St. Louis Symphony

Coronavirus safety protocols will be in place later this month when the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra opens a series of Powell Hall concerts for limited audiences. The orchestra is preparing for eight weeks of concerts that begin March 26.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra plans to teach children about the science behind music in online lessons this month. SoundLab organizers said they hope the session gets more children interested in science and art.

St. Louis Symphony musicians reached an agreement with the organization to reduce the severity of pay cuts instituted last year.

Over the weekend, the St. Louis region lost a beloved champion of its cultural institutions. Sarah Bryan Miller, 68, was the longtime classical music critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She died early Saturday morning after a long struggle with cancer, one that lasted about a decade. "St. Louis on the Air" spoke earlier this week with several of her friends and also shared music performed by and for her as part of this tribute segment.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra finished its fiscal year with a balanced budget but reported a $3.2 million loss in earned revenues due to canceled or postponed shows. SLSO President and CEO Marie-Hélène Bernard said staff furloughs and salary cuts will continue.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra returns to Powell Hall this week. Seven months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down events, the symphony kicks off a shortened season of "chamber orchestra concerts."

With Powell Hall still closed because of the coronavirus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's "On the Go" series brings informal concerts to parking lots and backyards.

The first Powell Hall concert since March will take place Oct. 15. Music Director Stéphane Denève will lead the first two weeks of performances, in front of tightly limited audiences of 100 patrons.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will cancel performances through the end of the year, a move prompted by the continued spread of the coronavirus.

Thomas Jöstlein, associate principal horn for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, talks about an organic effort by SLSO musicians traveling to different neighborhoods to play music for residents during the pandemic.