St. Louis native Brenton Ryan is a winner at Operalia competition by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Tenor takes Birgit Nilsson prize in Placido Domingo's annual contest

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:01pm on July 27, 2016☆⚑

Megan Abbott sets mystery in hyper-competitive world of girls gymnastics by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Noir is Abbott's specialty

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:49pm on July 20, 2016☆⚑

Concert announcement: SLSO to offer tribute to Prince by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

'Purple Rain' will get the symphonic treatment

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:49pm on July 20, 2016☆⚑

Ambassadors of Harmony take gold medal by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

They beat out 28 other choirs

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:31am on July 10, 2016☆⚑

Opera review: Gilbert & Sullivan win through in updated 'Mikado' at Union Avenue Opera by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Melissa Parks' Katisha steals the show

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 6:54pm on July 9, 2016☆⚑

Laumeier Sculpture Park kicks off 40th anniversary year with a cement mixer sculpture by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Alexandre da Cunha's is a large-scale piece

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 6:35pm on July 7, 2016☆⚑

Zoo-Museum District planning big discounts in late August by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

If you belong to one ZMD organization, you can catch a break at the others

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 3:42pm on July 6, 2016☆⚑

Missouri History Museum receives leadership awards for recent exhibitions by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

'History Clubhouse' and 'A Walk in 1875 St. Louis' are winners

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 3:42pm on July 6, 2016☆⚑

Guitar Society single tickets now on sale by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Season includes Los Romeros, David Russell

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:21am on July 6, 2016☆⚑

Union Avenue Opera opens 22nd season with 'The Mikado' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

This summer's operas also include 'Tosca' and 'Doubt'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 7:44am on July 3, 2016☆⚑

A look back at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis season by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

The season got high marks overall

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 5:40pm on July 1, 2016☆⚑

OTSL's O'Leary elected board chairman of Opera America by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

He'll serve a two-year term

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:24am on July 1, 2016☆⚑

St. Louis Chamber Chorus' latest disc gets British and Australian reviews by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

The verdict is unanimously favorable

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 6:16pm on June 29, 2016☆⚑

Tavern of Fine Arts will close this weekend by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Owners say the DeBaliviere Place music venue wasn't making a profit.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 7:24pm on June 22, 2016☆⚑

'Visual sophistication' and originality meet at St. Louis Art Museum by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

"Self-Taught Genius" features works on paper, paintings, sculpture and more.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 8:03pm on June 18, 2016☆⚑

OTSL singers lend their voices for cancer research by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

"Sing for Siteman" concert returns for a seventh year.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:51am on June 12, 2016☆⚑

OTSL presents a stylish 'Ariadne on Naxos' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

"Ariadne on Naxos" is a marvelous blend of high art and low comedy.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:46am on June 7, 2016☆⚑

Southern Illinois Music Festival takes on Rossini's 'William Tell' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

A small festival takes on an enormous opera.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:33pm on June 4, 2016☆⚑

Washington University announces new recital series by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Three famed musicians " two pianists and a baritone " will start it off

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 7:32am on June 4, 2016☆⚑

Conductor Jayce Ogren is drawn to contemporary music by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

He knew he wanted to be a conductor when he saw his high school band director in action

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:21pm on June 2, 2016☆⚑

'Shalimar the Clown' brings Salman Rushdie's story to musical life by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Jack Perla's score is a blend of Western and Eastern musical traditions

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:21pm on June 2, 2016☆⚑

SLSO appoints Gemma New as resident conductor by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

New will assist music director David Robertson, lead Youth Orchestra and other concerts

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:21pm on June 2, 2016☆⚑

Music review: St. Louis Chamber Chorus dazzles in season finale by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

Philip Barnes, artistic director of the St. Louis Chamber Chorus, often schedules the final performances of the choir's seasons on the Memorial Day weekend.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 8:02am on May 31, 2016☆⚑

Opera review: 'Macbeth' at Opera Theatre of St. Louis is powerful drama by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

The strong cast handles Verdi's big sing admirably

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:51pm on May 29, 2016☆⚑

Opera preview: 'Ariadne on Naxos' combines terrific profundity and comedy by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-dispatch

There's something for everyone in Richard Strauss' opera.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 3:28pm on May 28, 2016☆⚑