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REVIEWS...
"...the prize for pure magic has to go to the violin soloist Shulah Oliver, whose gorgeous depiction of the Lark Ascending kept the audience silent at the end for a good twenty seconds of delight as we all imagined the bird spiraling away.
Shulah was no less convincing as the viola soloist in Flos Campi, producing a tender and gentle solo after the climax of the piece"
- Susan Paterson - Leicester Bach Choir Concert
"There was some great work by local musicians but Shulah Oliver was truly outstanding. Her achingly beautiful viola and violin solo work reached down into the very depths of the soul"
- Three Choir Festival - John Phillpott - Worcester Journal
"She proved to be a very persuasive advocate for this glorious work, and her performance tonight was a triumph....The ease with which she played the Stanford was breath taking."
- Bob Briggs - Music Web International
"Shulah Oliver is also known as a violinist but on the viola she created a remarkable impression for her enormous tone which amplified by a freak acoustic of the church made this concert a uniquely memorable occasion...
However it was the Bowen I had gone to hear and they did it proud. This was passionate and youthful playing of a passionate and youthful work...this was very convincing and I look forward to hearing these artists again in similar repertoire.
- Lewis Foreman - See & Heard Internation
"...Shulah Oliver treated the audience to some marvelously expressive playing - on viola and violin as required - of well known salon pieces
by Elgar and Vaughan Williams."
- Autumn in Malvern Festival - John Rushby-Smith - Hereford Times
"Individuals throughout the orchestra have much to offer, but none less that professional guest leader, Shulah Oliver, who played heart-stopping Scheherezade themes with exquisite conviction."
- Maggie Cotton - Birmingham Post
"Excellent way of communicating with your audience which is very much appreciated."
- Anne Voysey – Chairman of the Adforton Village Committee
"No one listening to their performances could doubt that here was music of great beauty, of serious intent, of masterly realisation."
- Paul Rooke – Artistic Director, The 2010 Rutland Boughton Festival
"Throughout the range of the instrument Shulah Oliver
demonstrated her skill"
- The Eastern Daily Press
"There is a warm tone, sustained control when it comes to fast runs and double stopping, and even when she ‘retakes’ the bow for successive chords,
control is poignant."
- Lucas Ball - Worcester News
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