The 2025-2026 season marks the 36th anniversary of the Virginia Symphony Chorus, and its twenty-ninth under the direction of Chorusmaster Robert Shoup.  In addition to regular appearances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the chorus has performed outside Hampton Roads to remarkable acclaim.  Under the baton of Mr. Shoup, the Chorus has traveled to sold-out houses as far afield as Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Salzburg and closer to home at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  The Chorus has appeared twice at the Breckenridge Music Festival in Colorado, was an integral part of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown Celebration, and in 2010 was the featured chorus of the critically-acclaimed Virginia Arts Festival performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.  In 2012, the Chorus was a key participant with the Virginia Arts Festival presentation of Mahler’s 8th Symphony.  In May of 2013, a commendable performance of Stravinsky’s Les Noces was presented and recorded in Norfolk.  More recent performances include Attention!, a delightful retrospective with mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and presentations of John Adams’ Harmonium and Gabriel Kahane’s La Croix.