Commonwealth Classic's Richard III, Summer 2011The Philadelphia Inquirer mentions that "[the final moment of the play] comes through well, though, as does the kitschy score in Daniel Perelstein's sound design". (July 12, 2011).The Inquirer also calls this "the best sound quality of any outdoor Shakespeare I've experienced in the region". (July 12, 2011).Lantern Theater's Midsummer, Spring 2011Broad Street Review says "Daniel Perelstein's music is an unusually ominous stirring of strings". (March 26, 2011).CurtainUp magazine describes Daniel Perelstein's "minimalist musical score" as "fascinating in its unique use of sounds and tones". (March, 2011).Staged and Real Blog: "Daniel Perelstein's sound design is [a] success, creating a lovely originally composed musical throughline". (March 19, 2011).Inis Nua's The Early Bird, Fall 2010Philadelphia Inquirer says "Daniel Perelstein's sound design musically underlines the pain". (Oct 30, 2010).Staged and Real Blog: "Dissonant and troubling twangs of music (sound design and original music by Daniel Perelstein with cello and additional voice by Annie Fredrickson) haunt the space and beautifully torment the nerves of actors and audience alike." (Nov 9, 2010).Wilma Theater's Macbeth, Fall 2010Philadelphia Inquirer says "Director Blanka Zizka, set designer Mimi Lien, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau, and sound designer Daniel Perelstein combine talents to create a visual and aural dazzler..." and "The sound design ... is highly evocative and creates an acoustic world of mystery and danger". (Oct 8, 2010).Philadelphia Weekly: "Daniel Perelstein's menacing sound adds to the suffocating gloom" (Oct 26, 2010). CultureVulture Blog says that the eerie score (Pavel Fajt) is "punctuated by Daniel Perelstein's cinematic sound effects" (Oct 24, 2010). The Broad Street Review: "Sound designer Daniel Perelstein has provided spooky effects and music that reinforce the prevailing feeling of danger" (Oct 11, 2010).The Philadelphia Inquirer's music critic, David Patrick Sterns, discusses the mixture of my original music, sound design, and musical direction: "Zizka decided that old King Duncan needed to be heralded by the cast singing a traditional Latin psalm. Sound designer Daniel Perelstein wrote the music one night after rehearsal, taught it to the cast the following afternoon - and then took the effect one step further: Though it will be sung onstage, he herded the cast into the eerie acoustic of the Wilma Theater stairwell to record it, hoping the live and recorded elements will blend to startling effect" (Sept 26, 2010).Nice People Theatre's Love Jerry, Spring 2010Urban Excavations Blog: "Finally and perhaps first, the orchestration by Daniel Perelstein and the performances of Perelstein, Alex Wyman, and John Greenbaum playing at least nine instruments give voice to the haunting, sometimes Appalachian toned, painful ballads created by the playwright." (June 9, 2010).
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