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…

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin, 65, suffered a heart attack while conducting a concert by the Rotterdam Philharmonic in the Netherlands on Sunday night.

The Detroit News reports that Slatkin suffered chest pains during the concert, but finished…

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:…

Kapilow

In 2005, Rob Kapilow’s “Summer Sun Winter Moon” had its premiere at Powell Symphony Hall with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Originally commissioned to celebrate the Lewis & Clark expedition, Kapilow instead worked with an American Indian librettist, Darrell Robes Kipp,…

Nicholas McGegan

They’re not dead yet, and KFUO-99.1 FM’s live Saturday night broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra continue this week with that musical Energizer Bunny, Nicholas McGegan, on the podium.

He’ll conduct Mendelssohn’s incidental music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”…

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…

Lopez, Crane, Ayers

Adam Crane, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra director of communications - he’s the one in the center of the photo - is the man chiefly responsible for the book and movie “The Soloist,” says the actual author of the…

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra director of communications Adam Crane got a warning from the SLSO’s email administrator: His mailbox is almost full.

Much of that is a direct result of all the mail that’s flooding in response to the SLSO’s e-blast…

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra didn’t waste any time in making its feelings about the sale of KFUO; they just sent out this e-blast to the nearly 20,000 subscribers on their mailing list:

“The sale of St. Louis’ only classical music…

The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets are as much about pageantry as about music-making. On Friday night at Powell Symphony Hall, they delivered on both.

Clad in distinctive high-necked white blouses and red service caps, the 14 trumpeters were an impressive sight…