Founded in 1996 by Maestro Alan C. Aurelia, Riverside Opera Company (ROC) exists to carry on the operatic tradition through public performance with little to no ticket cost to the General Public of NYC. Students and Children are always admitted for FREE at all productions. 

Riverside Opera Company holds open auditions at the beginning of every season for its singers. 

ROC hires over 300 musicians from its pool of independent contractors which include members of Broadway Pit Orchestras, Club Date Regulars & Other Entertainment Professionals.  

Created in 1998 by Maestro Aurelia, Richmond County Orchestra (RCO) provides full-orchestral productions for the General Public of the Greater Staten Island Area. RCO also receives CASA funding from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs to collaborate with Stuyvesant High School & Curtis High School to enrich their music programs by providing professional musicians to give individualized instruction leading up to end-of-year productions. 

Richmond County Orchestra hires over 300 freelance musicians living in NYC over each and every concert season.