He (Michael Udow) is something of a rara avis amongst percussionists - a performer and pedagogue who also displays a fecundity of imagination and a flair for composition. Udow’s music is eclectic and draws on a variety of tonal resources. He proves adept at portraying contrasting sonic landscapes, from peaks of passionate intensity, such as the opening measures of The Shattered Mirror and the virtuosic outbursts in Bog Music, to hypnotic, trance-like valleys, such as the chant-like marimba solo in A Bird Whispered, Your Children are Dying.
Percussive Notes, February 1996 - John R. Rausch