On December 3, scores of music lovers filled our sanctuary to experience "A Program of Music" programmed and arranged by June Schuerch. … As a fitting finale, solo pianist Antonio Artese demonstrated the splendor of our new Steinway by masterfully playing Seven Preludes by Sergei Rachmaninov. His playing evoked such rousing applause and foot stomping from the audience that he favored us with an encore of a jazz rendition of Gershwin's song "The Man I Love".
- The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

"When he conluded with a frenzied version of Ellington's "It Don't Meang (If IT Ain't Got That Swing)" and got up to leave, the "Bravos," and foot stomping wouldn't subside and he was forced to return to the stage, where he admitted he hadn't prepared an encore. So, he did what he does best; he improvised. "Silent Night" was his foil, which he played in the style of Mozart, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Debussy, and Broadway composer Sammy Kahn, before ending with a Joplinesque and decidedly upbeat "Silent Night."
- Jim Buckley - The Montecito Journal