Rei Hotoda, the 2006 recipient of the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, a program founded by Alsop
to nurture women entering a still-male-centric profession, took charge of Higdon's 1999 curtain-raiser.
A succinct (and) kinetic 'Fanfare Ritmico.' She drew from the ensemble a tight, lively performance that underlined
the score's sinewy structure, lively harmonic activity and ever-engaging instrumental coloring.
Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2007