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44-553: The St. Louis Choral Society performed in the auditorium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at Locust and Broadway in Downtown St. Louis . During the 1881/82 season the 80-member chorus was joined by an orchestra of 31 members. A disbanded Musical Union joined the group. In 1893, the St. Louis Choral-Symphony was formally incorporated. It remained largely a choral organization through its performances at

88-571: A conservative talk format branded as "NewsTalkSTL." It feeds 250 watt FM translator K270BW at 101.9 MHz in nearby Bellefontaine . On January 1, 1948 ; 76 years ago  ( 1948-01-01 ) , the station signed on the air as KFUO-FM . It was the FM counterpart to KFUO (850 AM), which signed on in 1924. Both stations were owned by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod , simulcasting Christian radio programming. KFUO-FM

132-420: A dedicated railroad collection was established in 1983, named after John W. Barriger III , an American railroad executive whose large personal library of books, corporate papers, and photographs formed the core of the railroad holdings. In 1985, the library established a formal waterways collection named after Herman T. Pott, a prominent river industry executive. The newspaper photo morgue and clipping files of

176-431: A labor dispute led to a cancellation of concerts for two months. Before the musicians could vote on the terms of the new contract, management changed the locks to Powell Hall without notifying them. Auditions were cancelled, and the health insurance for musicians was cancelled without notice as well. Whilst the musicians considered themselves to be 'locked out', management considered this action to be an illegal strike, since

220-423: A large percentage of the collections are on display throughout the library at any given time. The library also offers free physical art and history exhibits of materials from its collections as well as online exhibits. Notable among the library's collections: 38°42′37″N 90°18′40″W  /  38.710200°N 90.311055°W  / 38.710200; -90.311055 KFUO-FM KLJY (99.1 MHz )

264-525: A mutual agreement under which they agreed to refer to the eight-week period as a "Work Stoppage" and the "Vote of No Confidence" was rescinded. In March 2005, the musicians and Adams agreed to a new contract. From 2005–2018, the SLSO music director was David Robertson . During Robertson's tenure, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has partnered with St. Louis Public Radio to broadcast its subscription concerts live every Saturday night during its regular season, since

308-519: A new classical broadcast station in St. Louis branded as " RAF STL " and managed and founded in part by former KFUO-FM program director Jim Connett. The new station features Tom Sudholt of KFUO-FM each afternoon and early evening, Connett later each evening, Ron Klemm's JOY program on Sunday mornings, and John Clayton, also from KFUO-FM, in a new, locally produced, weekly classical guitar program. WRR-FM in Dallas, Texas has also shared its music library with

352-577: Is a commercial-free , listener-supported FM radio station licensed to Clayton, Missouri , and serving Greater St. Louis . It is owned by Gateway Creative Broadcasting, and broadcasts a Christian Contemporary radio format known as 99.1 Joy FM . The radio studios and offices are on Founders Lane in Des Peres , with a St. Louis address. In addition to broadcasting music, the station also sponsors community events and activities around St. Louis. KLJY has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts ,

396-532: The St. Louis Globe-Democrat , established in 1854, moved to the library. The library's historic downtown location and status as an independent institution came under internal review in 1994, when the Board of Direction began a long-range self-study to determine how to make the library's collections more accessible to modern scholars. 1996 marked the 150th Anniversary of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, and also became

440-662: The 1904 World's Fair under Alfred Ernst when it expanded to a 200-member chorus and an orchestra of 55. Under Max Zach 's tenure (1907 to 1921), it changed its name to the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Before moving to its current home in Powell Hall , the SLSO performed for many years at the Kiel Opera House . The orchestra has given concerts regularly at Carnegie Hall and has made overseas tours to Europe and to Japan. The St. Louis Symphony has recorded for

484-602: The University of Missouri–St. Louis and at the Stifel Theatre . In its 140-year history, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has earned nine Grammy Awards out of 60 nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Leonard Slatkin established the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra in 1970. The orchestra's assistant conductor (known also in the past as resident conductor) also acts as music director of

