“Gregory Wanamaker’s ‘Elegy’...is an achingly beautiful work, with harmonic tensions resolving like a high Renaissance motet.”
Ken Keaton
Palm Beach Daily News, March 17, 2015
Palm Beach Daily News, March 17, 2015
“Moreover, the lyrical episodes that are scattered throughout… are pure gold, shot through with tenderness and grace.”
Joshua Kosman
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2017
“Constant variation yet constant repetition flows forward in ecstatic yet mournful phrases that are at once deeply romantic yet unsentimental.”
Jay Derderian
I Care If You Listen, September 21, 2017
I Care If You Listen, September 21, 2017
“Music from ‘A Story Within a Story’ by Gregory Wanamaker, a composer whose music I have admired before…is evocative and often quite lovely.”
Ronald E. Grames
Fanfare Magazine, Issue 41:2 (Nov/Dec 2017)
Fanfare Magazine, Issue 41:2 (Nov/Dec 2017)
“On the quieter side, ‘Three Episodes’ by Greg Wanamaker has a playful, jazzy feel to it that I admired, as do a lot of Wanamaker’s works...”
Daniel Coombs
Audiophile Audition, February 20, 2014
Audiophile Audition, February 20, 2014
“...Greg will be remembered as a very important contributor to our repertoire someday, and I’m proud to be his friend and one of his champions.”
Timothy McAllister
Sax on the Run, Fanfare Magazine, 34:2 Nov/Dec 2010
Sax on the Run, Fanfare Magazine, 34:2 Nov/Dec 2010
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Timothy McAllister & Liz Ames: Project Encore, Vol. 2 to be released on August 15, 2025
August 8, 2025
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I am beyond excited about this beautiful album of new music commissioned by my friends Timothy McAllister and Liz Ames for Neuma Records. My Coda

Sonata deus sax machina turns 25 Years Old!
July 7, 2025
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While I don’t remember the exact date I drew those double bars, which is something I used to do before actually copying my scores into

of Light and Shadows – Newly Remastered!
April 14, 2025
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I am so excited about this newly remastered release of of Light and Shadows performed by Stephen Page and Liz Ames, recorded by Calvin Cates,
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