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11.04.2009 9:56 am

SLSO: Bronstein meets the Obamas

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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…

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10.12.2009 10:00 am

KFUO: SLSO president Fred Bronstein on “The Jaco Report”

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Fred Bronstein

Fred Bronstein

Charles Jaco of KTVI-TV, aka Fox2, did an update on the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s sale of KFUO-99.1 FM to Joy FM, and interviewed  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra president Fred Bronstein.  It aired over the weekend, but you can watch…

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10.11.2009 1:25 pm

KFUO: The version of the story that appeared in Wednesday’s Post-Dispatch

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A note from Bryan: This never got linked to the (preliminary) story I wrote for STLToday.com on Tuesday when the news first broke, and it didn’t get a prominent online spot on Wednesday because it wasn’t new news at that…

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10.09.2009 5:08 am

KFUO updates: Bronstein to be on Fox2; poll racking up votes

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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is taking an activist position on the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s sale of the city’s only classical music station, KFUO-99.1 FM to Joy FM, a purveyor of “Christian contemporary” music.

The SLSO sent out an e-blast to…

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10.08.2009 5:05 am

Hard times: The League of American Orchestras cuts back

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Writing for MusicalAmerica.com, editor Susan Elliott reports that the fortunes of the League of American Orchestras (formerly the American Symphony Orchestra League) are following those of its member companies… downward.

That’s a Bad Thing: four staffers have been laid off; the…

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09.26.2009 8:59 pm

SLSO/KFUO: listening live, part 2

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Intermission: cellist Daniel Lee talked about how he learns a new piece. (The evening’s revelation: He’s not on Facebook.)

Lee told host Ron Klemm that he started by playing violin, because “I was a very hyperactive kid, and I was driving…

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09.26.2009 8:45 pm

SLSO/KFUO: listening live, part 1

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Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee

The first live broadcast in KFUO-99.1 FM’s new partnership with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra started right on time, with an introduction by SLSO president and CEO Fred Bronstein.

Bronstein spoke with particular fervor, it seemed to me, about how…

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09.24.2009 3:38 pm

SLSO: the fiscal year 2009 report is out

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They have reason to smile.

They have reason to smile.

Things are looking up: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has announced the numbers for the 2009 fiscal year. While they might not strike the casual observer as being particularly spectacular, they’re much improved over recent years…

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09.24.2009 8:24 am

SLSO: Oh, there’s a meetin’ here tonight

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You are here.

You are here.

Doors open at Powell Symphony Hall this evening at 5:15 for the newest edition of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Town Hall meetings.

Both SLSO president and CEO Fred Bronstein and music director David Robertson will speak about the…

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08.28.2009 8:48 am

“Baseball, Beethoven, and Biotech:” Fred Bronstein meets Fredbird

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Fred Bronstein and Fredbird

Fred Bronstein and Fredbird

As discussion panels go, it was one of the less obvious combos: “Let’s Talk About Baseball, Beethoven, and Biotech…and the St. Louis ‘Brand,’” one of the “Conversations” series at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, brought together…

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