Featured at the 2003 U.S. Conductors Guild Conference!
A CAMP DAVID OVERTURE
[Prayer for Peace]
"A rousing overture with deep emotional ties to our world."
-Brad Hathaway,
The Mount Vernon Gazette
"A Camp David Overture ...moved from dissonant outbursts to a lovely, harmonious theme"
-Mark J. Estren,
The Washington Post
"The Camp David Overture is a beautiful composition!"
-Former Prime Minister Menachem Begin
"I know that
[President Sadat]
would have been greatly pleased by your work."
Former First Lady,
Dr. Jehan Sadat
"Music filled with vigor and daring."
-Dr. James Marquis,
The Albany Herald
Diplomats attending the Washington DC premiere included, from left to right, from the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the U.S., First Secretary Sherif Kamel; from the Israeli Embassy to the U.S., Minister-Counselor for Domestic Political Affairs Martin Peled-Flax, from the French Embassy to the U.S., Defense attache MGen Jean-Luc Delon, and from the Canadian Embassy to the U.S., Executive Assistant Mr. AJ Nichols. Each diplomat was presented with a plaque to
acknowledge his country's dedication to peace.
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Program notes: (click here)Instrumentation: 3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/3+timp., pf., hp./Stgs.
Duration: ca. 12 min.
Performance History: Sacramento Symphony (World Premiere), Geoffrey Simon; Albany-Georgia Symphony (East Coast Premiere), Claire Fox-Hillard; The Carson City Symphony Orchestra, David Bugli; The Westchester Philharmonic, Paul Lustig Dunkel; The Washington-Metropolitan Philharmonic, Ulysses James; The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Michael Griffith.
A Camp David Overture is published by: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
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