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RCO has released its first ever record! Give it a listen on #streaming platforms everywhere! 

#Classical #music #orchestra #SINY #Staten #StatenIsland #NYC #NYCulture #Mendelssohn #MaestroAurelia #RCO #richmondcountyorchestra 

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#Tomorrow Join us for our #FlagDay celebration at St. John’s Staten Island Campus! We will be performing excerpts from La Traviata, Coppelia & Sleeping Beauty alongside new pop tunes arranged for orchestra! 

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2640 postcards for Saluting the Flag in Song & Dance ready for mailing first thing in the morning! #LateNightHustle

See you at the show on June 14!

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Come one, come all to our season finale “Saluting The Flag In Song & Dance” You can’t beat a #FREE RCO Show!!

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Watching some live streaming classical arts! You can join in the viewing pleasure anytime!! Such an awesome resource of classical media!

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Sometimes it's nice to let the music wash over you.

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Our overture to April 25th "Pictures at an Exhibition". A great way to start the evening. #Music #Brahms

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A very happy birthday to two great conductors. Herbert von Karajan, and the Richmond County Orchestra’s own Maestro Alan Aurelia. 

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One of the greatest pieces of classical music of all time. Inspired by one of the greatest writers of all time!

This production made possible by: Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) NYSCA Northfield Bank Foundation Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation Dragon Kims Karate USA

Make a donation to us today & become Noteworthy! www.richmondcountyorchestra.org 

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Official promotional materials for Pictures at an Exhibition on April 25th at Snug Harbor Music Hall. A New Experience in Classical Music! 

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Who doesn't like the Cantina band in #StarWars ? #music #clarinet #cantina

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You can "turn off you mind, relax and float downstream" with classical music too! Staten Island's best performing one of Music's best: Tchaikovsky. 

Without him we wouldn't have THE musical expressions of modern love and Christmas. He was truly a beautiful composer and person. 

We would like to thank the following Noteworthy Sponsors to help make our online outreach possible:

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

NYSCA

Northfield Bank Foundation

Con Edison: Power of Giving

Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation

Dragon Kim's Karate USA (https://www.facebook.com/dragonkimskarateusa)

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Music History Birthdays

Today we celebrate the birthdays of Composers:

William Yeates Hurlstone (1876)

&

Francis Poulenc (1899)

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Gotta have a sense of humor as a musician. 

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You gotta check out this amazing clip of Maestro Aurelia conducting the RCO in Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet at Snug Harbor Music Hall. The second oldest music hall in NYC!

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Unbelievably beautiful clip of the Richmond County Orchestra showing how music is the beauty of life with Tchaikovsky's iconic work: Romeo & Juliet: Overture-Fantasy. 

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.: In keeping with the spirit of the season, The Richmond County Orchestra hosted a holiday performance of a "Celebration in Song and Dance" at St. John's University, Grymes Hill. The event featured Joshua Limage of the Wagner...

Great Article by Carol Ann Benanti of the Staten Island Advance. Great quote by our Maestro Aurelia in the article too!