We can safely say that the 2020-2021 season will unlike any other in our 50-year history. As a chorus, we have committed to taking care of our voices, our projects, our chorus community, and our RVA community.
Our Voices: Members will receive group voice lessons, theory classes, history sessions, and more, to keep connected to the artwork to which they have dedicated countless years of practice.
Our Projects: We will create videos, learn new repertoire, and take advantage of good weather for outdoor popup concerts. We'll also research and celebrate our 50 years of bring great choral works to life with the Richmond Symphony.
Our Chorus Community: The chorus will take care of each other with online and socially distances gatherings, care packages, and involvement in Richmond Symphony events. We know that a chorus is more than just a performing ensemble – it is a family. We are keeping the fam together! We're also beginning our grand 50th anniversary celebration – a party that will continue until December 2021.
Our RVA Community: We will create music for and with our community. Through shared videos, pop-up concerts, radio appearances, and immersive singing opportunities, we plan to continue to uplift RVA with songs of peace, freedom, and hope.
Fall/Holiday Repertoire:
Ain’t that A Rockin’ - arr. Stacy V. Gibbs
A Silence Haunts Me – Jake Runestad
Away in Manger - Ola Gjeilo
Coventry Carol – Traditional
Deep River – arr. Moses Hogan
Hark (in ⅞) - Stephen Landau
I Can Tell the World– arr. Moses Hogan
I'm Gonna Sing – arr. Moses Hogan
My Lord Has Come – Will Todd
O Guiding Night - Roderick Williams
O Nata Lux - Lauridson
Shenandoah – James Erb
The Waiting Sky - Oliver Tarney
If you are interested in singing with us, visit our audition page.
2019-2020 Schedule
Sept 6, 2019 - Orff, "O Fortuna," from Carmina Burana Sept 21-22, 2019 - Zemlinski, "Psalm 13," Marin Alsop conducting Sept 27-29 - Orff, Carmina Burana, with the RIchmond Ballet, Erin Freeman conducting December 6, 2019 - Handel's Messiah, George Manahan conducting December 7 & 8, 2019 - “Let It Snow” Christmas Pops, Chia-Hsuan Lin conducting February 14-16, 2020 - Music to accompany the Harry Potter Film, "Prisoner of Azkaban" March 22, 2020 - All choral concert, Erin Freeman conducting - POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE April 18 & 19, 2020 - Rachmaninoff, "The Bells," Farkhad Khudyev conducting - CANCELLED
