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Overview

Picture the Music

Status: Active program

Geographic Scope: Bi-state region (Missouri and Illinois), serving public, private, parochial, and homeschools

Focus Areas:

  • Free, cross-curricular art competition for students in kindergarten through sixth grade

  • Students listen to orchestral music and respond creatively through visual art

  • Intersection of music and visual arts education

    • Program Details:

  • Running for 30+ years

  • Volunteer-administered through Symphony Volunteer Association

  • In 2023, over 16,000 students from 85 schools participated

  • Submissions: 522 paintings and drawings

  • Top 100 finalists recognized and artwork displayed at traveling exhibit locations

  • Awards ceremony held at Powell Hall

  • Panel of local judges with art backgrounds select finalists in blind review process

    • Eligibility:

  • K-6 students from public, private, parochial, and homeschools in bi-state area

    • Recognition:

  • Won Gold Award from League of American Orchestras Volunteer Council (March 2023)

  • Recognized as best-in-class program with significant impact

  • Presented by Employees Community Fund of Boeing

    • Contact:

  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

  • 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103

  • Phone: 314-533-2500

  • Email: info@slso.org

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    music-educationartseducation

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