Sketch at Seven premier excerpt

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Premier (excerpt) of Sumi Tonooka's Sketch At Seven. December 29th, 2023 under the direction of conductor, Jory Fankuchen.
The work is composed in a Theme and Variations form. This excerpt is taken from the last movement.
The inspiration for Sumi Tonooka’s “Sketch at Seven” is “a sketch book of drawings and musical journals that I made when I was very young that was sent back to me after some forty years…..When I opened the sketchbook it was like a doorway into the past and future, mysterious and profound.”
Thanks to the wonderful musicians of the SFCO, The Emerging Black Composers Project and the NEA and SFCM. Special thanks Doug Gibson.
The piece is dedicated to Billy McCoy.