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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

      San Antonio, TX

      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

      2,200,000

      5.9 million

      30

      14

      6

      Katherine Chi, piano

      Baiba Skride, violin

      Martina Filjak, piano

      Ewa Kupiec, piano

      Jeff Garza, horn

      Karen Gomyo, violin

      Kirill Gerstein, piano

      Vadim Gluzman, violin

      Jian Wang, cello

      Alexandre Da Costa, violin

      Cho-Liang Lin, conductor and violin

      Andreas Bach, piano

      Michel Dalberto, piano

       

       

       

      70 full 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.