From Amy Porter, professor of flute at Michigan State University and solo artist (March 15, 2011):

Hi Lois, Thank you for a wonderful class for SEMFA on Sunday and a great piccolo class for U of M yesterday. It was a pleasure hearing you teach and perform!
Sincerely, Amy

From Holly Clemans of behalf of the Southeast Michigan Flute Assocition (March 13, 2011):

Lois, SEMFA would like to thank you for a fabulous class today! Your talk was informational and provided musch valuable information, historical content and musical idea for the participants to try. Best of luck to you as you continue your lecture series and presentations.

From Saul Zlatkovsky, the artistic director of the Philadelphia Harp Music Festival:

What People are Saying about the HarpMusicFest: the International Harp Festival of Philadelphia: Use this link to read our latest review, the best yet: Goodman (Herbine and Arnold performance):A highlight of my musical life,
&mdash Tom Purdom, Broad Street Review, October 19, 2010

International Piccolo Symposium, January 1, 2010

Putting her own dynamic range and expression to the test in an evening recital, Lois presented a combined programme of original and transcribed works. In our constant quest for new original material, it was lovely to hear her musical interpretations of the undeservedly forgotten Fantasy by Willard Elliott and Bernard Rogers' Study in company with Joseph Hallman's 2008 Sonata and her excellent rendering of Tilmann Dehnhard's "Wake Up!". Along with works by Daugherty and Mower were two beautifully phrased borrowings from other instruments: Massenet's Meditation and Maria Theresa von Paradies' Sicilienne.
&mdash Nancy Nourse Flute Focus magazine, New Zealand

Concerts at Carmel, Fall 2009 Review (Lois Herbine, Artistic Director)

"The four live performances offered here &mdash three from the 2006-2007 season and one, from 2000 &mdash well represent the breadth of repertoire and high level of musicianship that characterize the Montgomery County concert series."
&mdash Philadelphia Music Makers CD review by Andrew Quint

Concerts at Carmel, November 1, 2009 Review (Lois Herbine, Artistic Director)

Philadelphians have good reason to be proud of this distinguished series and the artistic excellence it represents.

The American Organist

March 14, 2007

Dear Lois,

On behalf of the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, I would like to thank you for your fabulous "Back to the Future" piccolo performance this past weekend. The musical selections you chose were delightful and your collaboration with Charlie was devine.

It was wonderful to have Christine Beard join you one this program, and so kind of her to present a pre-concert lecture on how to choose a piccolo. She is clearly an expert clinician and her handouts were much appreciated.

Thank you also for helping to arrange the piccolo sampling through Phil Unger (and the Flute Center of NY) - this was an added bonus. Overall a wonderful evening!

Sincerely,

Suzanne Wray
President
Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia

November 9, 2005

Dear Lois,

Thank you and congratulations on a fine program here last month! I am still hearing from others how much they enjoyed your program and performance.

Your sensitive collaboration with Charles Abramovic was especially impressive. You are so responsive to one another, and you bring such a wide range of color and articulation to your respective instruments that you wove together a seamless tapestry of flute and piano expressions. In the Higdon and the Dorff pieces, in particular, your musical dialog was so free and intuitive that the sense of individual instruments and melodic and accompanying roles was replaced b a fluid conversation of musical ideas. Bravo!

The range of color and tone you express was also a delightful surprise. I enjoyed your rich and velvety sound which is expressive and engaging. However, your ability to express a tender, silvery shimmer and a muscular, stirring espressivo illuminated the surprisingly broad range of the flute in capable hands...

I hope you will be back to perform for us again...Following your successes here, I am very happy to recommend you and your program to others, as well!

With gratitude and best wishes,

John Sall
Artist Director
Music at Abington Concert Series

September 23, 2005

Lois Bliss Herbine's delightful flute and piccolo playing, along with Allen Krantz' sprightly guitar enchanted the audience at Foulkeways when they performed here last May, 2005... If one is able to book her, it would be a guarenteed stellar performance.

Polly H. Dunn
Foulkeways Program Committee Chair

In Sierra's Cancionero Sefardi, (soprano Jody Karin Applebaum) sang against microtonal instrumental lines, illuminating the cross-references of Latin tradition and the ancient Jewish song style. The ensemble of flute, piano, clarinet, violin and cello built clouds of sound. Against those undulating tones, Applebaum revealed humor, sensuality and playfulness."
"Orchestra 2001 'Latin Masterpieces' Concert"
&mdash Daniel Webster, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 2004

February 10, 2004

I wish to recommend Lois Bliss Herbine for her excellent musicianship as a flutist. She performed on our series last November 2002, along with Allen Krantz, guitarist and the performance was outstanding, in fact one of the best programs we had all season...

Mary Borkovitz, Executive Director
Lower Makefield Society for the Performing Arts

Updated on 4/7/11