ROCO’s Season Eight Opener boasts exotic works by Reena Esmail (Teen Murti for String Orchestra), Huang Ruo (Folk Songs for Orchestra), Bela Bartók (Second Suite, op. 4), and Benjamin Britten (Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and String Orchestra). With the esteemed Mei-Ann Chen conducting, and joined by soloists Zach Averyt, tenor, and Danielle Kuhlmann, horn, ROCO Celebrates Asia was performed September 27, 2013, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX.