Discover the power of music in movies as the SLSO brings your favorite scores to life, revealing the composer’s art of creating heart-pounding and unforgettable moments. Whether your teen is a music lover or movie buff, this immersive performance will change the way they hear their favorite soundtracks.

Concerts for Teens

Powell Hall

What does home sound like to you? Experience music from across the globe, with every culture adding its own unique rhythm, style, and instruments to the mix. Music Without Boundaries invites you to discover new sounds and celebrate the ways music connects us all. Discover how music can build bridges, spark joy, and remind us that we’re all part of one big, musical world.

Concerts for Kids

Experience the exhilarating energy of Beethoven’s blazing and boisterous Symphony No. 7. Bold, dance-like patterns and dynamic contrasts take center stage as the symphony’s expansive introduction moves into something wilder and more exuberant. From the haunting beauty of the Allegretto to the triumphant finale, the driving rhythms and pulse-pounding force of this work will leave you breathless.

Playlist: Symphony Happy Hour

Get ready for a hauntingly fun musical adventure the whole family will enjoy! Join the SLSO for a spooktacular concert filled with playful melodies, ghostly tunes, and fun surprises. Whether you’re dressed as your favorite fairy tale character, superhero, or silly monster, come ready to show off your Halloween spirit. With enchanting music and a few tricks and treats, this not-so-scary Halloween celebration is a magical way to enjoy the season.

Bring your chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets (or grab a bite from the onsite food trucks) and settle in for a free, lively outdoor concert with Assistant Conductor Samuel Hollister and string and woodwind musicians from the SLSO.

SLSO Community Concert 2

370 Lakeside Park

Experience The Beatles anew as the SLSO joins top vocalists and musicians to perform sweeping orchestral arrangements of more than 25 of the Fab Four’s top hits. Revolution immerses audiences in legendary songs like Ticket to Ride, Penny Lane, Get Back, Blackbird, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, and Let It Be—accompanied by stunning video, animation, and hundreds of rare and unseen photos from the archives of the band’s official fan magazine, The Beatles Book Monthly.

Revolution: The Music of The Beatles

Enterprise Center

The St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra concludes its season with a program of passion and contrast. Prokofiev draws an arc of drama throughout his second Romeo and Juliet Suite. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Unsuk Chin pays homage to Beethoven with her angular and brassy subito con forza, while Lili Boulanger depicts the grace and promise of a spring morning with lithe woodwind and string melodies. Aiden Moon, winner of the 2025 YO Concerto Competition, brings style and elegance to Henri Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 5.

Samuel Hollister

Events

Past events

Apr 26, 2026

Concerts for Teens · St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Mar 1, 2026

Concerts for Kids · St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in D’un matin de printemps by Boulanger

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in subito con forza by Chin

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Violin Concerto No. 5 by Vieuxtemps

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

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