Podcast appearances and mentions of alecia lawyer

In this episode, Jill talks with Alecia Lawyer (artistic director and founder of the chamber orchestra, ROCO). Alecia shares how this Houston-based orchestra disrupts and innovates the traditional presentation of classical music. With a revenue model where 95% comes from contributed revenue, ROCO designs audience-first experiences. Alecia is putting the fun, access, and creative license back into the world of classical music through what she calls wildcatting in the arts.    For additional resources and to sign up for the podcast newsletter, we invite you to visit our website at leadingthewaypodcast.com.     Key Topics & Chapter Markers:     [00:01:32.910] - Introduction and ROCO's acronym change discussion.  [00:02:21.550] - Alecia Lawyer's background and how she founded ROCO.  [00:08:03.130] - ROCO's unique approach to classical music.  [00:09:16.270] - Explanation of "Wildcatting in the Arts" and its importance.  [00:19:47.350] - The special audience experience and program book features.  [00:24:33.850] - Integrating personal and professional aspects in ROCO.  [00:25:04.690] - The role of faith and vulnerability in Alecia Lawyer's journey.  [00:26:13.720] - Creating a safe space for musicians to take risks and find rewards.  [00:28:04.330] - Agency, co-creation, and the relationship between composers, musicians, and the audience.  [00:46:49.400] - Development of the Octava app and its original purpose.  [00:49:21.650] - Inspiration behind creating the children's book "Nightingale."  [00:52:08.880] - Leadership journey of ROCO and challenges in maintaining its culture.  Contact Info:   letstalk@trgarts.com  

Join Darrian and Miranda as they interview the CEO of ROCO, Alecia Lawyer! They talk about running an organization and how to make music more accessible!

Today on the podcast, I talk with Alecia Lawyer, Founder, Artistic Director, Principal oboist of ROCO. She's got the most exciting ideas about orchestral possibilities in the 21st century, and I wish more people were as innovative as she.    Named by Musical America as one of classical music's Top 30 Influencers for 2015 and a Lorée oboe artist in 2019, Texas native, Alecia Lawyer, is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Oboist of ROCO, a professional music ensemble that flexes from 1 to 40 musicians from around the US and Canada, including guest conductors from around the world. Expanding the repertoire, ROCO has commissioned and world premiered over 100 works from living composers. The group performs dozens of concerts annually in multiple venues throughout Houston, many of which are broadcast nationally and livestreamed to the world. Known as “The Most Fun You Can Have with Serious Music!” ROCO has been called a trailblazer and arts disrupter and is leading the sector in innovation. Calling her business model “Wildcatting in the Arts”, Ms. Lawyer was named a finalist for Texas Musician of the Year (along with Willie Nelson) and was listed as one of Houston's Top 50 Most Influential Women. She is a proud senior fellow of American Leadership Forum, a trustee for Episcopal High School, and a member of the Institute for Composer Diversity. She has received numerous awards, including the Gutsy Gal Award from Houston Woman Magazine and Sigma Alpha Iota Musician of the Year.  She regularly presents her entrepreneurial model and dynamic ideas to conservatories, universities, and music festivals around the US, such as Juilliard, Yale, SMU, Round Top, and the Texas Music Festival, using ROCO as a case study for community-specific orchestra building. Business and social groups in the Greater Houston Area engage her to speak on numerous topics related to the creation, innovation, marketing, and development of the arts. After receiving her Masters from Juilliard and Bachelors from SMU, both in oboe, Alecia's career has ranged from recording for John Cage and soloing with Rostropovich, to a contemporary chamber music recital at Carnegie Hall, live radio broadcasts in New York, and disc jockeying for KRTS-92.1FM, Houston, TX. Enjoying a year residency in France, she recorded with the Sorbonne Orchestra, performed recitals in Paris, and concertized with various orchestras and chamber groups in France and Germany. Alecia and her husband Larry have two fantastic sons, Jacob and Zachary. Alecia is an F. Lorée artist. You can catch up with ROCO at its website, or follow on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter @rocohouston Alecia's previous SUPER INSPIRING interview is HERE. Roco recently collaborated on a beautiful new children's book: The Nightingale Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical!  Theme music and audio editing by DreamVance. You can join my email list HERE, so you never miss an episode! Or you could hop on a short call with me to brainstorm your next plan.  I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!  

