Congratulations to the YOP class of 2026! This spring, twenty students graduated from the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program. We’re excited to honor each student at our May 2026 spring concerts, on social media, and in the article below. Blurbs are written using information provided in our annual senior survey, and students are listed in […]
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The Richmond Symphony School of Music’s Honors Program, open to members of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO), originally piloted in fall 2021. Designed to immerse students within the world of classical music, the program originally featured weekly lectures on music history and theory, conducting, arts administration, and more, even including a chamber music component
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The Richmond Symphony School of Music’s Honors Program, open to members of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO), originally piloted in fall 2021. Designed to immerse students within the world of classical music, the program originally featured weekly lectures on music history and theory, conducting, arts administration, and more, even including a chamber music component
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Each year, students from across the country apply to be members of the U.S. Senate Page Program, in which high school juniors and seniors spend a semester working as staff members in the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. Only thirty students are selected for this incredibly competitive program each cycle—and this fall, one of those students was the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
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Joe Jaxson to succeed Damien Geter as Richmond Symphony Composer-in-Residence Richmond Symphony Announces Joe Jaxson as Next Composer-in-Residence New appointment continues the Symphony’s commitment to living composers, Virginia stories, and community connection through music Richmond, Va. — Richmond Symphony is pleased to announce composer Joe Jaxson as its next Composer-in-Residence, continuing a program that
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This February marked the return of one of the Youth Orchestra Program’s favorite annual events: the Side-by-Side concert with the Richmond Symphony and the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO), which last occurred in full in February 2020. Side-by-side concerts are a staple of youth orchestras across the country. In a side-by-side performance, members of a youth orchestra come
Teaching has always been a part of music education major Emily Mullen’s life. A lifelong educator, she taught her first private lesson at the age of nine, and recently began working as a student teacher during her final semester at Shenandoah Conservatory. But after nearly 20 years of devotion to the violin and viola, she
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Erin Lano, Associate Principal Horn of the Richmond Symphony, has had a long and varied career. Performances have taken her across the country to perform with ensembles such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and other nationally acclaimed orchestras. But for Erin, no performance experience is more memorable than
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Cellist Emma Cary, a Glen Allen native and daughter of two Richmond Symphony musicians, recently won a position with the North Carolina Symphony’s cello section. Her career has taken her across the country, earning degrees in Michigan and Texas, placing in chamber music competitions, and performing at summer festivals in California and North Carolina—but before
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Every summer, rising juniors and seniors from high schools across Virginia apply to and are selected for the Summer Residential Governor’s Schools: seven state- and locally sponsored residential programs offering students advanced study in agriculture, engineering, mathematics, and more and operated by the Virginia Department of Education. This year, two Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO)
