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    Richmond Symphony Musicians

    © SMOR 2012

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      City for comparison:

      

      • Birmingham
      • Austin
      • Charlotte
      • Dayton
      • Hartford
      • ​Jacksonville
      • Memphis
      • Raleigh
      • Providence
      • San Antonio
      • Norfolk

      VS

      Richmond, VA

      Austin, TX

      We base our growth goals on the activities of orchestras in other similar sized metro areas.  Success for us is a combination of a few key indicators: the number of full time players, number of masterworks, number of weeks of work, and quality of our soloists and conductors.  Click a city on the left to see how we compare at this point.  

      Population

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      # of pops

      1,716,291

      4.8 million

      52 full time, 34 part time

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      8

      5

      soloist roster this season

      Midori

      Washington Garcia, piano

      Yefim Bronfman, piano

      Jennifer Frautschi, violin

      Vadim Gluzman, violin

      1,258,251

      4.7 million

      36 full time, 32 part time

      38

      8

      4

      Population

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      # of pops

      soloist roster this season

      ​Norman Krieger, Piano

      Orion Weiss, Piano

      Marina Piccinini, Flute

      Joseph Conyers, Double Bass

      Diana Cohen, Violin

      Kathryn Leemhuis, Mezzo-soprano