
SINCE 1982, Virginia’s Charlottesville High School Orchestra program has grown from eight members to one of the largest in the commonwealth, and has earned a national reputation for excellence. Consisting of String Ensemble and Concert Orchestra, we have garnered top prizes in music festivals in the United States—from New York to Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Williamsburg, Nashville, Orlando, Virginia Beach, and Myrtle Beach—and abroad in the Caribbean; London, England; Vienna, Austria; Florence, Italy; Paris, France, and Dublin, Ireland. We have performed by invitation at five VMEA conferences and at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

News

Lisbon 2021 Prospectus
Charlottesville High School String Ensemble has been invited to perform in the prestigious Lisbon International Youth Music Festival.

Painted Violins 2020 Fundraiser
Thank you to all who helped support the Charlottesville High School Orchestra by bidding on one of these beautiful violins.

CHSO Video Wins 3 Gold Medal Advocacy Awards
Students from the Metro Nashville Public Schools perform Bebe and Cece Winans’ We Need Another One (Right Now) with the CHS Orchestra and Choir.

Sample Performances
Virtual CHSO
Colors of Home
Video, February 2021
Virtual CHSO
Lyric for Strings
Video, February 2021
CHSO/CHS Choir
Hallelujah Chorus
Video, February 2021
Virtual CHSO
Hallelujah Chorus
Video, January 2021
CHS Symphony Orchestra
Night on Bald Mountain
Video, January 2020
CHS Symphony and Choir
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Video, January 2020
CHSO with Massamba Diop and Tony Vacca
Selections from Black Panther
Video, May 2019
CHSO String Ensemble
Performance at Fiesta-Val
Video, April 2016
CHSO String Ensemble
Overture: Our Creed is Our Shield
Audio, March 2015
CHSO String Ensemble
Performance at the Chartres Cathedral
Video, June 2014
CHSO String Ensemble
Performance at TEDx
Video, November, 2013


Donate
Please send your tax-deductible contributions to:
Charlottesville HS Orchestra
Attn: Laura Mulligan Thomas, Director
1400 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
