Press
Kamratōn Presents the Premiere of ‘The Strange Child’
"For a first hearing, probably the most I can say about the work is that I regret not being able to sit back and relax at a second hearing.."
(George Parous, onStage Pittsburgh)
Kamratōn Set to Score Listeners on November 26
"Before I knew it, I had spent the remainder of the afternoon with my earbuds in tow, listening to Kamratōn."
(Rachel Saul Rearick, Local Pittsburgh)
Re:Sound Festival Concert 6 at Visible Voice Books (June 10)
"Curtis Rumrill’s creepily humorous In This Styrofoam Room (2017) sets words by Zachary Webber depicting a beetle’s love, and juxtaposes long, static string notes with microtonal woodwind flourishes. Elder precisely emphasized phonemes and melismatic vocal lines that underlined the creepy-crawly insect world. Christine Burke’s 6 fingers/We go there by any road we take (2017) eschewed a text in favor of a glassy atmosphere of surrealist mouth sounds, full of blowing noises, eerie multiphonics, and nearly inaudible trills."
(David Kulma, ClevelandClassical.com)
An Uneasy Future, Beautifully Executed
"The opera is dense, dark, and severe on many levels but is balanced with frequent humor and an affinity for curiously gross language. With stellar performances and great costuming and set design, the cast admirably executes a work that seems crafted to make the audience feel uneasy."
(David Bernabo, Recital)
"For a first hearing, probably the most I can say about the work is that I regret not being able to sit back and relax at a second hearing.."
(George Parous, onStage Pittsburgh)
Kamratōn Set to Score Listeners on November 26
"Before I knew it, I had spent the remainder of the afternoon with my earbuds in tow, listening to Kamratōn."
(Rachel Saul Rearick, Local Pittsburgh)
Re:Sound Festival Concert 6 at Visible Voice Books (June 10)
"Curtis Rumrill’s creepily humorous In This Styrofoam Room (2017) sets words by Zachary Webber depicting a beetle’s love, and juxtaposes long, static string notes with microtonal woodwind flourishes. Elder precisely emphasized phonemes and melismatic vocal lines that underlined the creepy-crawly insect world. Christine Burke’s 6 fingers/We go there by any road we take (2017) eschewed a text in favor of a glassy atmosphere of surrealist mouth sounds, full of blowing noises, eerie multiphonics, and nearly inaudible trills."
(David Kulma, ClevelandClassical.com)
An Uneasy Future, Beautifully Executed
"The opera is dense, dark, and severe on many levels but is balanced with frequent humor and an affinity for curiously gross language. With stellar performances and great costuming and set design, the cast admirably executes a work that seems crafted to make the audience feel uneasy."
(David Bernabo, Recital)