St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces Four-Year Contract Extension for Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

St. Louis, MO, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced the continuation of the creative partnership between Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

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  • St. Louis, MO, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced the continuation of the creative partnership between Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
  • “Since joining OTSL as Principal Conductor, St. Louis has become a musical home for me,” said Candillari.
  • “Opera is vital and vibrant here thanks to the love and dedication of a community of artists, supporters, staff, and volunteers.
  • In her latest 2023-24 season, Candillari conducted Rene Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse at Opera Philadelphia.

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces 2024 Festival Season Repertory

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Saint Louis, MO, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced a thrilling lineup for its 2024 Festival Season, opening with two of the most beloved operas in the repertory: Rossini’s delightful comedy, The Barber of Seville, and Puccini’s timeless romance, La bohème.

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  • Saint Louis, MO, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) announced a thrilling lineup for its 2024 Festival Season, opening with two of the most beloved operas in the repertory: Rossini’s delightful comedy, The Barber of Seville, and Puccini’s timeless romance, La bohème.
  • Opera Theatre will host a variety of events in the preceding months that will explore the themes of the season and offer a chance for community gathering and dialogue.
  • Their hard work, talent, and dedication are nothing short of inspiring.”
    OTSL’s 2024 Festival Season will run from May 25 – June 30, 2024 at Webster University’s Loretto-Hilton Center.
  • Every opera will be accompanied by members of the Grammy Award-winning St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in the 47th year of this landmark partnership between two leading St. Louis arts institutions.

Citizens Against Government Waste Releases 2022 Congressional Pig Book

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2022 Congressional Pig Book , the 30th anniversary edition of the groups expos on pork-barrel spending.

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  • Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released its 2022 Congressional Pig Book , the 30th anniversary edition of the groups expos on pork-barrel spending.
  • 2022 Congressional Pig Book facts:
    The 2022 Congressional Pig Book exposes $18.9 billion in earmarks in fiscal year (FY) 2022, an increase of 18.9 percent from the $15.9 billion in earmarks in FY 2022.
  • The Oinker Awards and pork per capita are included in the 2022 Congressional Pig Book for the first time since 2010.
  • Citizens Against Government Waste is the nations largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government.

Core & Main Elects Bhavani Amirthalingam to Board

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Core & Main, Inc. (NYSE: CNM), a leading specialized distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage, fire protection products and related services, has elected Bhavani Amirthalingam to its board of directors.

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  • Core & Main, Inc. (NYSE: CNM), a leading specialized distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage, fire protection products and related services, has elected Bhavani Amirthalingam to its board of directors.
  • Bhavani is the kind of visionary any board would be honored to have, said Steve LeClair, chief executive officer of Core & Main.
  • In addition to her new work on the Core & Main board of directors, Amirthalingam also serves on the boards of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and St. Louis Ballet Company.
  • Amirthalingam becomes the sixth independent director on Core & Mains 11-member board.

Retired Boeing executive wants fewer barriers for next-generation women leaders

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

WICHITA, Kan., March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholars in the inaugural class of the Widener Global Leaders Program — the first of its kind in the country — graduate this spring, ready to make a difference in the world. And that's just what the program's founder had in mind.

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  • Retired Boeing executive and philanthropist Peri Widener created the concept and funded the multidisciplinary program at Wichita State University's W. Frank Barton School of Business.
  • An external advisory board of distinguished national women business leaders, many of whom are members of the International Women's Forum, provides counsel and mentoring.
  • An external advisory board of distinguished national women business leaders , providing one-on-one mentoring and counsel for program participants, opening doors and professional connections.
  • Outside-the-classroom opportunities to better understand how the triad of fine arts, communication and business contributes to setting great leaders apart.

Meredith Monk and Angélica Negrón to Serve as Distinguished Guest Composers for 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Mizzou New Music Initiative will welcome Meredith Monk and Anglica Negrn (both pictured below) as distinguished guest composers at the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival(MICF), scheduled for Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia .

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  • COLUMBIA, Mo., Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Mizzou New Music Initiative will welcome Meredith Monk and Anglica Negrn (both pictured below) as distinguished guest composers at the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival(MICF), scheduled for Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30, 2022 on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia .
  • Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music-theater works, films, and installations.
  • Also active as an educator, Anglica is currently a teaching artist for New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers program.
  • A complete schedule of events, times, dates, and venues for the 2022 Mizzou International Composers Festival will be made available at a later date.