Spotlight Series

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

“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)

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)