"Boasting rich sonorities and firm technique, Durham's 40-voice Vocal Arts Ensemble is carving out a solid reputation as one of the Southeast's best chamber choirs. Mr. Wynkoop leads them with passion and skill. Recorded sound from the clear acoustic of their own Duke University Chapel is first-rate, and we get concise notes and full texts. You won't be disappointed."
-American Record Guide, Nov/Dec 2004

"No one who loves the vocal arts and who is unfamiliar with the VAE
should miss the group's next performance. And in the meanwhile, there's
that new CD to tantalize and amaze."
-John W Lambert, www.cvnc.org, 6/22/04

" We need this kind of music and this kind of music making. It makes
the trees reach higher, the birds sing sweeter, and the stars shine
brighter."
-Ken Hoover, for www.cvnc.org reviewing the CD "My Spirit Sang All Day"
6/22/04

"Wynkoop has rewritten the meaning of the term "great choral music" and
one of the vehicles he has used in the process is the Vocal Arts
Ensemble, a crack group of our area's finest singers...those who have
not yet experienced the work of this group owe it to themselves to do
so..."
-John W Lambert, www.cvnc.org, 11/14/2001