“The Boca Symphonia's strings were smooth as silk under Willis's subtly nuanced direction. Concertmaster Huifang Chen and Principal violist Scott O'Donnell contributed eloquent, richly burnished solo turns.…”

“Led by concertmaster Huifang Chen, the Symphonia strings acquitted themselves well in the demanding exposed writing, bringing out the crystalline radiance even with the violins ascending to stratospheric heights.”

“Whirling, buzzing triplets in the violin (marvelously played by Huifang Chen) dominate No. 2, while two repeated, dry pizzicato notes provide the nagging momentum for No. 5.”