The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia presents “Just Kidding” with Jordan Bak, viola, Fitz Gary, viola, Grant Houston, violin, Mari Lee, violin, and James Wilson, cello. Comedy has been an essential part of dealing with the human condition for thousands of years, and for centuries, composers have given us musical humor to tickle our funny bones whether we're alone at home or at a concert. CMSCVA celebrates the lighter side of life in this concert of chamber music by Haydn, Heinrich von Biber, and the fictitious P. D. Q. Bach.

“A Classical Romance, a Story Recital” –a performance including works by Schubert, Granados, Chopin, Ravel, and Liszt by Lisa Ruth, pianist, who has developed her own personal stories in her interpretation of these classics ranging from the classical to the romantic to the modern impressionist periods.

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RVA Baroque is Richmond, Virginia’s period instrument ensemble. The group began performing in 2009 under the name Jefferson Baroque. In our first public performance, four friends who enjoyed playing old music on old instruments gave a concert for employees of a dental practice. Since then, the ensemble has grown to over 20 musicians. Several members enjoy prominence in the US and international early music scene.

Richmond-based jazz band, Sweet Potatoes

The Richmond Music Teachers Association is a nonprofit organization representing music teachers in Richmond and in surrounding communities. The organization was established in 1973 and is comprised of music teachers who are currently or were formerly involved in music education in piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, theory and composition.

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The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia was formed in 2004 to explore new ways to program and present the chamber music art form.

The Greater Richmond Children’s Choir is dedicated to bringing together boys and girls from diverse backgrounds to experience the joy of singing and to gain a life-long love for good music through age-appropriate vocal training. The GRCC strives to nurture the unique gift each child brings, to encourage all to reach for excellence, and ultimately, to create responsible and compassionate citizens of the world. After twenty years, Founding Artistic Director Hope Armstrong Erb was named Artistic Director Emeritus, and veteran GRCC director Crystal Jonkman was named Artistic Director in 2017. Now beginning our 25th season, GRCC includes choristers, ages 8-18 in ensembles representing many different schools in the city of Richmond and the surrounding counties.

CAPITOL OPERA RICHMOND is a Non-Profit, all volunteer organization founded to act as a resource and information center for "Voice Professionals" of all types, such as trained singers, broadcasters, and public speakers, and to provide a performing venue for local singers, musicians, directors, conductors, choreographers and dancers. We take great pride in the diversity and talent of our casts.

Pianist Magdalena Adamek holds Master of Arts in Piano Performance from the Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, Poland (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music), and Doctor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Alberta, Canada.

The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia was formed in 2004 to explore new ways to program and present the chamber music art form. Our initial project in 2005 was to form a chamber music festival called the “Richmond Festival of Music.” In that first festival we presented four concerts with a variety of chamber music including a concert performance of Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas.”

Megan Slay graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019 where she studied with Ruta Smedina- Starke. She was a Sigma Alpha Iota Young Artist and awarded the Richmond Music Teachers Association Collegiate Scholarship. She served as secretary of the VCU collegiate chapter of the Music Teachers National Association.

The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia was formed in 2004 to explore new ways to program and present the chamber music art form.