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528-515: The 2012 fiscal year, the highest revenues in over a decade, while seats sold grew by 16% and more than 31,000 new people were added to the customer base, reversing five years of decline. Because of successful audience development initiatives at the core of the plan as well as other revenue progress and strong management of expenses, the structural deficit (whose gaps are funded by additional contributions) has declined 18% from $ 3.4M in 2007 to $ 2.8M in 2011, dipping as low as $ 2.62m in 2010. Bronstein left

572-669: The 2017/2018 season. Adams stood-down as the orchestra's president and executive director in June 2007. Fred Bronstein assumed the posts in March 2008. Faced with declining ticket sales and deficits, Bronstein immediately launched an aggressive new revenue plan with audience development at the core of its actions. Bronstein also took steps to broaden and diversify the symphony's programming through popularly oriented programming series such as "Live at Powell Hall". Since 2008, because of new programming and marketing strategies, ticket revenues have grown 39% in

616-409: The 2021-2022 season. Childress concluded her tenure with the orchestra at the close of the 2022-2023 season. In July 2024, the SLSO announced the appointment of Samuel Hollister as its next assistant conductor and music director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, effective with the 2024-2025 season. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra houses two choral ensembles: the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and

660-465: The Columbia, RCA Victor, Red Seal, Telarc, Vox/Turnabout, Angel EMI, and Nonesuch labels. It has also issued CD recordings on its own label, Arch Media, and has received seven Grammy Awards and 58 nominations. For Opera Theatre of Saint Louis , the St. Louis Symphony has been the resident orchestra since 1978, divided into two ensembles, each performing two of the operas in the season. Also associated with

704-583: The Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, or the Art Museum. The collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library have been named a City Landmark by the city of St. Louis, Mo. , due to the cultural significance of the library. In December 1845 a group of civic leaders and philanthropists joined to establish a membership library with the intent of creating a place "where young men could pass their evenings agreeably and profitably, and thus be protected from

748-628: The IN UNISON Chorus. Founded in 1977 by music director Jerzy Semkow and its first director, Thomas Peck, the St. Louis Symphony Chorus is an orchestral chorus that performs in major concerts throughout each season, usually featured in choral symphonies . Peck served as director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus until his death in 1994. Amy Kaiser succeeded Peck as director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, from 1995 to 2022. In February 2024, Erin Freeman made her first appearance as guest chorus director with

792-424: The SLSO and the St. Louis Symphony Chorus. In July 2024, the SLSO announced the appointment of Freeman as the next director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, with immediate effect. The IN UNISON Chorus was established in 1994 by Robert Ray, and performs a variety of musical styles; it primarily focuses on the music of African-American and African cultures, notably gospel music , and partners with several churches in

836-558: The SLSO to head the Peabody Conservatory in the spring of 2014. In February 2015, the SLSO named Marie-Hélène Bernard, then-president of the Handel and Haydn Society as its new president and CEO, effective July 1, 2015. In 2003, Stéphane Denève first guest-conducted the orchestra. In June 2017, the orchestra named Denève as its next music director, effective with the 2019-2020 season, with an initial contract of three seasons. He held

880-415: The St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. Past St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductors have included Slatkin, Gerhardt Zimmermann , David Loebel, David Amado, Scott Parkman, Ward Stare , Steven Jarvi, and Gemma New . In December 2020, the SLSO announced the appointment of Stephanie Childress as its next assistant conductor and music director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, effective with

924-769: The St. Louis area. The IN UNISON Chorus is currently directed by Kevin McBeth, who is also Director of Music at Manchester United Methodist Church in suburban St. Louis. The ensemble celebrated its 25th anniversary during the 2018/2019 season. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra also features the Holiday Festival Chorus, consisting of high-school-aged singers from across the St. Louis region, performing at holiday concerts each season. [REDACTED] Media related to St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Wikimedia Commons St. Louis Mercantile Library The St. Louis Mercantile Library , founded in 1846 in downtown St. Louis, Missouri,

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968-482: The auditorium, with noted speakers including Mark Twain , Carl Schurz , Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oscar Wilde . In 1854 the library moved to a new building at 510 Locust Street, on the corner of Broadway and Locust streets. The structure included the 2,000 seat Grand Hall, the largest auditorium in the city at the time. The first session of the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1861 met in

