Join the Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia Chamber Ensemble on a journey of our incredible 15th season with musical highlights and greatest hits from our current concert series.
About the Group
We began as a small, government-funded orchestra in Arlington County, Virginia. In 2011, SONOVA’s founder, Maestro Jeffrey Dokken, and a group of committed musicians established a large, independent, professional-quality symphony orchestra. Our home theater is the beautiful George Washington Masonic Memorial Theater. Over the years, SONOVA has been invited to perform throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with arts organizations as wide ranging as renaissance choirs, tap dance companies, symphonic choirs, puppet companies, and Broadway artists. Additionally, SONOVA has performed at such venues as Arlington’s Spectrum Theater, The Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE, the historic Church of the Reformation in Washington, D.C., the White House, and Colonial Williamsburg’s historic Bruton Parish. We routinely perform with world-class guest artists and musicians, but our focus is on Northern Virginia's own incredible talent, partnering with the Bland Competition in Alexandria, VA and regional high school orchestras. We also place special importance on collaborations and American and world premieres. Over the years, SONOVA has given premieres of works by Brian Wilbur Grundstrom, Peter Rauch, Paul Leavitt, Michael Ream, William Burdett, Simon Royer, Jonathan Kolm, and Jeremy Smith
SONOVA welcomed Ethan Lolley as the second ever music director of the orchestra, beginning with the 2023-2024 season. In 2024 we revisited our mission and adopted our vision and values, becoming the SONOVA you know today.