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Critical Reviews

Om Swami

"PS. I invite you to listen to this magnificent arrangement by Cheryl Bains, a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. It’s easily the best orchestral rendition of Kabir’s Ghat Ghat Mein Panchi Bolta. Don’t forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel. Great ensemble; well done, Cheryl!"

The Flying Inkpot

"Dan Forrest’s titular ‘You are the Music’ had Marcus Ng return on the horn, and soprano Cheryl [Bains’] lovely lyric voice shown off to good effect here."

The Straits Times

"In the soprano solos, 16-year-old Cheryl Bains was the star - captivating in her solos and singing with accuracy, projection and steadiness well beyond her years."

The Flying Inkpot

"Alto soloist Cheryl Bains is only fifteen years old, but she could certainly hold her own alongside the more polished professional soprano Wendy Woon. The choice of such young soloists may raise a few eyebrows but is definitely precedented, seeing as Beethoven himself recruited 18-year-old Henriette Sontag and 21-year-old Caroline Unger to sing the soprano and alto roles respectively, at the work’s premiere which he conducted."
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