Regina Harris Baiocchi‘s “terrific work deserves to be heard again and again. Her exquisite body of work is filled with classy music.”
Howard Reich
Tribune Arts Critic
Chicago Tribune
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“Regina Harris Baiocchi‘s Orchestral Suite is a fine, three-movement mix of anti-war fanfare: ‘Against the ODS,’ a poignant lullaby: ‘Mother to Nique’ and climactic ending: ‘Thunder!’ Maestro Leslie Dunner lead Detroit Symphony Orchestra in an exciting concert…”
Nancy Malitz
New Music Critic
The Detroit News
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“In African Hands [hand drum concerto] by Regina Harris Baiocchi the [ashiko, bata, conga and djembe] drums easily cut through the orchestra, providing sage and dignified utterances. Baiocchi’s finely-wrought orchestral music has an aggressive edge and delicately lyric passages. This all-too-brief work was successfully executed by percussionist Ruben Alvarez.”
Gavin Borchert
World Music Critic
Seattle Weekly
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“Regina Harris Baiocchi‘s African Hands concerto demonstrates the composer’s strong spiritual connection with her ancestral Motherland, yet it is truly American.”
Sforzando Magazine
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“The opera, No One’s Child, by Regina Harris Baiocchi is a wonderfully-engaging, universal libretto and beautiful music from a native Chicagoan.”
Bob Herguth
Features Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
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“Regina Harris Baiocchi is a classy composer, author and poet whose wide range of artistic pastiche comes straight from her heart.”
Ted Shen
Chicago Reader