Reviews:

“Mr. Karchin”.created two worlds: the vocal line, from start to finish, conveyed the fleeting imagery of the text with an archlike gracefulness, while the piano began more brashly and lost its dissonant edges before the final lines.”

–Allan Kozinn, New York Times

“Louis Karchin’s complex yet tender setting of Matrix and Dream, an elegiac vision of childhood, might become the most popular [song] of the group. It was excellently performed by pianist Stephen Gosling and soprano Lucy Shelton.”

–Russell Platt, New York Newsday