On the start of our 2016 summer season
The summer shenanigans at Garth Newel are now in full swing. Technically, we started July 4th weekend, with Rene Marie packing Herter Hall on Saturday, and with us resident musicians at […]
On Lera Auerbach
This week I annoyed the quartet by asking them if we could start programming next year’s pub concerts. (Sorry guys!) This is way ahead of when we usually do it, but […]
gutted
It’s too much. One of the deadliest, most horrific mass shootings in US history occurred yesterday morning at Pulse Orlando. A MASSACRE of innocents by a MONSTER whose evil is beyond all comprehension. There […]
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 what musicians are thinking about when they perform
The following thoughts occurred on March 9th, during our concert at VMI Are we all ready to bow yet? I’m having trouble standing without falling over – Jeannette You guys, wait for […]
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 […]
And this is why I don’t use a page turner
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 […]
