Richmond Symphony

James Ferree & Russell Wilson
2018-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Stories in Music: The World of Robert Schumann exposes the intrigue and complexity of German composer Robert Schumann. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

David Lemelin & Richard Becker
2018-08-16 18:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219

Metro Collection 3
2019-02-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States
Enjoy classical music in an intimate setting. Metro concerts feature smaller scale works from the classical repertoire and newer pieces by contemporary composers. Richmond Symphony musicians are often featured soloists.
Mozart wrote the Overture to “Don Giovanni,” K. 527, the night the opera’s final dress rehearsal had been performed. As his wife told him stories to keep him awake and entertained, the composer dozed off, eventually falling into a deep sleep. Upon waking, Mozart wrote and completed the Overture within two hours. Mozart’s biographer Ernest Newman insists that the story is true. Composition for Mozart “meant developing the work in his head; he found the business of writing it out rather tiresome, and he would often postpone it as long as he could. . . . the Overture to Don Giovanni had been worked out in his head long before . . . all he had to do on that historic night was to put the notes on paper.”
“How delighted I shall be to ramble for a while through bushes, woods, under trees, through grass and around rocks. No one can love the country as much as I do. For surely woods, trees, and rocks produce the echo which man desires to hear.” Beethoven spent his summers in the country and it was there he did his most productive work. Beethoven composed most of his Symphony No. 6, what he himself called his Pastoral symphony, in the “delicious wooded environs of Heiligenstadt.”

Learn more about Steven Smith, Conductor.
Learn more about Reena Esmail, Guest Composer.
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Ron Crutcher, Cello & Joanne Kong, Piano
2019-07-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions.
This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Ron Crutcher, Cello.
Learn more about Joanne Kong, Pianist.

Adrian Pintea, Violin & Russell Wilson, Piano
2019-07-18 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Adrian Pintea, Violin.
Learn more about Russell Wilson, Piano.

Dominic Rotella, Horn & Ingrid Keller, Piano
2019-07-25 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Dominic Rotella, Horn.
Learn more about Ingrid Keller, Piano.

Sara Reese, Clarinet, Aleksandr Haskin, Flute & Yin Zheng, Piano
2019-08-01 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Aleksandr Haskin, Flute.
Learn more about Yin Zheng, Piano.
Learn more about Sara Reese, Clarinet.

Shawn Welk, Oboe & Daniel Stipe, Piano, with Molly Sharp, Viola
2019-08-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Shawn Welk, Oboe.
Learn more about Daniel Stipe, Piano.
Learn more about Molly Sharp, Viola.

Meredith Riley, Violin & Magda Adamek, Piano
2019-08-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, 612 East Grace Street , Richmond, 23219
The Summer Recital Series is a collaboration among the Richmond Symphony, the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series was created as a way to showcase the talents of the professional musicians associated with these institutions. This year’s theme, Exploring America, features American composers and the diverse range of musical voices that make up the American classical music canon. These six casual concerts take place on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the Dominion Energy Center’s Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse; each concert is approximately an hour long. A cash bar is available both before and after the performance. These concerts often sell out, so get your tickets early!

Learn more about Meredith Riley, Violin.
Learn more about Magda Adamek, Piano.

Ronald Crutcher, Cello & Joanne Kong, Piano
2020-07-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music.
The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano. Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be live-streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.
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Learn more about Ronald Crutcher, Cello.
Learn more about Joanne Kong, Piano

Susy Yim, Violin & Magda Adamek, Piano
2020-07-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Comfort and Joy! The Beethoven 2020 Summer Series
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano.
Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be hosting limited, socially distanced audiences and simultaneously live streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.
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Learn more about Susy Yim, Violin.
Learn more about Magda Adamek, Piano.

Schuyler Slack, Cello & Ingrid Keller, Piano
2020-07-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Comfort and Joy! The Beethoven 2020 Summer Series
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano.
Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be hosting limited, socially distanced audiences and simultaneously live streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.

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Learn more about Schuyler Slack, Cello.
Learn more about Ingrid Keller, Piano.

This concert is in loving memory of Betty Allan, a founding member of the Richmond Symphony. Betty performed as a cellist with the Richmond Symphony for 44 years, before retiring in 2001. We are forever grateful for her contributions and support of the Richmond Symphony.
Betty Allan, 1929-2020.

