"Daniel Kellogg, barely out of his 20s, is one of the most exciting composers around – technically assured, fascinated by unusual sonic textures, unfailingly easy to listen to, yet far from simplistic. Kellogg handles an orchestra brilliantly. His overture sounded just like what might have happened if Richard Strauss had written the theme song for a comic film about bustling Manhattan in the early 1960s. Clarinets squealed, drums pounded, sirens roared and a kazoo solo served as the preface to a comic kiss. It is highly theatrical music and makes one wonder eagerly what Kellogg might do should he turn his attention to opera."
- The Washington Post

"'Divinum Mysterium' by the prodigiously gifted young American composer Daniel Kellogg must be counted among the most immediately arresting new piece I've heard in years.  Such is the richness and fertility of Kellogg's imagination that one listens breathlessly, delightedly, to every passing inspiration.  Kellogg's prismatic colors, propulsive, exhilarating rhythms and unerring sense of musical narrative (I couldn't find a wasted note) give his work a vigor and freshness that is already his own.  'Divinum Mysterium' received a happy, whooping ovation: I left the theater already missing its company."
- The Washington Post

"'Divinum Mysterium' is an outstanding work by a strikingly gifted composer.  Its movements are by turns fragile, explosive, cool, propulsive and brutal.  Its expressive range is broad, its colors fascinating, its drama gripping.  Remember the name."
- American Record Guide

"Kellogg's music gives off a palpable energy, and it is superbly crafted and controlled."
- The New Yorker

"Daniel Kellogg's 'and the dust shall sing like a bird' proved a gravely dramatic work.  There is lyricism here, and wistful longing."
- The Washington Post

"Kellogg has an ear for shimmering colors and pungent harmony, who boldly alternates pulverizing outbursts with primordial ruminations."
- The New York Times