The SLSYO performs three concerts a year at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri.
The orchestra was founded in 1970 by Leonard Slatkin when he was assistant conductor of the SLSO.
The current Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony is Stephanie Childress.
Past SLSYO music directors have included Gerhardt Zimmermann, Ward Stare, Steven Jarvi, Kirk Muspratt, David Loebel, David Amado and Scott Parkman.
Several of the SLSYO's past members have joined the SLSO in future years, including Mark Sparks (flute), Felicia Foland (bassoon), Rebecca Boyer Hall and Kristin Ahlstrom (violin), Erin Schreiber (violin) and Sarah Hogan Kaiser (double bass).