We present these works which we have performed since our inception, with links to the audio and video recordings when available, and have hyperlinked the composers in order for you to further explore their work. Works this past season and going forward are funded in part by ROCO Resound, our commissioning consortium.
An explanation for the instrumentation line and how to read it can be found HERE:
Coming soon: ROCO commissions and premieres for smaller ensembles of less than 15 players. Keep watching this page!
Adolphe, Bruce
I Too Bleed, and Hope for Beauty*
Audio/Video
2[1.pic]222/2210, 2 perc, harp, str (19 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Al-Zand, Karim
Visions from Another World after illustrations by J.J. Grandville*
Audio
2[1.pic]22[1.bcl]2/2110, timp +3, harp, hpsd, str (13 minutes)
Funded in part by the Houston Arts Alliance
Handel’s Messiah Pregame Show (kid’s concert)*
Audio/video not available
actor | tenor solo, baritone solo
SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) chorus
0202/0200, timp, hpsd, str (45 minutes)
Basulto, Alejandro
Fanfarria de Feria*
Audio/Video
2[1.pic]222/2210, timp +1, pf, str (3.5 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Bermel, Derek
Murmurations**
Audio
Str (18 minutes)
Co-commissioned by New Century Chamber Orchestra, ROCO, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and A Far Cry
Bielawa, Lisa
Centuries in the Hours*
Audio/Video
Mezzo-Soprano solo
2[1.pic]22[1.bcl]1/2200, timp +1, str (17 minutes)
Funded in part by ASCAP Foundation Charles Kingsford Fund and ROCO Resound
Bowen, José
Symphony No. 1, Op. 37****
Audio
2[1.2/pic]2[1.2/Eh] 22/2210, timp +1, str (8 minutes)
Brandt, Anthony
Maternity – Women’s Voices Through the Ages with libretto by David Eagleman*
Audio
Soprano solo
2222/4200, timp +2, harp, str (18 minutes)
Funded in part by an Individual Artist Grant, given by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
Nano Symphony***
Audio/Video not available
1111/1000 pf, perc, 2 vln, vla, vc (7 minutes)
Buller, Mark
Tombstone Songs****
Audio/Video
Bass-baritone solo
1[1.pic]111/1000, perc, str (8 minutes)
Nursery Rhymes****
Audio/Video
Bass-baritone solo
2[1.pic]222/2000, perc, str (8 mins)
Whirligig*
Audio/Video
2[1.pic]2[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2[1.cbn]/2200, timp +1, cel, str (3 mins)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Barber – Toccata Festiva****
2[1.pic] 2[1.Eh] 22/2230, timp+2, strings, solo organ
Smyth – The Wreckers Overture****
Audio/Video
2[1.2/pic] 222-2200, timp+1, strings
DiLorenzo, Anthony
Jabberwocky*
Audio
22[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2[1.cbn]/4200, 3perc, harp, cel, str (17 minutes)
Anthem of Hope: Houston Strong*
Audio/Video
22[1.Eh]22[1.cbn]/2220, timp, str (4 minutes)
Available in multiple versions for groups from string quartet, brass quintet to high school band
English, Paul
Lumière Lunaire (reflétée) – Fantasy for Orchestra with text by JoAnn Falletta*
Audio
5 solo voices and chorus (voices and chorus may all be performed by orchestra members)
2[1.pic]2[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2/4200, 2 perc, pf, str (23 minutes)
Eryılmaz, Erberk
Wrestling Airs for Two Davuls and Chamber Orchestra*
Audio/Video
Two Solo Davuls
2[1.pic]22[1.blc]2[1.cbn]/2200, timp, pf, str (15 minutes)
Esmail, Reena
Teen Murti for String Orchestra*
Audio
Str (8 minutes)
Finck, Leah
Quiescence*
Audio/Video
1 perc, str (3 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Frazier, Jefferson Todd
Save the World in memoriam: Richard Smalley***
Audio/Video not available
1111/1000 pf, marim, 2 vln, vla, vc
Gandolfi, Michael
Houston: September 12, 1962*
Audio/Video
2222/4210, timp +1, str (13 minutes)
Gates, Dorothy
Servant of Peace – Concerto for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra*
Audio
Trombone solo
2222/2200, timp +1, str (14 minutes)
Available as a Sonata for trombone and piano
Funded in part by the Wortham Foundation
Gerraughty, Jason
Compress/Ignite*
Audio/Video
2222/2210, timp +1, pf, str (3 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Gilbertson, Michael
The Cosmos: Concerto for Wind Quintet*
Audio/Video
Wind quintet solo
2222/2200, timp +1, harp, str (17 minutes)
Co-commissioned by WindSync, ROCO, Lafayette Symphony, and Concert Artists Guild
Goulet, Maxime
Checkmate – A Concerto for Piano and Orchestra*
