throughout 2020.

Dec 18, 2020
2 min

SLSO Musicians Share Their Favorite Film Music

These films music playlists by SLSO musicians—a delightful mix of old and new, famous and obscure—are included below. I hope they provide so

Dec 16, 2020
3 min

SLSO Keeps Holiday Tradition Alive at St. Agnes Home

Despite a pandemic, the SLSO continues a 20-plus year tradition of bringing holiday music to St. Agnes Home.

Dec 9, 2020
5 min

Meet Stephanie Childress: The Newest Member of the SLSO Family

By Eric Dundon At age 21, Stephanie Childress has accomplished quite a lot. She’s an acclaimed violinist, winning significant accolades....

Dec 2, 2020
4 min

Celebrating the Life of Classical Music Critic Sarah Bryan Miller

The entire St. Louis Symphony Orchestra family mourns the passing of dear friend and longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch classical music critic

Nov 10, 2020
3 min

SLSO Songs of America | "Armed Services Medley"

An ensemble of SLSO musicians, including an Army veteran, gathered to pay musical tribute to service members.

Nov 6, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky

The composers on this program speak quite distinct musical languages, yet the spark for all three pieces is the same: love.

Nov 2, 2020
1 min

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5

The Fifth Fanfare is a rhythmic tour, starting mellow and unrushed, then gaining momentum and warmth as it approaches its gleaming summit.

Oct 28, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Music for Winds

As a collection of instruments, the wind quintet should not get along. Oddly, this mismatched group makes beautiful music.

Oct 28, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Mendelssohn, Montgomery, and Frank

Jessie Montgomery’s Strum and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Leyendas both dance with abandon.

Oct 27, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Schubert's Octet

The music on this program understands this all-too-human complexity.

Oct 27, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Debussy and Ravel

This program features works from this golden age of the harp.

Oct 26, 2020
3 min

Stéphane Seats Makes Budding Conductor’s Dream Come True

Stéphane's Seats, started during Stéphane’s first season as Music Director, offers free tickets to community members to attend a concert.

Oct 23, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Night Music

Day eases into an unsettled night. Strauss' Sextet from Capriccio; Mazzoli's Vespers for Violin; Schoenberg's Transfigured Night.

Oct 23, 2020
4 min

Program Notes: Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence

Music can be a time-travel device or a teleportation machine. A chord progression might whisk you back a decade or two...

Oct 22, 2020
7 min

2 Weeks, 18 Composers, 36 Musicians – What You Need to Know About the SLSO’s Chamber Music Series

The two-week chamber music festival runs from October 28 through November 8.

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