"Jay Reise...writes music that is intensely engaging. It deploys traditional classical forms with assurance, yet possesses a spontaneous organicity that derives in part from the composer's interest in jazz and the rhythms of South Indian music." Philadelphia Music Makers

"Reise has full command of the expressive freely tonal musical language of the late 205h and early 21st centuries that has been adopted to a greater or lesser degree by many of the major talents of our era...Reise retains a distinctive voice in this style."
Fanfare