by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Back in December 2005, my colleague Joyce Rice and I were talking about strategies for marketing the Oregon East Symphony more effectively. In this context, she asked if I had a blog, or had ever thought of doing one, and, if so, perhaps there were ways I could use...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 13, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Fantastic post in the Telegraph on music in education. The author, Frank Furedi, brilliantly describes the cowardice that is killing music education in the western world. What he doesn’t talk about, and what I think really needs to be discussed, is that, just as...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
As readers may have guessed from some of my recent posts, one of my summer projects has been to get to know YouTube and to understand what it means to people in all of the creative industries. Copyright has become a more contentious point of conversation than ever...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
Interesting discovery today. Ligetisplit, a Chicago based blogger (I think the whole question of annonymous blogging, especially in the music world, might merit a post in the near future). He’s started uploading clips of various conductors to YouTube with his...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 3, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Music and Media
Note- This is the first of a projected two part series on modernism in music. Today’s piece is essentially about the argument against modernism, the next one is the argument for modernism. Stay tuned! KW Recently, the British composer Harrison Birtwistle made the news...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2006 | Music and Media
Analyzing the decline of classical music has become a full-time job for many (and a lucrative one for some). It’s almost assumed that any newspaper piece on classical music will have some reference to “declining audiences” or “aging...
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