"imaginative...like, say, a Martian dance party"
Vivien Schweitzer | The New York Times | April 17, 2007

"...'grip' veered, vibrated and slithered about, shaking with instability yet ultimately smoothing over its conflicts."
Richard S. Ginell | The Los Angeles Times | September 26, 2007

"Carter explores the relationships between acoustic and electronic music, and a fascination with textures. The intriguing results include a lovely aqueous ostinato, over which muted trumpet and trombone linger."
Bruce Hodges | Seen and Heard International | June 7, 2011

"Carter has a contemporary feel for interesting, driving textures and counterpoint."
Rick Walters | Express Milwaukee | February 23, 2009

"The Composers, Inc. prize-winner was the night’s most strikingly original piece...14 minutes of drama, madness, violence and harmonic instability by a string quartet. Carter marches to his own drummer."
Paul Hertelendy | artssf.com | April 16, 2008

"the catchiest opening of the bunch"
Elaine Guregian | The Akron Beacon Journal | May 12, 2007

"the strongest work in the whole evening...quite a large talent"
Jess Anderson | The Isthmus Magazine | March 1998



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