The Nutcracker
2022-12-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2022-12-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-10 19:00 - 22:00, 2022-12-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-11 17:30 - 20:30, 2022-12-16 19:00 - 22:00, 2022-12-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) and 7 more dates | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Brand new scenery designed by Alain Vaës, a new Chinese dance choreographed by Ma Cong, and refreshed costumes make their much-anticipated debut this December. While these stunning designs will delight with their vibrant colors and fantastical imagery, they extend from the same storybook vision for which Stoner Winslett’s production is so beloved. Don’t miss your chance to experience this next magical evolution to The Nutcracker this holiday season!
Tickets start at $25. Visit RichmondBallet.com or call the Richmond Ballet Box Office at 804.344.0906 x224.

Butcher Brown with the Richmond Symphony
2023-01-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Dominion Energy Center, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
Butcher Brown hears the history of jazz. Then fuses it with funk, hip-hop, rap, rock, soul, and now the sound of the Richmond Symphony. Experience Richmond’s own progressive jazz masters, with internationally acclaimed recordings made here in RVA at Jellowstone Studios.

Celebrate MLK 2023
2023-01-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education
This concert for all generations celebrates the inspiring message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through an uplifting and diverse repertoire featuring spirituals, hymns and other stirring compositions by Black artists of the past and present, with an emphasis on Virginia voices.
The concert will start with a special welcome from the Black History Museum of Virginia’s Board President, Dr. Monroe E. Harris, Jr. The fantastic Brown Ballerinas for Change, a local social justice organization formed to increase participation of underrepresented populations in ballet, will perform during the concert. Isaac Wilson, a talented member of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Program, will be a featured violin soloist. Living Virginian composers Adolphus Hailstork and Damien Geter (current Richmond Symphony Composer-in-Residence) complete the program with selections from their canon.
The program includes:
Adolphus Hailstork, Fanfare On Amazing Grace
Price, Dances In The Canbrakes
Jessie Montgomery, Starburst
Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade
Vivaldi, Violin Concerto In G Minor
Damien Geter, I Said What I Said
Walker, Lyric For Strings
Adolphus Hailstork, Three Spirituals
Adolphus Hailstork, Epitaph For A Man Who Dreamed (In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr 1929-1968)
Johnson, Lift Every Voice And Sing

Suites for Strings
2023-01-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education
Valentina Peleggi leads the sumptuous strings of the Richmond Symphony in three poetic works by Marion Bauer, Steven Snowden, and Christopher Theofanidis. Plus, the gripping Divertimento of Bartók, composed in 1939 and anticipating the world’s immediate future.

Suites for Strings
2023-01-21 19:30 - 22:00 | St. Christopher’s School, 6010 Fergusson Rd, Richmond, VA, 23226, United States

Suites for Strings
2023-01-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College, 204 Henry Street, Ashland, VA, 23005, United States

Scheherazade
2023-01-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-01-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Dominion Energy Center, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
It beguiles and seduces. Sensuous, exotic. Scheherazade is a spectacular showpiece to display the astounding virtuosity of the Richmond Symphony under Valentina Peleggi. These concerts also feature Vaughan Williams’ sumptuous Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. And with cellist Inbal Segev, a lyrical concerto by Anna Clyne, DANCE.

Sponsored By: Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship

Richmond Symphony Chorus Concert
2023-02-02 19:30 - 21:30 | First Baptist Church, 2709 Monument Ave, Richmond, 23220, United States
Experience the glory of the Richmond Symphony Chorus under Valentina Peleggi.

VENUE:
First Baptist Church
2709 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
maps and parking

Classic Hollywood Love Songs
2023-02-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Dominion Energy Center, 600 E Grace St, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
February is the month for romance. Bring that special someone and hear four decades of classic cinematic love songs from West Side Story, Titanic, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Casablanca and many more. More than a dozen heart-melting movie classics!

History Notes
2023-02-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA, United States
Your Richmond Symphony and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture partner for a unique evening of music and history. History Notes melds a brief history talk featuring rare items from the VMHC collections and inspired musical selections performed by a chamber ensemble featuring Richmond Symphony musicians. Prior to the musical performance, there will be a dessert and champagne reception.
This event is organized by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Music At Hardywood 3
2023-02-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States
The Richmond Symphony returns to Hardywood for chamber classics, craft beer, pizza, and fun. This evening’s show is conducted by Music Director Valentina Peleggi and curated by Composer-in-Residence Damien Geter.
The residency with Chesterfield born composer and bass-baritone Damien Geter will run for three years from 2022 to 2025. With this residency, the Richmond Symphony embarks on a new model of a holistic and long-term residency program, reaching far into the local community and laying the foundation for future composers.
During his first season in residence with the Symphony, Geter curates a concert at Hardywood Brewery, engages with young, local composers and explores collaborations utilizing the interdisciplinary nature of music within a diverse range of art forms.
During the full extent of the residency Geter will compose new compositions for the Richmond Symphony to be premiered during the 23/24 and 24/25 seasons, and spend time working with the Richmond Symphony, the Richmond Symphony Chorus and the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra, while engaging with patrons, donors and Richmond community members along the way. The legacy of the role will mean that the canon of symphonic music will grow and the Richmond Symphony will become known as a place of new music creation.
“Being a Composer-in-Residence for the Richmond Symphony is an incredible honor. I grew up in Chesterfield, Virginia. Many of my earliest musical memories and my love for classical music came from sitting in the Richmond Symphony concert hall as a young person. This was the place that set the foundation for me as an artist – it feels like a homecoming.”
Damien Geter, Composer & bass-baritone

Music at Hardywood 3.
2023-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Richmond, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane, Richmond, VA, 23220, United States

Tribute Gospel Ensemble and The Richmond Symphony
2023-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, 23060
Gospel and symphony fans unite! Join us this year as The Cultural Arts Center pairs the Tribute Gospel Ensemble and the Richmond Symphony on the Sara Belle November Stage in this popular, annual concert series. The Tribute Gospel Ensemble is a Richmond based Gospel group out of First African Baptist Church, one of the oldest black churches in the region celebrating its 242nd anniversary in 2022. This choir was formed over 20 years ago by its dynamic music director, Ms. Michelle Lightfoot. Tribute has opened for such talents as: Richard Smallwood; Smokie Norful, and Darryl Coley. They have also been fortunate to share stages with the likes of Maurette Brown Clark, Sunday Best contestant Crystal Aikin and others. This group has successfully shared their songs of praise across the Eastern region and continue to celebrate all new opportunities and venues.

Firebird with Serenade
2023-02-17 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-02-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Carpenter Theatre, 612 East Grace Street, Richmond , VA, 23219, United States
Enter a world of myth and magic as Prince Ivan, the thirteen princesses, and the Firebird battle the evil sorcerer Koschei. Ma Cong’s one-act Firebird, set to Stravinsky’s triumphant score, will make its East Coast premiere on the Carpenter Theatre stage this February. Featuring powerful choreography and striking costumes, sets, and lighting, Cong’s modern take on this classic folktale is not to be missed.
The perfect complement to the mystical Firebird, George Balanchine’s Serenade will open the program. Serenade, the first ballet Balanchine choreographed in the United States, marked a turning point in the history of American ballet. With one of the most iconic and breathtaking openings of any ballet, this ensemble work showcases the technique and musicality of classical ballet at its best.
Tickets start at $25. Contact the Richmond Ballet Box Office at 804.344.0906 x224 for more information.

Firebird
Choreography by Ma Cong
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Serenade
Choreography by George Balanchine
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
