There’s no denying that [the author] cares passionately about classical music, to the bottom of his heart. His ideal is for performances to be deeply felt, truly personal, and movingly expressive. For that, I’ll keep reading ARG, admiring the tenacity with which its editor defends the art we music lovers can’t live without.
Fanfare Magazine
Don Vroon writes ... Read moretrenchantly and often provocatively on a wide range of subjects, from classical music and recordings to problems with the post office, computers, the airlines, and life in general. You may not always agree with him, may even be offended at times, but he will never bore you.
John Canarina, conductor and author of Philharmonic: A History of New York’s Orchestra Donald Vroon’s uncompromising commitment to excellence is the touchstone for all of his editorial essays. His honesty, humor and courage will require every reader to reassess formerly held opinions and to examine each topic in a provocative new light.
JoAnn Falletta, conductor Don Vroon is a fascinating critic, whose analyses are always fresh and come from a very strong personal point of view. Reading him is always enlightening and challenging.
John Nelson, former director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, author of Matrix of the Gods, and I, Robot I have read Donald Vroon's "Critical Convictions" with unflagging interest for the past twenty- five years. These bi-monthly essays are, by turns, brilliant, infuriating, informed, irreverent, and opinionated, but, above all. they are passionate and independent-minded. Vroon has the audacity to believe that culture matters. It matters enough for him to challenge conventional opinion and reject the lazy group-think that oppresses the contemporary arts. It is good to have the best of these bold and original pieces finally gathered together.
Dana Gioia, former Chairman for National Endowment for the Arts Show Less