Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Louis Chamber Chorus


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The result was keep per sources found during the discussion. RL0919 (talk) 03:33, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

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Fails WP:NBAND. No significant coverage outside of St. Louis, no tours, no recording contract, no noted performers. Rogermx (talk) 21:00, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete total lack of sources with any even remote indepdence.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:18, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Being fan of choral music, I tried to find sources, but they were all local or in passing. They seem to have held a few concerts outside of St. Louis, but Belleville, Illinois is not that far. I see some evidence they performed with Frank Sinatra, but that's not enough. Bearian (talk) 21:16, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:GNG and WP:NMUSIC. It's a professional chorus with years of history in Saint Louis (founded 1954). A history of the chorus is given in pages 49-54 of The Pullitzer Prize Archive -Cultural Criticism 1969-1990: From Architectural Damages to Press Imperfections, Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, Erika J. Fischer, Walter de Gruyter, K. G. Saur Verlag, 1992 (see here) Their concerts have been regularly critically reviewed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This review, for example, described the ensemble as "the region’s finest a cappella choir". Here are other reviews:, , , , , , , , , , etc. There's over one hundred concerts reviewed in that newspaper alone. Professional regional ensembles for classical music are typically verified on wikipedia through critical reviews in their city's paper. Additionally, the ensemble's work at performing and recording unusual repertoire has led to it's appearance in a number of academic publications; including , and . Here is a snippet view of a Gramaphone review of one of their recordings. The chorus was also the main subject of an article in The Classical Outlook, Volume 77, Page 29.4meter4 (talk) 01:46, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:58, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep but expand and reference, per 4meter4. I am convinced they are notable but that should show in the article, not only in this discussion. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:24, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per 4meter4, who gives ample evidence of WP:NOTABILITY. I also agree with Gerda Arendt that the article should be accordingly expanded, with relevant citations. Smerus (talk) 07:41, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per 4meter4; clearly meets WP:NBAND. However, the article badly needs to be expanded with the references 4meter4 found. Zingarese talk  ·  contribs  21:50, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the multiple reliable sources identified above that indicate that the group are notable and the article should be kept and improved, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 22:38, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


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