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weekly memo
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Singing in St. Louis…
The St. Louis Children’s Choirs perform throughout the St. Louis area. Each December, the Children’s Choirs perform at Powell Symphony Hall in a Holiday Concert that sells out every year. In October and March, the community is invited to free Friends and Family Concerts at the Webster University
Community Music School in University City. The season concludes with a Spring Concert each May.
Singing with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra…
Advanced choirs are invited to sing regularly with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra as guest artists whenever a children’s choir is included in the season’s programming.
- John Adams On the Transmigration of Souls – Powell Hall, March 2006 and Carnegie Hall, April 2006
- William Mathias' Salvator Mundi - December 2004
- Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with David Amado, conductor – September 2003
- Holiday Pops Concerts with John McDaniel, conductor – December 2001 and 2000
- Homecoming with Leonard Slatkin, conductor – April 2000
- Carl Orff’s Musik fur Kinder and Carmina Burana – Eri Klaus, conductor – April 2000
- The Polar Express and Elijah’s Angel – Robert Kapilow, conductor – December 1999
- Mahler’s Third Symphony – Hans Vonk, conductor – October 1999
- Carmen by Bizet – Hans Vonk, conductor – May 1999
- St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach – Hans Vonk, conductor – November 1997
Collaborations and Special Events
In St. Louis, advanced choirs have presented concerts with the Holiday Brass Ensemble at the
Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis Bach Society, St. Louis African Chorus, and The Harlem Boys Choir. Concert Choir has performed by invitation at the Missouri State Capital for Governors Carnahan
and Holden. The St. Louis Children’s Choirs have been heard throughout the country on classical
radio stations and featured in St. Louis on KFUO Classic 99.1.
Community Outreach for Beginning and Intermediate Level Choirs
Each spring, beginning and intermediate choir perform in school tours giving choral assemblies for elementary and middle schools. Choir members also enjoy giving performances for hospitals, nursing homes, and for young people at the Juvenile Detention Center. These first touring experiences enable students to share their music with the community and bring joy to seniors who might not otherwise be able to attend concerts.