The experience of the Richmond Symphony would not be complete without our wonderful chorus. This chorus is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Yes, in 1971, a young man named James Erb prepared the first ever chorus of the Richmond Symphony to sing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis under the direction of the great conductor Robert Shaw. You’ll have to come back in May to experience our recreation of that event on our 8th Masterworks concert.
Each and every member of the Richmond Symphony Chorus is a volunteer. During the day, they are teachers, lawyers, managers, entrepreneurs, and more! According to our calculations, each singer donates about 55 rehearsals or performances a year. At 2.5 hours per rehearsal, that’s 137.5 hours per year (not including at-home study time, driving time, or the chorus parties!). Times that by an average of 130 singers per year, and that’s 17,875 hours of donated time per year. Times THAT by 40years, and you get 715,000 hours of donated time!
On Sept 25th as the chorus walks on stage to perform Beethoven's 9th, they will be joining forces with the orchestra to celebrate a wonderful 40 years of collaborative and mutual love of music. Here's a quick slideshow of some of the wonderful members of the chorus on and off stage. Congrats folks on 40 wonderful years!
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Each and every member of the Richmond Symphony Chorus is a volunteer. During the day, they are teachers, lawyers, managers, entrepreneurs, and more! According to our calculations, each singer donates about 55 rehearsals or performances a year. At 2.5 hours per rehearsal, that’s 137.5 hours per year (not including at-home study time, driving time, or the chorus parties!). Times that by an average of 130 singers per year, and that’s 17,875 hours of donated time per year. Times THAT by 40years, and you get 715,000 hours of donated time!
On Sept 25th as the chorus walks on stage to perform Beethoven's 9th, they will be joining forces with the orchestra to celebrate a wonderful 40 years of collaborative and mutual love of music. Here's a quick slideshow of some of the wonderful members of the chorus on and off stage. Congrats folks on 40 wonderful years!
homepage sweet homepage: http://www.richmondsymphony.com
"Congrats" and "Thanks" to Ed Alexander, my chorus teacher from grades 4-12, for his many years with the Symphony Chorus! On the opening slide of the video, he is on the 3rd row from the top, on the extreme right. Looking forward to Beethoven sung with power and passion tomorrow evening!
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