The St. Louis Civic Orchestra presents a FREE jazz concert to kick-off the Chesterfield Ampitheater outdoor concert season MAY 16th!
Maestro Edward Dolbashian shares information on the Civic’s upcoming concert, featuring talented young musicians, in this latest podcast.
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 of our 2018-2019 Florence Frager Young Artist Competition. The April concert will be held on Sunday, April 7th at 7 PM at the Purser Center Read more…
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, each illustrating the personality of someone the Elgars knew. The improvisations were so successful that Elgar went on to make them into an orchestral composition Read more…
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!
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.
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.
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. Molly Prow is performing in her third season with St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, her second as co-principal. She is principal violist of the Kirkwood High Read more…
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 (doors open 30 minutes before the concert begins, take tickets and hand out programs) serve refreshments at intermission (beverages served for a small fee) clear Read more…
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 a peak at our program notes for the Rodrigo. RodrigoConcertodeAranjuez