"Indeed to negotiate with the Town Hall administrators, the hotel owners, the restaurant owners, the press, the TV personnel to advertise, and so on and so forth, was somewhat exhaustive. But I must confess that my whole energy of before, and indeed more was already again in my soul at the end of the concert: I had already had my whole compensation, a superabundant compensation. May God pay for you for everything, for your art which is unique. Some day perhaps we meet again: it will always be some glorious day. We are united in love of mankind. The words being not sufficient... Long live you all!"
— concert presenter in Brasil
"Wow! You came, you sang, you conquered!!! I haven’t seen the Congregation give an ovation like that in quite some time."
—Larry Marietta, First Congregeational Church, Berkeley, February 2009.
"Thank you so much for performing! You did a great job on a variety of repertoire, filling the hall with your wonderful sounds. I know your rehearsal period was short for this concert, and you pulled it together hardily. The audience was clearly impressed."
—Susan Swerdlow, Choral Co-Director, The College Preparatory School, March 2007.
"I don’t know if you were aware, but at the end of each performance, two of your boys – different each night, I think – held the basement doors open to let the adult choristers exit the stairwell. It was so unexpected, and simply shows what a class act you run in Oakland!"
— Gregory Boals, Chorus Manager, San Francisco Symphony, May 2007.
"As a former chorister in Chicago and having formed and directed a choir in Chicago’s West Side, I was amazed! The basses were tremendous."
—John Baldwin, March 2007, on Rachmaninoff's Vespers
"You were just AWESOME! It took our Good Friday devotions to a sublime level of beauty and power. I was especially impressed by the soloists. Their level of musicianship and musicality is just phenomenal in artists so young." —Jim Gilman, St. Augustine Church, March 2008.
"Everybody locked the choir into his heart according to me. And with a low beautiful Hungarian pronunciation the Hungarian songs were sung! Thank you!"
—audience member from Liskolc, Hungary, October 2008.
"You singing of the Pergolesi Stabat Mater on Good Friday was simply stunning. If I may quote one of our regular parishioners, a woman who regularly attends symphony, opera, ballet and chamber music in the area, 'I’m an old lady and have been to a LOT of Stations of the Cross. This was by far the most moving I have ever attended'. Although the PBA is a secular organization, you have the capacity to bring a profound spirituality to your music that adds an inestimable dimension to your beautiful sunging and excellent musicianship. Those of us who hear you in a liturgical context certainly experience it, and are deeply grateful."
—Fr. Mark Wiesner, Pastor at St. Augustine, April 2008
"Your boys are IMPRESSIVE!”
– Jeffrey Smith, Organist and Choirmaster, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco