URSO & URCO PRISMConcert Meliora Weekend Friday, September 19, 2025 URSO December 5, 2025 February 20, 2026 April 11, 2026 URCO November 22, 2025 February 27, 2026 April 4, 2026 Combined Orchestras 1812 Overture @ Strong Auditorium April 28, 2026 ​

The concert attire for both orchestras is black pants or a black floor-length skirt and any solid color shirt or blouse OTHER than black or white. The object is to both flood the stage with colour and not look like a large group of head waiters.

First off, do your UTMOST NEVER to miss a rehearsal. That's where the bulk of our work is done and the community we build depends upon you. If you must be absent from a rehearsal, fill out this google form for any absence three weeks before the rehearsal takes place.

For students registered for the course, your grade is participation dependent. See the course syllabus for details.

Seating rotates every concert and sometimes within specific repertoire on the same concert. It is never a strict hierarchy. Members of different ensemble experience, repertoire, and previous study are placed throughout the ensemble's sections to strengthen both the section and the players within it.

You do not. UR students may register for the appropriate 1-credit course (MUSC153 for URSO, MUSC154 for URCO), but may perform with the groups via audition and invitation.

The course grade is effort and attendance-based.

Join the University of Rochester Orchestra Committee (UROC)! Join our library staff! Those positions are paid. Take a conducting class! Reach out to our music director!