Classics
Metro Series
Join us for intimate, chamber orchestra concerts that allow you to get up close and personal with the musicians of the Richmond Symphony. The Metro Series includes concerts on Friday evenings at the Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts in Chester, Saturday evenings at St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, and Sunday afternoons at Blackwell Auditorium at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.
Patrons can purchase a full subscription to the Metro series at Randolph-Macon College or mix and match these concerts as part of a Compose Your Own subscription. The concerts are general admission with single tickets also available.
Series Schedule
November 15 @ 7:30 pm Mozart, Schubert & Gruber
Franz Schubert was just 19 when he composed his First Symphony. Developing swiftly, his Fifth is a work of charm and grace. From our own time, H.K. Gruber’s pieces, written […]
View DetailsNovember 16 @ 7:30 pm Mozart, Schubert & Gruber
Franz Schubert was just 19 when he composed his First Symphony. Developing swiftly, his Fifth is a work of charm and grace. From our own time, H.K. Gruber’s pieces, written […]
View DetailsNovember 17 @ 3:00 pm Mozart, Schubert & Gruber
Franz Schubert was just 19 when he composed his First Symphony. Developing swiftly, his Fifth is a work of charm and grace. From our own time, H.K. Gruber’s pieces, written […]
View DetailsJanuary 31, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Goodyear’s Serenade for Strings
The rhythmic precision Artist in Residence Stewart Goodyear brings a to his playing is also at the core of his compositions. His Serenade for Strings complements the Prelude for Strings […]
View DetailsFebruary 1, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Goodyear’s Serenade for Strings
The rhythmic precision Artist in Residence Stewart Goodyear brings a to his playing is also at the core of his compositions. His Serenade for Strings complements the Prelude for Strings […]
View DetailsFebruary 28, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed […]
View DetailsMarch 1, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed […]
View DetailsMarch 2, 2025 @ 3:00 pm Appalachian Spring
Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed […]
View DetailsApril 3, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Haydn’s Drum Roll
The Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his […]
View DetailsApril 5, 2025 @ 7:30 pm Haydn’s Drum Roll
The Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his […]
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