The opening movement is a kind of perpetual motion punctuated by percussive accents. Throughout, the crash of waves and sea spray are almost palpable in this very attractive piece. Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe, Jan. 29, 1994. Betsy Schramm's Peregrinations for solo clarinet was given a dynamically impressive performance by Pamela Helton. It is music of impressive lyricism.
Wide intervals establish a consonant tone that balances the piece's restless exploration.
Thomas Putnam, Buffalo News, October, 1989. John Aley performed the 1989 ITG Composition Contest winning piece, Arrays of Light, by Betsy Schramm. This composition for unaccompanied trumpet is in three movements entitled Altair, Orion, and Algol. A very listenable piece, Schramm has captured the sense of outerspace through the use of angular intervals juxtaposed with floating chromatic passages. There are cup-muted passages which are very effective.