Audio/Video
Piano solo
2222/2200, timp +1, str (15 minutes)
Higdon, Jennifer
Dance Card**
Video
Str (24 minutes)
Co-commissioned by Chicago Sinfonietta, ROCO, and New Century Chamber Orchestra
Ikegwuonu, Desmond
Na So E Be (Afrobeat Fanfare)*
Audio/Video
2222/2200, timp +2, cel, str (3 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Jalbert, Pierre
From Dusk to Starry Night*
Audio
Mezzo-soprano solo
2[1.pic]222/2210, 2 perc, harp, pf, str, 4 tuned glasses (19 minutes)
Autumn Rhapsody***
Audio
Str
Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony
Lansky, Paul
Five Views of an Unfamiliar Tune*
Audio/Video
Percussion solo
2222/2210, perc, str (17 minutes)
Lau, Kevin
Between the Earth and Forever – Concerto for Erhu & Orchestra*
Audio/Video
Erhu Solo
2222/2210, timp +1, str (15 minutes)
Funded in part by the Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation and ROCO Resound
Laven, Steven
Beyond the Odyssey*
Audio
Fl, ob, str (5 minutes)
Leshnoff, Jonathan
Concerto for Orchestra and Two Percussionists**
Audio
2[1.pic]222[1.cbn]/4 2 2[+1btbn]0 timp +2 perc, str (23 minutes)
Co-commissioned for the Meehan-Perkins Percussion Duo by ROCO, Baylor University Symphony, and Round Top Festival Institute. Associate Commissioner Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Lorenz, Ricardo
Dance Unlikely: Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (Baile Improbable)*
Audio
Violin solo
2[1.pic]2[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2/2210, timp +2, pf, str (15 minutes)
Maroney, Marcus
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra*
Audio
2[1.pic]22[1.bcl]2/2000, perc, str (15 minutes)
Funded in part by the Wortham Foundation
Matheson, James
The Age of Air – Concerto for Two Shakuhachi and Chamber Orchestra**
Audio
Two Shakuhachi soloists
2222/2110, perc, str, two solo shakuhachi (15 minutes)
Co-commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts and ROCO
Funded in part by the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation, Japan Foundation New York, and the Wortham Foundation
McAllister, Scott
Concerto for Double Bass and Chamber Orchestra*
Audio
2[1.pic]2[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2[1.cbn]/4210, timp +1, pf, str (20 minutes)
Miller, Alexander
ROCOmoji: Concerto for Double Reeds*
Audio/Video
Soloists: 2 ob,1 Eh, 2 bn, 1 cbn
perc, harp, str (15 minutes)
Nabors, Brian
lubilo*
Audio/Video
2222/2210, timp +1, harp, pf, str (3 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Netzer, Osnat
Varium caeli*
Video
Str (min. 65432) (3 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Newman, Maria
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “The Abilene”*
Audio/Video not available
Solo violin
2222[1.cbn]/2200, timp +2, str (17 minutes)
Pann, Carter
Mercury Concerto*
Audio/Video
Flute solo
122[1.bcl]1/2100, timp +2, harp, str (20 minutes)
The Extension of My Eye (Le Tombeau d’Henri Cartier-Bresson)*
In honor of Terri Golas
Audio
2[1.pic]222/0000, perc, pf, harp, str (7 minutes)
Puts, Kevin
The Big Heart*
Audio/Video not available
SATB Chorus only (2 minutes)
Robinson, Rick
Gitcha Groove On!**
Audio
2222/2200, perc, str (10 minutes)
Co-commissioned by ROCO during the Music Alive Residency by New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras
Funded in part by the Wortham Foundation
Salfelder, Kathryn
Ephemera*
Audio/Video
0000/1000, pf, str (2 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Sayles, Brad
Echoes of Invention for Narrator and Orchestra*
Audio
Narrator
222[1.bcl]2/2210, timp +2, harp, str (20 minutes)
Co-commissioned by ROCO and the Endangered Species Media Project
Buffalo Bayou Suite*
Audio
2[1.pic]2[1.Eh]2[1.bcl]2/2210, timp, str (21 minutes)
Schmidt, Heather
Solitaire*
Audio/Video
Violin solo
2222/2200, timp +1, str (15 minutes)
Stephens, Jason
Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King****
2222/2220, timp+1, strings
Stephenson, James
ROCOmotive*
Audio/Video
2[1.pic]222, 2200, timp +1, cel, str (16 minutes)
Turner, Jess Langston
Fanfares and Riffs for Tiny Despots*
Audio/Video
2[1.pic]22[Eb.2]2/2200, timp +1, str (2 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Visconti, Dan
Legendary Love*
Audio/Video
2222/2200, timp +1, str (10 minutes)
*ROCO Commissioned World Premiere
**ROCO Co-Commissioned Premiere
***ROCO Non-Commissioned Premieres
****ROCO Score Reduction or Rescore Premieres
