The Brothers of John the Steadfast, as noted before, is a website for conservative  members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It’s run by Pastor Tim Rossow; he’s leader of an LCMS church in a Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. BJS…

The birthday boy contemplates the performance.

St. Louis Chamber Chorus artistic director Philip Barnes is on sabbatical this year, from both his day job teaching classics at John Burroughs School and his work with the SLCC. He and his family -…

Zach Hemenway at St. Peter's/Ladue (Post-Dispatch file photo)

When two of my stories converge, clearly, I have some obligation to be on hand.

16 months ago I wrote an article about a gifted St. Louisan, organist Zach Hemenway, who had just finished…

When the evening’s soloist seats himself at the piano and announces, “The cadenzas shall be improvised without the slightest forethought,” and adds, “Those of you who get carsick should fasten your seatbelts,” you know you’re in for either a very…

Y'all come!

If you’re a choral singer and you enjoy travel, Kathryn Smith Bowers has a trip for you.

Bowers, a music professor at Webster University and the leader of the annual St. Louis Summer Sings there, has organized a trip to…

This Saturday night at 8, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will offer its now-customary live concert broadcast on KFUO-99.1 FM. (This week, it’s Sir Andrew Davis leading the orchestra in music of Berlioz, Mozart and Elgar.)

But instead of the customary…

Riccardo Muti

Musical America, the country’s leading source of information on all things related to classical music, whether in its printed directory or online at MusicalAmerica.com, has announced its awards for 2010.

They’re a distinguished group. Conductor Riccardo Muti, who has led…

I got an email on Thursday from someone signing himself “John Doe,” asking me to “share the information” in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s “FAQ” on their proposed sale of KFUO “Classic99″ to Gateway Creative Broadcasting, aka Joy FM.

It’s something I’ve been…

Saturday night’s concert of “The Movie Music of John Williams” by music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is sold out, reports director of communications Adam Crane. There are still some tickets left for Sunday afternoon’s performance,…

David Robertson contemplates possible tweaks to his chili recipe.

From Eddie Silva, blogger-in-chief for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, comes this spoonful of news, suggesting that music director David Robertson comes by his gustatory metaphors naturally:

Not only is David Robertson an…