What kind of Garth Newel fan are you?

So, I don’t know if you know about this yet, but Garth Newel is not only on Facebook, but on Twitter, Youtube, Soundcloud, Instagram, and Google + (which…does anyone use Google +? […]

Mom’s Chopin

Like a typical teen, I tried to do the opposite of everything my mom did.  Chopin was her thing, so I went in the spikier direction of Bartok, Prokofiev, and […]

Garth Newel RVA

We are 2/3ds of the way through our Richmond tour, and wanted to update everyone with how its going so far.  But because Richmond is so ravishingly beautiful, it seemed […]

On audiences here at Garth Newel

Last night was a revelation to me. Herter Hall was packed. PACKED.  Shawn was gleefully pulling out more and more chairs for people, his stentorian “Welcome!” on rapid repeat throughout […]

On working with composers

The thing that hooked me into new music was my addiction to solving puzzles.  Rapidly oscillating 9ths up and down the keyboard with too small a hand?  Regroup and quickly […]

String Envy

At college, I wound up mostly hanging out with string players.  There were a multitude of reasons why I was drawn to them; they shared and encouraged the same geeky […]