Arts Conversations Podcast
1) Interview with Barnaby Smith of VOCES8
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Barnaby Smith, co-founder and Artistic Director of the vocal ensemble VOCES8, about their holiday performances presented by the Virginia Arts Festival.
2) A Night at the Symphony with Laufey: Interview with conductor Ross Jamie Collins
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Finnish-British conductor Ross Jamie Collins, who will conduct singer-songwriter Laufey’s upcoming concerts with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
A Night at the Symphony with Laufey: Interview with conductor Ross Jamie Collins
00:07 | Jul 25th, 2025
3) Interview with Rob Fisher
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Rob Fisher, Goode Family Artistic Advisor for Musical Theater and American Songbook with the Virginia Arts Festival, about an upcoming performance featuring Broadway star Kel...Show More
4) Interview with Edgar Meyer, Tessa Lark, and Joshua Roman
Raymond Jones speaks with a trio of innovative string players ahead of their Virginia Arts Festival performance. Legendary bassist Edgar Meyer is known for his adventurous collaborations with artists ...Show More
5) Interview with Samantha Ege
Raymond Jones speaks with musicologist and pianist Dr. Samantha Ege about her new album Maestra, which features the first commercial recording of the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Two Uninterrup...Show More
6) Vienna Boys' Choir
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Dr. Tina Breckwoldt, historian and dramaturge for the famed Vienna Boys' Choir, as we anticipate their upcoming holiday performances here in Hampton Roads.
7) The Art of Musical Storytelling: Chris Thile and Eric Jacobsen
Jana Lee Ross speaks with Virginia Symphony Music Director Eric Jacobsen and mandolinist/composer Chris Thile about musical storytelling, and their upcoming Virginia Arts Festival performances of Thil...Show More
8) Ellington 125 at the Virginia Arts Festival
Raymond Jones speaks with Todd Stoll, who directs the Attucks Jazz Orchestra in Virginia Arts Festival's celebration of the 125th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, with a program that goes well b...Show More
9) Interview with Jorge Parodi of Opera in Williamsburg
Raymond Jones speaks with Music Director Jorge Parodi about Opera in Williamsburg's upcoming production of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman.
10) Interview with pianist Lara Downes
Raymond Jones speaks with pianist Lara Downes about her upcoming performances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, which will feature a new piano concerto by local composer Adolphus Hailstork.