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ROCO´s Conductorless! Concert
Feb. 13 - 14, 2010
Why Conductorless?
Performing without a conductor empowers the individual musicians while engaging them in self-governing collaboration that translates into a powerful and exciting experience for the audience. Removing the "wall" between orchestra and audience exposes an intimate conversation among the musicians and invites the audience into conversation with the chamber orchestra.
Few orchestras of ROCO´s size attempt to perform conductorless, especially on a piece as challenging as Beethoven´s well-loved Fifth Symphony. Sharing leadership roles among ROCO´s 40 musicians requires a high level of artistry and a strong spirit of "musical joie de vivre". The result a fantastic audience experience that author/journalist, John DeMers calls, "the most fun you can have with serious music."
Guest Artists
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has fast been gaining international attention since making a triumphant New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall´s Weill Recital Hall in 2005. The New York Times called her, "An utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation." Ms. Dinnerstein is a graduate of The Juilliard School, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband and son.
Born in 1953, in Guangzhou, China, into a family of doctors with a strong interest in classical music, Chen Yi started studying violin and piano at age three. In 1986, she became the first woman to receive a master´s degree in composition in China. Dr. Yi´s diverse compositions have been performed by chamber orchestras all over the world. She will be at the concert to discuss her work and introduce the piece.
Program
Bach Piano concerto in D Minor
Beethoven Fifth Symphony
Gordon Jacobs Old Wine in New Bottles
Chen Yi Duo Ye
ROCO Conductorless! Concert with piano soloist, Simone Dinnerstein, Beethoven´s Fifth Symphony, and Chinese composer, Chen Yi
• Saturday, February 13, 2009, 5pm, at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard (at Westheimer), Houston, TX 77019. Tickets are $25; $10 for students, at rocohouston.org, by phone at 713-665-2700, or at the door. With ROCOrooters music education/childcare program.
• Sunday, February 14, 2009, 5pm, Valentine´s Concert and Dinner at The Houstonian Hotel, 111 North Post Oak Lane, Houston, Texas 77024
Contact
Terri Golas, 713-665-2700, terri@rocohouston.org
About ROCO
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra is a professional chamber orchestra of 40 all-star musicians, distinguished guest conductors, and famous composers who come together from all over the world to present unexpected classics, original compositions, and delightful performances that dissolve the barriers between audience and orchestra. Founded in 2005 by principal oboist, Alecia Lawyer, ROCO is "creating personal relationships through the language of music." www.rocohouston.org
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