Michael Gandolfi: Geppetto’s Workshop
composition title : Geppetto's Workshop
Composer : Michael Gandolfi | Conductor : (ROCO)
ROCO’s principal flute, Brook Ferguson, featured as soloist and curator on “Force of Nature”, joined by pianist Susan Grace, on December 8, 2018, at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston).
Robert Maggio: “thirty-two summers”
composition title : "thirty-two summers"
Composer : Robert Maggio | Conductor : (ROCO)
"ROCO's Unchambered series featured a musical tasting menu of string quartets, curated by ROCO concertmaster Scott St John, in ""Morsels"", from November 2, 2019.
Joined by ROCO violinist Min-Jeong Koh, co-principal violist Matthew Dane, and principal cellist Richard Belcher, Scott took the audience through a program telling his own coming-of-age story as a musician, with featured works ranging from the Baroque up to the brand-new. Pieces by Mozart, Dvořák, Hindemith, Webern, Busch, and a world premiere commission by composer Robert Maggio, displayed the evolution of the string quartet.
A world premiere ROCO commission, the title ""thirty-two summers"" refers back to when composer Robert Maggio and Scott St. John first worked on a piece together, when Scott was studying at Curtis in Philadelphia, and Robert was studying composition at the University of Pennsylvania. This began a long friendship of further collaboration, leading to this work."
Stephanie Ann Boyd: Sapien
composition title : Sapien
Composer : Stephanie Ann Boyd | Conductor : (ROCO)
"Stephanie Ann Boyd: Sapien (2018)
0:00 I. Meditation on Before
4:28 II. The Spark (of Life)
8:38 III. Evolving
ROCO’s principal flute, Brook Ferguson, featured as soloist and curator on “Force of Nature”, presented December 8, 2018, at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston). Showcasing nature-themed music for flute, oboe, cello, and piano, the program included Michael Gandolfi’s Geppetto’s Workshop, and a new ROCO commission by Stephanie Ann Boyd – Sapien.
Featured ROCO musicians are: Brook Ferguson, flute; Alecia Lawyer, oboe; Richard Belcher, cello; and Susan Grace, piano.
Learn more about the inspirations behind Sapien, in a ROCOInsider Q&A with the composer at our blog: https://roco.org/2018/12/08/rocoinsid...
Videography by Blueprint Film Co."
Stephanie Ann Boyd: Sapien
composition title : Sapien
Composer : Stephanie Ann Boyd | Conductor : (ROCO)
ROCO’s principal flute, Brook Ferguson, featured as soloist and curator on “Force of Nature”, presented December 8, 2018, at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston). Showcasing nature-themed music for flute, oboe, cello, and piano, the program included Michael Gandolfi’s Geppetto’s Workshop, and a new ROCO commission by Stephanie Ann Boyd – Sapien.
