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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

      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.  

      Providence, RI

      VS

      Richmond, VA

      Population

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      # of pops

      47,037

      4.7 million

      73 full time

      ?

      8

      3

      soloist roster this season

      Jeffrey Kahane, piano

      Adam Golka, piano

      Phillipe Quint, violin

      Karen Gomyo, violin

      Wendy Warner, cello

      Ilana Davidson, soprano

      Susan Dunn-Rachleff, mezzo soprano

      Susan Platts, mezzo soprano

       

       

       

      1,258,251

      4.7 million

      36 full time, 32 part time

      38

      7

      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