Here is what the critics said about Carrozza’s world premier’s of AAA commissioned works:

"All these new compositions had an able interpreter in Carmen Carrozza, who left no doubt that the accordion in the skilled hands is a true virtuoso instrument."
- The New York Times, Sunday November 22, 1959, By John Briggs.

"Each piece was played with uncanny, virtuosity and tonal range by Carmen Carrozza, a Whiz-bang performer on this unlikely concert instrument"
- The New York Herald Tribune, Sunday November 22, 1959, by W.F.

"The compositions of William Grant Still, Virgil Thompson and Paul Creston were engaging, and the compositions were skillfully played by Carmen Carrozza."
- The New York Herald Tribune, 1961, by Francis D. Perkins

"Carmen Carrozza’s perfomance of Virgil Thompson’s Lamentations was Noteworthy." The 65th Birthday tribute to Virgil Thompson at Town Hall.
-The New York Times, Harold C. Schoenberg.

"Carmen Carrozza is a real virtuoso." The 65th Birthday tribute to Virgil Thompson at Town Hall.
-The New York Herald Tribune, Henry Lang.

"Carmen Carrozza, Accordionist, is a fine musician who plays with virtuoso skill and dash tempered with sensitivity. Mr. Carrozza displayed a smooth, effortless technique that, together with his pleasingly brisk personality on stage provided an engrossing musical afternoon."
-The New York Times, Monday, May 7, 1962, by H. K.

"Carmen Carrozza, concert accordionist, has made a name for himself playing works not ordinarily associated with his instrument and yesterday afternoon at Town Hall was no exception." Obviously Mr. Carrozza relishes the idea of the elevation of his instrument to the concert platform, and well he might, for he plays with extreme sensitivity and with the elan of the virtuoso."
-The New York Herald Tribune, Monday , May 7, 1962, by John Grune

The programs which evoked such glowing remarks by New York’s foremost newspapers, was indeed worthy of the praise so adequately merited by the flawless musicianship of Carmen Carrozza - in fact a new high standard of achievement for the accordion was self evident when one considers the following musical material: