MUSICIAN ROSTER
Violin
Daisuke Yamamoto
CONCERTMASTER
Tom & Elizabeth Allen Chair
Adrian Pintea
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL 1ST VIOLIN
Ellen Cockerham Riccio
PRINCIPAL 2ND VIOLIN
Jeannette Jang
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL 2ND VIOLIN
The Bob & Nancy Hill Chair
Susanna Klein
Susan Spafford
Alison Hall
Delaney Hunt
Stacy Matthews
Emily Monroe
Susy Yim
Timothy Judd
Jill Foster
Alana Carithers
Catherine Cary
Audrey Gray
Anna Rogers
Justin Gopal
Anna Bishop**
Viola
Rebecca Benjamin PRINCIPAL
The Mary Anne Rennolds Chair
Hyo Joo Uh
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Jocelyn Smith
Wayne Graham
Derek Smith
Zsuzsanna Emodi
Stephen Schmidt
Johanna Beaver*
Cello
Neal Cary PRINCIPAL
Jason McComb
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Richmond Symphony League Chair
NOVEMBER 29, 2025 NOVEMBER 30, 2025
Barbara Gaden
Adrienne Gifford-Yang
Peter Greydanus
Ryan Lannan
Schuyler Slack
Kenneth & Bettie Christopher Perry Foundation Chair
Bass
Lee Philip** PRINCIPAL
Rumano Solano
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Kelly Ali
Peter Spaar
Flute
Mary Boodell PRINCIPAL
Jennifer Debiec Lawson ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Piccolo
Catherine Broyles Oboe
Victoria Chung PRINCIPAL
Kara Poling
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Clarinet
David Lemelin PRINCIPAL
Eddie Sundra
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Bass Clarinet
Sara Reese
Bassoon
Thomas Schneider
PRINCIPAL
Felix Ren ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Contrabassoon
Matt Lano*
English Horn
Kara Poling PRINCIPAL
Horn
Dominic Rotella PRINCIPAL
Devin Gossett
The Luzi Wheeler Leisinger & George Wheeler Chair
Erin Lano
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Roger Novak
Trumpet
Brian Strawley** PRINCIPAL
Micah Reinharz**
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Daniel Egan
Sam Huss*
Trombone
Han Yun (Jonathan) Liang** ACTING PRINCIPAL
Evan Williams*
Scott Winger
Scott Cochran
Tuba
Conrad Shaw PRINCIPAL
Timpani
James Jacobson PRINCIPAL
Percussion
Clifton Hardison PRINCIPAL
Robert Jenkins
David Foster
Harp
Lynette Wardle PRINCIPAL
Keyboard
Russell Wilson PRINCIPAL
Quincy & Anne Owen Cole Chair
*ON LEAVE
**TEMPORARY
AS OF NOV. 21, 2025
DEAR FRIENDS,
Welcome to this joyful time of year with the Richmond Symphony. We are so glad you have joined us for Let It Snow! and Holiday Brass, two beloved programs that bring our community together through warmth, celebration, and the shared tradition of holiday music. Whether this is your first concert of the season or a cherished tradition, we are honored to be part of your festivities.
As we look onward toward 2026, a commemoration of America’s 250th, the Symphony looks back at American music traditions, from Motown to Sousa, Copland to John Williams. The year begins African American Requiem from Richmond Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence Damien Geter’s (LovingvVirginia Opera).
We are so honored to continue to create artistic and educational experiences that bring community together, that lift Virginia voices, and tell Virginia stories. Whether Youth Orchestra programming across five ensembles, work with our school systems, free concerts in and around our region, we are steadfastly committed to you, and to all of Richmond.
We are deeply grateful to our patrons, subscribers, exceptional musicians and artists who bring these programs to life. Your collective enthusiasm and generosity make this journey possible.
Thank you for joining us. We invite you to settle in, open your heart to the music, and experience the shared joy of live performance.
With gratitude,
Lacey Huszcza Valentina Peleggi PRESIDENT & CEO MUSIC DIRECTOR
RICHMOND SYMPHONY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Priscilla Burbank CHAIR
George Ruzek VICE CHAIR
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Lacey Huszcza PRESIDENT & CEO
Ludi Webber TREASURER
Richard Szucs SECRETARY
William Lawrence Baites, Jr.
Joanne Barreca
Philip Bennett
Elizabeth Cabell Jennings
Carolyn Champion
Dr. Ronald Crutcher
Nicomedes de León
Gary Flowers
Mark Flynn
D. Brennen Keene
Elizabeth A. King
Dr. Susan G. Kornstein
RICHMOND SYMPHONY FOUNDATION
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Randall S. Parks PRESIDENT
Ann T. Burks
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
David I. Meyers VICE PRESIDENT
James B. Hartough TREASURER
Lacey Huszcza SECRETARY
David B. Bradley Jr.
