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"What a delight to enjoy the score, played by an 8-piece orchestra behind the screen at the back of the stage (joyously revealed at the end) as well as the terrific clarinet work by Joe LaRocca..."
https://stageandcinema.com/2023/11/17/the-bands-visit-huntington/

"However, it was the performance of Joe LaRocca – who played clarinet, flute, and saxophone throughout the show – that stood out the most. LaRocca evoked emotion and changed the mood of the scene with his magnificent stage presence – not distracting, but not easily ignored."

https://hieshowcase.com/3847/arts-and-entertainment/in-the-lehman-trilogy-an-otherwise-stellar-show-fails-to-nail-the-finale/

"Perloff’s addition of a musician – Joe LaRocca playing a variety of instruments to identify the eras in various scenes – is a master stroke, as LaRocca unobtrusively winds around the impressive set..."

https://www.laduenews.com/arts-and-culture/theater-review-st-louis-rep-lehman-trilogy/article_603eb52c-51a7-11ee-9939-9f1e1525afbc.html

"And at one point, musician Joe LaRocca, who plays the flute and saxophone beautifully throughout, offers up an instrumental of the African American spiritual 'Wade in the Water.'"

 https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/06/30/lehman-trilogy-huntington-review

"The three actors – ably accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Joe LaRocca – do more telling than showing."

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/125761

"Playing a key part in the overall atmosphere of “The Lehman Trilogy” is musician Joe LaRocca, who discreetly moves around onstage, playing saxophone, clarinet, and flute."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/29/arts/lehman-trilogy-arc-doomed-empire/?event=event12

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