Featured Reviews

...the group played with an admirable cohesion and rhythmic precision.

---Cleveland Classical

The performance was wonderful — Ellis and friends clearly put a lot of work into this fiendishly difficult music. When they bowed close to the bridge, it was delightfully creepy, emphasizing the dissonant soundscape as though with an icy highlighter. The dense, constantly changing texture kept emotions high, even in moments of calm. The overall effect in Berg’s two movements was of a continuous storm, and these musicians buffeted the air beautifully. 

----Cleveland Classical

Sords was technically brilliant, playing with plenty of panache, while Ellis's phrasing was spot-on.

----Cleveland Classical

Ellis was clearly having fun with the piece, and the players responded in kind......

-----Cleveland Classical

the two soloists performed with a musical sophistication to their performance that many musicians can only hope to achieve.....

----Cleveland Classical

The opening movement immediately revealed Earth and Air’s warm, resonant, and unforced tone. They played with lush vibrato — lithe and supple — with just the right amount of sentimentality.

-----Cleveland Classical

2019-2020 Season

...Earth and Air played with entrancing color throughout.

---Cleveland Classical