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 ...

Join Dr. Julie Bemis, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement, for an in-depth exploration of the music featured in the 2025–26 Symphony Series! Each session delves into the repertoire of each ...

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 ...

Spread the word—audition registration to join our Youth Orchestra Program will go live on Wednesday, March 4! Whether you’re new to the program or a current student hoping to move up to ...

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 ...

It’s not too late to register for our final Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concerts of the year: Camille Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals! Discover elephants, lions, and more as you meet the instruments of ...

Congratulations to double bassist Peter Yanovitch, winner of the annual RSYO Concerto Competition! Peter is a senior at Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, where he takes orchestra ...

A big welcome to the 6th cohort of our Future Music Educators Symposium (FMES)! Over the course of eight weeks, students will develop and strengthen their teaching skills through a series of online ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

The deadline to enter the Richmond Symphony League's 55th annual Student Concerto Competition has been extended. The League’s concerto competition will take place on Saturday, January 3, 2026 and is open to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’ve got an amazing lineup of ensembles, classes, and events for our 2025–26 season! Our five Youth Orchestra Program ensembles begin rehearsals in August for a combined full-program performance in November—the first ...