"Michael Gandolfi’s In America (2018), ... provided a stunning and spectacular highlight to the evening in this, its world premiere."
-Cashman Kerr Prince, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
"Clear-eyed yet hopeful, Gandolfi’s “In America” receives a rousing debut at Tanglewood"
-Jonathan Blumhofer, Boston Classical Review
" 'In America' is worth repeated hearing as a landmark American masterpiece ....The impact of this half-hour work resonated powerfully through Ozawa Hall ...the performance was a triumph."
-Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire Eagle
"The Garden of Cosmic Speculation ...bright, energetic tone pictures ...a breezy farrago of tonal styles. Minimalism, neo-baroquery, show music rub against each other." - Paul Driver, The Sunday Times
"Ascending Light - an enlightened celebration of human perseverance."
- Keith Powers, The Patriot Ledger
"...music of an appealing burnished glow."
- Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe
(A Garden Feeds also the Soul) "...totally attractive extensions to Gandolfi’s continued musical exploration of Jencks’ fascinating garden."
- Mark Gresham, Arts Atlanta
"The Cosmic Garden in Bloom...exuberant, attractive, colorfully scored, unmistakably American..."
- John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune
(In America) is a thoughtful, 30-minute meditation of what it means to live in and wrestle with the social, cultural, and political contradictions that define the country.
-Jonathan Blumhoffer Boston Classical Review