Experience Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals live with your Richmond Symphony! Discover elephants, lions, and more as you meet the instruments of the orchestra in this beloved concert experience for young audiences. Designed to align with Virginia Standards of Learning, this concert is programmed for grades pre-k through 3. Spring 2026 Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concert: Carnival […]
Registration for Carnival of the Animals is now open! This October, nearly three thousand 3rd through 8th grade students from across Virginia joined us for our fall 2025 Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concerts, The Science of Sound! Together, we discovered how orchestral instruments create sound and the mechanics of sound waves from outer space to the deep
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Our friends at the Richmond Symphony League will be hosting their 55th annual Student Concerto Competition on Saturday, January 3, 2026. The League’s concerto competition is open to any classically trained instrumentalist in Virginia who has not yet graduated from high school. The first-prize winner will receive a cash award and be considered for an
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All five Youth Orchestra ensembles will come together in concert in the Carpenter Theatre this November, from our youngest violinists in String Sinfonietta to our pre-professional young musicians in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra. Nearly 200 students will take the stage as we celebrate the start of our 2025–26 Youth Orchestra season, performing works by
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Virginia high school music educators: Do you know a junior or senior who would make an excellent music educator one day? If you teach a student who’s got that spark, now is the time to nominate them for our 6th annual Future Music Educators Symposium (FMES)! Led by Dr. Sandy Goldie, Department Chair and Director of
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Listen up! We’re exploring the science behind sound waves. We’ll blow your mind—but not your eardrums—with the power of sound. If you’re attending this weekend’s Family Concert, The Science of Sound, come early and join the Science Museum of Virginia before the show for a demonstration exploring the science behind sound creation. This presentation will
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Explore how music and physics connect at our first Family Concert of the year: The Science of Sound! Presented in collaboration with the Science Museum of Virginia, guests will discover how orchestral instruments create sound and learn about the mechanics of sound waves, ranging from outer space to the deep sea. While this show is
Take your Richmond Symphony listening experience above and beyond with our Companion Course series, which we are excited to share are now FREE and open to the public! Join Dr. Julie Bemis, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement, for an in-depth exploration of the music featured in the Richmond Symphony’s 2025–2026 Symphony Series, from
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Support the future of the visual, performing, and cultural arts in Richmond Public Schools at the East End Festival! Since its inception in 2016, the festival has raised over a half million dollars to support arts programming in RPS. This year’s festival will take place on Saturday, September 27 from 12:00 to 7:00 pm at
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The Richmond Symphony returns to Pocahontas State Park for the next installment of their Pocahontas Premieres series on Sunday, September 28! Enjoy the last of the warm weather at Virginia’s most visited state park while listening to beloved works by Smetana, Prokofiev, Márquez, and more. Bring your family early for an instrument petting zoo with string
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