SOUND INVESTMENT
2025/2026
BOBBY GE, RCO Sound Investment Composer
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How does a composer know which notes to put on the page? How do they know which instruments should play at a certain time? If these are questions that have ever permeated your thoughts, then we have a unique opportunity for you! Beginning this fall you will be able to learn about music composition from composer Bobby Ge.
Mr. Ge has been selected as the composer for our second Sound Investment and will create a new composition to be premiered by the RCO on May 31, 2026.
As investors in this commission, you will be invited to three, exclusive hour-long salons where Mr. Ge will describe the tools and techniques he will use to compose the new work for the RCO. You will be able to ask questions during the salons and at the reception following each event.
At the first salon Mr. Ge will share his inspiration and other ideas for how the work may begin to take shape. During the second salon Mr. Ge and musicians from the RCO will perform selections from the work still in progress. You will learn how the composition of the piece has progressed since the first salon. At the third and final salon you will receive a draft of the score and learn how the piece has taken its final shape. You will be the first to hear the orchestra reading the new work!
Following the premiere and after any adjustments have been made to the score, investors will receive their very own full-size score with investor names printed on the inside cover and signed by Mr. Ge.
Your one-time investment accesses:
• Entry to three exclusive composer-led salons
• A reception with the composer following each salon
• Access to the first reading of the composition and a draft score
• Autographed final score with printed list of investors and levels
• Blue Chip Investors only: post-concert VIP dinner with composer and conductor Investment
Levels:
• Blue Chip*: $2,000 *Limited to 5 investors
• Mid Cap: $550
• Small Cap: $250
• Student: $25
Tentative Salon Dates*
October 16, 2025
February 26, 2026
May 28, 2026
How to Become a Sound Investor
Call our office M-F 10am – 3pm at 775-348-9413
or email aheald@renochamberorchestra.org
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2024/2025
Celebrating our 50th season with the commissioning of a new work
TANNER PORTER, RCO Sound Investment Composer
Ms. Porter's original work Sage-Grouse was premiered at our 2024/2025 season finale concert on Sunday May 18, 2025.
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Investors in this commission were invited to three exclusive hour-long salons where Ms. Porter described the tools and techniques she used to compose the new work for the RCO. Donors were able to ask questions during the salons and at the reception following each event. At the first salon Ms. Porter shared her inspiration and other ideas for how the work began to take shape. During the second salon Ms. Porter and musicians from the RCO performed selections from the work still in progress. At the third and final salon donors will receive a draft of the score and learn how the piece has taken its final shape. Donors will be the first to hear the orchestra reading the new work!
Investors received their very own full-size score with investor names printed on the inside cover and signed by Ms. Porter.