We’re topping off our 2012-2013 season with an action-packed program that includes a commissioned double percussion premiere by Jonathan Leshnoff. On Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (“ROCO”) will present “Big Bang!” with dynamic guest conductor Andre Raphel and the 40-piece River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Featuring traditional classics by Mendelssohn and Respighi…
Czech out our Apr 4 String Quartet Concert!
On Thursday, April 4, at 7:30, the ROCO String Quartet will perform “Czechs, Please!” featuring selections by Czechoslovakian composers. The program features beautiful and lyrical love songs for quartet from Dvořák as well as Erwin Schulhoff’s first string quartet. The night will be filled with Czech dance music, jazz influenced tunes, folksongs, and a lively…
ROCO serves up “Brass & Bordeaux” at Gremillion this Sunday
ROCO principal trumpet, Joseph Foley, will present a chamber concert along with a few of his friends on Sunday afternoon, March 3, 4:00pm, at Gremillion &Co. Fine Art Annex, 2504 Nottingham. His eclectic program will include music by Bach, Arban, Hanson, Strauss, plus music for jazz trio. Mr. Foley will perform with pianist and Professor…
ROCO String Quartet’s Feb 21 Concert highlights English Composers
ROCO and University of St. Thomas are pleased to present the second in a series of chamber concerts featuring the ROCO String Quartet in Cullen Hall at University of St. Thomas. This series is another step in the University’s multi-year plan to establish a major performing arts center on the St. Thomas campus. ROCO String…
Our Conductorless Concert is Delicious!
Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, ROCO will perform “A Timeless Feast with Brandenburg No. 2” featuring Joseph Swensen as guest concertmaster and violin soloist with the 40-piece River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. The delicious program serves up feast- and time-themed pieces, including the much-loved second Brandenburg Concerto, Sibelius Belshazzar’s Feast Suite, Handel Alexander’s Feast Overture,…
Announcing our new Listening Room, Music Store, Ringtones
ROCO is delighted to announce the launch of “ROCOreplay,” an online listening room and music store that enables ROCO fans to enjoy ROCO music anytime, anywhere. ROCO audience members have been asking for a way to buy recordings of ROCO concerts so that they may enjoy them again and again. ROCOreplay extends the audience experience…
Why Conductorless?
Join ROCO for the annual Conductorless Concert Feb 9th & 10th, with violin soloist and guest concertmaster Joseph Swensen. Wikipedia defines conductorless as “a unique style of collaborative leadership in which the musicians interpret the music, not the conductor.” Performing without a conductor requires collaboration, mutual respect, and “radical trust”. It empowers the individual musicians in a…
Start the Holiday Season with a Musical Mélange and Organ Solo!
ROCO is thrilled to have so much talent under the St. Johns roof for our November concert, Musical Mélange with Organ Solo! Joining esteemed conductor Edwin Outwater and guest concertmaster Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, Grammy award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will present Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra. Our concert home, The Church of St. John the Divine, has…
Catching up with Bassoonist Daniel Chrisman
This Sunday afternoon, ROCO is pleased to present a chamber concert featuring Bassonist Daniel Chrisman. Within the intimate setting of Gremillion &Co. Fine Art Annex, Daniel chose to present a wide range of works that highlight the love of his instrument, the power of music and the fun of getting to share it all with…
Chamber Concert: ROCO Bassoonist Daniel Chrisman, Oct 21 at Gremillion &Co. Fine Art Annex
Please join us this Sunday afternoon for a chamber concert featuring ROCO basoonist, Daniel Chrisman and pianist, Sheryl Stack. Bassoonist Daniel Chrisman graduated from the University of Kentucky, and pursued graduate studies at the University of Louisville and Temple University. Chrisman has also soloed with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra and University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra.…
Oct 6-7 Season Opener is a “Fiesta!”
Featuring dynamic guest conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech, piano soloist Anne-Marie McDermott and a delicious program that pairs Mozart with Spanish and Argentine composers AUGUST 20, 2012, HOUSTON, TX. River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) opens its 2012-2013 season by welcoming guest conductor Josep Caballe-Domenech, who will conduct classical favorites by Spanish and Argentine composers, and soloist Anne-Marie…
George Chase on Beer and Brass
On Tuesday September 18th, The ROCO Brass quintet will help kick off the season with the always enjoyable Beer & Brass. We got the scoop on the program from ROCO Trumpet and Brass Quintet leader George Chase. “We are excited to present a mixture of New Orleans jazz tunes, some works of Duke Ellington, and other…
