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KW Unplugged

by | Oct 14, 2006 | A view from the podium

It’s a busy day for me here in Pendleton, with a rehearsal and concert to get through, but I want to take a few lines to clarify what I said about classical music as acoustic music.  Robert Gable at Aworks is quite right to point out that there are certainly important...

No electricity required

by | Oct 13, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

I would like to call your attention to a post from A.C Douglas at Sounds and Fury. I think this is part ofa very, very important question, and we’d be smart to think through the wisdom of  the path towards a multimedia concert experience before it becomes an...

Disco Post Mortem

by | Oct 10, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life

I’ve had a few email requests for a post-mortem on my concert/recording project for Discovering Music with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales last week. It’s nice to know readers are paying attention, and it was a project that left me with a lot to think about. It’s...

Thought for the day

by | Oct 9, 2006 | A view from the podium

If you go into a coffee shop and order your latte or cappuccino, and they ask you “would you like any flavor with that?” decisive action is called for. You have two honorable courses of action. 1-       Leave 2-       Politely and calmly inform them that….COFFEE IS A...