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Review: Five Borough Songbook Manhattan Premiere – Jan 23, 2012
John Yohalem, Opera Today

“[O]n this occasion [the composers] often seemed to channel the wisecracking New York wit and the nostalgic art largely missing from Broadway for the last generation.”

Review: Five Borough Songbook Manhattan Premiere – Jan 15, 2012
Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

“With 20 composers involved you might expect every current style to be represented. Quite a few were… [I]nventive approaches to taking the city’s pulse were plentiful.”

Review: Five Borough Songbook Premiere - Oct 23, 2011
Scott Rose, The New Civil Rights Movement

“[A]ll composers contributing to The Five Borough Songbook are Greatly Gifted, the performances were Graciously Groomed, so as for the upcoming performances in Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, well, you really must Go, Go, Go, Go!”

The Song of the City – Oct 8, 2011
Olivia Giovetti, WQXR Operavore

“[T]he true impact of the Five Borough Songbook was its juxtapositions and musical landscape, creating neighborhoods that are distinct but which sit on top of one another bringing out inherent comparisons and contrasts.”

NYC: Music of the Metropolis – Oct 4, 2011
Scott Rose, The New Civil Rights Movement
Preview of the Five Borough Songbook World Premiere

Quicksilver at St. Mary’s – Jan 24, 2011
Arthur S. Leonard, Leonard Link

“[A]nother triumph for Five Boroughs Music Festival…”