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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

      Norfolk, VA

      Population

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      soloist roster this season

      Population

      soloist roster this season

      1,258,251

      4.7 million

      36 full time, 32 part time

      38

      7

      ​Norman Krieger, Piano

      Orion Weiss, Piano

      Marina Piccinini, Flute

      Joseph Conyers, Double Bass

      Diana Cohen, Violin

      Kathryn Leemhuis, Mezzo-soprano

      # of pops

      4

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      # of pops

      1,700,000

      5.4 million

      35

      11

      5

      Jon Kimura Parker, piano

      Edgar Meyer, bass

      Deborah Cross, flute

      Chloe Hanslip, violin

      David Vonderheide, trumpet

      Terrence Wilson, piano

      George Corbett, English horn
      Tara-Louise Montour, violin

      Mark Kosower, cello

      Robert Plane, clarinet

      Vahn Armstrong, violin

      

       

       

       

      48 full time,

      24 part time

      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.