by Kenneth Woods | Feb 14, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
Real insights tend to be so simple and so blindingly obvious once they’re found…. Elgar Enigma Variations, Variation 2…. A nasty, highly chromatic little perpetual motion study. Hardest movement in the piece….. I’ve played it and conducted it many times, and covered...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 13, 2007 | A view from the podium
An interesting piece on conductor evaluations. To their credit, many of those interviewed stressed the value of feedback getting to the conductors and not just being kept on file or discussed inside the orchestra. Check it...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 9, 2007 | A view from the podium
Like all conductors, I get lots of inquiries every year from soloists, agents and other conductors. I’ll only ever be able to engage the tiniest minority of them, although most people who send me stuff are extremely well-qualified. If we didn’t hire you, the most...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Study with Ken
I’m happy to let you know that we have finalized the arrangements for the 2007 Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, to be held from the 24th-27th of July, 2007, at Warner Pacific College in Portland Oregon. Faculty this year will again be Christopher...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 7, 2007 | A view from the podium
Back home after 3 weeks away and happily recovering from the hard work on Das Lied last week (what a piece!), I’ve been looking at my pile-o-scores and it’s hit me that I have a lot of Elgar to do all of the sudden. I’m conducting Enigma Variations, the First Symphony...
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