Impulse
Fanfare for Orchestra
National Call for Scores Winner: Riverside Symphony National Composer Reading, George Rothman conductor - DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City, Jan. 4, 2020
National Call for Scores Winner: SCORE with the Columbus Symphony, Rossen Milanov conductor - Ohio Theater, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 9, 2019
National Call for Scores Winner: NEO SOUND Orchestra - Akron, OH, 2018
2025 National Finalist for The American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award
2022 Honorable Mention for The American Prize in Orchestral Composition
Premiere (Full Orchestra Version): Columbus Symphony, Rossen Milanov conductor – Ohio Theater, Columbus, OH, Jan. 9, 2019
Premiere (Chamber Orchestra Version): Riverside Symphony, George Rothman conductor – DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY, Jan. 4, 2020
IU Chamber Orchestra
Tyler Readinger - Conductor
Recorded live in concert on Nov. 9, 2019 in Auer Hall at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington.Impulse is available in Two Versions
Full Version (Large Orchestra)
4.5 minutes | 2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.0 / Timp. 2 perc. / Strings | 2017
Chamber Version (Small Orchestra)
4.5 minutes | 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.1.0 / Timp. 1 perc. / Strings | 2019
Program Notes
Impulse: Fanfare for Orchestra is a high-intensity, musical representation of driving force. Building momentum from the outset, it is propelled by the brass and strings, punctuated by outbursts from the woodwinds. Impulse features each section of the orchestra in turn, rapidly displaying a diverse array of characters—the vigorous agitato, the witty scherzando and the dramatic appassionato—all without slowing the whirlwind tempo. A spirited composition, Impulse delivers significant musical energy in a concise musical package.