by Kenneth Woods | Jun 26, 2006 | A view from the podium
There’s a fascinating, kind and thoughtful comment from David Hoose on my last post- thanks David. It’s nice to hear kind words from someone I respect and like so much. Be sure to read it (you can skip the eulogistically nice things he says about me and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 25, 2006 | A view from the podium
Day three is somehow both the longest and shortest day of the workshop. By this point, one feels that one has really gotten a very good sense of each of the conducting students, both as musicians and as people. By this point in the workshop, we’re starting to see real...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 25, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts
The last day of this year’s workshop. On paper, it looks like the most laid-back schedule of the week- we start a little later, have only one teaching session and the concert. It wasn’t unreasonable of me to think that this would be the one day I could get a few...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2006 | A view from the podium
Absolutely shattered after a long, intense day at the RCICW, but really want to make note of a few thoughts. The more I teach and the longer I work the more I’m in awe of the students. One leaves one’s studying years behind for two reasons. First, you may be lucking...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2006 | A view from the podium
Very intense, but exciting, first day of the RCICW. For those of you who aren’t conductors, here is basically how most workshops like this work…. The main challenge for any young conductor is finding an instrument (orchestra) to practice on. In order to provide an...
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