Daisuke Yamamoto, Violin & Michelle Huang, Piano
2020-07-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Comfort and Joy! The Beethoven 2020 Summer Series
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano.
Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be hosting limited, socially distanced audiences and simultaneously live streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.
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Learn more about Daisuke Yamamoto, Violin.
Learn more about Michelle Huang, Piano.

Jeannette Jang, Violin & Russell Wilson, Piano
2020-08-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Comfort and Joy! The Beethoven 2020 Summer Series
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano.
Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be hosting limited, socially distanced audiences and simultaneously live streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.
Learn more about Jeanette Jang, Violin.
Learn more about Russell Wilson, Piano.

Erin Lano, Horn & Maria Yefimova, Piano
2020-08-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Comfort and Joy! The Beethoven 2020 Summer Series
The Richmond Symphony’s weekly summer concert series returns this year in association with the University of Richmond Department of Music and VCU | School of the Arts | Department of Music. The series is made up of six casual, one-hour concerts spotlighting a single instrument with piano.
Performances take place in the Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Dominion Energy Center of the Performing Arts at 6:30 pm on Thursdays from July 9 to August 13. This year we will be hosting limited, socially distanced audiences and simultaneously live streaming each concert.
Concerts will remain available to ticket holders for an additional 6 days after the live performance.
This year’s theme is Beethoven, in honor of his 250th birthday, and we thought it fitting to dedicate our entire series to him and his world.
Learn more about Erin Lano, Horn.
Learn more about Maria Yefimova, Piano.

Gentle Winds
2022-07-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Members of the Richmond Symphony Woodwind Quintet present an evening of breezy, beguiling music, perfect for a summer evening.
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This project was supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the
National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Poulenc Trio
2023-07-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Be there at Dominion Energy Center for intimate early evenings in the Rhythm Hall. Chamber music masterworks from three centuries— performed by members of the Richmond Symphony and friends. Settle into your seat for just under one enchanted hour of music. Then stroll downtown and have dinner!
Summer ChamberFest 1 features Russell Wilson on Piano, Victoria Chung on Oboe, & Thomas Schneider on Bassoon.
Series Sponsor: TCV Trust and Wealth Management

Commissioning Connections
2023-07-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Be there at Dominion Energy Center for intimate early evenings in the Rhythm Hall. Chamber music masterworks from three centuries— performed by members of the Richmond Symphony and friends. Settle into your seat for just under one enchanted hour of music. Then stroll downtown and have dinner!
Summer ChamberFest 2 features Adrian Pintea & Jeanette Jang on violin, Hyo Joo Uh on viola, & Jason McComb on cello.
Series Sponsor: TCV Trust and Wealth Management

Flash Brass!
2023-07-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Be there at Dominion Energy Center for intimate early evenings in the Rhythm Hall. Chamber music masterworks from three centuries— performed by members of the Richmond Symphony and friends. Settle into your seat for just under one enchanted hour of music. Then stroll downtown and have dinner!
Summer ChamberFest 3 features Sam Huss on trumpet, Dominic Rotella on Horn, & Evan Williams on Trombone.
Series Sponsor: TCV Trust and Wealth Management

Centennial Trios
2023-07-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Be there at Dominion Energy Center for intimate early evenings in the Rhythm Hall. Chamber music masterworks from three centuries— performed by members of the Richmond Symphony and friends. Settle into your seat for just under one enchanted hour of music. Then stroll downtown and have dinner!
Summer ChamberFest 4 features Daisuke Yamamoto on violin, Schuyler Slack on cello, & Maria Yefimova on piano.
Series Sponsor: TCV Trust and Wealth Management

Summer Serenades 1
2026-07-09 18:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Be there at Dominion Energy Center for intimate early evenings in Mooney Hall. Chamber music masterworks performed by members of the Richmond Symphony and friends. Settle into your seat for an enchanted hour of music. Then stroll downtown for dinner.

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Summer Serenades 2
2026-07-16 18:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States

Summer Serenades 3
2026-07-23 18:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States

Summer Serenades 4
2026-07-30 18:30 | Mooney Hall, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
