REVIEW

SOLO

• Libby Hannsen (KC Studio): Spire Chamber Ensemble Performs “Mozart: Requiem & Marianna Martines: Dixit Dominus”

  • “…each individual line eliding beautifully with the one previous.”

• David Smythe (Bachtrack): Fresh and youthful Bach from the Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415

  • “…Swope’s breezy baritone perfect for the extraordinary sound world of Quoniam tu solus sanctus with two bassoons and Carys Sutherland’s obligato horn.”

• Karen Ponzio (New Haven Independent): Requiem Washes Over Sprague Hall

  • “Bass Jared Swope exemplified that balance…with angelic assurance.”

• Frank Armbruster (Stuttgarter Nachrichten): Fesselndes Abschlusskonzert

  • “Even if not all of them can be mentioned here, at least the freely swinging altus of Nicholas Burns and the fine baritone Jared Swope should be mentioned.”

ENSEMBLE

• The Prickle: CAROLINE SHAW’S PARTITA / FOURTH WALL ENSEMBLE | The Angel’s Share, New York

  • “…The sounds of Fourth Wall Ensemble are truly not-of-this-world.”

• drediman (Interludes): Profoundly visceral presentations of dance and music

  • “Each member sang with disarming character and color; together they harmonized with conviction and instinctual flair.”

• Jon Sobel (blogcritics): Concert Review: Fourth Wall Ensemble Sings Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Winning ‘Partita’ and More

  • “The voices beautifully balanced and the music performed with dynamic fluidity and sensual phrasing.”

• Annie Levin (parterre): In the middle, somewhat depressed

  • “Fourth Wall’s sound is jewel toned and sumptuous. Their expressive, emotive, embodied singing, their sheer exuberance, was a joy to behold.”

• Steven Song (Columbia Spectator): Fourth Wall Ensemble makes its public debut at Berklee NYC

  • “The Fourth Wall Ensemble reached beyond the fourth wall, connecting artists and audience members to captivating stories through music and supportive creative environments.”