Alecia Lawyer is the Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Oboe at Roco, a professional music ensemble with players across the US and Canada. Alecia joins us for this discussion to walk us through her inspiring journey of graduating from Julliard, owning a studio of 8 students to finally becoming the founder of a professional music ensemble.If you want to find out more about Alecia Lawyer and listen to music from Roco go to, at www.roco.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

Alecia Lawyer is the Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Oboe at Roco, a professional music ensemble with players across the US and Canada. Alecia joins us for this discussion to walk us through her inspiring journey of graduating from Julliard, owning a studio of 8 students to finally becoming the founder of a professional music ensemble.If you want to find out more about Alecia Lawyer and listen to music from Roco go to, at www.roco.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of “Unwrap Your Candies Now,” Ernie Manouse chats with Jake Speck, Executive Director of A.D. Players. The Christian-based theater company opens its 2019-20 Season of Hope with The Hiding Place. A World Premiere adaptation by A.S. Peterson, the play is based on the true story of Corrie ten Boom, who was active in the Dutch underground, hiding Jews during World War II. Then, Catherine Lu interviews Alecia Lawyer, Founder, Artistic Director and... Read More

In this episode of “Unwrap Your Candies Now,” Catherine Lu finds out what it took for ROCO to bring together their new CD Visions Take Flight.  Alecia Lawyer, ROCO Founder and Artistic Director, explains how Harvey complicated the making of this album.  And, Ernie Manouse chats with Chelsea Ryan McCurdy, one of the stars of Stages Repertory Theatre's The Doyle and Debbie Show. Chelsea shares tales of a life on the stage and beyond.  Share your comments,... Read More

On this episode we discuss IDRS 2019 and ideas for creative concerts. For our interview we welcome Alecia Lawyer, Founder, Artistic Director & Principal Oboe of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Learn more about Alecia and ROCO at https://roco.org! This episode is brought to you by Jende Reed Knives (www.jendeindustries.com), Jennet Ingle Reeds(jennetingle.com/about-jennet-ingle-reeds/), MKL Reeds (MKLReeds.com), and Oboe Chicago (www.oboechicago.com/). Thank you to our amazing sponsors!

It's Christmas Eve. Chances are, you've heard a lot of beautiful music. If you're looking for more of that, you've come to the wrong place. Welcome to Jingle Hell, where bad songs are born, and good songs come to die. Alecia Lawyer, founder, artistic director, and principal oboist of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) talks about the worst musical offerings of the season, and what makes them so bad. Songs that include entire scales? Check. Songs with completely bizarre lyrics that we sing along with anyway? Check. Wookiees? Yeah. This episode has all of that and oh so much more. Listen if you dare! And, uh, merry Christmas. You're welcome. Music in this episode:   “Dominick the Donkey.” Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell. “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” John Rox. Performed by Gayla Peevey. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” Randy Brooks. Performed by Elmo and Patsy. “White Winter Hymnal.” Written and performed by Fleet Foxes. From their self-titled album. “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” By John Frederick Coots. Performed by the Cheeky Monkeys. “Ding​-​a​-​ling​-​a​-​ring​-​a​-​ling.” Written and performed by Sufjan Stevens. From Silver and Gold. “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Frank Loesser. Performed by Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone. From the Elf movie soundtrack. “Vader Did You Know?” Vic Mignogna. “What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?).” From Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. “Mary, Did You Know?” Lyrics written by Mark Lowry and music written by Buddy Greene. Performed by Pentatonix. Greensleeves. London Festival Orchestra. “Joy to the World.” Isaac Watts. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Performed by the Bach Choir. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” Performed by Celtic Woman. “Good King Wenceslas.” John Mason Neale. “Angels We Have Heard on High.” Performed by Sandi Patty. “The Cherry-Tree Carol.” Performed by King’s College Choir.     Audio production by Todd "Good King Wencelastodd" Hulslander with two eyes made out of coal by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio.   Special Thanks to Todd Reynolds for his music, Taskforce: Farmlab from Outerbourough.

What you'll hear: The commonly given advice she DID NOT take - and why that was the best decision she ever made What she learned from the start-up orchestras she worked with and how that shaped her vision for her own orchestra start-up The most important thing she looks at when choosing personnel for her orchestra - it’s actually *not* based entirely on how you play Her unique point of view on the MONEY conversation… asking for money and the role you have as a fundraiser in a founded group How her mission has evolved - her revolutionary view on what is important and what matters in growing a classical music organization TODAY To find out more about ROCO: http://roco.org/  https://www.facebook.com/rocohouston/ I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your order!   Check out the new revolutionary tuner app DRONE TUNER on iOS. Available NOW for iPhone and iPad. Tune to REAL recorded instrument tones instead of machine-like sounds to work on intonation, sound concept and blend. The visual component of this tuner is also incredible, with a super-fast reaction time, it allows you to tune while playing a musical passage or using vibrato. It even allows you to tune chords! Get yours today: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drone-tuner/id1326016622?ls=1&mt=8 

