2021-2022 Season

Concert dates & repertoire

We are excited to announce upcoming programming for the 2021-2022 season. While so much continues to remain in flux, we are eager for the return of the musicians to stage and patrons to our hall.

Please note that we will be selling tickets soon! You will be the first to know when they are available for purchase.

String Orchestra Gems
September 18, 2021

• Donezetti-Allegro in C for Strings
• Purcell/Britten-Chacony
• Holst-St. Paul’s Suite
• Mendelssohn-String Symphony No. 5
• Corigliano-Voyage for Strings
• Bartok-Rumanian Folk Dances

Cardenes Plays Tchaikovsky
October 23, 2021

• Dukas-Fanfare to La Peri
• Franck-Symphony in D minor
• Tchaikovsky-Violin Concerto, featuring Andres Cardenes, violin

Marvelous Movie Music
December 5, 2021

• Williams-Superman March
• Rodgers-The King and I
• Mascagni-Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
• Young Artist Winner TBA
• Zimmer-The Dark Knight
• Loewe-My Fair Lady
• Silvestri-Forrest Gump Suite
• College Fight Songs
• Williams-Star Wars, The Phantom Menace

Classics by Great Masters
January 29, 2022

• Mendelssohn-Hebrides Overture
• Mozart-Symphony No. 8
• Salieri-Sinfonia in D, “La Veneziana”
• Beethoven-Symphony No. 4

Memorable Melodies
March 5, 2022

• Glinka-Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
• Bruch-Ave Maria, featuring Mark Kosmala, cello
• Bizet-Carmen Suite No. 1
• Mussorgsky-Night On Bald Mountain
• Bilik-American Civil War Fantasy
• Brahms-Academic Festival Overture

A Concert of Firsts
April 9, 2022

• Riegger-Dance Rhythms
• Corigliano-Elegy
• Morris-Cello Concerto Commission, featuring Andres Diaz, cello
• Sibelius-Symphony No. 1

Please note:

• There will not be a brochure for the 2021-2022 season.
  
• All seats held during the 2019-2020 season will be kept until the 2022-2023 season. You will have the right of first refusal when social distancing requirements are lifted.
• Winners of the local radio auction will be honored in upcoming years.
• Restrictions and precautions mandated by Richmond Community Schools for the use of Civic Hall Performing Arts Center will be followed. 
• All youth programming has been moved to the spring in hopes it will be more likely the concerts and Young Artist Competition can be held. 
• Expect continued newsletters to arrive every six weeks. We will keep you informed of ongoing decisions about the season.
• In the meantime, visit us at RichmondSymphony.org for the regular release of RSO recordings. Plan to see the RSO in the community as we continue to plan the Community Concert Series!
• We want to hear from you and are available for questions. The office is staffed 11:30-3:00 M-F. You are welcome to call (765)966-5181 or email RSO.RichmondSymphony@gmail.com

A Letter from the Board

Dear Friend of RSO,

We can’t thank you enough for the love and support you have shown the RSO over the past year. As a staff and board, we have felt your concern for the continued financial health of the organization, our ability to continue to live out our mission, and for our dedicated musicians.

We are all hopeful for a return to “normal” very soon. Our musicians are eager to play together and make music for your enjoyment. The staff can’t wait to safely invite you back into Civic Hall. The board is eager to live out the mission of the RSO providing enriching musical experiences for you to enjoy.

Yet there is still uncertainty in this continued fluid time. With everything changing so quickly, the board feels we need to hold off a bit longer before putting tickets on sale for the fall.

We want to ensure we follow the guidance of the Wayne County Health Department and are working closely with them on contingency plans for seating in Civic Hall based on capacity limits and social distancing. The protocols in place today may significantly change before our opening concert in September.

We can share with certainty that we will hold a six-concert season and ask you to keep the following dates:

September 18, 2021
October 23, 2021
December 5, 2021
January 29, 2022
March 5, 2022
April 9, 2022

Unfortunately, we are unable to release repertoire. We need to meet social distancing requirements on the stage and prioritize the safety of our musicians which will affect the programming. Nonetheless, it will be the same high quality music the RSO always offers.

Please know that we will keep you informed but ask for continued patience a bit longer.

In the meantime, we have expanded the popular RSO Sunset Series for you to enjoy. Be sure to make your reservations for these free events online at RichmondSymphony.org or call the office at (765)966-5181.

Warm regards,

Kathy Girten, on behalf of the RSO board