Inside the Music: Lera Auerbach
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 […]
Inside the Music: Stylefinder edition
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” […]
Inside the Music: Getting to know Harold Meltzer’s Piano Quartet
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 […]
Recording Release
Our long awaited recording of Paul Moravec‘s Piano Quartet is finally out! We commissioned Paul Moravec to write us this work a few years back and have had a blast […]
On the upcoming pub concert: Colla, Coors, and Corn Chowder:
Every time I try to describe on this blog a piece of music we’re going to perform, two things happen. I test out a bunch of words that eventually morph […]
Announcing the winner of the 8th Annual Garth Newel Composition Competition
download press release for 2018 comp winner After receiving over 90 entries from all over the world, the members of the Garth Newel Piano Quartet are pleased to announce Balázs […]
4 pianists walk into a bar…
Every summer at Garth Newel’s there’s a keyboard weekend. It a tradition that started before my hire, and it involves 3 pianists descending onto Garth Newel to join me and […]
Putting a face to what you hear
This summer is shaping up to be one full of visits from the composers of programmed pieces. This is significant because we live in a time where this doesn’t actually […]
A Man with a Passion: the 6 degrees of William Cobbett
Walter Willson Cobbett may not have composed symphonies or even picked up an instrument as a child, but his influence in the world of chamber music is so far-reaching that […]
On musical memories and Faure’s Piano Quartet no.2 op.45
The hardest thing to put into words is the feelings you’ve forgotten about that only surface when listening to music. Clouded with the dust of the everyday mechanics, your brain […]
