ROCO launches its 21st season and Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation In Concert Series with Feels Like Home—a back-to-back concert weekend led by Artistic Partner Delyana Lazarova. Featuring guest concertmaster Margaret Batjer (LACO), the season opens with three world premieres and a powerful symphony rediscovered, on Friday, September 26, 7:30 pm, at Miller Outdoor Theatre and Saturday, September 27, 5:00 pm, at The Church of St. John the Divine.

ROCO Principal Clarinetist Nathan Williams steps into the spotlight in a new clarinet concertino by Season 21 Composer-In-Residence Kevin Lau titled At the Still Point of the Turning World, inspired by Williams’ work in hospice care as ROCO’s first Musicians with a Mission Manager. The orchestra then dives into GRAMMY-winning composer Starr Parodi’s Rip Tide, a newly commissioned work shaped by her personal story of loss and resilience. Composer Heather Schmidt writes an uplifting tribute to real-life husky rescues in Husky Chronicles, premiering in partnership with local shelters and rescue organizations. The concert concludes with Symphony No. 4 in B minor, the work of a pioneering yet little-known composer, and Beethoven contemporary, Emilie Mayer. 

Location

Miller Outdoor Theatre
6000 Hermann Park Drive
Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Program

Delyana Lazarova, ROCO Artistic Partner, conductor
Kevin Lau, Season 21 Composer In Residence
Nathan Williams, clarinet soloist
Margaret Batjer, guest concertmaster

Starr Parodi
Rip Tide
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Heather Schmidt
Husky Chronicles
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Kevin Lau
At the Still Point of the Turning World
Featuring Nathan Williams
ROCO Commissioned World Premiere

Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 4 in B minor

Sponsored by

Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation