Critics
"Without exception the clients enjoyed themselves. Music has a very powerful effect on them, it allows them to reminisce and improve their moods."
Kidlington Area Day Centre
"Please convey my thanks to ARne and all the band for 2 brilliant days. The schools concerts were greatly appreciated by children and staff and the evening was a great success. The band are refreshingly different and brought something very special to the over all festival programme."
Beccles Festival
"The Oxford Concert Party flawlessly mixed classical precision with charming and humorous introductions to a wide range of material from Vivaldi to O'Calloran. The music was well suited to the atmosphere of the Holywell and special mentions must go to the drunken cello player - a stunning piece of playing and play-acting."
Bright Young Folk
"A decidedly unstuffy bunch of superb musicians ... Look out for them whenever your spirits need a lift."
The Daily Telegraph
"It's totally different, crazy and triumphant with a peculiar vitality."
BBC Radio
"One of the most entertaining, mould-breaking groups around."
Oxford Times
"One of the major qualities that sets this Orchestra apart from any other ensemble is not only virtuosity but also their wit and rare entertainment value, which immediately puts everyone at ease and produces instant audience participation."
The London Arts and Fringe Directory
"You were all quite magnificent. The power that you communicate via the music was superb, inspiring and spiritual."
Codsall Village Hall (Staffordshire)
"The depth and quality of the playing were remarkable, without in any way compromising or being compromised by your ability to make it all enormous fun. There are plenty of ensembles who give people the aesthetic pleasure that one expects from good music; I don't know another group of players who make their audience so happy."
Aston Cantlow Village Hall(Warwickshire)
" * * * * ing great!"
Inmates, Whitemoor Prison (Cambridgeshire)
