ROCO’s first concert in Black History Month will be an exploration of one of music's most storied Black women. Celebration of Margaret Bonds, featuring a wide cross section of the musician's work, will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, streamed live from Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s historic house museum for European decorative arts. This chamber concert will feature and be co-curated by pianist Howard Watkins, a scholar of Bonds’ music, and bass-baritone Timothy Jones. Born in Chicago in 1913, Bonds was almost destined to become a phenom in the arts world. Her mother worked as a piano instructor and organist, so the child was surrounded by music her whole young life, leaving an indelible mark. Even as a youth, Bonds showed great promise at the piano, and her talent only grew from there. She earned a bachelor's and master's degree from Northwestern University in music, cementing her roots in the performing arts as she entered adulthood. Throughout her career as a pianist and composer, she worked heavily in spiritual music, classical music and musical theatre.