by Kenneth Woods | Jul 20, 2007 | A view from the podium
My apologies to readers who have been patiently waiting for some new posts here. I’m in the midst of the Oregon East Symphony’s annual summer music camp, which has proved particularly all-consuming this year. The camp draws students from all over the Northwest, but...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2007 | A view from the podium
UW VIOLINIST MANOOGIAN DIES AT 71 By Jacob Stockinger The Capital Times Virtuoso violinist and longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Vartan Manoogian died Thursday in Spain. He was 71. Manoogian was also the director of the annual Madeleine Island...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2007 | A view from the podium
Hornist Rebekah Schaub is a graduate of UCLA and now a busy freelancer in the Portland, Oregon region. She has been one three co-principal horn players in the Oregon East Symphony since February of 2006. I asked her the same questions about Lessons in Listening that I...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 6, 2007 | A view from the podium
I interviewed James and Rebekah about lessons in listening via email this week. Rather than combine their answers, which were all fascinating, into a single post, I’ve decided to repost their responses in full separately in two posts. James Smock is a freelance...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Two of my colleagues from the Oregon East Symphony, principal trumpet James Smock and co-principal horn Rebekah Schaub have recently started what I think is a very interesting venture, offering private lessons in listening to music, called, appropriately enough,...
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