{"id":12493,"date":"2025-12-17T08:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12493"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:48:24","slug":"mizzou-welcomes-world-renowned-st-louis-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/12\/17\/mizzou-welcomes-world-renowned-st-louis-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizzou\u00a0welcomes\u00a0world-renowned St. Louis Symphony Orchestra\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Symphony Orchestra\" class=\"wp-image-12495\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/SLSO.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>St. Louis Symphony Orchestra&nbsp;will&nbsp;perform on January&nbsp;28.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re&nbsp;thrilled&nbsp;to&nbsp;host&nbsp;the acclaimed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Louis Symphony Orchestra<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Jesse Auditorium on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mizzouarts.missouri.edu\/event\/st-louis-symphony-orchestra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 28<\/a>&nbsp;for a night of extraordinary music.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring conductor&nbsp;Samuel Hollister and violinist Celeste Golden Andrews,&nbsp;the orchestra&nbsp;will perform favorite compositions including&nbsp;Dag&nbsp;Wir\u00e9n&#8217;s&nbsp;Concert Overture, Op.&nbsp;2; Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 The Lark Ascending; and Jean Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through December 31, we have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/muconcerts\/buy\/ism\/NkNKMDEyOA==?promoCode=U0xTTzI1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a special deal<\/a>&nbsp;for those hoping to secure their tickets early (or in time for the holidays).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/muconcerts\/buy\/ism\/NkNKMDEyOA==?promoCode=U0xTTzI1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book through this link for 20% off<\/a>&nbsp;and share the&nbsp;gift&nbsp;of world-class music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank Veterans United, Missouri Arts Council, the City of Columbia\u2019s Office of Cultural Affairs and\u00a0the\u00a0Columbia,\u00a0MO\u00a0Convention and Visitors Bureau\u00a0\u2013 as well as our own\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mizzouarts.missouri.edu\/university-concert-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University Concert Series<\/a>\u00a0and College of Arts and Science \u2013 for\u00a0helping\u00a0bring\u00a0this incredible experience to Columbia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in its 146<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is the country\u2019s second-oldest orchestra and continues its mission of enriching lives through the power of music. We are honored to&nbsp;have&nbsp;the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra&nbsp;at Mizzou,&nbsp;and I hope&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;join us for this remarkable performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re&nbsp;thrilled&nbsp;to&nbsp;host&nbsp;the acclaimed&nbsp;St. Louis Symphony Orchestra&nbsp;in&nbsp;Jesse Auditorium on&nbsp;January 28&nbsp;for a night of extraordinary music.&nbsp;&nbsp; Featuring conductor&nbsp;Samuel Hollister and violinist Celeste Golden Andrews,&nbsp;the orchestra&nbsp;will perform favorite compositions including&nbsp;Dag&nbsp;Wir\u00e9n&#8217;s&nbsp;Concert Overture, Op.&nbsp;2; Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 The Lark Ascending; and Jean Sibelius\u2019 Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43.&nbsp; Through December 31, we have&nbsp;a special deal&nbsp;for those hoping to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12493"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12505,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}