In Concert: “Pacific Crossings”

Saturday, Nov 14 2015, Composer Talk at 4pm, Concert at 5 at The Church of St. John the Divine

East meets West as performs “Pacific Crossings” on November 14, 2016, 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. Vivian Fung’s “Pizzicato,” and Sibelius 3rd Symphony round out the program.

Tickets

Tickets are $35 general admission, $25 seniors, $15 students.

ROCOrooters music education and childcare is available during/after this concert.

BONUS! With your ticket to this concert, you get a special free chamber concert with the two shakuhachis at the Asia Society Texas Center two nights before at 7:30pm on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
– as space is limited, please call 713-496-9901 to RSVP and reserve your seats.