by Kenneth Woods | Sep 14, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
I’m actually not a fan of commercials that make classical music out to be a joke, but this is for a very good cause…. ...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 14, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Music and Media
Every time I go to Portland, Oregon I learn something about music. One of my oldest friends, who I stay with when I’m there, is a recording engineer and producer. Since I walked away from rock n’ roll in 1991 when my last band broke up, I’ve largely stopped listening...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 13, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
From Alex Ross of the New Yorker on conductor salaries past and present- “Eyebrows have been raised over recent reports that James Levine receives a salary of $1.6 from the Boston Symphony and $1.9 million from the Met, and that Lorin Maazel gets $2.6...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 11, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
From the Well-Tempered Blog- Saturday, September 09, 2006 Performance Today Gets A New Home This really sad in way. I’m glad Minn. Public Radio will take on “Performance Today”, the large context is pretty depressing.”National Public...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 4, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
I was making my daily visit to blognoggle to see who’s saying what in the classical blogosphere today, and, in amidst all the obituaries for Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, I saw a headline which was made up entirely of my name. Quite a surprise. So- big thanks to Steve...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 4, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
It seems that something breaks in my house every day that I am in it, and when I travel, things break even more often. Just recently, we’ve replaced a dishwasher, our six month-old coffee machine has gone on the fritz (the old one was only 2 years old), we’ve had an...
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