“Sight/Sound… will be an enterprise worth following in the years to come.” - Musicuratum

• (review) ‘S 16–Luna Nera’ Conveys Claustrophobia and Danger of Miners

  “The show’s most powerful element is sound designer and composer Adam Cuthbert’s richly textured musical score, which provides a thrilling soundscape that alternately energizes, engulfs, and steers the overall proceedings.“ -Lisa Jo Sagolla, Backstage Magazine

• (preview) GVNow: Alumni collaborate on transcontinental Olympic event

  “‘We were asked to compose music for orchestra that related to the historic work of the Kingston-born photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was fascinated with movement and technology, and is noted for his stop-action photos used to study the movement of horses,’ said Rhode. ‘We decided to make a study of the orchestra through the lens of electronic dance music.’“ -Mary Pirkola, Grand Valley State University News

• (review) New York Times: Movements on a Scale That’s Cozy

  “In Maura Nguyen Donohue’s present.tense (progressive)… Ms. Donohue responded in movement while the composer Adam Cuthbert attended to two tables of electronic equipment, building a layered, thrumming soundscape. All three wore silver-and-red athletic gear.” -Claudia La Rocco, New York Times

• (review) KC Metropolis: Artistry Inside the Machine

  “Trumpeter Samuel Wells was featured on three of the evening’s works… Of these, Cuthbert’s [Rikai] was the most successful… his layering became masterful as the piece gained steam. There were times of almost Mikel Rouse-ian pop melodies at the piece’s glorious conclusion.” - Lee Hartman, KC Metropolis

• (review) Washington Post: Grand Valley State ensemble reimagines Riley’s ‘In C’

  “This concert ended with three [In C] remixes, arranged [by Adam Cuthbert] to involve live performers, yielding a kaleidoscopic refraction of this landmark minimalist work, from the hypnotic crescendo of Zoe Keating’s ‘Zinc’ to the childlike clowning of Jad Abumrad’s ‘Counting in C.’“ – Charles T. Downey, Washington Post

• (preview) WGVU Radio Interview

  Adam Cuthbért and Daniel Rhode discuss a student run concert series on tap this Saturday night, Sight/Sound lV, featuring a new hour of world premieres.  Hosted by Shelley Irwin on the WGVU Morning Show.