Welcome to the world of classical music.

I founded this orchestra to introduce to you the 40 most engaging and talented musicians I have met in my career. We have a unique approach and encourage you to experience classical music the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra way:

• Surprise pieces not listed in the program.
• "Inside the orchestra", chances for four audience members, through a raffle, to sit in on one of the pieces on the program.
• Commissioned and newly-penned pieces programmed amid classics for the audience to know the present and future Mozarts and Bachs.
• Take 5 instead of an intermission where ROCO musicians clip on nametags and come out to say hello. Our trumpets perform an original fanfare to call us back to the stage.
• Inviting program playbill with pronunciation guides to composers' names, interviews with performers, word finds, a kid's page, bullet-point take-home facts and a series called Field Notes - true stories from the lives of classical musicians.
• Art installations at the "mix and mingle" reception after the concert next door in Sumners Hall featuring one artist each concert to collaborate with other art forms.
• ROCOrooters music education/childcare program for kids 10 and under that runs in tandem with and after the concert to allow parents an evening out (aka: Date Night).
• Other ROCO performances: ROCOco. (ROCO company), a music tasting in wine bars; ROCO Salon, chamber music performances in your home; Upstairs with ROCO, chamber music performances in our office for donors.

We invite you into our world. Come explore our passion for communicating with you through music.

Alecia Lawyer
Executive Director, Founder and Principal Oboist