by Kenneth Woods | Apr 28, 2009 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews, Study with Ken
This Thursday, April 30th is the priority application deadline for the 2009 Rose City International Conductors Workshop, July 20-26th in Portland, Oregon. Applications may still be considered on a space available basis after this date, but for full, guaranteed...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 26, 2009 | A view from the podium
I had a wonderfully provocative comment from blogger AC Douglas on my recent post Style and Range. He responded to my statement that- I think, at the end of the day, you have to learn absolutely everything you possibly can about style, and then you have to disenthrall...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2009 | A view from the podium
When I wrote to Clive Brown the other day to let him know how much we’d enjoyed working with his edition of Beethoven 2 in Pendleton he sent me his review of the recent set of Beethoven Symphonies recorded by Anima Eterna under Joos van Immerseel from Early Music in...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2009 | A view from the podium
Am I proud to be a slacker? Can a conductor be a slacker? (I think we all know the answer) During my summer in the conducting program at Aspen I was often struck by the ability of my former teacher David Zinman to always have at his mental fingertips a wealth of...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 21, 2009 | A view from the podium
I’m back at Vftp International Headquarters, tirde but happy, after a wonderful final concert as MD of the Oregon East Symphony. After a scary beginning to the year in the midst of an economic meltdown, we had our second consecutive huge audience turnout, and after...
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