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Maestro Edward Dolbashian Talks Frager Winners, Elgar and Wagner
Maestro Edward Dolbashian shares information on the Civic’s upcoming concert, featuring talented young musicians, in this latest podcast.
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Meet our 2018-2019 Florence Frager Winners
The April Civic Orchestra concert is always a special one as it showcases the young talents of tomorrow. In addition to 8th grade students from the Parkway Northeast Middle School Orchestra performing alongside members of the Civic, the upcoming concert will feature special guests, Anna Zhong and Sophie Thorpe, winners Read more…
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Program Notes for Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
In 1898, after a hard day of teaching fiddle, Edward Elgar, a young musician from the English Midlands, relaxed by improvising melodies on the piano for the entertainment of his wife, Caroline. She was so intrigued by one of the themes that Edward improvised a number of variations on it, Read more…
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STL TV Talks to the Civic!
Our very own Larry Levin (President of the Board) and Maestro Edward Dolbashian were special guests on STL TV to talk with Sarah Bernard. Check out the videos!
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Sneak Peek: A preview of the St. Louis Civic Orchestra’s Feb. 23 Concert
Get a sneak peek at some of the program notes for On the Town (Bernstein) and An American in Paris (Gershwin.) The Civic program notes are written by our own pianist Bill Long.
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An Interview with Maestro Edward Dolbashian
St. Louis Civic Orchestra Board President, Larry Levin, sat with Maestro Edward Dolbashian for a conversation about the orchestra’s upcoming concert featuring guests T.J Muller and the Gaslight Squares. Listen to the podcast here.
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Florence Frager Winners 2017-2018
The Civic is pleased to present the winners of the 2017-18 Florence Frager Young Artist Competition on Sunday, April 22 at 3 PM. Violist Molly Prow will play Romance for Viola and Orchestra by Max Bruch, and violinist Theo Bockhorst will play the final movement of Edouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Read more…
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Volunteer Opportunities with the Civic
Volunteer opportunities with St. Louis Civic Orchestra The orchestra is looking for volunteers to help with ushering for concerts as well as serving refreshments at intermission, both of which can’t be easily done by orchestra members. Here’s what’s involved: arrive no later than an hour before the concert begins usher Read more…
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Notes on the Beloved Rodrigo Guitar Concerto
The Concerto de Aranjuez is one of the easiest-to-love works of the classical repertoire. The Civic is thrilled to present this beautiful piece with the beautiful Alyssa Catlin as our soloist. Do you love to know as much as you can about a piece and it’s composer? Click below to take Read more…
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Program Notes
“The concert was wonderful! And the program notes… Wow! How did you get your hands on those?” We in the Civic have heard comments like this time and again from friends in the audience. I’ll tell you how we get our hands on such excellent program notes: our very own Read more…