"Dinosaur Annex makes a vital contribution to our musical life. Its programs maintain a high level of distinction as a result of the broad and lively interest that guides its choices." -Composer Arthur Berger     The Boston Musical Intelligencer on Dinosaur Annex 4/16/2010 An intimate musical conversation ... Anne Black and Donald Berman played with dramatic flair and precise ensemble coordination ... The Dinosaur players ... , led by conductor David Hoose, took the virtuosic complexity in stride and projected a clear collective understanding of the musical expression behind the notes. 11/2/2009 "A lively audience was on hand at the Goethe-Institut … hats off to Dinosaur Annex for putting this fine evening together." 4/7/2009 "This night proved to be one of the most exceptional and inspiring concerts I have ever attended ... A memorable concert, indeed!" 1/29/2009 "A promising array of emerging artists ... Yvonne Lee gave an enrapturing performance."   9/20/2008 “… a Dinosaur Annex program that was thoroughly entertaining - a word you won't find often in reviews of serious new-music concerts.” 5/20/2008 “… superb percussionist, Robert Schulz … phenomenal grace and control over both rhythm and texture.” 10/17/2007 “… proudly staking out a commitment to new music and then attracting an audience that's genuinely interested. That's what Dinosaur Annex has done for more than three decades …” 5/5/2006 “ … the Dinosaur Annex musicians played to their usual standard, when what is usual for them is altogether exceptional.” 9/21/2005 “The pieces offered a varied array of sounds, textures, and techniques exactly the kind of demanding, ear-opening concert that this new-music group has been pulling together for 30 years. … Donald Berman, a terrific pianist who has a gloriously wide-open sound.” 4/12/2005 “The ensemble's rendition, beautifully conducted by Schuller, brought a distinctively Viennese lilt to an idiom usually associated with expressionist anxiety. Their precision, grace, and passion illuminated the dense, bristling composition, emphasizing its continuity with tradition as much as its radical break from it.” 1/28/2004 “Dinosaur Annex's musicians and conductor Scott Wheeler provided marvelously tight, authoritative performances. For that, composers and listeners alike could be grateful.” 2/5/2002 “Boston's premier new-music ensemble … All were richly rewarded by a typically diverse and expertly delivered program.  A suitably devoted, expressive, and technically accomplished premiere … Clarinetist Katherine Matasy's pianissimo was breathtaking.” 9/17/2001 “There was a lot of virtuosity on display in this concert, some of it on a level that people are willing to pay through the nose to hear if it were at Carnegie Hall or the Met … Heffner simply astounded with her steadiness and musicality at high altitudes … stunning, fully committed performance. You should have been there.” 2/7/2001 “Percussionist James Russell Smith bestrode the piece like a colossus.” 9/18/2000 “Dinosaur Annex's chamber orchestra concert Saturday night was, on many levels, a dream event … superbly played … The performers aced it as if they practiced microtones every day before breakfast.” 4/25/2000 “The Paine Hall performance … was superb, with an excellent cast, and a first-rate conductor” 10/27/1999 “Dinosaur Annex is a fixture of the Boston musical scene - and a necessity.” 5/5/1999 “ … the performances of same evidencing all the true-blue, on-top-of-it, zestful qualities Dinosaur Annex never fails to provide.” 11/18/1998 “Boston has … no fewer than five fully professional organizations, including a symphony orchestra, devoted entirely to late 20th century music.  For this listener, the best of these is the chamber ensemble Dinosaur Annex … brilliantly played …” 4/10/1998 “This ensemble of … elite players, led by composer Scott Wheeler, never fails to present contemporary music of great interest and unusually high quality … held in the very flattering spotlight of Dino's typically superb performances … This is not to suggest that the music was in any way merely shored up by performances better than it deserved, for all of it was very good and some of it was simply fabulous.” 10/21/1997 “ … it's hard to imagine more zestful, assured, committed performances of new music than the Dinosaur Annex players give you.” 5/13/1997 “ … Cyrus Stevens, who, to put it mildly, is not your everyday virtuoso. Stevens seemed equal to just about anything … Stevens was tireless, unfazed, dazzling.” 11/13/1996 “The personal warmth and commitment Schuller and the players brought to it made it musically compelling and therefore of profound human interest.” 10/8/1996 “ … a concert of diverse and significant music, strongly performed - who could ask for anything more? … elegant performance … Cyrus Stevens turns out to be a born actor, with a compellingly resonant speaking voice … the excellent performers … played with quicksilver lightness …” 4/9/1996 “Berman is a humming engine of vitality, …  as well as a skillful and engaging pianist …” 5/9/1995 “Hunt's glorious performance was aided and abetted by the superb instrumental playing …” 5/3/1994 “ …this performance was remarkable for the sense it communicated of eerie, supernatural forces playing around earthy peasant events …” 2/15/1994 “Over the years Dinosaur Annex has presented an impressively wide range of new music … very confident performers …” 10/26/1993 “The playing by Sue-Ellen Hershman, piccolo; Michael Curry, cello; and Donald Berman, piano, … was first class.” 4/29/1993 “Berman is a first-rate new-music pianist because he is a first-rate pianist, period.” 3/31/1992 “… deserve high praise for their musicianship and daring …” 4/16/1991 “Suellen Hershman …played with characteristic poise and sensitivity.” 2/19/1991 “Performances by the Dinosaur Annex regulars …  had the nice, secure ring of truth about them.” 10/16/1990 “The Dinosaur Annex regulars …  seemed in especially shining good form.” 2/20/1990 “Showed you how good a new-music concert can actually be … The performances did it proud … The result was stunning … Suellen Hershman … extract[ed] from it every last particle of sonorous charm …”