by Jeannette Fang | Feb 17, 2020 | about the music, GNPQ Blog, Inside the Music, performer's perspective
As some of you might have seen, I’ll be playing a duet concert this Saturday at Garth Newel, Feb.22, with Jeremy Thompson. And as some of you who have seen the program might be asking, why are we playing two works that are more often heard performed by a full...
by Jeannette Fang | Feb 4, 2020 | Composition Competition, composition competition 2020, GNPQ Blog, new piano quartert
From all around the world works were submitted to Garth Newel Piano Quartet’s 9th International Composition Competition by composers who wanted to share their new piano quartets. The selected composer would be awarded the Glovie and Dick Lynn New Music Prize,...
by Jeannette Fang | Feb 1, 2020 | about the music, Composers, GNPQ Blog, new music education, pub concert, Uncategorized
In 2016, I wrote an excited post about Lera Auerbach for this blog, in which I gave a very subjective listing of some facts of her life that I had deemed were fascinating. If some nonsense words from 4 years ago bring nothing to mind for you, here they are again....
by Jeannette Fang | Feb 20, 2019 | about the music, commissions, Composers, GNPQ Blog, Inside the Music, Uncategorized
by Jeannette Fang Categories are quick, but they are not always accurate, and more often than not they can be misleading. Just take a look at iTunes, where the “Classical” screen encompasses everything from albums of 17th century composer Frescobaldi to...
by Jeannette Fang | Jan 9, 2019 | about the music, Composers, GNPQ Blog, Inside the Music, pub concert
by Jeannette Fang I was first introduced to the music of Harold Meltzer through his 2 Songs from Silas Marner, which stayed in my mind for its simple beauty, the cello evoking a peculiar feeling of loneliness and expanse. It was clear to me that Meltzer had a special...
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