ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) – Past Concerts
ROCO In Concert: Bursting at the Seams
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Abels – Delights & Dances
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Free (Free to watch online; In-person tickets are Pay What You Wish)
ROCOreveal: Marcus Maroney, composer
Thursday, September 9, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Sneak preview & discussion of Marcus Maroney's newest work, OK, Goodbye. – a poignant memorial to the Icelandic glacier Okjökull – ahead of its world premiere with ROCO on September 25.
Free (Free)
ROCO In Concert: Flamenco [LIVE]
Saturday, April 24, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Reena Esmail – The History of Red (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Quinn Mason – Princesa de la Luna ("Princess of the Moon") (world premiere)
Errollyn Wallen – Mvt. I. from Photography
Carlos Surinach – "III. Bulerias", "V. Saeta", & "VII. Garrotin" from Ritmo Jondo, Flamenco for Orchestra
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Quinn Mason – Princesa de la Luna ("Princess of the Moon") (world premiere)
Errollyn Wallen – Mvt. I. from Photography
Carlos Surinach – "III. Bulerias", "V. Saeta", & "VII. Garrotin" from Ritmo Jondo, Flamenco for Orchestra
Free (Free)
ROCOreveal: Reena Esmail, composer [LIVE]
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Q&A with composer Reena Esmail exploring her newest work, The History of Red – including a sneak peak recording – ahead of its U.S. premiere.
Free (Free)
ROCO Connections: Journey to America [LIVE]
Thursday, March 11, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Online event
Tim Hinck – Fanfare for Rosa for piano trio
Bohuslav Martinů – Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano, H. 315
Igor Stravinsky – Elegy for Solo Viola
Milad Yousufi – My Journey to America (world premiere)
Bohuslav Martinů – Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano, H. 315
Igor Stravinsky – Elegy for Solo Viola
Milad Yousufi – My Journey to America (world premiere)
Free (Free)
ROCO Unchambered: Blackbird [LIVE]
Saturday, March 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)
Online event
Jonathan Bailey Holland – Introit
Joan Tower – Copperwave
Robert Dennis – Blackbird Variations
John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Seb Skelly – Blackbird
Fats Waller – Black and Blue
Bix Beiderbecke, arr. Jason Adams – In a Mist, Flashes, & In the Dark
Joan Tower – Copperwave
Robert Dennis – Blackbird Variations
John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Seb Skelly – Blackbird
Fats Waller – Black and Blue
Bix Beiderbecke, arr. Jason Adams – In a Mist, Flashes, & In the Dark
Free (Free)
ROCO In Concert: Shadows [LIVE]
Saturday, February 27, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST)
Online event
Alyssa Morris – Tlapalli Tlahuilli (world premiere)
Patrick Harlin – Shadow Dancer
Luigi Dallapiccola – Tartiniana seconda (1957 version for violin & orchestra)
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101, “The Clock”
Patrick Harlin – Shadow Dancer
Luigi Dallapiccola – Tartiniana seconda (1957 version for violin & orchestra)
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101, “The Clock”
Free (Free)
ROCO Unchambered: Kaleidoscope [LIVE]
Saturday, February 13, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Online event
Nature-inspired wind quintet program featuring ROCO’s Principal Winds. Works by Valerie Coleman & William Grant Still, plus 2 world premiere commissions from Composer-in-Residence Alyssa Morris.
Free (Free)
ROCO Connections: Celebration of Margaret Bonds [LIVE]
Thursday, February 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Online event
Selection of songs by Margaret Bonds & composers who influenced or were influenced by her, including Florence Price, Ned Rorem, & Robert Owens. With bass-baritone Timothy Jones & pianist/Bonds scholar Howard Watkins.
Free (Free)
ROCO In Concert: Oceans [LIVE]
Saturday, November 14, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EST)
Online event
Anna Clyne – Stride (U.S. premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, Op. 16
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet in F major, Op. 2
William Bolcom – "I. Poltergeist" from Ghost Rags
Claude Debussy, arr. Marijn Helder – La Mer
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, Op. 16
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet in F major, Op. 2
William Bolcom – "I. Poltergeist" from Ghost Rags
Claude Debussy, arr. Marijn Helder – La Mer
Free (Free)
ROCOreveal: Anna Clyne, composer [LIVE]
Friday, November 6, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 2:45pm (EST)
Online event
Q&A with composer Anna Clyne about her newest work, Stride – including a sneak peak recording – ahead of its U.S. premiere.
