Overture: Southeast Sunday Carol Barnett (b. 1949)

Notes from the composer:
Overture: Southeast Sunday was commissioned by the Southeast Minnesota Conference for their 1996 Honor Band. I
wanted to write something that would evoke the natural beauty of the region as well as some of the activities of the
people living there. The sun rises over the river bluffs, an Amish horse and buggy passes, a hymn (Praise the Lord, His
glories show) is heard now and again, a trout stream gurgles invitingly...

Barnett, a native Midwesterner, eventually settled in Minnesota, after pursuing a wide-ranging musical career. Her experiences
include roles such as a back-up singer in a Mexican rock band, a free-lance music copyist, a pit orchestra musician, a composer-
in-residence for the Grammy-nominated Dale Warland Singers, and a college faculty member at Augsburg University. She
completed degrees in music composition at the University of Minnesota where she studied with Dominic Argento and Paul
Fetler. She is a charter member of the American Composers Forum and remains a freelance composer in the Twin Cities. Her
works have received many awards in many genres, commensurate with her eclectic musical experiences.
— Program notes by Michael Buck