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 […]
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 […]
Literally, so many wrong notes
Why are we so hung up on wrong notes? After this year’s 10-week summer season, while I did all the whoops and high fives of getting to the end without […]
When pianists play something not written for the piano
Despite the staggering wealth of repertoire written for the piano, there comes a time when someone asks you (esteemed keyboard player) to play something written for another instrument. There’s this […]
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 […]
