ROCO Unchambered: Alecia Lawyer, oboe & Audrey Andrist, piano

• Alecia Lawyer, oboe
• Audrey Andrist, piano

J. Todd Frazier — Music for the Birds
Kelly Vaneman — Play – for Oboe and Audience
Marcus Maroney — Selected works (world premiere; ROCO commission)
Alyssa Morris — Where do Children Come From
Jessica Meyer — Vor

Enjoy an evening of gorgeous sounds and sights as ROCO's Unchambered Series opens October 19th at Horizon on Sunset Art Gallery, featuring and curated by Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Oboist Alecia Lawyer and pianist Audrey Andrist.

Be swept away in picturesque works such as Houston-native Jefferson Todd Frazier's Music for the Birds, inspired by species of the Gulf Coast, and duos by Alyssa Morris and Jessica Meyer—then become part of the music in the premiere of ROCO commission by Marcus Maroney, and Kelly Vaneman's Play, for Oboe and Audience!

About ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)

https://roco.org

About Alecia Lawyer, oboe

https://roco.org/artists/alecia-lawyer/

About Audrey Andrist, piano

Hailed as a “stunning pianist with incredible dexterity”, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has thrilled audiences around the globe, from North America to Japan, China and Germany with her “passionate abandon” and “great intelligence.” Ms. Andrist grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, and while in high school traveled three hours one-way for lessons with William Moore, himself a former student of famed musicians Cécile Genhart and Rosina Lhévinne. She completed Masters and Doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School with Herbert Stessin, and garnered first prizes at the Mozart International, San Antonio International, Eckhardt-Gramatté, and Juilliard Concerto Competitions. She is a member of the Stern/Andrist Duo with her husband, James Stern, Strata, a trio with Stern and clarinetist Nathan Williams, and the Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio with Stern and cellist Steve Honigberg. She lives in the Washington, DC area, where she teaches at the Washington Conservatory and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

http://www.audreyandrist.com