By taking a deconstructive approach to the component parts of a musical vernacular, Garner’s work grapples with the fraught complexity of the culture of the South -- a source of so much rich sonic material that is inextricably bound up with a laden and painful history.

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Dark Holler by David Kirkland Garner 

New Focus Recordings, fcr 191

"The Sky was Good for Flying" by David Kirkland Garner conveys lyrically stunning results in what one might call the "furling" motif for violin and piano. It is highly lyrical and very memorable. (-Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review)

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Unraveling Beethoven by Nicholas DiEugenio and Mimi Solomon 

New Focus Recordings, fcr 217

i ain't broke (but i'm badly bent) is "great fun and... a moving experience, full of both craft and passion." (-The Boston Music Intellegencer) 

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The Vega Quartet Plays Beethoven and Garner

Self-released

The Skellet Knell for Bass and Piano on:

 

Life by Jory Herman