by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2008 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Courtesy of Oregon Public Broadcasting, here is a fascinating interview with long-time Steinway chief concert technician, Franz Mohr, who was also the personal piano technician to Horowitz. The program is called “A Life in Tune,” from OPB’s Think Out Loud. It’s a bit...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2008 | A view from the podium
Coming up next week on the 22nd of June I will be performing the string orchestra version of a piece called “The Tall-Eared Fox and the Wild-Eyed Man,” by Michigan based composer Evan Chambers. It is a joyous hoot of a work, replete with manic fiddling, bagpipe music...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 9, 2008 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Here is a recent piece from the Western Mail, based mostly on an interview I did with them a few weeks ago. Current Arts Council of Wales guidelines only support funding commissions of new music if it is for dance. Keith Griffin, of music umbrella body Ty Cerdd,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 6, 2008 | A view from the podium
Rest in peace, Bo Diddley, one of the true inventors of rock ‘n’ roll, an original and ingenious guitarist and about the hardest groovin man ever to walk the earth. I saw Bo Diddley in about 1991 at the Madison Rib Fest- not a venue worthy of a living legend, but...
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