November 3rd, 2022
Join us as Maestro Couturiaux chats with RSO’s concertmaster Elisabeth Adkins and principal violist Susan Dubois about the upcoming November 5th concert featuring pieces by London-born composer Anna Clyne, Mozart’s most masterful example of a hybrid symphony plus concerto, and concluding with the most famous opening notes in all of classical music when the orchestra performs Beethoven’s exhilarating and monumental Fifth Symphony.
September 6th, 2022
It's a new season! Please tune in to hear Maestro Clay Couturiaux, Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Producer Ross Sivertsen discuss the 61st Season of the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.
April 14th, 2022
Join us as Maestro Couturiaux and Ross Sivertsen chat with Van Cliburn gold medalist Jon Nakamatsu and RSO Concertmaster Elisabeth Adkins in preparation for our Season Finale Concert on Saturday, April 23rd!
January 25th, 2022
We are so excited about the RSO February 5th Concert - "A Texas Tribute" with the "Texas Country Reporter" team, Bob and Kelli Phillips. Join us as Maestro Couturiaux and Ross Sivertsen chat with TCR producer Mike Snyder, composer/arranger David Lovrien and his wife, Grace, about the origins of the "Texas Tribute" project and background on David's compositions and arrangements for the program.
November 30th, 2021
As we start the holiday season, join Maestro Couturiaux, Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Producer Ross Sivertsen in this episode of "Portraits in Music" as we talk about holiday music and the upcoming holiday program on December 4th with Ian Gill, Music and Artistic Director of the Richardson Community Chorale.
November 4th, 2021
This episode of "Portraits in Music," features the RSO's principle clarinetist Kwanghoon Yi. Join Maestro Clay Couturiaux, Executive Director Laurie Garvie and Ross Sivertsen as they chat with Kwanghoon about growing up as a musician in Seoul, South Korea; the November 6th Concert featuring Kwanghoon playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto; and we endi the podcast with Maestro Couturiaux walking through the background of Strauss' Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
September 30th, 2021
In this episode of "Portraits in Music," Maestro Clay Couturiaux, Executive Director Laurie Garvie and Ross Sivertsen chat about the 60th Anniversary of the symphony, and the season opener. We also have a great conversation with our guest artist Will Hagen.
August 26th, 2021
In this episode of "Portraits in Music," Maestro Clay Couturiaux, RSO Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Ross Sivertsen continue their conversation with composer Dr. Kirsten Soriano Broberg about her composition, Creation, written for the RSO to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the symphony, and the season opener.
Over the next several episodes we will chat with Maestro Couturiaux, and Dr. Broberg, about the creative process as her work continues to unfold.
June 10th, 2021
In this episode of "Portraits in Music," Maestro Clay Couturiaux, RSO Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Ross Sivertsen chat with Composer Dr. Kirsten Soriano Broberg. Dr Broberg has been commissioned by the RSO to write a composition to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the symphony, and the season opener.
Over the next several episodes we will chat with Maestro Couturiaux, and Dr. Broberg, about the creative process as her work continues to unfold.
April 15th, 2021
In this episode of "Portraits in Music," Maestro Clay Couturiaux, RSO Executive Director Laurie Garvie, and Ross Sivertsen chat about the symphony's season finale concert on April 17th; stay tuned all the way to the end where we have a surprise interview with guest artist and Van Cliburn Competition Bronze Medalist Daniel Hsu.
