Reviews

Review of the NEXUS concert at California Lutheran University - March 2012

Click HERE to read the review of the NEXUS solo concert on March 2, 2012 at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.

Review of the NEXUS performance with the Austin Symphony Orchestra - April 2011

Click HERE to read the review of NEXUS’ performance of “From me flows what you call Time” with the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

NEXUS in Barrie: “Wildly Exhilarating”

Yes, I know you can click over to the PDF posted on our site - but sometimes you don’t have time for that “extra click” and I wanted to make sure you saw this wonderful review!   Sandra Ruttan of the Barrie Examiner reviewed the NEXUS performance with the University of Toronto …

NEXUS performs in Barrie, Ontario - March 2011

Click HERE to read about NEXUS’ performance with conductor Gillian MacKay and the University of Toronto Winds on March 5, 2011.

NEXUS “spun us into breathlessness”: the review from Syracuse

The reviews are in from Syracuse and they are excellent: Here are highlights from the Syracuse Post-Standard today (Linda Loomis and James Welsch):

NEXUS didn’t vex us, it spun us into breathlessness.

Review of Nov. 1, 2010 NEXUS + Duo Piano concert

MUSIC: CONCERT REVIEW
Reducing an entire orchestra to two pianos (and it works!)
ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail

Review of From me flows what you call Time…

Here is a lovely review by Gene Tyranny that Bob Becker has discovered on the Midomi site (visit it here to read the original). The review is undated, but provides a most sensitive description of NEXUS’ signature work, Toru Takemitsu’s From me flows what …

NEXUS on the Cover of the July 2010 issue of Percussive Notes

NEXUS is featured in the July 2010 issue of “Percussive Notes”.  The article by Daniel R. Smithiger.  Click HERE to view a PDF file of that article.

Review in the LaCrosse Tribune: Nexus a big hit with Beethoven crowd

Click here to read the Review in the LaCrosse Tribune - July 7, 2010.

Review in The Windsor Star - October 4, 2009

Read the review here.

From The Archives #2: Cracking the Majors

Here is another peek into the NEXUS archives, this time an article by Allan Kozinn in the New York Times of May 3, 1998. The article was headlined “Touring Percussionists Who Aren’t Really Offbeat”, and here are some highlights from Mr Kozinn’s piece:

“ONE might have thought that five percussionists who wanted …

Wings Reviews

from Wholenote Magazine

Among contemporary music fans, NEXUS has long been considered one of the world’s premiere percussion ensembles - and they have been making music of the percussive persuasion for an astonishing 37 years.

 

I think I just may be dating myself when relating that …

Various Quotes from the NEXUS appearance at Ojai, California - June 2008

“one of the peak experiences of my musical life…At the sudden ending…ecstatic whoops and cheers forced three curtain calls… It was a performance for the ages.” - Brett Campbell, San Francisco Classical Voice

“Ojai felt, for that hour, like holy ground.” - Mark Swed, L. A. Times music critic

“I’m …

Ojai Reviews - June 2007

ARTICLES / BLOG ENTRIES DURING THE FESTIVAL

Out West Arts blogspot
Ojai Day 2
June 11, 2007

Sometimes I wonder why I go to the Ojai festival. I hate sitting outdoors in the sun, or even worse, freezing at night. Nor is sitting on a hard bench for up to 6 hours a day my idea of fun. (Those cushions help but let’s not …

Kansas City Star Review - February 2007

Kansas City Star - February 19, 2007

The Kansas City Symphony’s percussion-themed program for this weekend looked ingenious and fun on paper. Haydn’s ‘Drum Roll’ Symphony with its opening timpani lick was paired with Stravinsky’s raucous ‘The Rite of Spring,’ and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s recent ‘Rituals’ for percussion and orchestra was sandwiched between.

On the plus side was …