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Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings Testimonials

"A great performance - vigorous, alert, cunning, and expertly coordinated."

Jay Harvey
Indianapolis Star

"Good listening, elegantly performed... The wind ensemble does a sterling job throughout."

David Hall
Stereo Review

"Detroit Chamber Winds, a crack homegrown ensemble of DSO musicians and freelancers, is the lifeblood of local chamber music."

Mark Stryker
BBC Music Magazine

"The Detroit Chamber Winds play these works with a passion . . . it is doubtful whether he (Stravinsky) ever heard it played with as much enthusiasm as these Detroit musicians generate."

Patrick Kavanaugh
Audio Magazine

"But for the sheer majesty, for the regal image of gloria in excelsis, no sound on earth can replace the gleaming shout of brasses--the peal of trumpets and trombones, tubas and french horns. Add to these the pulse and thunder of percussion, frame that heroic proclamation in a high-roofed sanctuary and you have Sunday night's Christmas concert by the Detroit Chamber Winds at Christ Church Cranbrook."

Lawrence B. Johnson
Detroit News

"It's played with the impeccable technique and artistry the Detroit Chamber Winds seem to produce each time their lips touch their mouthpieces."

John Guinn
Detroit Free Press

"The Chamber Winds have sufficient panache and collective musical intelligence to rival the best holiday fare of the Empire Brass Quintet. And they surpass the taste of the Canadian Brass while being at least as funny."

Nancy Malitz
Detroit News

"Whatever the instrumentation, era, style or mood, the Winds played with enormous flair, polish, and humor... The performance was just about as elegant as music gets."

Brad Aspey
Grand Rapids Press

"A charmer, highlighting the Detroit Chamber Winds’ considerable virtuosity."

Kenneth Young
Buffalo Evening News

"A cohesive, well-trained unit with a full, bright, organlike sound. The soloists are fluent and expert; much rehearsal time must have gone into establishing the group's internal rapport."

Tim Page
New York Times

"Their precision was astonishing."

Gerald Brennan
Ann Arbor News

"Impeccable ensemble playing. A very worthwhile ensemble, forceful and well-controlled."

Boris Nelson
Toledo Blade

"Clearly a labor of love. Immaculate performances."

Laurence MacDonald
Flint Journal