RMCO Facts:

• Smaller sized orchestra: 30 - 50 players
• 4 full-orchestra classical music concerts each season
• 2 small-ensemble concerts each season
• 1 band concert (Red Mountain Symphonic Winds)
• Musicians (players, conductors, and soloists) and staff are all volunteers
• Admission to all concerts is free (donations appreciated)

Venues include:

• Birmingham Southern College
• Birmingham Museum of Art
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens
• Local schools, churches, and libraries
• University of Montevallo
• Hoover Library
• Homewood Library
• Homewood High School
• Blessed Sacrament Church
• 6th Avenue Baptist Church
• Anniston High School

Conductors - We have a rotating pool of conductors including:

• Robert Wright, University of Montevallo
• Dr. Thomas Gibbs, Birmingham Southern College
• Howard Goldstein, Auburn University
• Todd Norton, Jefferson State Junior College
• Mark Ridings, Birmingham Concert Choir
• David Itkin, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
• Leslie Stewart, Old Dominion College, Virginia
• Wes Kenney, Virginia Symphony Orchestra
• Tom Hinds, Montgomery Symphony Orchestra
• Les Fillmer, Director, State of Alabama Ballet

Past Soloists include:

• Henry Rubin, violinist and teacher in Houston (first conductor of the orchestra)
• Allison Lee, concert pianist and teacher in Birmingham
• Antony Pattin, piano instructor in Montevallo
• Melani Richardson, vocal instructor at Montevallo
• Stephen Tietzen, concertmaster of 2 orchestras in New England
• Ken Watson, keyboardist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Players (ranging in age from 16 to near 80) include:

• Professor of physics at UAB
• Emergency room physician
• Several research scientists
• Dentist
• Nurses
• Band directors
• String teachers
• Head of Music Opportunity Program at the Alabama School of Fine Arts
• Student at Samford School of Pharmacy