National Register of Historic Places

Garth Newel

Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia
Listed
June 18, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000402

About this property

Garth Newel Music Center is a 501c3 not-for-profit educational institute located on a 114-acre mountainside property near Hot Springs in Bath County, Virginia. Recipient of the 2012 CMAcclaim Award from Chamber Music America for their contributions to the field of chamber music, Garth Newel Music Center celebrated its 40th anniversary in the summer of 2013. Garth Newel, a Welsh phrase meaning "new hearth" or "new home," was the name given to the property in the 1920s by William Sergeant Kendall and Christine Herter Kendall. Home to the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, the Center offers over 60 concerts annually. The annual Summer Chamber Music Festival, which takes place on weekends between late June and Labor Day, features twenty performances by the quartet and their guests and performances by Fellowship (student) ensembles. Other annual performances include three three-day "Fall Foliage" concert weekends each October; Thanksgiving and New Year's Holiday Weekends; wintertime "pub" concerts, and three concert weekends each May, as well as the annual Virginia Blues and Jazz Festival each June and an American Made concert series that features bluegrass, old time and other traditional American music forms. Recent Music Center musical guests have included: The Parker String Quartet, Ensō, Dadealus and Borromeo String Quartets.

Location

447 Garth Newel Ln.
Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia
38.02492, -79.79834

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Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Garth Newel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 2013.

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