by Kenneth Woods | Apr 19, 2006 | Mahler
Board meeting tonight- an important one as we have a season to announce for next year and a need to agree on a budget. We’re also trying to make a new long-range plan, update our bylaws and we’re looking at making some significant changes in how we staff the office....
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 18, 2006 | Mahler
Of course, it is an absolute certainty that on a big project one will always have things come up: cancellations, crisis and so on. Most of them are the results of either good things that get in the way like Amy’s big break in New York, or flaky behavior, like the horn...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 17, 2006 | Mahler
Mom’s pension is safe by noon Monday. Another early start- this time a radio interview in Hermiston. It’s me and our harpist, who also helps with publicity on the air. Our host is quick to inform me that he prefers Merle Haggard to Mahler, but he’s very gracious...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 15, 2006 | Mahler
Jetlag- my constant companion…. Though I was completely wiped out after day one of the preparatory orchestra retreat, I find I wake up long, long before my alarm goes off, only to fall in and out of sleep until it finally starts screeching. At this point, I enter a...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 14, 2006 | Mahler
After the second rehearsal I can’t resist a trip to the local cowboy bar with some of my colleagues in the orchestra. While there, Peter, who should already be well on his way back to Portland, very kindly stops in to let me know the other horn player said yes. What a...
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