It was in part Farwell's influence also inspired the Hollywood Bowl. There he founded the Theatre of the Stars, an outdoor theatre in the San Bernadino Mountains. Over the next decade he staged numerous pageants, masques, plays, sing-ins, and a multi-media "song and light" festival, which gathered a record-setting 60,000 attendees/participants to Central Park. While in New York Farwell began prioritizing a nationalistic community music, which he felt was part of a larger spiritual and social revolution. To his music Farwell would apply symbolism, esoteric geometry, meditation and visualization techniques.
He was also deeply influenced by artists like William Blake. Troward would deeply influence Farwell's philosophy and creative process throughout his life. In 1910 Farwell discovered the "mental science" writings of Judge Thomas T. There he became chief critic for Musical America, director of music for NY Parks and Recreation, and director of the Music Settlement School. In 1905 he established the American Music Society, for which he served as president. In 1901 he founded the Wa-Wan Press and became a leading figure in the Indianist movement-Wa-Wan would be bought by G. Moving back to the states Farwell next taught at Cornell University from 1899-1901. During this time he continued studying, with notable teachers like Engelberg Humperdinck and Alexandre Guilmant. In 1897 Farwell headed to Europe where he began a wanderjahr, a period of travel typically following an apprenticeship. In Boston, Farwell met outsider pianist/composer, Rudolph Gott who amplified Farwell's calling for intuitive music.
In 1893 he graduated in electrical engineering from MIT.
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