Free
ROCO Connections: Musical & Literary Ofrenda [LIVE]
Sunday, November 1, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EST)
Online event
World premiere of Kerwin Young's Coming Forth By Day for oboe, viola, cello, & baritone; plus the presentation of Grupo de Teatro Índigo's 7th annual Day of the Dead musical play.
Free
ROCO Unchambered: Love Notes [LIVE]
Saturday, October 17, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Alan Hovhaness – The Garden of Adonis for flute & harp, Op. 245
Alberto Ginastera – Duo for Flute & Oboe, Op. 13
Benedetto Marcello – Recorder Sonata in F major, S.765, Op. 2, No. 1
Léo Delibes – "Flower Duet" from Lakmé
Karim Al-Zand – Dance Interlude for two oboes and English horn (world premiere)
Alberto Ginastera – Duo for Flute & Oboe, Op. 13
Benedetto Marcello – Recorder Sonata in F major, S.765, Op. 2, No. 1
Léo Delibes – "Flower Duet" from Lakmé
Karim Al-Zand – Dance Interlude for two oboes and English horn (world premiere)
Free
ROCO In Concert: Starburst
Saturday, September 26, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Claude Debussy, arr. Arthur Luck – "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque, L. 75
Gabriel Fauré – Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112
Richard Scofano – La Tierra Sin Mal ("The Land Without Evil") (world premiere)
Zoltan Kodály – Dances of Marosszék
Ludwig van Beethoven – The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Claude Debussy, arr. Arthur Luck – "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque, L. 75
Gabriel Fauré – Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112
Richard Scofano – La Tierra Sin Mal ("The Land Without Evil") (world premiere)
Zoltan Kodály – Dances of Marosszék
Ludwig van Beethoven – The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Free
ROCOreveal: Richard Scofano, composer & bandoneon
Thursday, July 9, 2020 @ 8:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Richard Scofano virtually joins ROCO's Alecia Lawyer for a live bandoneon demonstration & chat about his upcoming premiere with the orchestra.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] ROCO In Concert: Dance Like No One's Watching
Sunday, May 31, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Fanny Mendelssohn – Overture in C Major
Jennifer Higdon – Dance Card (Texas premiere)
Mikhail Glinka – Kamarinskaya
Zoltan Kodály – “Song” and “Intermezzo” from Háry János Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich – Ballet Suite No. 2
Erno Dohnanyi – Wedding Waltz, Op. 18, No. 4
Jennifer Higdon – Dance Card (Texas premiere)
Mikhail Glinka – Kamarinskaya
Zoltan Kodály – “Song” and “Intermezzo” from Háry János Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich – Ballet Suite No. 2
Erno Dohnanyi – Wedding Waltz, Op. 18, No. 4
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] ROCO In Concert: Double Trouble
Sunday, May 17, 2020 @ 3:00am – 4:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H. 190
Alexander Miller – ROCOmoji (world premiere)
Saverio Mercadante – Concerto for Flute in E minor
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Alexander Miller – ROCOmoji (world premiere)
Saverio Mercadante – Concerto for Flute in E minor
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Free
[BROADCAST] ROCOreveal: Principal Harpist Laurie Meister
Thursday, May 14, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Online event
ROCO Principal Harpist Laurie Meister gives a live demonstration and Q&A about her beautiful instrument and its capabilities.
Free
[BROADCAST] ROCO In Concert: Time For Hope
Sunday, May 10, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Alejandro Basulto – Tríptico de Luz
Desmond Ikegwuonu – Na So E Be (world premiere)
Lisa Bielawa – Centuries in the Hours (world premiere)
Mark Buller – Whirligig (world premiere)
Osnat Netzer – Varium cæli (world premiere)
Judith Shatin – Ice Becomes Water
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Desmond Ikegwuonu – Na So E Be (world premiere)
Lisa Bielawa – Centuries in the Hours (world premiere)
Mark Buller – Whirligig (world premiere)
Osnat Netzer – Varium cæli (world premiere)
Judith Shatin – Ice Becomes Water
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] ROCO In Concert: The Wrestler
Sunday, April 26, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Samuel Barber, arr. Mark Buller – Toccata Festiva, Op. 36
Erberk Eryılmaz – Wrestling Airs for Two Davuls and Chamber Orchestra (in memory of Koca Yusuf)
Jocelyn Morlock – Solace
Erberk Eryılmaz – Wrestling Airs for Two Davuls and Chamber Orchestra (in memory of Koca Yusuf)
Jocelyn Morlock – Solace
Free (Free)