Driven by new artistic collaborations and adding performances in even more unique venues, ROCO’s bold 21st season is meant to be heard, felt, seen, and savored. “Season of the Senses” presents evocative new works and immersive soundscapes by the great composers of our time, paired with reimagined classics in a wide variety of spaces.
Announcing Season 20!
ROCO—Houston’s 40-piece professional chamber orchestra focused on innovative concerts, multidisciplinary collaborations, and engaging community-centric initiatives—announces its landmark 20th season. The season introduces new collaborative partners and new concert venues and celebrates a milestone in the ensemble’s commitment to commissioning and premiering new works.
Making Waves—Season 19 Announced!
ROCO celebrates questioning the status quo with “Making Waves” – its 19th season celebrating innovation, collaboration, exploration, and the impact of artistic creativity and integrity in the community. Committed to expanding the chamber music canon, the 2023-2024 season features over 18 works by women composers and presents multiple world premiere commissions, co-commissions, and two rescores.
Season 18 Announced!
For 17 years, ROCO has fostered deep connections between musicians and audience members, and meaningfully brought our Houston community together, as only music can. Now, join us for an impactful 18th season entitled ‘Grateful!’
A Special Sneak Peek Inside the New POST Houston — This Classical Concert is a Double Treat | Paper City
ROCO recently announced its 2021-22 season, which marks year number 17 for the organization to offer the most fun an audience can have with chamber and classical music. Centering around the theme of “Musical Threads,” the programming offers a well-rounded lineup of exciting world premieres, collaborations and a continued exploration into Houston’s unique spaces.
Wait. What? ROCO aims for surprise in how it presents classical music | Houston Chronicle
ROCO recently announced its 2021-22 season, which marks year number 17 for the organization to offer the most fun an audience can have with chamber and classical music. Centering around the theme of “Musical Threads,” the programming offers a well-rounded lineup of exciting world premieres, collaborations and a continued exploration into Houston’s unique spaces.
ROCO to be first act to play Houston’s newest concert venue | Houston Chronicle
ROCO recently announced its 2021-22 season, which marks year number 17 for the organization to offer the most fun an audience can have with chamber and classical music. Centering around the theme of “Musical Threads,” the programming offers a well-rounded lineup of exciting world premieres, collaborations and a continued exploration into Houston’s unique spaces.
Season 17 Announced!
Since 2005, ROCO has been committed to connecting our Houston community together through the joys of music. We have brought into the world over 110 new commissions from living composers of diverse backgrounds, shared performances in some of Houston’s most unique spaces, and with ROCO on the Go—continued to innovate even during a period of social distancing. Join us in our 17th season as we go even further in stitching the diverse parts of Houston together, weaving new musical tales which unite our community and beyond, in Season 2021-2022: Musical Threads!
Season 16 Announced!
ROCO’s 16th season features illuminating musical collaborations exploring global soundscapes, presenting ten commissions, in three series of concerts showcasing the ensemble’s flexible model. New works include a nature-inspired triptych by Alyssa Morris, a concerto for bandoneon (a Latin-American bellowed instrument) by soloist Richard Scofano, a vocal work by Reena Esmail based on Chickasaw poetry, a…
River Oaks CO achieves liftoff with premiere of celestial erhu concerto | Texas Classical Review
River Oaks CO achieves liftoff with premiere of celestial erhu concerto Mon Feb 10, 2020 at 11:42 am By Steven Brown When the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra commissioned Kevin Lau to write a concerto for erhu, the two-stringed Chinese instrument, he sidestepped the obvious approach. Rather than seek inspiration in the music or culture of…
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra travels across Europe with ‘Ticket to Ride’ | Houston Chronicle
“I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could,” says Brett Mitchell, quoting a favorite bumper sticker of his. “That’s kind of like me. Any excuse to come back to Texas is great.” On Saturday, Mitchell will return to Houston to make his debut with… the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in “Ticket to Ride” at the Church of St. John the Divine.
Houston’s ROCO focuses on Works by Women | Arts+Culture Texas
Alecia Lawyer, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s artistic director, introduced the idea discreetly last fall: She and two other musicians devoted a program on the group’s Unchambered series entirely to works by female composers. This season, Lawyer and ROCO are going big with the theme.
