Celebrating its 20th season from September 2024 to May 2025, CMSCVA is
a 501(c)3 nonprot corporation founded and based in Richmond. We present
an average of ten concerts per season, all produced by our staff, Board, and
volunteers, and made possible by hundreds of community members. Flexible in
personnel and repertoire, CMSCVA is dedicated to inspiring, entertaining, and
moving our communities through a combination of unique venues, world-class
musicians, thought-provoking content, and eclectic classical music. Engaging
with contemporary culture and honoring classical music traditions, our mission
is to promote interest and diversity in the musical life of Richmond and beyond.
CMSCVA’s home base, artistic mission, and artistic inspiration owe their
existence to the essential contributions to culture, history and economy by
people who have called this area home. Our concerts and meetings take place
on lands that are located within the territory of the Powatan Confederacy (or
Tsenacommacah), the Chickahominy tribe, and the Monacan nation. As we
continue our work of reaching across musical cultures and history with love
and respect, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which
we meet, and honor the elders of these native nations, past, present and
emerging. We also honor the contributions and deep sacrice of countless
enslaved peoples through the history of this area. Indeed, without their
ingenuity, artistry and strength, we and our city would not exist.
Jennifer Cable
Diana Damschroder
Peter Gilbert
Robin Jones
Phyllis McCafferty
Jeffrey Riehl
Ellen Sayles
Jennifer Tobin
James Wilson
FREE CONCERT: OPUS 20 – PARTY OF 7
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 2:00pm | Richmond Main Public Library
Join CMSCVA for an hour of sparkling music – Beethoven’s Septet,
opus 20, and the premiere of new piece by Antonio García that
brings the 19th century to 21st century Richmond.
SCHUBERT QUINTETS
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:00pm | 2nd Presbyterian Church
CMSCVA repeats one of the highlights of our past 20 years, a
back-to-back performance of Franz Schubert’s spectacular
“Trout” and Cello Quintets.
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
STAFF
James Wilson
Artistic Director
Anamarie Diaz
Administrative
Manager
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