RCO Podcasts
Welcome to the audio version of the Reno Chamber Orchestra's program notes! This page is also home to our Concert Chats series with Maestro Kelly Kuo & Catherine Beeson. Subscribe to our podcast and be updated for each concert, and have an opportunity in advance of the performance to listen to the audio version of our program notes!
Episodes
41 episodes
Gershwin: All That Jazz Program Notes
Enjoy our program notes for Gershwin: All That Jazz. Written and read by Chris Morrison.
Concert Chats: Gershwin All That Jazz
Alternately named 'Give it a Kuo". Join Catherine Beeson and Kelly Kuo as they dive deeper into what you can expect during Gershwin: All that Jazz. Taking place May 2 & 3 at Nightingale Concert Hall at the University of Nevada, Reno. Get yo...
Barber American Voices Program Notes
Our audio version of our program notes for Barber: American Voices with the Reno Chamber Orchestra.
Barber: American Voices Concert Chats
Join Music Director Kelly Kuo and Colorado Symphony's Assistant Principal Viola Catherine Beeson as they discuss Barber: American Voices. Taking place February 28 & March 1 at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Americans & The Baroque Program Notes
Our audio version of our program notes for Americans & The Baroque with the Reno Chamber Orchestra.
Concert Chats: Americans & The Baroque
Alternatively named : "Go for Baroque with these Relatable Quotes" Catherine Beeson and Kelly Kuo discuss the pieces to be performed during Americans & The Baroque January 31 and February 1.
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Concert Chats: Stravinsky: The American Dream
In the second episode of Concert Chats, Catherine and Kelly discus the history of the pieces selected for the concert. They also dive deeper into the lives of the composers.
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Copland & Bizet: Season Premiere
Join Catherine Beeson and Kelly Kuo as they dive deeper into the programing for our Season Premiere.
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NCMF: Festival Finale
Finishing off our 22nd Nevada Chamber Music Festival, featuring Galaxy Su.
NCMF: Songs of the British Isles
Songs of the British Isles. Featuring Chicago Fire's Hanako Greensmith.
NCMF: Cello Under the Northern Lights
Cello Under the Northern Lights featuring Clive Greensmith and James Baik
NCMF: Opening Night with Trio Azura and Molly Carr
Opening night of the 22nd Nevada Chamber Music Festival. Featuring Trio Azura the Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn School and Molly Carr.
Stravinsky: The American Dream
The RCO's second concert of the 25/26 Season features works by composers who immigrated to America. Including Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in E flat Dumbarton Oaks. The piece was written at what Stravinsky refers to as the most difficult time in ...
Salute to Youth
Talented Nevada youth perform side-by-side with RCO in Barber’s famous Adagio for Strings before the winners of our concerto competition take the stage as soloists. RCO’s Sound Investment commissioning program makes its debut with a new work be...
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Latin Bridges
Handel’s Messiah returns to the RCO after over two decades in a Spanish translation as we highlight Easter selections from El Mesías: Messiah for a New World. A chamber orchestration of Gershwin’s infectious Havana-inspired Cuban Overture and P...
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American Dance Party
Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and R...
Baroque to Beatles
Guest conductor Luke Poeppel leads a program in Hall Recital Hall juxtaposing arrangements of popular music by the Beatles with beloved works from the Baroque canon of Western classical music by Vivald...
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String in the New Year
December 31 @ 2:00pmString in the New YearA finale to remember with your favorite NCMF artists including Renoite Molly Carr. Ring in the new year with string quartets and quintet...
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Brahms & Beyond
December 30 @ 7:30pmBrahms & BeyondFeaturing principal second clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, Yuhsin Galaxy Su. Enjoy th...
Cello Celebration
December 30 @ 2:00pmCello CelebrationA Cello-bration, if you will! Celebrate the brilliance of the cello with works by Faure, Britten, Puccini and a grand cello ensemble finale!REPERTOIRE*GYÖRG...
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