ROCO on Buffalo Bayou – weaving our music through the landscape, providing a soundtrack for Houston!
Explore forty stops along the trails of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, with ROCO providing the soundtrack to its landmarks and public art. Just scan the QR code and you’ll be taken to a page corresponding to each landmark or art piece, with a paired music selection from ROCO’s fifteen years of live performance recordings, curated by the ROCO team. #ROCOBuffaloBayou
“We can now physically weave our music through our community, providing a soundtrack for Houston! ROCO has always offered our recordings for free listening, and now you can also enjoy the wonders of Buffalo Bayou while on a musical scavenger hunt.” – Alecia Lawyer, Founder, Artistic Director, and Oboist.
To locate the QR stops, please see the Google map below. If viewing on a mobile device, you may need to download the Google Maps app. You can also hear the music we’ve paired with each landmark by scrolling below the map, but we encourage you to visit the Bayou and find the QR codes in person!
1. Hildebrand Foundation Meadow
2. Observe – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
4. Lost Lake
7. Reflect – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
10. Emerge – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
12. Zane and Brady Carruth Overlook
13. Tolerance, Jaume Plensa, 2011
14. Listen – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
16. Spindle, Henry Moore, 1969 at Fondren Foundation Meadow
17. Sandy Reed Grove
18. Carruth Bridge
19. Houston Police Officers’ Memorial
20. Passage Inachevé, Linnea Glatt and Francis Thompson, 1990
21. Explore – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
22. Shady Grove, Tim Bailey, 2002
24. Vale-Asche Foundation Spring
25. Stone seats near Open Channel Flow
26. Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark
27. Down Periscope, Donald Lipski, 2015 at Brown Foundation Lawn
28. Pause – Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015
29. Stainless Steel Canoes, John Runnels
31. George HW Bush Monument at Sesquicentennial Park
32. James A. Baker III Monument at Sesquicentennial Park
33. Lunar Cycle Lighting at Sesquicentennial Park
34. Allen’s Landing
35. Boat Launch at Guadalupe Plaza Park
36. Gravel Silos
37. Tony Marron Park
38. Japhet Creek
39. Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park
40. Hidalgo Park Historic Gazebo
BONUS #1. Feldman Gateway
BONUS #2. Shepherd Gateway, a gift of the Radoff Family
BONUS #3. Scurlock Foundation Overlook
BONUS #4. Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
Like what you hear? Check out our Listening Room for more! ROCO’s music is available Anytime, Anywhere through our site and on streaming platforms such as such as Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Play, Pandora, and more. Check out our app for upcoming concert information!
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