Resources
We have compiled helpful resources below for those looking to explore more composers of various backgrounds.
Commissions, Premieres, & Rescores
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Adamo, Mark
Last Year**
Audio/Video
Adashi, Judah
The Sun Began to Fade*
Audio/Video Not Avaliable
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
Industrial Stars*
Audio/Video not available
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
Clyne, Anna
Stride**
Audio/Video
Str (13 minutes)
Co-commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and ROCO
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Devienne, Francois
Concerto No. 4 for Bassoon and Orchestra***
Audio
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)
The History of Red**
Audio/Video
Soprano solo
1[1.pic]1[1.eh]11/2100, 2 perc, harp, str (21 minutes)
Co-commissioned by Kathryn Mueller, Santa Fe Pro Musica, The Knights, Orlando Philharmonic and ROCO
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
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)
Ice Storm Symphony, I. Turmoil**
Audio/Video
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)
Kernis, Aaron Jay
Earth**
Audio/Video
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
Mason, Quinn
Princesa de la Luna (Princess of the Moon)***
Audio/Video
Str (12 minutes)
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)
McLean, Michael
Elements for Solo Violin and Strings***
Audio/Video not available
Miller, Alexander
ROCOmoji: Concerto for Double Reeds*
Audio/Video
Soloists: 2 ob,1 Eh, 2 bn, 1 cbn
perc, harp, str (15 minutes)
Morris, Alyssa
Tlapalli Tlahuilli*
Audio/Video
Flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon solos
1111/0000 timp +2, harp, pf, str (18 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
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)
Primiani, Leanna
Neither man nor money validate my worth**
Audio/Video
Purrington, Hilary
Threshold*
Audio/Video
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)
Scofano, Richard
La Tierra Sin Mal*
Audio/Video
Bandoneon solo
2222/4200 timp +1, harp, cel, str (16 minutes)
Funded in part by ROCO Resound
Stephens, Jason, arr.
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)
Wong, Cynthia Lee
In a Blink of an Eye*
Audio/Video
*ROCO Commissioned World Premiere
**ROCO Co-Commissioned Premiere
***ROCO Non-Commissioned Premieres
****ROCO Score Reduction or Rescore Premieres
