IMPETUS

finalist in the 2009 ridgewood Symphony fanfare competition

PROGRAM NOTE
Impetus reflects a call for change; a call that welcomes and fully embraces a new beginning.  In calling out, however, there must be a willingness to say farewell to old beliefs, to old habits, and to old ways of thinking.

INSTRUMENTATION
2(picc)1.eh.2.2./4.3.3.1/timp/3perc/hp/pno/strings

DURATION
5 minutes

PREMIERED BY
The Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, David Gilbert, conductor.