Richmond Symphony School of Music News
Apply to Compete in the Richmond Symphony League’s 55th Annual Concerto Competition
Calling all young performers! The Richmond Symphony League is hosting its 55th annual Student Concerto Competition on Saturday, January 4, 2025. The competition is open to classically-trained instrumental music students from Virginia who have ...
Recap: RSYO Collab with VCUarts Music and Concert in the Carpenter Theatre
Earlier this fall, RSYO string students came together with composition students from VCUarts Music for an evening of score-reading fun. On stage at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, RSYO ...
Registration Open for Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concert Series
Registration is now open for our spring Hopkins-Eggleston Discovery Concert: Storytime with the Richmond Symphony, featuring The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss™ and Kimberly Schroeder, narrator! Held during the school day, Discovery Concerts engage young ...
Nominations Open for our Future Music Educators Symposium
It’s time for music teachers to nominate students for our Future Music Educators Symposium (FMES)! This 8-week online program, offered in the spring semester, is designed to provide a meaningful experience for ...
Recap: First Youth Community Strings Performance of the Year
Earlier this fall, Youth Community Strings presented their first community performance of the year at the Children’s Museum of Richmond! After performing pieces such as Kangaroo in the Pouch, Sleepytime for Baby Gibbons, and ...
First Youth Orchestra Program Performance of the Year
The 2024–25 season marks the Youth Orchestra Program’s 63rd year of operations! This season will be full of performances featuring all five of our ensembles, with the first featuring the Richmond Symphony Youth ...
Upcoming Community Performance for Youth Community Strings
Youth Community Strings is excited to announce their first community performance of the season at the Children’s Museum of Richmond’s downtown location (2626 West Broad Street)! On Friday, October 11 at 3:30 ...
Welcome back to RSSoM for the 2024–25 season!
Welcome back to the Richmond Symphony School of Music for our 2024–25 season! Classes and rehearsals begin on Tuesday, August 20 with the start of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra (RSYO) and ...
Volunteer with Youth Community Strings
Passionate about music education or elementary education? Be part of it and assist with Youth Community Strings next season! We are seeking volunteers with experience in education to assist during program hours. ...
Registration now open for Discovery Concerts
Concert Dates Lift Off! | October 2 and 3, 2024, at 10:30 am The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss™! | March 12 and 13, 2025, at 10:30 am The Richmond Symphony is pleased ...
Special opportunity—Perform in our masterclass with virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman!
Dear friends, colleagues, teachers, and students: Please pass on the news about this special opportunity to the accomplished young violinists in your life! The application is now open and will close three ...
End-of-season Youth Orchestra Program concerts
Above: YOP conductor Dr. Goldie leads the 100+ members of YCO and the Greater Richmond Youth Wind Ensemble for Robert W. Smith's Rites of Tamburo. YOP partnered with two of VCU's youth ...
Discovery Concerts Announced For Next season
Excited faces at Peter and the Wolf earlier this season! Students enjoyed a live performance by Really Inventive Stuff and the Richmond Symphony while learning all about the instruments of the orchestra. ...
DEADLINE EXTENDED for the Young Composers Seminar
Damien Geter, composer http://www.damiengetermusic.com/ DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 21, 2024! Register for our first ever Young Composers Seminar! Richmond Symphony and VCUarts are proud to share this special opportunity for young composers. ...
2024–25 Season Auditions
Rehearsal breaks provide a great opportunity to meet others in your ensemble! Photo of YCO from the 2022–23 season by James H Loving Photography. BE PART OF IT! Today is your LAST ...
Thank you, Mr. Myssyk!
The end of the 2023–24 season marks Daniel Myssyk's final performances as conductor of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra. You have one last chance to see Mr. Myssyk conduct on Saturday, May ...
Congrats on a great season, YOP!
The Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Greater Richmond Youth Jazz Band perform side-by-side, conducted by Daniel Myssyk. Dr. Taylor Barnett, director of GRYJB, was featured as a soloist on George Gershwin's ...