ROCO

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Current Season

ROCO In Concert: Checkmate

Saturday, Sep 22 2018, 5:00pm at The Church of St. John the Divine

ROCO’s In Concert series, which features the full 40-piece orchestra and live-streamed performances, kicks off September 22 with the world premiere of Maxime Goulet’s Checkmate, a chess game for piano and orchestra based on the legendary 1996 match where IBM’s “Deep Blue” computer defeated reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov. The piano part (played by the singular Lara Downes) represents Kasparov while the orchestra plays the part of Deep Blue, with the actual match projected above the stage in real-time.* ROCO principals, Kristin Wolfe Jensen, bassoon, and Nathan Williams, clarinet, are the featured soloists on Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor, op. 113. Conductor Paul Watkins, cellist with the Emerson String Quartet, will lead the program (which also includes a piece from his brother, British composer Huw Watkins). Schubert and Martinů round out the program.

 

ROCOrooters is available during all of ROCO’s In Concert performances at The Church of St. John the Divine, and offers up to 6 hours of childcare under the supervision of certified and bonded childcare professionals. A night out for you, and music education and childcare for kids! Cost is $35 per child, and ages 2 months to 10 years are welcome.

 

*Special thanks to Creative Bearings for the custom chess-board animation!

 

Location

The Church of St. John the Divine
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX, USA
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