Next month, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – the second oldest symphony in the nation – will welcome audiences to experience the newly restored Powell Hall with the opening of their 146th season.
After a nomadic period that included concerts and events at Stifel Theatre, The Fabulous Fox, the Touhill, Sheldon Concert Hall and more, SLSO will return to a new and improved home.
The opening of Powell Hall at the Jack C. Taylor Music Center (September 26 – 28) will mark the culmination of a successful $150M-plus fundraising campaign– and the subsequent two-year transformational expansion and renovation project for the place SLSO has called home for more than 55 years. The famed venue turns 100 in November.
“The [original] building opened in 1925. It was no longer supporting the needs of a