"I enjoyed every piece, but my discovery has to be Peter Lieuwen’s imaginative and very beautiful Astral Blue."

"a short piece marked by cascading, colorful phrases combining Brazilian zeal with jazzy cool.”

"strong-willed, eruptive and effervescent"

"The opening orchestral flourish of Peter Lieuwen’s Living Waters is quite evocative"

"aquatic inspiration is clear in the urgent running piano figure that opens the work"

"a major work in three movements that features asymmetrical rhythms of world music, impressionistic harmonies, classical development, and exciting virtuosity"

"a stirring single movement piece"

"a wonderful single movement piece that flows, much as the waters it depicts, through tonalities and moods"

"It brims with infectious syncopations and good humor, and is clearly the product of a composer well acquainted with drawing on ecological phenomenon as inspiration."

"a pleasure to listen to, and some of the quieter passages (as after 2:45) are frankly wonderful, as is the coda."

"The music is entirely noble, and even its few harmonic doubts are washed away by the sheer beauty of the instrumental writing."

"This 11-minute continuous piece is at times quite dramatic and intense in character, and other times mystical and ethereal."

"clear, exuberant, booming and reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting"

"an attractive array of shimmering, shuddering sonorities"

"The biggest and most arresting piece was Peter Lieuwen’s Angelfire, inspired by Native American legend"

"Flautist Meg Griffith and Mr. Garcia voyaged through the shifting textures and varied soundscapes of this expansive work with sensitivity."

"a forward-looking work in harmony with our musical age"