Who We Are
Richmond Symphony Administration
Administration
Lacey Huszcza, President and CEO
Valentina Peleggi, Music Director
Gail Henshaw, Chief Financial and Human Resources Officer
Shacoya Henley, Accounting & Human Resources Manager
Aleeyah Frye, Executive & Finance Assistant
Advancement & Patron Services
Eboni Boadi, Chief Development Officer
Kiaya Smith, Assistant Director of Advancement
Allison Demand, Stewardship & Special Events Manager
Vic Reichert, Grants Coordinator, Institutional Giving
Nai’lah Rowe, Donor Relations Coordinator
Marketing, Sales & Patron Services
Christopher Anderson, Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Christopher Stager, Director of Marketing & Sales
Amy Buhrman, Assistant Director of Marketing & Sales
Kira Gay Hiller, Assistant Director of Patron Services & Sales
Gabe Molina, Brand and Content Designer
Eva Linder, Patron Services Assistant
For ticketing inquiries, please email patronservices@richmondsymphony.com.
For marketing inquiries, please email marketing@richmondsymphony.com.
For development inquiries, please email development@richmondsymphony.com.
Education & Community Engagement
Julie Bemis, Vice President of Education & Community Engagement
Davey Van Beveren, Assistant Director of Education & Community Engagement
Marcey W. Leonard, Community Engagement Manager
Sandy Goldie, Conductor, Youth Concert Orchestra
Melissa Jones, Conductor, Camerata Strings
Matt Wilson, Conductor, String Sinfonietta
Justin Alexander, Conductor, Percussion Ensemble
Dana McComb, Honors & Music Theory Instructor
Caitlin Barry, Youth Community Strings Program Manager & Lead Instructor
Anita Williams, Education Coordinator
Anna Mitchell, Education Assistant
For education inquiries please email education@richmondsymphony.com.
Artistic Operations
Matt Wilshire, Vice President of Artistic Planning & Orchestral Operations
Hae Lee, Associate Conductor
Chia-Hsuan Lin, Principal Guest Conductor
Jennifer Arnold, Artistic Advisor
Matt Gold, Orchestra Librarian
Brent Bowden, Assistant Director of Operations & Production
Kelly Syiad Ali, Personnel Manager
Brent Klettke, Production & Special Events Manager
Ben Chase, Operations Assistant
Joe Taylor, Assistant Librarian
Interested in playing with the symphony? Apply to be a substitute musician here!
For audition inquiries, please refer to our Auditions page
The Richmond Symphony is committed to expanding and performing more than the core symphonic repertoire. We are always accepting scores, listening to works, and researching composer‘s websites to add to our different concert offerings. Please feel free to share your website and/or upload scores for our artistic team to review.
For artistic inquiries please email: artistic@richmondsymphony.com