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Support ROCO’s Newest Adventure!

Blog, November 13, 2020

Did you know you can access ROCO anywhere you go? Over fifteen years, with your incredible support, we have invested in performances, recordings, and rights to music to enable you and so many others to have free access to our massive listening room anytime, anywhere.

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Buffalo Bayou’s new soundtrack is heard in landscape thanks to ROCO | Houston Chronicle Preview

Media Features, October 22, 2020

Jill Jarvis has a goal of one outdoor outing a day with her four children.

Earlier this month, the local blogger added an interactive soundtrack to the family’s regular stroll along the Buffalo Bayou trails. The Jarvises parked as they always do near the Sabine Street bridge, setting off in search of ROCO’s new QR-coded musical stops along the bayou.

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Houston’s ROCO teaches children how to listen to classical music | Houston Chronicle Preview

Media Features, September 28, 2020

ROCOrooters is more than just a novel approach to child care. It’s a kid-facing classical-music program that doesn’t talk down to youngsters, hoping instead to nurture them into lifelong fans.

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Music in the Air — This ROCO Gala Breaks New Ground in Virtual Fun | PaperCity Magazine

Media Features, September 28, 2020

Planning virtual fundraising events is no easy task and honestly not very promising on delivering interest. That said, meeting the challenge in style over the weekend was ROCO (previously known as River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) which aired its live performance from Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands. It was a first in many ways.

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ROCO Commissioned Composer Reena Esmail

Houston’s ROCO: definitely not your parents’ chamber orchestra | Houston Chronicle Preview

Media Features, September 25, 2020

With its emphasis on new technology and diverse programming – ranging from a work by a Public Enemy producer to an Aztec folk tale – the orchestra is ahead of the cultural curve.

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ROCO on Buffalo Bayou

Project, September 14, 2020

This October, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is celebrating their 5th anniversary of the revitalization and transformation of Buffalo Bayou. Explore forty stops along the trails of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, with ROCO providing the soundtrack to its landmarks and public art. Just scan the QR code and you’ll be taken to a page corresponding to each landmark or art piece, with a paired music selection from ROCO’s fifteen years of live performance recordings, curated by the ROCO team.

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ROCO Commissioned Composer, Anna Clyne

Season 16 Announced!

ROCO News Releases, April 28, 2020

ROCO’s 16th season features illuminating musical collaborations exploring global soundscapes, presenting ten commissions, in three series of concerts showcasing the ensemble’s flexible model. New works include a nature-inspired triptych by Alyssa Morris, a concerto for bandoneon (a Latin-American bellowed instrument) by soloist Richard Scofano, a vocal work by Reena Esmail based on Chickasaw poetry, a…

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ROCO offers ‘Hope’ in a socially distant era | Preview – Houston Chronicle

Media Features, April 5, 2020

With orchestra musicians scattered all over the country, ROCO knows how to operate remotely. But last week the 39-member ensemble attempted a particularly complicated task: to perform “Anthem of Hope,” Anthony DiLorenzo’s four-minute composition from 39 different locations.

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ROCO ahead of the corona curve with an emphasis on streaming

Media Features, March 24, 2020

    Long before audiences were forced to stay home, the Houston orchestra was deep into streaming. Long before anyone heard of “flattening the curve,” Houston’s ROCO was ahead of the curve. With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing Americans to seek entertainment and cultural enrichment on the Internet, the potential — and necessity — of streaming…

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Hornist Danielle Kuhlmann

Coming full circle: a ROCOInsider Q&A with hornist Danielle Kuhlmann

Blog, February 19, 2020

Ahead of Saturday’s ROCO Unchambered, we had a chance to chat with principal hornist Danielle Kuhlmann about her program, and the colorful threads of her musical story it unravels. Discover the family ties which inspired her career, and the tapestry of music that has shaped her life – in this ROCOInsider!

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Andy Lin, erhu soloist

River Oaks CO achieves liftoff with premiere of celestial erhu concerto | Texas Classical Review

Media Features, February 13, 2020

River Oaks CO achieves liftoff with premiere of celestial erhu concerto Mon Feb 10, 2020 at 11:42 am By Steven Brown When the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra commissioned Kevin Lau to write a concerto for erhu, the two-stringed Chinese instrument, he sidestepped the obvious approach. Rather than seek inspiration in the music or culture of…

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Composer Kevin Lau

Of two worlds: a ROCOInsider Q&A with composer Kevin Lau

Blog, February 7, 2020

This Saturday, we’re so excited to welcome back a returning collaborator for ROCO’s 90th world premiere commission – composer Kevin Lau! In this edition of ROCOInsider, we chatted with Kevin to learn more about the out-of-this-world inspiration for his newest work, “Between the Earth and Forever,” and what it’s like writing for the exotic instrument it features, the Chinese erhu. It all started with an iconic image from space – read on to hear how it captured his imagination, sparking a musical fusion of east and west!

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Upcoming Performances

Logo for the Celebration of Margaret Bonds

Thursday, Feb 4 2021, 7:00pm

ROCO Connections: Celebration of Margaret Bonds

Logo for Kaleidoscope

Saturday, Feb 13 2021, 5:00pm

ROCO Unchambered: Kaleidoscope

Logo for ROCO In Concert: Shadows

Saturday, Feb 27 2021, 5:00pm

ROCO In Concert: Shadows

Logo for Blackbird

Saturday, Mar 6 2021, 5:00pm

ROCO Unchambered: Blackbird

Logo for Journey to America concert

Thursday, Mar 11 2021, 7:00pm

ROCO Connections: Journey to America

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  • Houston’s ROCO teaches children how to listen to classical music | Houston Chronicle Preview
  • Music in the Air — This ROCO Gala Breaks New Ground in Virtual Fun | PaperCity Magazine
  • Houston’s ROCO: definitely not your parents’ chamber orchestra | Houston Chronicle Preview

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