The Unchambered Series features concerts curated by individual ROCO musicians, giving them carte blanche to bring their own unique passions into the creation of their programs.

Unchambered Series Concert 2

Dan Flavin Installation

Sinfonia da Camera presents an evening of intimate—and adventurous—20th-century chamber music featuring their illustrious principal musicians. The evening begins with the most popular of Milhaud’s more than 400 compositions, Scaramouche for two pianos. Orchestra percussion stars William Moersch and Ricardo Flores join to present a performance of Bela Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. The three-movement work experiments with the many varied sounds the piano and the percussion can produce together. Featuring principal oboist John Dee, William Grant Still’s Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano follows intermission with a melancholy evocation of a distant land that transitions to a joyful pentatonic dance. The evening concludes with Poulenc’s charming and exuberant Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet. 

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Sinfonia Da Camera: 20th-century Chamber Gems

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

The Wind Symphony presents the consortium premiere of Jules Pegram’s vibrant tribute to Los Angeles, LAtudes, alongside Dana Wilson’s virtuosic horn concerto, featuring University of Illinois associate professor of horn Bernhard Scully. Works by South American composer Antonio Gervasoni and New Orleans composer and jazz pianist Roger Dickerson open the program.

Illinois Wind Symphony

ROCO concludes its Connections Series and its 21st season with Sense of Mind—a bold exploration of how music and the brain intertwine. Presented first at ARTECHOUSE Houston, the performance pairs ROCO musicians with advanced technology, translating real-time neural activity into immersive visuals that react to the sound waves emitted by the musical instruments.

Designed in partnership with neuroscientists and digital artists, Neurofeedback invites audiences to consider how music moves us emotionally and how we process it biologically. The concert features guest pianist Mei Rui (Director of Music in Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center) and a newly commissioned piece by Anthony Brandt, along with visuals created by animator/illustrator Badie Khaleghian.

Bernhard Scully

Events

Upcoming events

May 2, 2026

ROCO Connections: Sense of Mind · ROCO

Past events

Nov 21, 2024

Unchambered Series Concert 2 · ROCO

Nov 28, 2023

Sinfonia Da Camera: 20th-century Chamber Gems · Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Future and recently performed repertoire

Horn in Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds by Beethoven

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