KW’s Zeppelin Tribute!

by | Dec 13, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

It was a blustery Friday night, and I had a lot on my mind already.  It’s always a long drive to rehearsals, Fridays doubly so, and rainy, windy Fridays in the holiday season trebly so. As I ground out the long commute, you might well have thought I was using every...

Meet the maestro

by | Dec 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

Yes, in this context that means me  LA based violinist Lindsay Deutsch has a foundation  called Classics Alive dedicated to encouraging young people’s participation in music and they’ve set up a fantastic kids website and newsletter. Their newest feature...

Does the Noise matter?

by | Nov 2, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

I was delighted and genuinely surprised this morning to see something completely unexpected as the main story on Salon.com- an extended discussion of Alex Ross’s new book, The Rest is Noise from Kevin Berger. I read Salon everyday, and have for some years now, but not...

Slatkin to Detroit

by | Oct 9, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

Congratulations to my old teacher and mentor Leonard Slatkin on his appointment as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony, where he is succeeding Naime Jarvi beginning in the fall of the 2008-9 Season. Leonard offered the following comment in a press release from the...