ROCO In Concert Series: Pacific Crossings

East meets west as River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) presents the ROCO In Concert Series: Pacific Crossings. Saturday, Nov 14 2015, Composer Talk at 4pm, Concert at 5 at The Church of St. John the Divine.

Conductor Edwin Outwater leads the ensemble in a Kyo-Shin-An Arts and ROCO co-commissioned world premiere by James Matheson (making his ROCO debut).

Matheson’s Concerto for Two Shakuhachi – The Age of Air – an early Japanese end-blown flute often used in Zen meditation as well as classical , jazz, and traditional Japanese folk music – played by ROCO debuting artists James Nyoraku Schlefer and Akihito Obama (pictured).

Vivian Fung’s “Pizzicato,” and Sibelius 3rd Symphony round out the program.