by Kenneth Woods | Aug 2, 2007 | A view from the podium
Study is the reward, not the price— “I can’t claim that I could always look at a score and hear everything that was there. However, now that I’ve rehearsed and performed these pieces many times, this is my reward- that I can sit with the score and hear...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 1, 2007 | A view from the podium
I’ve had some thoughtful comments on my Question of the Week post. My answer is this- I think it’s both cool and good that graduates from the RCICW don’t all look like graduates of the RCICW. Interestingly, some of the more experienced and advanced students did also...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 31, 2007 | A view from the podium
I’m in Seattle Airport on my way home from the 2007 Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop. It was quite a week- exhausting, exciting, entertaining and really inspiring for all of us on the faculty. I just hope the students got even half as much out of it as we...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 28, 2007 | A view from the podium
Another day at the Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, and sensory overload is the theme at this point. Four days in everyone’s heard so much music and participated in so many discussions that it would be easy to feel as though we should cancel tomorrow and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 26, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
Day two at the RCICW, and a magical day at that. If day one was a day of intriguing disappointments, where conductors tip-toed up to doing something great only to not quite make it, day two was a day of wonderful surprises. We began the day with a unison conducting...
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