Richmond Symphony Orchestra

Richmond Symphony Orchestra

The Richmond Symphony Orchestra is based in Richmond, Virginia. One of the nation's leading regional orchestras, it employs 72-85 musicians who give over 100 performances each season to over 125,000 audience members. Its music director (since 1999) is Mark Russell Smith; its associate conductor (since 2007) is Dr. Erin Freeman. Previous music directors were Edgar Schenkman (1957-71), Jacques Houtmann (1971-86) and George Manahan (1987-98). Previous associate conductors include William Henry Curry (the first), Peter Bay, Marin Alsop, Thomas Wilkins, Eckart Preu, and Sarah Hatsuko Hicks (the most recent).

The Symphony has performed alongside internationally renowned musicians such as Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Pierre Fournier, Aldo Ciccolini, Yefim Bronfman, Claudio Arrau, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Joshua Bell, Elmar Olivera, Itzhak Perlman, Joseph Silverstein, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Jubilant Sykes, André Watts, Ani Kavafian, Joanne Kong, the Shanghai String Quartet, the Emerson String Quartet, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Cleo Laine, the Dave Matthews Band, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Hornsby, and Marvin Hamlisch.

The Richmond Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1957. The Symphony performed only three concerts in its inaugural season. The Richmond Symphony Chorus, founded in 1971, gave its first performance under the direction of Robert Shaw; its directors have been Dr. James Erb (1971-2007) and Dr. Erin R. Freeman (since 2007). The Richmond Symphony Young Performers Program includes four ensembles of elementary to secondary school students.

As a nonprofit corporation, the Richmond Symphony is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The orchestra performs five series of Concerts: The Masterworks Series of traditional symphonic repertoire; The Bach Festival Series (chamber orchestra); The Kicked Back Classics Series - selected Masterworks repertoire in a more casual and interactive format; The Symphony Pops Series - lighter popular and classical music; and the Richmond Symphony Family Concert Series - less formal, family-oriented events.

The Festival Series highlights the music of one particular composer, complemented by other composers' works. Mozart was the featured composer in 2005/06 (celebrating the 250th anniversary of his birth); Beethoven was featured in 2006/07, and Bach in 2007/08.

ee also

* List of symphony orchestras
* Big Five (orchestras)
* Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
* Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra
* Karen Johnson (violinist)http://www.richmondsymphony.com

External links

* [http://www.richmondsymphony.com/ Official Web Site]

* http://www.richmondsymphony.com


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