2019-2020
Upcoming Performances
ROCO Team Favorites: Composers of Color
A compilation of music created by composers from historically underrepresented groups. ROCO was the number two programmer of works by composers of color in the 2019 concert season, per the Institute for Composer Diversity .
Past Performances
ROCO Connections: We Were the Music (March 2020)
ROCO was honored to partner with the Holocaust Museum Houston, marking the recent reopening of their expanded new building, with “We Were the Music” – a chamber concert featuring the world premieres of two ROCO commissions by Bruce Adolphe, part of his season triptych in tribute to female musicians of the Holocaust.
ROCO Unchambered: Morsels (November 2019)
Experience a musical tasting menu of string quartets, curated by ROCO concertmaster, Scott St John, in ROCO Unchambered: Morsels, from November 2, 2019.
ROCO Connections: Age of Aquarius (January 2020)
The Age of Aquarius was reimagined at Rienzi on January 30, 2020, as ROCO explored the music of the 70s - that is, 1770s, 1870s, and 1970s!
ROCO In Concert: Beauty is in the Eye (February 2020)
ROCO’s In Concert series continued with “Beauty is in the Eye” on February 8, 2020. The performance featured the premiere…
ROCO Unchambered: Flair (October 2019)
ROCO’s Unchambered series started on October 19, 2019 with clarinetists Nathan Williams and Maiko Sasaki, accompanied by pianist Colette Valentine,…
ROCO In Concert: Hope for Beauty (November 2019)
ROCO presented “Hope for Beauty”, featuring the premiere of Bruce Adolphe’s full chamber orchestra piece "I Too Bleed, and Hope…
ROCO In Concert: Time for Hope (September 2019)
ROCO’s In Concert series, which showcases the full 40-piece orchestra, kicked off at The Church of St. John the Divine…
