Category: Press

Bermel: Clever and Imaginative (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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“Birds have been a frequent inspiration for composers,” wrote Michael Anthony (Minneapolis Star Tribune) after the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s recent performance of Derek Bermel’s Murmurations. Anthony continues, “While living in Rome not long ago, Bermel…composer, conductor and virtuoso clarinetist…

Kernis: A Stunningly Beautiful Score (Boston Classical Review)

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Aaron Jay Kernis’ Concerto With Echoes was featured at the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s January 22 concert “The New Brandenburgs.” Boston Classical Review’s Aaron Keebaugh called Kernis’ work “a stunningly beautiful score, chock-full of romantic feeling….” Read more: http://ow.ly/XEWzb.  

Kernis: Challenging Leaps & Strutting Melodies (Detroit Free Press)

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On January 22, soloist Marina Piccinini joined the Detroit Symphony for the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Flute Concerto. Mark Stryker of The Detroit Free Press called Kernis’ music for the “solo part full of challenging leaps, passages that…

Borromeo String Quartet: A Heroic Undertaking (The Boston Globe)

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Jeremy Eichler of The Boston Globe heard the Borromeo String Quartet’s concert of the complete Bartok String Quartets at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and called it “a heroic undertaking…every bit equal to the challenge.” Read the complete review here:…

Karpman: A Compelling New Work

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Brenda Nelson-Strauss from Black Grooves (the music review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University) listened to Laura Karpman’s new recording of Ask Your Mama. Nelson-Strauss noted that the composer’s original music…

Fain: A Revelation (The Whole Note)

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When Terry Robbins reviewed Tim Fain’s new CD “Partita” for The Whole Note, Robbins wrote, “I didn’t   know exactly what to expect from ‘Partita for Solo Violin: Tim Fain Plays Philip Glass’ (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0050), but what…

Bermel: A Bowdoin Success Story (Portland Press Herald)

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The 2015 Bowdoin International Music Festival featured alumnus Derek Bermel, who critic Allan Kozinn (Portland Press Herald) called, “…one of Bowdoin’s success stories. Now a faculty member, he attended the festival as a student 22 years ago…” Kozinn continued by…

Karpman: The Composer has got Real Chops (The Orange County Register)

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Recently, music director Carl St. Clair led the Pacific Symphony’s world premiere of Laura Karpman’s new multimedia work Siren Songs. Timothy Mangan of The Orange County Register attended and wrote afterward: “Laura Karpman’s Siren Songs turned out to be a…

Kernis: Fearless (Metroland.net)

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When reviewing Naxos’ new American Classics disc “Aaron Jay Kernis – Three Flavors,” – which features the Albany Symphony – B.A. Nilsson (Metroland.net) wrote about the composer’s orchestral work. “….[Kernis] describes Three Flavors as ‘a tasting of three different meals…

Fain: Masterful Playing (The Buffalo News)

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Tim Fain recently performed as guest-soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic and played Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade. Garaud MacTaggart of The Buffalo News attended the concert and wrote afterward, “…Bernstein’s ‘Serenade’ is a violin concerto in all but name and Fain’s performance…