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 | Oct 24, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
There are plenty more books to be written about musicians and pain. It’s easy to forget when you see people on stage in penguin suits and evening gowns that music is a form of athletics, and your body can take a beating. I’ve been comparatively lucky with pain over...
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