Who We Are

Richmond Symphony Administration

Administration

Lacey Huszcza, President and CEO

Valentina Peleggi, Music Director

Shantane Tho, Chief Financial Officer

Shacoya Henley, Accounting & Human Resources Manager

Jamie Hollman  Executive Assistant

 

Advancement & Patron Services

Eboni Boadi, Chief Development Officer

Trevor Worden, Director of Leadership & Planned Giving, Richmond Symphony Foundation

Kiaya Smith, Assistant Director of Advancement

Allison Demand, Stewardship & Special Events Manager

Vic Reichert, Grants Coordinator, Institutional Giving

Camryn Claude, Advancement Assistant

For development inquiries, please email development@richmondsymphony.com.

 

Marketing, Sales & Patron Services

Christopher Anderson, Vice President of Marketing & Sales

Kira Gay Hiller, Assistant Director of Patron Services & Sales

Soraya Teschner, Marketing Manager

Eva Linder, Patron Services Assistant

Fern Poling, Patron Services Assistant

Jackie Lankenau, Marketing & Sales Assistant

For ticketing inquiries, please email patronservices@richmondsymphony.com.

 

Education & Community Engagement

Julie Bemis, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement

Davey Van Beveren, Assistant Director of Education & Community Engagement

Marcey W. Leonard, Community Engagement Manager

Sandy Goldie, Conductor, Youth Concert Orchestra

Melissa Jones, Conductor, Camerata Strings

Matt Wilson, Conductor, String Sinfonietta

Justin Alexander, Conductor, Percussion Ensemble

Dana McComb, Honors & Music Theory Instructor

Anita Williams, Education & Special Projects Manager

Anna Mitchell, Education & Social Media Coordinator

For education inquiries please email education@richmondsymphony.com.

 

Artistic Operations

Matt Wilshire, Vice President of Artistic Planning & Orchestral Operations

Hae Lee, Associate Conductor

Chia-Hsuan Lin, Principal Guest Conductor

Jennifer Arnold, Artistic Advisor

Matt Gold, Orchestra Librarian

Brent Klettke, Assistant Director of Operations & Production

Kelly Syiad Ali, Personnel Manager

Janice Guzman, Artistic Assistant

Ben Chase, Production Manager

Joe Taylor, Assistant Librarian

Interested in playing with the symphony? Apply to be a substitute musician here!
For audition inquiries, please refer to our Auditions page

The Richmond Symphony is committed to expanding and performing more than the core symphonic repertoire. We are always accepting scores, listening to works, and researching composer‘s websites to add to our different concert offerings. Please feel free to share your website and/or upload scores for our artistic team to review.

 

For artistic inquiries please email: artistic@richmondsymphony.com