Summing-Up Summer ‘23 and Forthcoming Fall Festivities
Having spent 25 years as a resident musician here at Garth Newel, I am always struck by the unique qualities of each summer concert series, but a 50th anniversary summer […]
Letter from the Artistic Directors on the 50th Anniversary Season
No matter how modest you are about birthdays, reaching 50 seems to call for all the bells and whistles. “The Golden 50th!” Half century – what a milestone! So why […]
Program Notes on Her New Home
Her New Home is an intimate reimagining of the birth of Garth Newel. Our protagonists, Christine Herter Kendall and William Sergeant Kendall are a couple at the center of a […]
Foundations
Archduke Weekend – a tradition worth repeating Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio is hard. Really hard. It contains some of the most awkward figuration in passages that should sound glittering and effortless. […]
Introducing Garth Newel Spotify Playlists
The Garth Newel Piano Quartet is excited to introduce a comprehensive listening companion for our 50th Anniversary Season! Spotify is an audio streaming service which provides listeners access to a […]
Infamous orchestral works at Garth Newel?
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 […]
Congratulations to 2020 Garth Newel International Composition Competition Winner, Jordan Kuspa!
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 […]
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 […]
