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