Guest Bios

Amy Birdsong - YCO Conductor Mrs. Amy Birdsong is the director of bands at Hanover High School. Mrs. Birdsong is an alumnus of Th ... more
Annika Jenkins, Violin - RSOL Concerto Contest Winner Annika, age 15, began playing violin before the age of three. In 2006, at age 11, she made her solo ... more
Anya Matanovic - Soprano After finishing undergraduate studies at the acclaimed University of Southern California Thornton Sc ... more
Christie-Jo Carter Adams Christie-Jo Carter Adams Christie-Jo is currently in her fifteenth year of teaching strings. She ... more
D.J. Sparr - Composer-in-Residence D. J. Sparr’s musical compositions and guitar playing traverse many genres of music. Sparr was award ... more
Elena Urioste ELENA URIOSTE, recently selected by Symphony magazine as an emerging artist to watch, has been haile ... more
Gil Shaham Gil Shaham is internationally recognized as one of today’s most virtuosic and engaging artists. H ... more
Jeremy Denk - Piano In 1998 Jeremy Denk won both the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and received a presti ... more
Karen Johnson - Violin Violinist Karen Johnson began her musical studies in her hometown of Gilbert, AZ, at the age of 4. ... more
Kimberly Hou, Piano - RSOL Concerto Contest Winner Kimberly Hou, a 15-year-old home-schooled 10th grader, has been studying piano for 12 years and is a ... more
Marcus Shelton - Tenor In November 2008 Marcus made his main stage international debut as Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schi ... more
Michael Boudewyns Michael grew up in Iowa where as a small child he became skilled at elementary magic tricks, amateur ... more
Peter Mark - Conductor Since his Virginia Opera debut in 1975 – conducting the pilot production of La Traviata with rising ... more
Ralph Skiano - Clarinet Ralph Skiano, a native of Alexandria, Virginia has been serving as principal clarinetist of the Rich ... more
Rebecca Jilcott - Camerata Strings Conductor Rebecca Jilcott is conductor of the Richmond Symphony Camerata Strings. Ms. Jilcott graduated from ... more
Richard Zeller - Baritone One of America's leading baritones, Richard Zeller, is internationally acclaimed for his concert and ... more
Richmond Boys Choir Now in its Twelfth (13th) season, the Richmond Boys Choir (RBC) began as a collaborative project of ... more
Richmond Symphony Chorus James Erb organized the all-volunteer Richmond Symphony Chorus in 1971 for a December performance of ... more
Ron Matson - Conductor Ron Matson (guest conductor) first conducted for Richmond Ballet in the 1993 performances of Carmina ... more
Steven Smith - Conductor Steven Smith has been named the new Music Director of the Richmond Symphony! A native of Toledo ... more
Tai Murray - Violin Acclaimed as "superb" by The New York Times, twenty-seven year old violinist Tai Murray is a rising ... more
The Greater Richmond Children’s Choir The Greater Richmond Children’s Choir is dedicated to bringing together boys and girls from diverse ... more

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