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How to find me on google

The software that runs this whole blog/website business allows me to find out what search engines people used to reach my site, and what their search phrases were. Not surprisingly, most searches are things like “Kenneth Woods, conductor” or “conductor blog woods.” ...

KCYO Stage Two

Day three of KCYO, and I’m well knackered. At this point, I can report the orchestra is getting better, even getting fantastic in places. I can also report my wasp sting seems to be getting worse- the giant red welt that I didn’t get on Monday has appeared today, and...

KCYO Stage One

This is my second visit to the Kent County Youth Orchestra. I was here in the spring of 2005 and did a huge program with them- Shostakovich Tenth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and the Liadov Eight Russian Folks Songs. I’ve been looking forward to seeing...

Error in the skies

Here’s an important piece from Steven Isserlis on the ever-worsening travel situation for musicians in and out of Britain. Let me state this clearly- these new rules have nothing to do with safety. I’ve been through several worst case scenarios with...

Fortune has turned

A new review of the recently-release chamber music CD “Fortune Has Turned,” which is a collection of chamber works by American composer Chris Lastovica. We recorded my parts in one night about 5 years ago in Cincinnati- my contribution was really...