1012-502: The city in the years preceding commonplace public and academic libraries. James E. Yeatman was the first president. Yeatman would go on to be one of the founders of the Mercantile Bank as well as Washington University in St. Louis . By 1847 it had 1,600 volumes and 283 subscribing members. In 1851 it merged with the St. Louis Lyceum. The St. Louis Symphony played its first concerts in the library. A series of lectures were held in

1056-425: The city to focus on its major historic collections of books, papers, and art works. The Art Museum has actively collected paintings, drawings, sculpture, and folk art of America since its foundation, tracing back to an early loan from noted St. Louis artist Charles Deas . The Mercantile Library historically collected materials to reflect the industrial history of St. Louis and the surrounding region. In this spirit,

1100-455: The fall of 2010, after the sale of the St. Louis classical radio station KFUO . Robertson conducted the orchestra's first-ever appearance at The Proms in September 2012. In 2013, Robertson's contract was extended through the 2015/16 season, and a further contract extension, announced in March 2014, was through the 2017/18 season. Robertson's tenure as SLSO music director concluded at the end of

1144-611: The library voting to stay in the Union at the beginning of the American Civil War . Another constitutional convention in 1865 abolished slavery. In 1884 Robert S. Brookings began a campaign to build a new fireproof building. The older building was demolished in 1887 and a new cornerstone was laid by Henry Shaw (botanist) . In 1889 the new six-story structure was dedicated on the same site. The new structure had no lecture hall, but did include an elevator. The library replaced candles in

1188-530: The majority of the collections remain open to the public for research purposes through a combination of open stacks, the archival Reading Room research program and the UMSL Digital Library. Instead of allowing access to the library, membership now provides additional borrowing privileges, access to non-public events, invitations to speaker series, and private tours. The library operates under an open-storage solution for much of its collection, meaning that

1232-563: The maximum for non- grandfathered FM stations. Its transmitter is in Resurrection Cemetery in Shrewsbury , co-located with the towers for other St. Louis-area FM and TV stations. KLJY broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD-2 digital subchannel carries a simulcast of sister station KXBS , which airs a Christian CHR format known as "Boost 95.5", while the HD-3 subchannel carries

1276-437: The musicians agreed to salary cuts over that time, and also a reduction of their 52-week contract to 42 weeks. Following the departure of Hans Vonk as music director after the 2001-2002 season, Itzhak Perlman served as music adviser to the orchestra from 2002 to 2004. In December 2003, the symphony's board announced David Robertson as the next music director of the orchestra, effective with the 2005/06 season. In January 2005,

1320-553: The orchestra is the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, which was founded in 1977. Its first director was Thomas Peck. The national prestige of the St. Louis Symphony grew most prominently during the music directorship of Leonard Slatkin , from 1979 to 1996. During his tenure, the orchestra made many recordings for the EMI and RCA Victor labels, and toured to Europe and the Far East, as well as concerts at Carnegie Hall . However, this growth in prestige

1364-444: The players' attorney, Leonard Leibowitz, had advised them against filing certain documents as required by law. The National Labor Relations Board agreed with management. After a two-month period of negotiations, the musicians agreed to a ten-week reduction from a 52-week season, and 30% wage reductions. Upon returning to the stage, the musicians enacted a "Vote of No Confidence" on Executive Director Randy Adams. Both parties then reached

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1408-851: The sale approved by the FCC in May. The sale upset local classical music fans, due to the loss of the only remaining St. Louis radio station devoted completely to Classical music. A petition was filed with the FCC , alleging that the pending transfer was not open to public bidding, though it was unsuccessful. KFUO-FM signed off on July 6. At 10 p.m. on July 6, 2010, KFUO-FM signed off their 62 year-old classical music format with Beethoven 's Symphony No. 9 . (Classical music returned to St. Louis later as an HD Radio digital subchannel on KWMU -HD3, as well as translator K297BI / WFUN -HD2.) The new owners began broadcasting "Joy FM" at 7 a.m. on July 7 under new KLJY call letters. At

1452-485: The situation of severe financial problems with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra finances, which nearly led to the orchestra's bankruptcy in 2001. Roth resigned his position in July 2001, and was succeeded by Randy Adams, a former St. Louis bank executive. Adams embarked on extensive fund-raising efforts in the following years, seeking to enlarge the SLSO's endowment in the process. As part of the budget cuts and cost-saving measures,

