Featured Alumni: Alecia Lawyer (MM '92, oboe); Bruce Adolphe (Pre-College '71, BM '75, MM '76, composition)
ROCO is honored to partner with Holocaust Museum of Houston on Thursday, March 5th for "We Were the Music” – a chamber concert featuring the world premieres of two ROCO commissions by Bruce Adolphe, part of his season triptych in tribute to women musicians who survived the Holocaust.
Dedicated to cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, "We Were the Music" and "Music Is a Dream" will be joined on the program by the music of Hindemith, Zemlinsky, and Piazzolla, plus you'll hear a rare, unpublished work by Italian composer and teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The world premiere of the next commission in ROCO’s FIFteen Project, by Isabelle Ganz, rounds out the evening.
Featured ROCO musicians will be founder, artistic director and principal oboist Alecia Lawyer; principal cellist Richard Belcher, and pianist Mei Rui.
Prior to the concert, join us for a reception of light bites and refreshments beginning at 6:00 pm, including an opportunity to tour the Museum's permanent galleries.