ROCO In Concert: Tying Up Loose Ends
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-What-You-Wish ($35 suggested ticket price))
- Matthew McClung, percussion
- Ksenija Komljenović, percussion
- Todd Meehan, percussion
- Doug Perkins, percussion
- Rei Hotoda, conductor
Cynthia Lee Wong — In a Blink of an Eye (world premiere; ROCO commission)
Derek Bermel — Plumes (world premiere; ROCO commission, made possible by support form The National Endowment for the Arts)
Darius Milhaud — La création du monde, Op. 81a
ROCO’s Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation In Concert series, featuring the full 40-piece chamber orchestra, continues February 26 with "Canvasing the Earth" live at The Church of St. John the Divine and also livestreamed at ROCO.org, Facebook, and YouTube.
Conducted by Rei Hotoda in her ROCO debut, the program centers around the world premiere of Plumes for large chamber orchestra by composer-in-residence Derek Bermel based on J. Henry Fair’s photography collection Industrial Scars – capturing the beauty and destruction of industrial and human impacts on our planet – and will also include Viet Cuong’s percussion concerto Re(new)al, Darius Milhaud’s jazz-inspired 1923 work La création du monde, and a new work by Cynthia Lee Wong, as part of ROCO’s FIFteen Project.
In-person ROCOrooters is back! We’re so excited to once again offer our on-site ROCOrooters childcare and music education program, available in conjunction with ROCO’s In Concert performances at The Church of St. John the Divine.
This unique program provides childcare from 4:30pm, up to 10:30pm, under the supervision of certified and bonded childcare professionals, with music education learning activities taught by our ROCOrooters teacher Keisha Twitchell. Cost is $35 per child, and ages 2 months to 10 years are welcome. To purchase ROCOrooters tickets, CLICK HERE!
ROCOrooters free, downloadable learning materials will also be available, for families to enjoy together while watching the livestream, or pre- or post-concert. Look for the download link coming in the week before the performance!