With the tempo marking Exuberant, with sparkling energy, a four note motive—A-C-G-D—blasts off on a four and a half minute journey through dance rhythms, shifting meters, darkness and drama, a percussion cadenza, and flat out joy. Carnegie Overture was specially composed as an energetic opening for the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut. It is scored for double winds, percussion, and a double string orchestra.

“naturally celebratory–containing freshly lyrical passages that invite warm feelings–but also pulsating with edgy syncopations and dissonance. The percussion section helps drive the work, which has a real sense of continuity and organic growth from beginning to end.”
New York Concert Review