People First: ROCO Celebrates 20 Years of Fostering a Culture of Connection
Let’s do the numbers. Houston’s premiere chamber orchestra ROCO will have reached a staggering 150 world premieres by the end of its 20th season.
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Beyond Diversity: ROCO Redefines the Classical Music Canon
Houston’s ROCO chamber orchestra has introduced so many new works, and featured so many composers and performers from diverse backgrounds, that its founder sees no point in reciting the numbers.
ROCO at 18: A Season to be Grateful
ROCO is everywhere. In its 18th season, this industry-changing chamber orchestra from Houston has reached well beyond the walls of the traditional concert space, laying down a vibrant and diverse soundtrack for an entire city.
Back to the Earth: A climate-focused new season at ROCO
A historic ice storm. The four seasons. Industrial sites colliding with the natural world. A farmer’s life and its links to the land. A glacier that melted away.
A Splash of Color and Light: ROCO Paints a New Landscape
I was especially thrilled to be the first person to receive a print copy of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s Season 16 brochure, fresh off the press.
Artistic Partners, New Works, and Historic Musical Moments: Houston’s ROCO at 15
Don’t hold your breath waiting for Houston’s River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) to anoint a conductor as its music director. Being player-driven is in ROCO’s DNA.
Houston’s ROCO focuses on Works by Women
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.
Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning
The numbers are in: 76 world premieres (33 for the full chamber orchestra and 43 for its flexible chamber ensembles), 36 composers commissioned—these are astounding numbers from the Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO), now in its perpetually forward-looking 13th season.
From punk rockers to presidents: The rebels at ROCO announce new season
The conductor nearly chickened out. Planning the concert that will open the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s 2017-18 season, Vladimir Yampolsky suggested a rarity: the Symphony No. 2 by Kurt Weill of Threepenny Opera fame. Then he wavered.
Pop Culture Invasion: ROCOmoji for the Win
Savvy concert goers can count on ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) to keep up with current cultural trends.
Bringing Music to the People: ROCO’s New Season
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra isn’t planning a Fourth of July concert, but maybe it should. The tradition-busting group has declared its independence -- from the classical hit parade. Scan the group’s programs for 2016-17, and you’ll see nothing that rank-and-file concertgoers would find familiar.
Commissioning in Texas: ROCO
Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) has commissioned 43 works in their ten-year history