We’ve all heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”  In the case of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony it takes a large orchestra and a veritable “village” of singers- four soloists and a large chorus- to perform this great masterpiece! Joining the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 16th, 8:00 pm, at Ridgefield High School’s Anne S. Richardson Auditorium, are close ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. What else need be said? Truly one of the greatest artistic utterances of mankind. And with the Ode to Joy finale, one of the most popular pieces of music ever written. Join the RSO on Saturday, May 16th, 8:00 pm, Ridgefield High School, in a performance of the Ninth Symphony as the perfect ending to year of world-class music during this, the orchestra’s ...

April 4th, 1965, is a very important date in the cultural life of Ridgefield.  That day, the fledgling Ridgefield Symphonette played its very first performance at Cleves Auditorium at West Park School. Fifty years later, on March 22nd, 2015, 4:30 pm, at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra takes the ...

Frank, Dean and Sammy… what else need be said?  Consummate singers and all-around entertainers, they ruled the Vegas strip from their roost at The Copa Room in the Sands Casino.  Their exploits, and their music, have become the stuff of legends. Join the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, March 7th, 8:00 pm, Clune Auditorium at Wilton High School, as the reincarnated Rat Pack ...

America has been called a “melting pot” of peoples and cultures.  The RSO Concert on Saturday, February 7th, is the embodiment of this American ideal, with a Romanian cellist, a Bulgarian conductor, and a symphony that celebrates our nation in music! Romanian born cellist Mihai Marica joins the RSO on February 7th as soloist in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic and lyric ...

Every New Year brings with it promise, the promise of great, and exciting, things to come.  2015 brings with it the promise of three exciting new performances by Ridgefield’s own world-class orchestra, the RSO! The excitement begins on February 7th, with a performance of Dvorak’s all-time audience favorite, the New World Symphony, paired with Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic, yet lyrical, ...

Home for the Holidays. A tired cliché perhaps, but a perfect definition of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Holiday Celebration on Saturday, December 6th, 8:00 pm, at the Ridgefield High School Auditorium. A celebration of community and family, the concert combines traditional musical favorites, world-class musical artistry and special local guests into a perfect evening of ...

The Holiday season is about friends, friends old and new, sharing together this most wonderful time of the year.  Join the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, December 6th, 8:00 pm, at Ridgefield High School Auditorium, as we celebrate the season in song with two very special friends of the RSO.  One of the unique gifts given to our community by the RSO is the dedication shown ...

The air is tinged with an autumnal coolness.  Trees are bursting forth in a riot of colors.  Fall is here, the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” in the words of the poet Keats.  And just as the maturing sun “…loads and blesses with fruit the vines,” so the fallow summer brings forth the musical fruits of another concert season from the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra! The 2014-15 ...

Fifty years.  Five decades.  Any way you state it, reaching your golden anniversary is an accomplishment worthy of celebration.  The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra has, since 1965, been presenting the greatest music ever written in world-class performances right here in our community.  Music truly is their raison d’être; they always strive to bring the finest in music and artists to ...