The reviews are coming in for Aging Magician in San Diego!

"Prestini saved her plush vocal writing for the voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, who sang with laudable power when required, but maintained their dulcet dramatic urgency throughout. Chorus director Dianne Berkun Menaker deftly conducted her charges from the side of the stage, and the disciplined ease of their response proved the wisdom of engaging this ensemble for Aging Magician, which they helped premiere in 2017."
- San Diego Story

"Aging Magician is the very beautiful and mysterious story of a clockmaker observing his own death as he tries to complete his story of an aging magician, but actually his book of life in which he hopes for a successor. Rinde Eckert (rindeckert.com) wrote the libretto and stars as Harold the clockmaker. The magical setting is the F train to Coney Island designed by Julian Crouch. Eckert's companions are the Brooklyn Youth Chorus -- 29 teenage girls who sing like angels conducted by their founder, Dianne Berkun Menaker--and the brilliant Attaca Quartet."
- Patch