• The quiet tickings and vibrations, the tinkle of breaking glass, and the flashes of Chopin piano music in Kermani's score enhance the fragility of Repair's atmosphere -- that of a world out of kilter in which the rational and the irrational make poetry together." DEBORAH JOWITT, The Village Voice.

   

• ...a vivid sonic atmosphere... ALLAN KOZINN, The New York Times.

   

• Brooding vocalist Elise Kermani is one of the most haunting and original new voices on the New York scene." KYLE GANN, The Village Voice.

   

• Elise Kermani has built an artistic career of extraordinary interdisciplinary imagination... ANALOG TARA, www.pinknoises.com.

   

• Kermani...is by far the most captivating stage presence, with her Diamanda Galas-style vocal pants, wheezes and shrieks." BRAD TYER, Houston Press.

   

• ..the purity of her ritualistic vocal pieces was irresistible." KYLE GANN, The Village Voice.

   

• Artem(Is) Rising was visually and acoustically compelling...words floating in darkness...simultaneous spoken English phrases created a kinetic tower of Babel." ANN SARGENT-WOOSTER, P-Form.

   

• For the fullest sound and vision integration, Elise Kermani's "Artem(Is) Rising" delves deep into greek myth; the Bible and Koran's views of women; major symbolism..with the help of 77 Hz., her production kicks into a higher plane of tech-theater." CARL VP GROOME,Your Flesh.

   

• "Priscilla's Call" is a masterful piece of vocal work comprising an extensive range of textural and timbral techniques employed to a stunning effect." PAUL DUTTON, Music Works.

   

• Kermani...communicates a particularly strong combination of vocal experimentation and emotional depth." BILL TILLAND, Option magazine.

   

• New Stuff..opened with an extended monologue, slickly amplified, by Elise Kermani in the character of a Southern woman wearing a satin slip and a string of pearls. ..Much cumulative emotional impact emanated from her sinuous persona..." ELIZABETH ZIMMER, Village Voice.

   

• Kermani's alternating grating and gorgeous voice-paintings came more to the fore as a creative source of the work...Kermani, a seasoned vocal artist who cuts across frontiers playfully and passionately." ROBERT DANTE,Houston Public News.

   

• In "Shuffling, Shivering" composer Elise Kermani sang her own ingenuous text...Engaging too was Kermani's "Spiral"..." TERRY McQUILKIN, Los Angeles Times.

   

• "THe HearTH" is not exactly a celebration of domestic bliss, but rather a commentary on domestic disorder...Sounds, theatrical events, and strong visual images all combine with the video remembrance of a dreamlike, perfect past to create a powerful statement in music theater about domesticity in an imperfect present." CHARLES BOONE, P-Form.

   

• Earthy, natural, unself conscious, this was the pure essence of musical activity..." KYLE GANN, Chicago Reader.