by Kenneth Woods | Jan 31, 2008 | A view from the podium
I was driving Jorja Fleezanis and Michael Steinberg back to their hotel after our first meal upon their arrival when we got stuck at a railroad crossing. While I was chatting away to Jorja about trains as part of the rhythms of small town life, Michael was relatively...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2008 | A view from the podium
We like a bit a of drama with our concerts here in Pendleton.Actually, that’s not true. I hate a bit of drama with our concerts here in Pendleton. It’s just that there always seems to be a disproportionate amount of drama every time I alight here. Since a major winter...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2008 | A view from the podium
My Sunday afternoon was spent on an activity not listed in my job description- cooking dinner for some friends of the symphony. This is something we’ve done for a few years as part of our annual auction- people can bid on dinner with the conductor, cooked by the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 25, 2008 | A view from the podium
You know it’s going to be a great week when instead of “Hi Ken, I do the standard cuts * in the last movement of the Tchaikovsky. What time is rehearsal?” I get…. “Glad to hear that the barometer is reading well for the program. I have felt like a climber going up...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 25, 2008 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Performing Life
Somehow, no matter how many times I’ve been here or how many advertures and surprises those trips have held, there always seems to be some shock, some moment of divine cognitive dissonance on my arrival to Pendleton, Oregon. Perhaps the nearby Blue Mountains cast some...
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