by Kenneth Woods | Sep 3, 2012 | A view from the podium
David Stabler has a great piece in this week’s Oregonian focusing on the new timpanist of the Oregon Symphony, Jonathan Greeney, who finished his tenure period with the orchestra this summer. If you’ve enjoyed the fantastic Boston Magazine piece on the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 1, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
A new review from critic Graham Rickson this week at The Arts Desk is available here. Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com Excerpts: “An Austrian Jew who eventually settled in Edinburgh and...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 5, 2012 | A view from the podium
I’ve never subscribed to the notion that a conductor should be embargoed from asking a timpanist to change sticks. After all, the conductor should have a concept of sound for the whole band that figures in the timpani, and if you (the conductor) are experienced enough...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
One thing we all learn with experience is that life goes in phases. Not too long ago, but neither too recently, I had a “sketchy timpanist nearly ruining the concert” phase with a number of different orchestras over several concerts. Some regular players...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 29, 2012 | A view from the podium
Reblogged from Broken Thirds, the Epomeo blog Hello everyone We thought it was about time we took a moment to update you on the artistic, rather than financial progress of our CD project. Our recording of the trios of Hans Gál and Hans Kràsa comes out in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2012 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Satire
One of the longest music director searches in US classical music history is about to come to a surprising and historic conclusion, sources tell View from the Podium reporters, as a major American orchestra prepares to appoint the holographic image of Leonard Bernstein...
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