Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra

Our second Concert in the Park(ing) Lot starts tonight at 7pm at Richmond Green Park. Featuring the British Legends..a tribute to Freddie Mercury, Elton John an...d Rod Stewart. Thanks again to RBC, Tim Hortons, Richmond Hill Honda and Cosmo Music - The Musical Instrument Superstore for their generous support. See more

Our first Concert in the Park(ing) Lot was an overwhelming success. Thanks again to RBC, Tim Hortons, Richmond Hill Honda and Cosmo Music - The Musical Instrument Superstore for their generous support. See you next week for the British Legends!

Soundcheck! Getting closer to our first Concert in the Park(ing) Lot. Thanks again to RBC, Tim Hortons, Richmond Hill Honda and Cosmo Music for their generous support.

Dear friends, Thank you for your generous and continued support of the Orchestra. With the cancellations of the April and June Concerts, we continue to face significant challenges and your donations will go a long way to ensuring our continued survival next season and in the years to come. For many, we recognize that these are trying times and understand that you may not be in a position to support the Orchestra financially. That you continue to hold the Orchestra close to yo...ur heart, especially in these trying times, is very much valued and appreciated! Thank you so much. https://www.canadahelps.org//the-richmond-hill-philharmon/ Our Artistic Director, Dr. Jessica Kun has great things planned for next season and beyond. We may have been temporarily sidetracked by the Covid Pandemic, but we will be back in full force as soon as the restrictions on public gatherings are lifted. We look forward to seeing you in person on the other side of this pandemic crisis. Until then, stay safe and healthy.

https://youtu.be/G_bJiWYzbIU A medley of RHPO's past and recent performances were featured on Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts online platform Apart{of}. Enjoy!

IN MEMORIA DI ENNIO MORRICONE (Roma, 10 novembre 1928 Roma, 6 luglio 2020) In collegamento con Classica Tv

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#HappyFathersDay Happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful, caring, nurturing, loving Dads!

"Jazz in the Lawn" concert. RHPO members put together an outdoor performance of jazz standards.

Watch RHPO members performing outdoor a selection of jazz standards.

Dear Music Lovers I want to thank you for your support of the RHPO and for sharing music with us over the past 12 years. I miss making music for you. I miss the wonderful musicians I have the honor to make music with. And you can’t imagine how much I miss making music! While we are living in a new normal that changes by the minute, I am optimistic that we will all meet again. I have made plans for our 2020/21 Season, in hopes that we are gifted with the opportunity to play ...and share our music sooner than later. In the meantime, I am crafting some projects to engage our RHPO musicians, to get them back to making music together, but on a virtual platform. Technology platforms are being developed to allow me to realize things in my imagination, to continue making and sharing music with you. I’m working on it and we will let you know when we get something nice to share with you. Each concert program I plan, is a little work of art in itself, with a repertoire that is judiciously selected and conceptualized into a 2(ish) hour program, to take you on a journey that might enlighten, educate, and engage you in a memorable way. This, with the wonderful multimedia and beautiful lighting I am able to design, to support the music, thanks to our wonderful concert hall, makes each of our concerts very special, in hopes to take us all to a unique place for a few hours every six weeks. The 2020/21 Season promises to be wonderful. We will have new guest artists on various programs throughout the season and, the first three concerts are brand new. Since we were unable to share our April and June concerts with you, this season, I feel you have missed out! I had planned wonderful things for you and the orchestra. Don’t worry. You didn’t lose out. I have programmed those two concerts for April and June 2021. In the meantime, I would like to invite you to send me a repertoire you would like to hear in the future. I would love to compile a long list, so I can choose things that fit with my artistic vision on particular concerts. I hope to have an audience choice repertoire on every future concert program. Please send me an email, with your to [email protected] I look forward to seeing you again soon in the concert hall. In the meantime, I hope our paths will cross (not too close, though) around Richmond Hill, in a Virtual Music setting soon, and that everyone stays healthy and find happiness at every opportunity. All very best Dr. Jessica V. Kun, Conductor/Artistic Director Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra

RHPO members Dave Chan and his two kids, Sarah and Joseph, showed up on Jessica's front lawn last Sunday and played a song for her and a bunch of neighbours that ran over to hear it. Here's a short fragment from the 2nd half of their song. People got a lot of joy out of this and many were a little teary, listening to these three. Inspired by this visit by 3 angels, our conductor will be hosting a Jazz Session on her front lawn on Saturday (rain day is Sunday), with a few of RHPO musicians. Stay tuned!

Huge National Public Works Week shoutout to our Public Works team! They play a vital role in creating & maintaining a safe, healthy & vibrant community. From clean drinking water to roads, sidewalks, parks & tree maintenance, they provide services essential to our quality of life.