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February 28, 2018 – Richmond, Virginia Join us for an evening of Motown’s greatest hits performed by the Motortown All-Stars and the Richmond Symphony! You’ll experience impeccable harmonies, dazzling choreography, and our full symphony orchestra live on stage on Saturday, March 24^th at the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center. Show time is 8pm.

The Motortown All-Stars is a collaboration of world class vocalists from legendary Motown groups The Capitols, The Miracles, and former members of The Temptations. Every performance contains that unmistakable Motown vibe, including flashy suits, great singing and dancing, and a polished show that has set the bar for every vocal artist since the late 1950’s.

The Motown catalog includes some of the most enduring songs in popular music, with the most universal appeal of any musical form. Motown music boasts strong, recognizable musical hooks that have been used in everything from movie soundtracks to commercials for more than 50 years.

The show encompasses Motown’s Greatest Hits, including the hits of the legendary groups from which this group was formed, together with the hits of many of their contemporaries at Motown such as: Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, and The Jackson 5.

This is sure to be an unforgettable evening for audiences from 10 to 100, and will be the feel-good event of the season!

Don’t miss your chance to hear Motown’s Greatest Hits on Saturday, March 24th at 8pm. The Carpenter Theatre at the Dominion Energy Center. Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased online at richmondsymphony.com or by calling 1.800.514.ETIX.

The concert is sponsored by The London Company. The media sponsor is Style Weekly.

Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor bio   Motortown All-Stars, guest musicians bio

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About the Richmond Symphony

Kicking off its 60^th Anniversary Season in September 2017, the Richmond Symphony is the largest performing arts organization in Central Virginia. The organization includes an orchestra of more than 70 professional musicians, the 150-voice Richmond Symphony Chorus and more than 260 students in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra programs. Each season, more than 200,000 members of the community enjoy live concerts and radio broadcasts. The Symphony also provides educational outreach programs to over 55,000 students and teachers each year. The Symphony was recently named one of 21 American orchestras selected as a leader in orchestra innovation by the League of American Orchestras through its Futures Fund Initiative. The Richmond Symphony is partially funded by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Visit www.richmondsymphony.com.