by Smith Williams | Nov 6, 2023 | News & Updates, Press Release, Uncategorized
HAMPTON ROADS, VA [November 6, 2023] The Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO) has announced the extension of Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Wilkins’s contract through the 2026-27 season. From a student at Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School to the... by Smith Williams | Oct 30, 2023 | News & Updates, Press Release, Uncategorized
HAMPTON ROADS, VA [October 30, 2023] Renowned composer, educator, and friend to the Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO) Dr. Adolphus Hailstork has been announced as the 2023 Arts Supporter of the Year by Local No. 125 of the American Federation of Musicians. Dr.... by Smith Williams | Oct 15, 2023 | News & Reviews, News & Updates, Uncategorized
By Jeff Maisey Veer Magazine Earlier this year, the Virginia Arts Festival celebrated in grand style the 150th birthday of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff with a series of chamber music concerts featuring the internationally acclaimed Dali Quartet and violinist... by Smith Williams | Sep 15, 2023 | News & Reviews, News & Updates, Uncategorized
By Montague Gammon III Veer Magazine The Virginia Symphony opens its 2023-24 Season with a Beethoven Festival whose bounties Music Director and concert conductor Eric Jacobsen twice likened to a “steak dinner with dessert,” a two course musical feast of “pieces that... by Smith Williams | Jun 23, 2023 | News & Reviews, News & Updates, Uncategorized
If commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion has grown more apparent at orchestras around the country, that’s likely because it has increasingly become a full-time job. The number of leadership positions specifically focused on some permutation of EDI have... by Smith Williams | Jan 18, 2023 | News & Reviews, News & Updates, Press Release, Uncategorized
HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA [January 18, 2023] – In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra is participating in Link Up: The Orchestra Sings, a music education program provided by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI), during the 2022-2023...