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 […]
Caption Contest!
In looking over pictures from recent concerts, we came across some shots of the ridiculous variety. In trying to remember what made us do this or that bizarre thing onstage, […]
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 […]
