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…

Yesterday on the Culture Club, I posted prominent Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod layman and attorney Robert Duesenberg’s first letter to LCMS president Gerald Kieschnick and board chairman Donald Muchow about Omaha lawyer-politician-lobbyist-MoSyn board member-paid counsel-spokesman Kermit Brashear. As noted, the response to…

Kermit Brashear (Lincoln Journal Star photo)

Another member in good standing of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Robert H. Duesenberg of St. Louis County, has shared some correspondence he sent to LCMS president Gerald B. Kieschnick and board chairman Donald K. Muchow.…

D-Rob

I’m not in New York City this week with music director David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - but the SLSO’s director of communications, Adam Crane, is there. (This time, unlike last spring, the soloist made it.)

The program,…

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, but SLSO president and CEO Fred Bronstein won’t be with them.

Instead, he’ll be at the White House with the Obamas for a…

Kermit Brashear (Lincoln Star Journal photo)

Kermit Allen Brashear, II
Age: 63 (b. 3/16/1944)
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Occupation: lawyer-politician-lobbyist

Two members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s board of directors have driven the sale of KFUO-99.1 FM to Joy FM, now in the comments phase of…

Paul Manz

Chicago conductor-organist Thomas Wikman writes more about the late composer-organist Paul Manz:

My buddy Dean Christian, who takes care of over 150 organs of greater Chicago, says that no matter what the denomination, he wondered how any of them could…

Here's looking at you, kid.

You’re probably aware that the next SLSO Presents concerts will feature music David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in “The Movie Music of John Williams.”

Now a special fillip has been added to the performances:…