by Kenneth Woods | Sep 3, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Any evening called “Music at Night,” presented by a leading music trust and held at a posh private school in the rolling hills of rural Kent sounds like a very sophisticated and dignified affair. And how better to begin an evening of music with emerging young artists,...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 1, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
End of Day 5 at Kent County Youth Orchestra. Good news- Wasp sting is in retreat!!!!!!!! Other good news- Band sounds good!! Last night was Curry Night. If you haven’t seen it, you cannot imagine what happens in a quite village curry house when 70 musicians between...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 30, 2006 | A view from the podium
The software that runs this whole blog/website business allows me to find out what search engines people used to reach my site, and what their search phrases were. Not surprisingly, most searches are things like “Kenneth Woods, conductor” or “conductor blog woods.” ...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 30, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Day three of KCYO, and I’m well knackered. At this point, I can report the orchestra is getting better, even getting fantastic in places. I can also report my wasp sting seems to be getting worse- the giant red welt that I didn’t get on Monday has appeared today, and...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 29, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
This is my second visit to the Kent County Youth Orchestra. I was here in the spring of 2005 and did a huge program with them- Shostakovich Tenth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and the Liadov Eight Russian Folks Songs. I’ve been looking forward to seeing...
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