{"id":243,"date":"2020-08-30T22:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T22:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2025-08-09T20:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:23:55","slug":"reviews-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/reviews-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Press and Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">Kevin Olson, FJH<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">Dianne Davies\u2019 Christmas arrangements capture the essence and beauty of Chopin\u2019s nocturnes, and are perfect teaching pieces to reinforce Romantic style interpretation during the holiday season. Original and artistic\u2026I highly recommend! <a href=\"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/22\/testimonial-from-kevin-olson\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">Dr. Peter Mack<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">a delightful idea, charmingly and skillfully executed!<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">Brett Campbell, Oregon ArtsWatch<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">This delightful show proved that along with musical comedy and performing chops, Davies has plenty to say as a composer too. I hope it becomes a holiday perennial, and an example for others who want to make the holidays about today\u2019s people as well as yesterday\u2019s myths. <a href=\"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/testimonial-from-brett-campbell\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">Jill Timmons, Artsmentor<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">Dianne Davies brings to her work a melding of original compositions and groundbreaking arrangements. <a href=\"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/testimonial-from-jill-timmons\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">David S. Bernstein, DMA<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">This suite of nocturnes represents a very effective \u201ccollaboration\u201d between composer and arranger. Ms. Davies has chosen excellent material to work with, and her ability re-create these works with the carols so chosen for each, is quite attractive and very effective for a pianist to perform and for an audience to hear. <a href=\"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/testimonial-from-david-s-bernstein\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"Review\"><strong class=\"rev_header\">Colleen Adent, pianist\/arranger<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"rev_body\">For advanced pianists looking for classically inspired, emotionally rich settings of Christmas carols, this wonderful collection is sure to satisfy! &#8230; Creatively conceived and wonderfully executed, these elegant and engaging arrangements will undoubtedly bring great delight to performers and listeners alike! <a href=\"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/testimonial-from-colleen-adent\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Olson, FJH Dianne Davies\u2019 Christmas arrangements capture the essence and beauty of Chopin\u2019s nocturnes, and are perfect teaching pieces to reinforce Romantic style interpretation during the holiday season. Original and artistic\u2026I highly recommend! READ MORE &nbsp; Dr. Peter Mack a delightful idea, charmingly and skillfully executed! &nbsp; Brett Campbell, Oregon ArtsWatch This delightful show &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diannedavies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}