Nancy Knowles performs primarily as a soprano with guitarist/baritone/ composer Frank Wallace as Duo LiveOak [in repertoire that ranges from medieval to Wallace's own compositions. She occasionally performs solo shows combining her own poetry with unaccompanied song, masks, flutes, and percussion, as well as informal readings of her own poetry. Her latest solo show, The House of Fools, is a musical/theatrical memoir.

Nancy Knowles Concert Reviews

"Nancy Knowles projects a warm, friendly personality to the audience and has a beautiful voice particularly suited to [the] repertoire--and in addition to that, she is a fine poet as well."
Mark Switzer, Soundboard, 2002

"Nancy Knowles [sang] superbly, with excellent diction, dramatic flair, great timing, and finely spun phrasing..."
Robert Margo, Boston Classical Guitar Society Newsletter, 2002

"Nancy Knowles is a wonderful soprano who sings with passion and clarity..." Laird, American Record Guide

"The singing is sublime... Absolutely captivating."
Ivan Katz, The Valley Advocate (MA)

"[T]he eloquence of the players could not have been improved upon...The soprano Nancy Knowles gave a vocal image of the "heavenly queen" in "Royne Celestre" --sturdy, compassionate, serene." Edward Rothstein, The New York Times

"Knowles' exceptionally beautiful soprano carried the evening in song and declaimed poetry..."
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Nancy Knowles lució su hermosísima voz de soprano y una maestría admirable de la flauta."
El Adelantado de Segovia (Spain)

"Vocally the trio was sensational. Soprano Nancy Knowles [with] unfaltering purity, intonation and expression, displaying in addition a range of operatic proportion."
Daniel Buckley, Tucson Citizen

"Knowles has an attractive voice, fine innate musicianship, and her performances are always expressive."
Mary Guthrie, Guitar Review

"There is a voice from Antrim, a soprano voice, that shimmers, spirals, carries the listener aloft. Listeners may wonder if the angels bestowed song upon the earth at the singer's feet."
Jane Forrestal Ellsworth, The Concord Monitor (NH)

"The sweet-voiced Nancy Knowles never fails to charm. Her singing is mellifluous and pure; the emotions she expresses are penetrating..."
Jonathan Richmond, The Tech (MIT)

"Ms. Knowles commands a tone of pure, full authority which is a great pleasure to hear in early music, still too much dominated by colorless women's voices. When heard together... their voices rise to an intensity and beauty which is simply breathtaking..."
Peter Milford, The Boston Early Music News

"Knowles...sang in a ravishing voice...a voice of seamless purity... the perfect instrument to carry the elegance of this music."
Salem Evening News (MA)

"[T]his largely was vocal music, augmented to especially delightful ends by Knowles' pure soprano."
Edwin Safford, The Journal and Evening Bulletin (Providence RI)

"Nancy Knowles' soprano is dramatic and pulses with energy."
Mayer Mann, Cape Cod Times

"Nancy Knowles, con su coquetería, gracia y ritmo nos deleitó; cantó y recitó unos versos, que arrancaron una de las más grandes ovaciones del público asistente."
Irene Gargurevich, Imagen (Los Angeles)

"Se atenuaron las luces. Se hizo silencio...y aparecieron. Muy jóvenes. Muy distinguidos. Ella muy bella. Muy llena de gracia."
Octavio R. Costa La Opinión (Los Angeles)