McKnight Artist Fellow * Early and contemporary music specialist

..."[S]oprano Carrie Henneman Shaw brought plangent intensity to her solos in "Stabat Mater."

David Lewellen - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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"Shaw offered a lusty contrast in the anonymous Je ne prise point tels baysiers (I think little of kisses like these), ably capturing the poem’s spirit with her coquettish delivery and silky tone."

Joseph Sargent - San Francisco Classical Voice

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"I was most taken with guitarist Jesse Langen’s riveting account of Murail’s flamenco-influenced “Tellur” (1977) and by the well-coordinated efforts of the full ensemble, crowned by soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw’s virtuosic vocalizing, in the closing “Cantus.”

Larry Fuchsberg - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"...But the most transfixing moments may have been the most intimate, as when soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw brought a crisp clarity to the ornamented lines of Thomas Campion's "Sing a Song of Joy" or Tim O'Brien's resonant baritone lent power to Thomas Ravenscroft's "Remember, O Thou Man."..."

Rob Hubbard - St. Paul Pioneer Press

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... -- [T]hanks to the marvelous voice of soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw and the brisk and light-hearted narrative of composers Abbie Betinis and David Evan Thomas -- it was a concert that was informative, fun and musically rewarding.

One could say that the first half of this concert was good for filling in historical gaps (in entertaining fashion), while the second half is where the revelations occurred. That's when Shaw emerged as the concert's major musical force. Coming out of intermission with a haunting, hypnotic work by Ernst Krenek, she transfixed listeners with her clear, brilliant high notes.

....But, just as past Summer Song Festivals have brought us exceptional singers on their way up, one may wonder if Carrie Henneman Shaw isn't this year's big discovery."

Rob Hubbard - St. Paul Pioneer Press