The St. Louis Symphony Chorus celebrates its 50th anniversary with a concert conducted by Erin Freeman, marking five decades of the chorus's artistry.
The St. Louis Symphony Chorus is celebrating its 50th anniversary at Powell Hall on Sunday, May 2, 2027, with a concert conducted by Erin Freeman. It's a milestone night for one of the city's most consistent musical fixtures: the chorus is one of two resident choruses of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and this performance marks five decades of them working as a single ensemble.
If you've caught them before, you know the scale they work with. The chorus brings together more than 100 singers, and they're known for a range that doesn't stay in one lane—they move between orchestral masterworks, opera, modern compositions, and the symphonic choral repertoire. That versatility is a good summary of what they do: they can handle the heavy lifting of a major choral work and the more intimate demands of a modern piece in the same season. Their sound has earned critical acclaim over the years, and this concert is built around that history.
There's a nice detail to the program, too: the soloists are drawn from within the chorus itself, so the voices stepping out from the group are the same ones who've been singing in it. The whole thing falls within the orchestra's 147th season, led by Music Director Stéphane Denève, and it's the second season in the newly opened Jack C. Taylor Music Center, which houses Powell Hall. So the anniversary is happening in a space that's still relatively new to the neighborhood.
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The concert is on Sunday, May 2, 2027, starting at 7 PM at Powell Hall, part of the Jack C. Taylor Music Center in St. Louis.
Date
Sunday, 2 May 2027
19:00
Recommended Age
+14 years
