Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra

Ridgefield’s professional orchestra since 1964, bringing live symphonic and chamber music to Ridgefield, and nearby towns.

About the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra

Here’s someone you should know. The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra started in 1964 as the Ridgefield Symphonette, founded by a small group of local music lovers. It became a professional orchestra in 1970 and took the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra name in 1986. More than 60 years later, it’s still a nonprofit with a simple goal: make live music a part of everyday community life for people of all ages in Ridgefield and the surrounding towns.

Music Director Eric Mahl leads the orchestra. Appointed in January 2025, he’s the RSO’s seventh music director, and his programs mix well-known classics with American composers, contemporary works and music you may not have heard before. This season includes a production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the orchestra.

Watch: RSO Quartet at The Aldrich Contemporary Museum

Look what we found. On Friday, October 9, 2026, the RSO Quartet returned to The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for its sixth fall concert there. The quartet is the orchestra’s four principal string players: Jorge Avila and Mialtin Zhezha on violin, Suzanne Corey-Sahlin on viola and Nicholas Hardie on cello. Each year they build a program around the art on the walls. This year’s music, including works by Schubert, Charles Ives, Caroline Shaw and Haydn, was inspired by the exhibition The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me, on view through January 10, 2027.

Take a one-minute stroll through the galleries and into the concert.

More ways to hear the RSO

Beyond the main orchestra season, the RSO presents RSO Quartet concerts, Music at the Mansion, and its 2027 gala, A (Short) Night at the Opera. It also runs the Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra and the Charles Ives Music Festival, along with student education and senior outreach programs.

Before you go

Orchestra concerts take place at Anne S. Richardson Auditorium at Ridgefield High School, David F. Clune Auditorium at Wilton High School and The Ridgefield Playhouse. All RSO venues are wheelchair accessible, and large print programs are available on request. Buy single tickets or a season subscription online, or call the RSO office at 203.438.3889.

Get to Know the RSO Quartet → https://ridgefieldsymphony.org/rso-quartet