A selection of comments I’ve received from my lovely customers. Thank you all so much – your encouragement means a lot to me!
We played the Dukas twice today in school workshops to launch a CBSO project about myths and legends. It’s absolutely fab! Thank you so much – you’re amazing!
… we had the most delightful time playing the Novello (gorgeous), I do Like to be Beside the Sea and Walking the Dog. We are such big fans of your arrangements. Then we finished off with our tango set including Tico Tico, which we are preparing the November concert, and then Teddy Bears Picnic. We always leave feeling so good after playing these pieces. So thank you for all the arranging you do and keep doing it – it’s an amazing resource!
Your arrangements are The Best – always something interesting for each of the players. We love love them!
I’m on the Quintet Network Facebook group and it was no surprise you came up as a recommendation for music (I think I have been using your arrangements since 2009 or earlier). It’s always enjoyable browsing your wonderful selection of music and never easy to narrow down to a decision!
Thank you for your arrangements. I just cannot resist them – you are our favourite arranger.
I’m busy going through the parts to assign pieces for the various ensembles who will be taking part in the Guildhall Big Double Reed Day … Your pieces will be an invaluable and highly enjoyable part of the day for all the participants!
What you do is amazing, and I also know how much work it takes.
Laurence Perkins
We played your music this morning in our bassoon quartet! Great stuff! We loved how each part had its own challenges.
Your arrangements really are the very best. More trios please!
We love your arrangements!
This morning was our first session, and the four of us who were free played through your GORGEOUS arrangement of the Puccini quartet. As you know, I love ALL your work, but this is really something special. Thank you!
I play in a few different wind quintets, and your arrangements are always our “go to”
I really like your arrangements – which is why I have so many!
Simon Whalley
I have a bassoon camp this week that I was getting ready for and was excited to find arrangements and not have to write them all myself!
Leslie Massenburg, Texas
The wind quintet I play in is very pleased with your imaginative arrangements and enjoy playing them.We already have several of your arrangements for wind quintet and they really are very well written and fun to play.
I have to tell you how pleased we all are with your arrangements. Full numbering, page turns, no treble clef for the bassoon, horn in F and the sound is right (ie they sound good to our ears). What more can one want!
The Melville Wind Quintet has enjoyed playing your arrangements
Your Eine Kleine went down very well with the group (and mention was made particularly of how expertly the tunes were shared between the parts).
You may remember me from a few years back, when I ordered a big chunk of music from you for an army wind quintet performance at Buckingham Palace? Well, that music went down very well at the concert!
I really love your arrangements and we’ve played several of them at concerts.
We’ve really enjoyed playing the Walton and are going to have a proper look at the Warlock soon. I’ve also played some of your bassoon quartets in the past and love your arrangements!
Many thanks for your excellent service and musical arrangements.
We love the Portus arrangements!
We loved the Faure hence a further order.
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed all the previous purchases from you, Pictures at an Exhibition was an especially super challenge
Arrangements by Lisa Portus: we love her work and know you will too!
Windfall wind quintet, Australia
I’ve now met with my fellow trio members and played both Tico Tico and Walking the Dog. Both real winners and immediately put in all our 2026 concert programmes! They’re great!
I love your arrangements! Many of your quartets have been my go-tos for years!
I encountered your music through a quintet I play in … Very impressive arrangements you craft, too – I look forward to playing more of them in future 🙂
Thank YOU for creating these beautiful arrangements, we love how you can always be faithful to the original pieces, while allowing each instrument to express itself in full…
It is a joy to perform your arrangements, for us players but also for our public! 🙂
My quintet enjoyed the Juba Dance arrangement, Corelli, and Humperdinck Evening Prayer last time we met! Thank you for your beautiful arrangements. They work great for us! We’ve loved all the ones I’ve bought.
Your arrangements give great joy!
I’m now heading to the Portus Emporium of Delights for a browse.
Yesterday our Windswept Woodwind Quintet played your arrangement of Ashokan Farewell as the finale to our concert … From the moment our wonderful oboist played her beginning solo, to the very end of the piece, our audience was totally engaged in this beautiful melody. The church person who arranged the concert came forward with tears in her eyes to thank us for our wonderful performance. So, bravo to you for creating such a moving arrangement of this beautiful melody!!
Just getting music ready for tomorrow’s rehearsal ~ a quartet I have just joined ~ every arrangement is YOURS! Hurrah!
… the music and it’s excellent – as ever. Thanks for all these beautiful arrangements. They’re what the doctor ordered!
I thought you might like to see the programme flyer for a concert I played in with one of my quintets. A very successful event – and every piece was one of your arrangements!
… We have nearly all of your catalogue for quartets. I think we should put on a Portus Performance evening! We love your work. You are such a talented arranger.
Rehearsal went well last night. Our oboist describes your arrangements as “darling.”
I play in a few different wind quintets, and your arrangements are always our “go to”.
As you know, I love ALL your work, but (Puccini – Chrysantemums) is really something special. Thank you!
We played your music this morning in our bassoon quartet! Great stuff! We loved how each part had its own challenges.