by Kenneth Woods | Sep 14, 2010 | Nuts and bolts
As part of an ongoing effort to make this blog less boring, I’ve decided to try a few posts on major pieces that are more anecdotal than analytical. (Yes, it’s the old master plan of using stories about your own life to avoid boring other people. Guess how well...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 14, 2010 | Nuts and bolts
Actually, the title should read: “I am my back.” If it’s the knees that limit the careers of most football players, the chops that give out on many brass players and the wrists that often become a problem for pianists, it is the back that remains the most likely...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 7, 2010 | A view from the podium
I have to confess that the annual orgy of complaints about the BBC Proms always strikes this American transplant as absurd and hard to comprehend. Say what you will, it is an extraordinary international feast of great music played by the world’s greatest orchestras,...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 6, 2010 | A view from the podium
I am in Philadelphia this week for some work with my string trio, Ensemble Epomeo. I have to say, Philadelphia has become one of my favorite cities- I love the neighborhood feel in the part of town where I’m staying, with some lovely shops and restaurants as well as...
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