Texas Medical Center Orchestra, Houston Orchestra, Houston Health Professionals, Houston Medical Musicians, TMCO, Houston Medical Orchestra, Gran Fondo Texas TMCO, Doctors Orchestra of Houston, Houston Music Fellowship, Houston Music Charities

Libi Lebel, Artistic Director

Texas Medical Center Orchestra was founded in 2000, and is one of the few community orchestras in the United States to be based in the medical community. Each year, TMCO performs concerts in the Crain Garden Lobby of Houston Methodist Hospital and various locations within the Texas Medical Center as well as in premier concert halls in Houston. In addition, TMCO contributes to the community and has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the MS Society and has performed free concerts for tens of thousands of Houstonians.

UPCOMING CONCERT SEASON

Saturday, October 20, 2018, 7:00 pm

Musical Heroes

Hobby Center, Zilkha Hall

Saturday, November 10, 2018, 7:00 pm

A Musical Salute to Veterans

Miller Outdoor Theatre

Saturday, March 2, 2019, 7:00 pm

From Russia With Love

Hobby Center, Zilkha Hall

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 7:00 pm

Mahler’s Third

Hobby Center, Zilkha Hall

Saturday, August 17, 2019

World Doctors Orchestra

Rice University, Stude Concert Hall

NEWS

SPONSORS

RBC Gran Fondo Texas Charity Bike Ride a Success!

RBC Gran Fondo Texas, a component of TMCO, contributed $36,000 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and $18,000 to the Montgomery County Food Bank following its very successful Bike Ride in April. Pictured are Libi Lebel, Artistic Director of TMCO, Ken Sebek, Executive Director of TMCO, Alan Fritsche, Treasurer of the Gran Fondo Steering Committee, Allison Hulett, President and CEO of the Montgomery County Food Bank, Rick Lewis, Chairman of the Gran Fondo Steering Committee, George Carter, Director of MS Society, Lori Magin, Director of Development of Montgomery County Food Bank.

Veterans Day Concert

The Texas Medical Center Orchestra is collaborating with the Medical Musical Group of Washington D.C. for a very special Veterans Day Concert on November 10, 2018 at the beautiful Miller Outdoor Theatre. TMCO leadership is thrilled to offer this concert free to the public to celebrate the service that our veteran’s have given to our country.

World Doctor’s Orchestra

Texas Medical Center Orchestra is preparing a first-of-its-kind event. TMCO will collaborate with the World Doctor’s Orchestra for one performance in the summer of 2019. This will be the first time that the WDO will perform with
any other musical group. The WDO is comprised of physicians from across the globe who will unite for these very special concerts.

The American Prize in Orchestral Performance—2nd Place Winner,
Community Orchestra Division, 2017-18

Great News! The Texas Medical Center Orchestra has just been selected as the second place winner in the community orchestra division of The American Prize national non-profit competitions in the performing arts. TMCO won the award of the Best Community Orchestra in 2016-17. You can learn more about this prestigious national competition here: www.theamericanprize.org or follow the news on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-American-Prize-celebrating-American-excellence-in-the-arts/214320622728 or Twitter: https://twitter.com/americanprize.

TMCO was selected as a semi-finalist in the community orchestra division of The American Prize ERNST BACON MEMORIAL AWARD in the performance of American music for our performance of Copland’s Appalachian Spring. As you may recall, TMCO was awarded 3rd place last year and we are very proud to return as a semi-finalist this year.