Garth Newel Music Center

Hot off the press- the Washington Post ran an article about Garth Newel Music Center on Wednesday, June 25th. If you didn’t grab a copy from the newsstand you can still read it here:
Bath County, VA: Singing Despite the Rain

 

Thanks to all who attended the 3rd Virginia Blues & Jazz Festival! We had a record 1700 in attendance over three days, with both Friday and Sunday sold out in advance. People came from all over the Mid-Atlantic for the great artist line up and beautiful views.

Visit the Web Gallery at www.flickr.com/photos/GarthNewel to see pictures of the Virginia Blues & Jazz Festival.

Keep checking in for new photos to come!

 

We are pleased to announce that our 2008 Artwork is by Bill White.

The piece is entitled Roaring Run Falls and features a beautiful scene painted at Roaring Run near Eagle Rock just South of Bath County.

You will see it on our marketing materials throughout the year and the painting will be on display at Garth Newel. We were introduced to Bill through the Warm Springs Gallery and greatly appreciate the gallery’s contribution to our art program.

Bill White is a painter whose works range from small works on paper to large-scale oil paintings. Color is the hallmark of his work. The images are created from direct observation, from which he translates sensation and feeling into form. The paintings show the “tracks of the brush” as it gives shape to the image by means of color. The vigorous, yet considered character of form conveys a lush sense of light and space.

Bill White, professor and chair of the Art Department at Hollins University, was the recipient of the 2000 Herta Freitag Faculty Award for Professional Accomplishments and the 1995 Hollins Distinguished Service Award. He received his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and his BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts)

His work has been shown in over 25 solo exhibitions, including the Bowery Gallery, NYC and over 85 invitational and juried group shows. He is represented in such public collections as the Medical College of Virginia, the Virginia State Bar Association, The Art Museum of Western Virginia, the State Museum of Pennsylvania and the Henry Hope Art Museum at Indiana University. He has been the visiting artist/guest speaker at places such as the New York Studio School in New York and the Washington Studio School in Washington, D.C.

 

We have accepted 13 students from across the US for the 2008 Summer Fellowship Program. Our four-week, intensive chamber music program is for string players and pianists aged 18-26.

Each participant receives a Fellowship Award of $2,500 which covers the cost of tuition, room, and board for five weeks at Garth Newel Music Center. Upon acceptance, each student pays a $100 registration fee.

Come see them perform on Sunday, August 10th at 3:00pm.

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