13 Sep 2016
By Joshua Peacock, Savannah Morning News

“…it was the second movement of the program’s three pieces that created an extraordinary night of symphonic music…The world premiere of a new violin concerto by Richard Sortomme… is a daring piece of postmodern symphonic music… Lonely, broken solos of strumming oscillated with excursions into a high range of staccato notes were as refreshing as they were nearly painful at times…The concerto received a standing ovation, duly deserved for a piece which was as daring and beautiful as it was lonely and desolate, coursing a wide swath of emotion and tonal embodiment…”