There’s a new face - and a new baton - on campus at Webster University. Both belong to Dr. Paul G. Davis, taking up his duties as an associate professor, conductor of the Webster University Symphony Orchestra, and director of…

I’m back in St. Louis (there’s a production opening tonight at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, www.experienceopera.org , Mozart’s Il Re Pastore, and I’m covering it), which means that I’m watching the final round in the same way as millions of…

FORT WORTH - From an interesting and entertaining talk on the stage of Bass Hall, by conductor James Conlon, who’s leading the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the concerto rounds of the Cliburn piano competition:

“Our society puts most of its…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra presents “Casual Classics” 7:30 p.m. May 22 at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard. $25 to $45; 314-534-1700 or www.slso.org.

The Casual Classics series was a hit last year in its first season. Now it’s…

As previously noted, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will hold a radiothon before and during the performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the “Choral,” this Saturday, May 9, starting at 4 p.m. on KFUO (99.1 FM) and ending about six…

Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Marc-Andre Hamelin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in “French Impression,” 10:30 a.m. May 1 and 8 p.m. May 2 at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard. $16 to $105; 314-534-1700 or www.slso.org.

It’s not too…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, 8 p.m. April 24 and 25, 3 p.m. April 26, at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard. $16 to $105; 314-534-1700 or www.slso.org.

Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is a controversial figure in…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced its second annual Casual Classics concerts and some additional events in the SLSO Presents series, both at Powell Symphony Hall.

As in its first iteration, the light and fun Casual Classics will work within…

NEW YORK - They made it… all but one.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Friday night concert in Zankel Hall, carved out of the bedrock beneath Carnegie Hall, benefited from an 8:30 p.m. start. Not all the luggage arrived in time,…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced a cast change for the SLSO’s April 17 and 18 performances of Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at Powell Symphony Hall. Joshua Winograde has withdrawn; bass-baritone Eric Owens will replace him in the…