Join us as ROCO’s Season 19 Unchambered Series begins on November 4, at 5:00pm in The Historic Eldorado Ballroom! ROCO violinist Rachel Jordan curates and features in a vibrant, intimate program honoring the memory and legacy of her father, New Orleans-based musician Kidd Jordan, who performed once in the Ballroom during his career as an internationally acclaimed […]
Conductor Johannes Debus makes his ROCO debut in INFRARED, a program featuring more than the eye can see—including two radiant world premieres commissioned by ROCO. Triple-threat Grammy-nominated Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad’s Fanfare opens, then experience “Nell ‘Inferno”, the blazing first movement of Richard Danielpour’s Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Go galactic in Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia […]
Roll out the barrel – as this annual ROCO tradition returns to ring in the new year, continuing the Connections Series! Celebrate with good food, good friends, and good music as the ROCO Brass Quintet serenades audiences at the Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Featuring traditional beer hall music and favorite brass arrangements, with craft beers (plus root beer!) and yummy […]
Join us as ROCO’s Connections Series continues on January 27 in collaboration with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Rienzi house museum. Experience a concert in their glorious ballroom featuring Charles Loeffler’s Rhapsodies and the world premiere of Nicky Sohn’s Colors of Life’s Garden inspired by the plants and flowers in the 4.4-acre Rienzi Garden. […]
ROCO’s Connections Series continues on February 10 as we give thanks for collaboration in “Simple Gifts,” bringing us to a new location at Rothko Chapel! Led by conductor Delyana Lazarova, experience Aaron Copland’s iconic tone poem Appalachian Spring in its original 13-piece version, paired with a World Premiere ROCO Commission by Season 18 Composer-In-Residence Adam Schoenberg, composed as a companion work scored for the same forces. Houston Contemporary Dance […]
Conductor Delyana Lazarova returns, leading ROCO’s full chamber orchestra in a high-octane program brimming with dynamic energy! Elfrida Andree’s colorful, lyrical Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, with its exuberant opening theme, paves the way for the U.S. premiere of Richard Danielpour’s “Voci del Purgatorio”, a journey to rebirth – the second movement of his Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine […]
ROCO Co-Principal Cellist Alexis Gerlach leads her first Unchambered Series concert on March 2 at MATCH! This electric evening highlighting the textures of the cello will feature the Texas premiere of Kevin Puts’ Arcana, originally written for and premiered by Alexis. This performance will also be livestreamed free on ROCO.org, Facebook, YouTube, and A440.live.
ROCO says goodbye to the old and in with the (relatively) new in this concert celebrating musical innovation via the string quartet. Lombardini Sirmen’s Quartet, a work that helped to shape the string quartet genre alongside those of Haydn and Boccherini, is an incredible example of a rare 18th-century woman who was not only able to live […]
ROCO welcomes back conductor JoAnn Falletta, as the full 40-piece chamber orchestra shines in works of luminous orchestral color and creativity, including three premieres! Glimpse a vision of paradise in the third and final movement of Richard Danielpour’s Symphony in Three Movements After the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, experience the bold sounds of Conni Ellisor’s consortium-commissioned A Woman Without […]
Collaboration and innovation are on display in this June 7, 2024 showcase led by ROCO Artistic Partner and conductor Mei-Ann Chen as part of the 2024 League of American Orchestras Conference in Houston. Comprising several of ROCO’s previously commissioned world premiers and passion project works, alongside works by Errolyn Wallen, Ruth Gipps, and the premiere of a […]
Friday, Sep 27 2024, 7:30pm at Miller Outdoor Theatre Experience the extraordinary as ROCO’s milestone 20th season opens with “REMARKABLE” – featuring the full 40-piece chamber orchestra in three world premieres plus a new twist on an out-of-this-world classic, presented at Miller Outdoor Theatre on September 27th, hosted by guest emcee Fred Child of American Public Media’s Performance Today. Under the dynamic direction of Artistic […]
Saturday, Sep. 28, 2024, 5:00pm at The Church of St. John the Divine Experience the extraordinary as ROCO’s milestone 20th season opens with “REMARKABLE” – featuring the full 40-piece chamber orchestra in three world premieres plus a new twist on an out-of-this-world classic, presented at The Church of St. John the Divine on September 28th, hosted by guest emcee Fred […]
