“Brian McWhorter is a real home-grown genius.” Willamette Week

"terrific trumpeter" The New York Times

"Brian McWhorter is slowly going insane – right before our very eyes.” David Stabler, The Oregonian

“Brian McWhorter, the trumpet player in the ensemble, was the standout on this particular evening. His performance of Robert Erickson’s Kryl: for Solo Trumpet in C (1977) had the audience laughing and gasping, the soloist happily breathless by the end, and perhaps enjoying the last laugh most.” Tom Manoff, HipFish Monthly, 07/08

"I love McWhorter’s musical and programmatic creativity."Brett Campbell, Eugene Weekly

“McWhorter sounds fine despite the general lunacy….” Nate Dorward, Cadende Magazine

"it is refreshing to hear music composed and performed by artists as intellectually ambitions, brave, and secure as these." Peter Wood, International Trumpet Guild Journal