— Andrew Stein-Zeller, Director of Promotion, G. Schirmer (2024)
“Our selection panel has unanimously chosen Che for the 2024 G. Schirmer Prize for GLFCAM… We were all quite taken with Che’s writing. Their music is attractive, direct, and elegant on the page and in performance… Che has a bright career ahead, and we look forward to hearing their music in New York and around the world in the years to come.”
— Texas Public Radio (2025)
“…an amazing work by Che Buford that seemed to suspend time itself.”
— Washington Classical Review (2025)
“Buford attempted to capture the essence of traditional spirituals without quoting them directly. The result is an atmospheric meditation, mostly slow in tempo and loaded with solemn double-stops and drones for the amplified violin.”