Alfred Broaddus, Jr.*
Priscilla Burbank
Sandra Chase
Robert L. Chewning
Wendell B. Fuller
Helen Lewis Kemp
Tara H. Matthews
Celia Rafalko
Christopher Lindbloom
William H. Mears, Jr.
Robert Melder
Valentina Peleggi
Kamran Raika
Brandon Taylor
Lange Taylor
Marcia Thalhimer
John Walker
Mark W. Wickersham
Bucci Zeugner
Ernesto Sampson
Patricia Shutterly
George Y. Wheeler, III
Anne Marie Whittemore
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld Wollan
*DECEASED
HAE LEE
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR & RICHMOND SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
Jack and Mary Ann Frable Associate Conductor Chair
Korean conductor Hae Lee is Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony and Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra.
A prizewinner at the Kussewitzky Competition in Italy and finalist at the Besançon Competition in France, he served in 2025 as a jury member for the Antal Doráti Competition.
In the U.S., Lee has assisted Marin Alsop with the São Paulo Symphony and American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and appeared at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Ives’ Symphony No. 4. He was a Conducting Fellow at the Cabrillo Festival and Assistant Conductor at the Baltimore Symphony Academy.
Internationally, Lee has led major orchestras across Europe and Asia, premiered contemporary works, and conducted opera productions including Le nozze di Figaro and La Bohème. To learn more visit richmondsymphony.com.
LAURA
ANN SINGH
VOCALIST
Hailed by The Guardian as “one of the more distinctive new voices in jazz,” vocalist Laura Ann Singh is a multilingual American singer, songwriter, and recording artist known for her vibrant interpretations of American jazz, Brazilian popular music, Latin boleros, and beyond. A founding member of the internationally acclaimed ensemble Miramar, she has performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk and All Songs Considered, and at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. With Miramar, Singh has performed twice with the Richmond Symphony, toured internationally from Russia to France, and released music on Daptone, Barbès, and Ansonia Records (Entre Tus Flores, 2025).
Her projects span genres and continents: the Brazilian-focused ensembles Quatro na Bossa and Os Magrelos, work with the Doug Richards Orchestra (Sonic Prism, 2023), a collaboration (Crumb of Me, 2025) with the Rosette String Quartet, and experimental ventures with Out of Your Head Records — including the debut of her Fracas Quintet, Mean Reds, in October 2025, and a featured role on drummer-composer Scott Clark’s Dawn and Dusk in 2023. In 2024, she appeared alongside cellist Tomeka Reid at the Kennedy Center as a featured vocalist in Reid’s suite celebrating Ellington. Singh’s repertoire weaves together Latin American classics, the American Songbook, works by women composers, and original material, reflecting her love of cross-cultural collaboration and intimate connection with audiences. She moves easily between worlds, bending genres into something unmistakably her own.
Staff
Richard W. Robbins
DIRECTOR
Kevin Barger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Daniel Stipe
REHEARSAL ACCOMPANIST
Janice Guzman
CHORUS MANAGER
Barbara C. Batson
Carl J. Eng
Lisa C. Fusco
REHEARSAL ASSISTANTS
Soprano
Ann Whitfield Carter
SECTION LEADER
Courtney Brennan
Laura-Grace Brown
Gabrielle Francesca
Bergeret
Rita Diamond
Melanie Ficke
Claire Foley
Lisa C. Fusco
Sarah George
Rose Grover
Denise R. Harding
Melanie Rose Horne
Luci Hughes
Ashley Larson
Kirstin McIntosh
Theresa Moffett
Katherine NelsonTracey
Gayle Oberacker
Ansley Pfeiffer
Mallory Porter
Stephanie Poxon
Melissa Reynold
Rae Tilman
Caitlyn Vidra
Ann Voss
Sara Zoeller
Alto
Kristen Melzer SECTION LEADER
Jan Altman
Barbara Baker
Kerry Blum
Elaina F. Brennan
Sarah W. Capehart
Ellen L. Carleton
Linda Castle
Steph Coolbaugh
Pamela Cross
Kamryn Davis
Aimee Ellington
Kathryn Rawley
Erhardt
Maria JK Everett
Hannah Goldenson
Lauren Grob
Elizabeth Harper
Cynthia G. Lee
Judy Mawyer
Sarah McGrath
Melisse Menchel
Katherine Montez
Kenna R. Payne
Lynne H. Read
Jane Pulliam Riddle
Charlotte Rowe
Meaghan Rymer
Faith Sartoris
Jayne Sneed
Mary Lou P.
