The Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra recently made its podcast debut! At our November 2025 All YOP Ensembles Showcase, the string musicians of RSYO performed the world premiere of Pastoral, which was composed by Claudia Andrade Ayala and was inspired by a poem by Hannah Bonner. RSYO’s performance of Pastoral was included at the end of the Blackbird Literary […]
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This February was full of fun for the Richmond Symphony School of Music! A couple of weeks after the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra’s Side-by-Side with the Richmond Symphony at the start of the month, nearly forty different school groups filled the Carpenter Theatre for our Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concerts: Carnival of the Animals. Students from all over
The Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra’s next concert is just around the corner—and it’s one you won’t want to miss! RSYO will come together with the Richmond Symphony on Tuesday, February 3 for their first side-by-side concert since February 2020, weaving youth orchestra students together with professional musicians in each section of the orchestra. Repertoire will
This season, we’re branching out our social media platforms and the RSSoM newsletter to include stories from our YOP community, both past and present. Whether you played in our program for one year or ten and whether you work in the performing arts or another industry, we’d love to highlight you and your experiences in
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The Richmond Symphony and the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra, our pre-professional youth ensemble, come together in a special side-by-side performance, weaving youth orchestra students with Richmond Symphony musicians in each section of the orchestra. Repertoire will include Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2, and more. Mark the date now for
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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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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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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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Don’t miss out on your chance to make music with the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program! This October, we’re holding mid-season auditions to fill vacancies in our YOP ensembles. Auditions are open for all instruments. Please note that current YOP students are ineligible to change ensembles mid-year and may only audition in our spring/summer audition
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Take your first steps into the world of symphonic music! String Sinfonietta, our entry-level ensemble in our Youth Orchestra Program, is now accepting applications for our 2025–26 season. String Sinfonietta is suited for any string musician ages 8–18 who has been playing their instrument for at least one year. Join conductor Matt Wilson and string
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