Episode Summary: In this episode of The H, Alecia Lawyer, founder of ROCO, shares her story of growing up in a small East Texas town, falling in love with physics, stumbling into an audition at one of the world's most prestigious music schools, and starting the most unique chamber orchestra you've ever heard of. Episode Credits: Produced, edited and mixed by Luke Brawner. Theme music: "No Me Without You," by Robbie Seay. Other songs featured in this episode are by Houston born and raised piano prodigy Cameron Pessarra. Artwork by Field of Study. Episode Sponsors: Human HQ: Web | Facebook | Instagram Pink Cilantro: Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Episode Thanks: Special thanks to Alecia Lawyer for being a part of this episode! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @thehpodcast, and subscribe, rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts! © 2018 Milieu Media Group, LLC

The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra presents their conductorless concert from 2016, with some familiar classics and a world premiere!

It’s four days until Christmas. Chances are, you’ve heard a lot of beautiful music. If you’re looking for more of that, you’ve come to the wrong place. Welcome to Jingle Hell, where bad songs are born, and good songs come to die. Alecia Lawyer, founder, artistic director, and principal oboist of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) talks about the worst musical offerings of the season, and what makes them so bad. Songs that include entire scales? Check. Songs with completely bizarre lyrics that we sing along with anyway? Check. Wookiees? Yeah. This episode has all of that and oh so much more. Listen if you dare! And, uh, merry Christmas. You’re welcome.   Audio production by Todd “Good King Wencelastodd” Hulslander with two eyes made out of coal by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio. Music in this episode: “Dominick the Donkey.” Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell. “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.” John Rox. Performed by Gayla Peevey. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” Randy Brooks. Performed by Elmo and Patsy. “White Winter Hymnal.” Written and performed by Fleet Foxes. From their self-titled album. “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” By John Frederick Coots. Performed by the Cheeky Monkeys.  “Ding​-​a​-​ling​-​a​-​ring​-​a​-​ling.” Written and performed by Sufjan Stevens. From Silver and Gold. “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” Frank Loesser. Performed by Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone. From the Elf movie soundtrack. “Vader Did You Know?” Vic Mignogna. “What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?).” From Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. “Mary, Did You Know?” Lyrics written by Mark Lowry and music written by Buddy Greene. Performed by Pentatonix. Greensleeves. London Festival Orchestra. “Joy to the World.” Isaac Watts.  “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.” Performed by the Bach Choir. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” Performed by Celtic Woman. “Good King Wenceslas.” John Mason Neale. “Angels We Have Heard on High.” Performed by Sandi Patty. “The Cherry-Tree Carol.” Performed by King’s College Choir. If you enjoyed this episode, you can also hear Alecia talk all about the oboe in Episode 10!

Producer Todd is “out of town on vacation” this week, so we are bringing this oldie-but-goodie out of the vault. Hope you enjoy it! If you do, check out Classical 91.7’s River Oaks Chamber Orchestra broadcasts every Wednesday in August. Go here for more info. In this episode, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s Artistic Director, founder, and principal oboist, Alecia Lawyer takes Dacia inside the mind of an oboe player. In this strange world, people grow their own (bamboo), enjoy fame alongside Willie Nelson, and live on the edge without all of the annoying parachutes and bungee cords. For more about Alecia and ROCO, www.rocohouston.org. Photo from artsandculturetx.com.

    In this episode, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra's Artistic Director, founder, and principal oboist, Alecia Lawyer takes Dacia inside the mind of an oboe player. In this strange world, people grow their own (bamboo), enjoy fame alongside Willie Nelson, and live on the edge without all of the annoying parachutes and bungee cords. Audio production by Todd Hulslander, with pearls of editing wisdom from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: – Le Tombeau de Couperin by Ravel:  St. Paul chamber Orchestra with Kathy Greenbanks, principal oboist – La Scala, by Rossini: rocohouston.org (look for the Season Finale) – Shostakovich Symph #5, Mvt. III – Tchaikovsky #4 Mvt. II, Lorin Maazel with the Cleveland Orchestra – Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Mvt III oboe solo     – Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, Mvt II, Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta     – William Schuman New England Tryptich,  Mvt. II. When Jesus Wept, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony