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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.  

      Raleigh, NC

      VS

      Richmond, VA

      Population

      orchestra budget

      orchestra size

      number of weeks

      # of masterworks

      # of pops

      1,130,490

      12 million

      67 full time

      38

      14

      6

      soloist roster this season

      Gabriela Montero, piano

      Peter Serkin, piano

      Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
      Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

      Lara St. John, violin

      Lise de la Salle, piano

      Zuill Bailey, cello

      Scott MacLeod, baritone

      Ingrid Fliter, piano

      Mark Schnaible, baritone

      Ilana Davidson, 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