CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME AN A?: A Richmond Symphonicast
Welcome to Richmond Symphony's very own podcast! (We know you're excited, but we insist you hold your applause for the end, please.) Join hosts Matt Gold, (Orchestra Librarian/sometimes-symphony-bass player) and Zoe Thomas (Patron Services Assistant) as they chat with special guests, react to fascinating pieces of music, and endeavor to make classical music fun and accessible! Each episode will provide a multi-faceted look at the goings-on of both the Richmond Symphony and the classical music scene as a whole. We look forward to bringing home everything that makes us feel so fortunate to say that we work for Richmond Symphony. Have feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at podcast@richmondsymphony.com.
Episodes
10 episodes
Season Finale: Can Someone Give Me A STREETCAST!?!
To celebrate the end of our first season, we are featuring our best guest yet…YOU!!! That's right, prepare yourself for the STREETCAST! With nothing more than a 1/64-size violin, a whiteboard, and a few microphones, we set up shop in Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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28:23
Episode 9: Erin Freeman KNOWS You Missed that Diphthong
To celebrate the penultimate episode of our first season, we bring you a chat with Director and Conductor of the Richmond Symphony Chorus, Dr. Erin Freeman! Erin is also the Artistic Director of Wintergreen Music Festival, Directory of Choral A...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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52:10
Episode 8: (Dominic) Rotella, Respighi, and ROCK AND ROLL!!!
TWO amazing episodes in the span of two weeks??? We are seriously on our game this month. And so is this week's guest, Principal Horn, DOMINIC ROTELLA! With previous gigs in Louisville, KY, Miami Beach, FL, and even Santiago, Chile, Do...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:41
Episode 7: Trumpet Queen Mary Elizabeth Bowden
Folks, do we have a treat for y'all today or WHAT? The number 7 is said to be lucky, and we were very lucky indeed to snag an interview with none other than the trumpet queen herself, Mary Elizabeth Bowden! (Brass aficionados, you're welcome.) ...
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46:38
Episode 6: Strings and Strangs with Molly Sharp
Howdy, Y'all! Did you miss us? Well, you're in luck because for the first time EVER we are coming to you IN-PERSON from the studio! And who better to kick off this new phase of the podcast than Richmond Symphony Principal Violist, Molly Sharp? ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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46:42
Episode 5: Hot Takes with Evan Williams
Get ready for some seriously hot takes with Principal Trombone, Evan Williams. One of the newer members of the Symphony family, Evan has already established himself ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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46:28
Episode 4: Flutes, Fowl, and Fugues with Mary Boodell
Matt and Zoe are joined by RSO Principal Flute, Mary Boodell, who has been playing with the Symphony for 30 years (!) Mary walks the duo through her musical beginnings, detail...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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48:44
Episode 3: Joining the Reena Esmail Fan Club with Victoria Cottrell!
This week, Matt and Zoe are hangin’ with RSO staff member and self-avowed choir nerd Victoria Cottrell to chat about composer Reena Esmail’s “She Will Transform You”. If you’re a fellow fan of choral music, you’re going to LOVE this piece, whic...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:12
Episode 2: Susanna Klein (Real Final Actual Final Version)
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in to our first episode last week. We are so grateful for all of your feedback. In this episode, Matt and Zoe are back once again with guest Susanna Klein, professor of Violin at Virginia Comm...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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49:30
Episode 1: Thank You, Russell Wilson
Welcome to the premiere episode of CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME AN A?!: A Richmond Symphonicast. Hosts Matt Gold and Zoe Thomas are joined by Richmond Symphony's own Principal Piano and Celeste, Russell Wilson, to discuss Undine Smith Moor...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:49