SLSO hires SLSYO alum Drew Thompson as new contrabassoon
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has a new contrabassoon player: He is Andrew Thompson, a St. Louis native and alumnus of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.
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