1496-469: The stacks with electricity for the first time in 1901. Notable library programs included a telephone service and Book Delivery Service using a Ford Model T established in 1915. The Library received its designated status as a City Landmark in 1973. With the opening of the free St. Louis Public Library in 1893, the Mercantile Library's mission shifted from serving as the primary modern library of

1540-483: The temptations to folly that ever beset unguarded youth in large towns." The library officially opened on April 19, 1846, and became chartered by the State of Missouri that year. At the time, public libraries were not a standard institution. The St. Louis Mercantile Library, with a reading room, meeting rooms, book stacks, and the largest auditorium in the city, became a primary hub of cultural and intellectual interchange in

1584-497: The time of KFUO-FM's shutoff on July 6, 2010, the classical and sacred web stream continued at CLASSIC99.com. Ron Klemm, Dick Wobbe, and John Clayton, all formerly of KFUO-FM, continued the music ministry, which has grown since 2010. CLASSIC99.com remains active and continues to stream classical and sacred music. It continues to look for new digital delivery channels for its local and worldwide audience. Since April 2013, CLASSIC99.com has shared its music library of some 30,000 CDs with

1628-489: The title of Music Director Designate for the 2018-2019 season. In March 2021, the orchestra announced the extension of Denève's contract as its music director through the 2025-2026 season. In March 2022, the orchestra announced plans for a renovation of Powell Hall, to begin in 2023. During the scheduled renovation period, the orchestra is to give concerts principally at the Touhill Performing Arts Center of

1672-580: The year the Board voted to approve an affiliation with the University of Missouri-St. Louis. This several-year long process culminated in 1998, when the Mercantile Library moved to its current location in the Thomas Jefferson Library building on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis and rededicated itself as its current status of a special collections library within the university. The library still maintains its membership model, but

1716-588: Was located in Affton, Missouri . KFUO-FM began as a listener supported station, but later moved to a commercial format. KFUO-FM was voted best classical music station in America in 2005. Due to the expense of running both stations, the Missouri Synod decided to sell the FM station in 2010. "Joy FM" was founded by Sandi Brown, a former disc jockey on WCBW , a commercial Christian Contemporary station. (That station

1760-453: Was not matched by stabilization of long-term finances. In 2000, the SLSO's endowment stood at US$ 28 million. In 2000, the executive director and President of the SLSO at the time, Don Roth, had secured a US$ 40 million challenge grant from the Taylor family (owners of privately held Enterprise Rent-A-Car ) to help the organization's money situation. However, in that same year, he revealed

1804-578: Was originally established as a membership library , and is the oldest extant library west of the Mississippi River . Since 1998 the library has been housed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as a Special Collections library within the Thomas Jefferson Library . The majority of library materials can be assigned to one of four categories: the General (Core) Collection, the John W. Barriger Railroad Library,

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1848-471: Was originally on 104.1 MHz before later moving to 99.1 MHz. Over time, the simulcast programming was reduced. The AM station continues, to this day, broadcasting Christian programming. In 1975, to satisfy Federal Communications Commission regulations that discouraged AM and FM stations from simulcasting their programming, the FM switched to all classical music . It only carried some religious shows and sacred music on Sundays. For 62 years, KFUO-FM

1892-538: Was sold in 1997 and its format switched to urban adult contemporary .) A new organization, Gateway Creative Broadcasting, was formed to look for a place on the FM dial for Christian Contemporary music. The creators decided from the beginning the new station would be a non-commercial, listener supported station so it would not be subject to ratings and format changes. At the beginning, Joy FM had two rimshot stations operating at 94.1 ( KPVR ) and 97.7 ( KHZR ). In March 2010, Gateway Creative Broadcasting bought KFUO-FM, with

1936-486: Was the St. Louis market's primary classical music radio station. It was branded as "Classic 99 KFUO-FM". KFUO-FM transmitted with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. KFUO-FM's studios were located on the campus of Concordia Seminary , one of two graduate theological seminaries operated by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). The station was owned by the LCMS, which still owns KFUO (850 AM). KFUO-FM's transmitter

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