by Kenneth Woods | Apr 26, 2009 | A view from the podium
I had a wonderfully provocative comment from blogger AC Douglas on my recent post Style and Range. He responded to my statement that- I think, at the end of the day, you have to learn absolutely everything you possibly can about style, and then you have to disenthrall...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2009 | A view from the podium
When I wrote to Clive Brown the other day to let him know how much we’d enjoyed working with his edition of Beethoven 2 in Pendleton he sent me his review of the recent set of Beethoven Symphonies recorded by Anima Eterna under Joos van Immerseel from Early Music in...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2009 | A view from the podium
Am I proud to be a slacker? Can a conductor be a slacker? (I think we all know the answer) During my summer in the conducting program at Aspen I was often struck by the ability of my former teacher David Zinman to always have at his mental fingertips a wealth of...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 21, 2009 | A view from the podium
I’m back at Vftp International Headquarters, tirde but happy, after a wonderful final concert as MD of the Oregon East Symphony. After a scary beginning to the year in the midst of an economic meltdown, we had our second consecutive huge audience turnout, and after...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 17, 2009 | A view from the podium
Dear Colleagues We are fast approaching the priority application deadline of April 30th for the 2009 Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop. In addition to repertoire which includes Haydn- Symphony no. 99, Debussy’s L’apres midi d’un faune, the Beethoven Fourth...
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