Detroit Stands Up for Ives, and Stands In for Oregon
Spring for Music — the annual festival of North American orchestras at Carnegie Hall, created in the main to foster imaginative and ambitious programming — did itself proud over the weekend in the last three concerts of its third season. - The New York Times 05/13/13

From Lands of Soviets, Exploring the Mystic
Spring for Music, a laudable series that has brought some of America’s most ambitious regional orchestras to New York City with their most inventive programs. - The New York Times 05/10/13

The Season for a Program to Be the Star
The performance was dazzling, though, as with most Spring for Music programs, the music was the star. - Anthony Tommasini, New York Times 0509/13

Buffalo Invades New York
The ticket sales are close to a record for Spring for Music, an annual festival at Carnegie Hall that features orchestras from across America playing unusual repertoire. Carnegie Hall seats 2,800, so hopes are glimmering for a possible full house. - Buffalo News 05/08/13

Baltimore Symphony Makes itself at home
"Spring for Music’s encouragement of offbeat programming seems to prompt each orchestra to show its personality: This balance of American and Russian did encapsulate something about Baltimore under Alsop. So, perhaps, did the purple banners." - Anne Midgette, Washington Post 05/07/13