Ever since being a winner of Artists International's 1996 New York Debut Award Auditions, Anthony Newton has established himself as a premier African-American classical pianist.  His gifted technical and musical abilities have given him high praise both within the United States and abroad. 

A featured piano soloist during his numerous international tours of Germany and France as part of the Summer Academy for Piano in Konz, Germany, Mr. Newton has made several appearances performing in many of the major New York City concert halls.  Under the prestige of Artists International Presentations, Mr. Newton performed his highly acclaimed New York Debut Piano Recital at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in October 1996 as part of the Young Artists Debut Winners Series and, through invitation, was presented twice more in the Alumni-Winners Series in a recital featuring Chopin's Four Scherzi at Merkin Concert Hall in May 1999 and an all-Beethoven solo piano and chamber music recital at Weill Recital Hall in November 2000.  Mr. Newton was also presented by Musica de Camara in doing his fourth New York Recital at Weill Recital Hall in May 2003.  

Mr. Newton performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto at Alice Tully Hall in 1997.  Other concerto performances include his renditions of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, Mozart's Piano Concerto in c minor, K. 491 and Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major with the Queens College Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Peress, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Kenneth Gartner Singers and Orchestra and Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major, K. 414 with the Academy Orchestra of Konz, Germany.  Other notable U.S. appearances include performances at Bargemusic, Lefrak Concert Hall, St. Paul's Festival of the Arts and the Donnell Library Center in New York, as well as performances in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Georgia, over national television and on public radio.

A winner of numerous prizes and awards, Mr. Newton began piano lessons at the age of 6, and enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division at the age of 14.  He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Queens College's Aaron Copland School of Music under the instruction of Donald Pirone.  He then returned to the Manhattan School, completing the requirements for his Master of Music degree and Professional Studies Certificate under the guidance of Phillip Kawin.  Mr. Newton also studied with Robert Harris (piano), Constance Keene (piano), Gerald Robbins (piano), Morey Ritt (chamber music) and Jeannine Dowis (chamber music).  He also performed for such distinguished artists as Karl Urlich Schnabel, John Perry, Byron Janis, Ruth Laredo, Eugene Istomin, John Browning and Paul Trein.

Mr. Newton has a vast repertoire of solo piano works. His repertory spans from works of Bach to modern works. His first recording Anthony Newton Plays Beethoven, Volume 1 contains Beethoven's Pathétique, Moonlight and Appassionata piano sonatas.

Mr. Newton is also a very gifted, much-in-demand chamber musician with a very extensive selection of performed works.  He was a founding member of the Corona Piano Trio, an ensemble that performed at Weill Recital Hall and celebrated its 10th anniversary with a concert at Steinway Hall in New York City in January 2003.  Mr. Newton also performed in other ensembles such as the Diaspora Chamber Players, Ensemble Sepia, and the Claremont Strings.  Other notable chamber music engagements include performances at the Waterloo Music Festival at Princeton University as a fellowship recipient in 1992 and 1993, and with the New Jersey Chamber Music Society as a guest artist in 2001.

Along with being a very active concert artist, Mr. Newton also expresses a great joy in teaching music to children. Holding a Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from the Manhattan School of Music, Mr. Newton has his own piano studio and is an Adjunct Professor at Queens College, being on the piano and chamber music faculties at the Center for Preparatory Studies in Music.  He was President of the Associated Music Teachers League from 2003-2005, and is currently chairman of the annual AMTL Winter Musicales at Queens College. 

Other than playing the piano, Mr. Newton has much experience playing the organ and conducting choirs and choruses.  He was the Director of Music at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Flushing, New York from Sep. 1991 to Feb. 2006,  where he was founder  of the Messiah Festival of the Arts.  Mr. Newton is currently music director at St. Paul's International Lutheran Church in Floral Park, New York.