Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
Jeannette Fang, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV, 1010
Fitz Gary, viola

The Garth Newel Piano Quartet is known for their spirited and impassioned performances that offer an enlivened interpretation of both standard and new repertoire. As artists-in-residence at Garth Newel Music Center, one of the premier and most active chamber music organizations in the United States, they program and perform over 50 concerts each year, engaging with audiences through conversational and interactive programs. LEARN MORE

Jeannette Fang joined the Garth Newel Piano Quartet in 2015 as pianist and Co-Artistic Director. Praised for her imaginative and expressive performances, she has been featured at such prestigious venues as Alice Tully Hall, John F. Kennedy Center, Zankel Hall, Hill Auditorium, Peter J. Sharp Theater, Weill Recital Hall, and Steinway Hall, as well as appearing on stages in Europe and Asia. Her awards include the Gold Medal at the 2013 Seattle International Piano Competition, where she also received the President’s Award and Audience Favorite Prize. She has earned top prizes in the Dallas Chamber Symphony International Piano Competition and the MTNA Young Artist National Competition. She is the recipient of the Earl V. Moore Award and the Gottlieb Award, given by the University of Michigan, and the Elizabeth J. Parisot award from Yale School of Music, the winner of the Karlfried Nordman Scholarship Piano Competition at Juilliard, and was a National Presidential Scholar in the Arts in 2003.

Jeannette was a founding member of the new music group Khemia Ensemble, and has worked with composers such as David Biedenbender, Aaron Jay Kernis, Martin Bresnick, David Lang, Sydney Hodkinson, and Andy Akiho. She has commissioned and recorded a set of prepared piano works, as well as recorded the music of Paul Moravec and William Horne. Jeannette has published many articles on music, and currently hosts a podcast entitled So Many Wrong Notes. She holds degrees from Juilliard and Yale, and received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from University of Michigan.  She has held faculty position at Bowling Green State University, the University of Michigan, Yale School of Music, Siena Heights University, and McAlester Institute of Music.

In the summer of 2022, Fitz Gary joinED the Garth Newel Piano Quartet as violist and Co-Artistic Director. Fitz, a native of Charlottesville, Virginia, has toured across the United States, Europe, and Asia performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London’s Royal Albert Hall, and Japan’s Suntory Hall. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jeffrey Irvine, and graduate studies at The Juilliard School with Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. Selected as a 2013-2014 Fulbright Scholar, he studied with Barbara Westphal at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, Germany. The school subsequently awarded him the DAAD prize for an outstanding international student, as well as his second master’s degree. While in Germany, Fitz also performed with the Grammy-Award-winning NDR Sinfonieorchester (Elbphilharmonie) in Hamburg as a member of their Academy. 

Fitz was a Clinician Ambassador for the string company D’Addario, and presented the “Strings 101” clinic to K-12 and college-level musicians in the Hampton Roads area, sharing knowledge and advice on all things strings. He also served as the President of the Feldman Chamber Music Society in Norfolk, Virginia, affording him the opportunity to present great chamber ensembles to the community.  In 2012, Fitz started a project called Music Feeds Us, a chamber music series which ran for seven seasons. The concerts, which have been featured on Performance Today, raised over 175,000 meals for partner food banks in Virginia. Championing social awareness and hunger relief through string quartets was proof that classical music can inspire the power for good.