“[Pianist Cholong Park’s] melodic lines cut richly to the back of the room with impressive and sublime understanding of color, while Stanley’s horn sang lavish tones.”

“The ensemble’s arrangement of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires is a fantastic showcase of the panache and technical prowess of the two brass players, Stanley and Croushore. Exciting interplay reminiscent of great twentieth-century brass quintet recordings and smooth lyrical playing with a dusting of vibrato make this recording a standout on the album and one to add to any Piazzolla playlist.”

“Wiese’s composition, segmental in nature, creates a captivating mix of busy and sparse, extending and expanding, deconstructing and piecing back together, the ensemble curtailing one other’s thoughts, ideas, words, and syllables in one moment and singing fat, lingering lines in another moment.... The ensemble, steady and solid in its interpretation, spoke highly of the composition, enthusiastic about the idea of adding it to their regular repertoire. Quite right they were, as Machinations I seemed to please the entire crowd, as well.”

“With a new approach to programming and performing at the highest level, our audience was thrilled to have Some Assembly Required in the heart of Salem at Old Town Hall. It was refreshing for us to host a group which was totally in synch with our audience and who we are as a music presenter. The program they presented was innovative and checked all the boxes of how to present relevant concerts in our time and place. It was a thrilling experience which our patrons are still talking about.”

“Croushore’s convincing pastoral setting made for a warm, spacious color against the disparate texture Buss provided [in “Florida Tableau”]”

“It was a particular and unusual pleasure to have Some Assembly Required play at my venue, The Space. Too rarely does one get to hear chamber music approached with such a sense of fun and joy while maintaining the artfulness and precision that we typically expect or at least hope for in such settings. Some Assembly Required scratches that itch and opens up the opportunity for a wider audience to enjoy a kind of music they may not have thought they’d like.”