Sommardahl
Wyna Taggart
Janet Tice
Ash Whitehead
Tenor
David Carter SECTION LEADER
Benjamin T. Almoite
Rick Axtell
Michael Bossé
Logan Codella
Joshua Ellis
Dan Gardner
Jody Gordon
Marc Kealhofer
David Lynch
William Marshall
Jonathan Miller
Ethan Obenrader
Collins Pace
Collier Phillips
James Rakes
Colin Richter
Henry Robb
Craig E. Ross
Bass
Martin McFadden SECTION LEADER
Don Creach
Devyn Curley
William Dantini
Frankie Davis Daniels
Martin Erb
Jackson Gardner
Jacob Giancaterino
Tom Heaton
David Hoover
Brendan Landes
Aaron Loy
Stephen Read
William Bradley Roberts
Richard Szucs
Paul Tuttle
Bennett Umhau
AS OF NOV. 21, 2025
RICHARD W. ROBBINS
RICHMOND SYMPHONY CHORUS DIRECTOR
James Erb Choral Chair
Richard W. Robbins is Director of the Richmond Symphony Chorus. His choirs have been praised as “moving” (Houston Chronicle) and “powerful” (Duluth News Tribune), with performances broadcast nationally on American Public Media’s Pipedreams.
He has served as chorus master for the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and Houston Ballet, and as assistant director of the Houston Symphony Chorus, preparing ensembles for Christoph Eschenbach, Hans Graf, Ermanno Florio, and others. His collaborations include work with the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Lyric Opera of the North, and ARENA DANCES.
A frequent clinician and guest conductor, Robbins has appeared across the United States and internationally. He is Choral Artist-in-Residence and Director of Choral Activities at Shenandoah Conservatory. To learn more visit richmondsymphony.com.
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG
Joy to the World
Joy to the world!
The Lord is come, let Earth receive Her King.
Let every heart prepare him room
And heav’n and nature sing
And heav’n and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.
The First Nowell
The first Nowell the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds
In fields as they lay
In fields as they lay
Keeping their sheep
On a cold winter’s night that was so deep
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born is the king of Israel
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born is the king of Israel
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the new born King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark! The Herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King!
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night
All is calm all is bright
Round ton virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy new Year
Good tiding to you
Where ever you are
Good tidings this Christmas
And a Happy New Year.
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 | 2:00PM
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 | 7:00PM
Hae Lee, conductor
Laura Ann Singh, vocalist
Richmond Symphony Chorus, Richard W. Robbins, director
BARRY MANN & CYNTHIA WEIL
arr. Patrick Roszell
ALI OLMO
arr. Christopher Hardin
DUKE ELLINGTON
JOHN RUTTER
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Intermission
JEFF TYZIK
arr. MARLYSSE SIMMONS
lyrics: Laura Ann Singh
IRVING BERLIN
arr. John Moss
GLORIA SHAYNE BAKER
arr. Keith Davis
LEE NORRIS
JULES STYNE
arr. Mark Hayes
LEROY ANDERSON
Christmas Vacation
Los Tres Reyes Magos
Laura Ann Singh
Nutcracker Suite
I. Overture
IV. Sugar Rum Cherry
VIII. Danse of the Floreadores
Angel’s Carol
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Chanukah Suite
Here We Are
Laura Ann Singh
White Christmas
Laura Ann Singh
Do You Hear What I Hear
Laura Ann Singh
Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long
Let It Snow
Sleigh Ride
CHIA-HSUAN LIN
PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR
Hailed by the Virginia Gazette as “a rock solid” and “animated” conductor, Chia-Hsuan Lin (pronounced “jah-shwen”) was appointed Music Director of the Rochester Symphony in 2024 and named Principal Guest Conductor of the Richmond Symphony, where she previously served as Associate Conductor. This season she returns to the Chautauqua Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and makes her debut with the Portland Symphony.
Lin has conducted the Saint Louis Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Williamsburg Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Richmond Ballet, and Taipei Philharmonic Chorus, among others. She has also served as cover conductor with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony, assisting distinguished conductors such as Marin Alsop, Gianandrea Noseda, and Stéphane Denève. To learn more visit richmondsymphony.com.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025 | 6:00PM VIRAGO SPIRITS | SCOTT’S ADDITION, 1727
RHOADMILLER STREET
Unleash your inner holiday goofball! Join the Richmond Symphony for an evening filled with over-the-top fun, tacky-lights, dazzling decor, holiday cocktails and festive chamber music. This whimsical concert benefits the Richmond Symphony’s music education programs! Order Today at RichmondSymphony.com | 804.788.1212 x2
BRUCE ADOLPHE
TRADITIONAL
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 | 3:00PM
Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor
Santa and Isolde, a Holiday Opera Fantasy
I Wonder as I Wander arr. David Hanson
GUSTAV HOLST
Christmas Day arr. Douglas Haislip
ANTHONY DILORENZO
Intermission
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Suite from The Nutcracker arr. Higgins
Overture
Marche
Danse Arabe
Trepak
GREGORY PASCUZZI
Hanukkah Reflections
TRADITIONAL
Happy Holidays Sing-A-Long arr. Ed Hirschman
LEROY ANDERSON
Bugler’s Holiday arr. Douglas Richard
LEROY ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
