“All of this was performed crisply and with great care by the Eugene Symphony under the baton of guest conductor Mélisse Brunet, a French-born […] force at the podium.
[…] there is a showmanship quality to her conducting that I found appealing. It was a delight to watch her embrace the orchestra as well as the music in almost athletic terms, using all of the podium, it seemed, to communicate with the musicians.”