Garth made her New York recital debut in
Merkin Concert Hall with a program of solo and chamber works by
Alban Berg that included the Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Thirteen Wind Instruments, conducted by
Harvey Sollberger. She has performed over 200 new works over the course of her career; many of these performances were major premieres, including works by
Oliver Knussen,
Judith Weir,
George Benjamin, John Watrous, and
Scott Wheeler. During
John Cage’s centennial year, she gave multiple performances of his landmark work for prepared piano, Sonatas and Interludes. Garth’s recordings include the complete solo piano works of
Donald Martino, winner of the
Pulitzer Prize, as well as works by
Paul Moravec, Sheree Clement, Perry Goldstein, and
David Froom. She has performed throughout the United States and in England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and China. In addition, her performances have been heard on major radio stations, including
WNYC,
WQXR,
WBUR,
Radio Suisse Romande (Geneva), and the
BBC Radio 3 program “Music in Our Time.” Garth has been lauded for her “exquisite ear for piano sound” and for “a touch that allowed for almost ethereal transparency.” In response to one of her live performances of
Donald Martino’s Fantasies and Impromptus,
New York Times critic
Bernard Holland stated that “[o]ne can think of no one better qualified to play this intricate, shining music.”
New York Times critic
Anthony Tommasini included Garth's recording of Fantasies and Impromptus in a Times listing of his five favorite recordings of music composed since World War II. She was a founding member of the Chamber Players of the League of Composers / International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in New York City, and has appeared as a guest artist with ensembles such as The
New York New Music Ensemble, Parnassus, and Collage. ==References==