by Kenneth Woods | Aug 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
From the “I know I live in a glass house” file… A recently released recording of Mahler’s Second Symphony apparently comes with some rather provacative liner notes from the conductor, which have been widely quoted in the reviews. The quotes alone were enough to...
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...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 24, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
Tomorrow morning begins the Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop. This is our third year, and I’ve been so busy dealing with the day-to-day administration of the program and putting out various fires that the actual workshop seems to have snuck up on me a bit....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Just offstage after the second half of SMP dress rehearsal. God its flippin’ hot. It’s so hot that I’m not the only one sweating. Everyone’s sweating. I find it kind of a relief, since I’m always hot. Schumann went well. What a piece- it’s the sort of music that...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 19, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
So, later this week, I’m conducting, among other things, the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Surrey Mozart Players as part of our ongoing Schumann cycle. I find cello works challenging to accompany in a very specific way, because I’ve played most of them myself and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
Excerpted from Marth Graham, “I am a dancer” …I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each it is the performance of a...
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