Visiting Kneisel Hall in Maine this summer jogged my memory into realizing Gretchen and I wanted to attend a concert at the Garth Newell Music Center in Warm Springs, VA. So Labor Day weekend, we headed to Warm Springs to attend a Sunday afternoon concert and picnic.
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Garth Newell is Welsh for "new home", the name given to the estate William and Christine Kendall began building in 1924 when they moved to Warn Springs. In1973, Mrs. Kendall established the Music Center and its resident faculty have been teaching gifted young musicians each summer for the last forty years! On summer weekends, chamber music wafts over the surrounding countryside from concerts put on by the resident faculty and guest performers. The Center has a connection to Kneisel Hall. Christine grew up in a wealthy family in New York and the Kneisel Quartet played at her family home when she was a child! One unique feature of the Center is they have established a tradition of pairing concerts with gourmet dinners and picnics. The Sunday afternoon concert and picnic events are a bargain!
At the Garth Newell Music Center, the music is great, the food is outstanding and the setting is beautiful. It's a great road trip from Lynchburg; one will do again and again.
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