Symphony Under the Stars

Benjamin Rous was named Music Director of the Charlottesville Symphony in 2017, and simultaneously joined the UVA music faculty.  Keenly interested in creating new music and new collaborations, he has enjoyed bringing the Charlottesville Symphony into new areas of repertoire and into regular partnership with the Charlottesville Ballet.  In 2018 he concluded an eight-year tenure as Resident Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and frequently returns as a guest conductor.  He has served as faculty conductor at Greenwood Music Camp since 2010.  He plays violin and viola at every opportunity, and his compositions and arrangements have been performed by orchestras in Charlottesville, Virginia Beach, Roanoke, Long Beach, Boston, and at Greenwood.  Benjamin Rous earned a B.A. in Music at Harvard with an emphasis on composition, and a D.M.A. in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan.