by Kenneth Woods | Feb 26, 2009 | A view from the podium
I just finished a brief interview with Geoff Norcross, the host of OPB’s Morning edition which will run on Friday this week. I’ll post exact broadcast and webcast details tomorrow. As often happens, I feel like I have more to say after the interview than during it...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 24, 2009 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Performing Life
Every community has its plusses and minuses, and Pendleton is no exception. Some of its strengths would be surprising were they not relatively well known- ie, that this town of 12,000 supports home-grown performances of Mahler symphonies. Its minuses- don’t think I’d...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 23, 2009 | A view from the podium
I started my Monday morning with an appearance on Coffee Hour hear on the local radio station. You never know if you’ll be sharing the show with 10 other guest and get about 30 seconds to plug your event, or if you’re filling the entire time. Today it was the latter....
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 22, 2009 | A view from the podium
“The Scherzo is a damnable movement. It will have a long history of suffering! Conductors will take it too fast for fifty years, and audiences—Oh heavens—what sort of faces will they pull at this chaos…..” (Gustav Mahler, speaking of his 5th Symphony before the 1904...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 22, 2009 | A view from the podium
The day, as a professional event, almost didn’t happen. Between rehearsal Thursday evening and lunch Friday afternoon, I went from “down” with the bug to “down, out and defeated” by the same bug. It’s amazing how debilitating something can be...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 19, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler
Well, in just a few hours, I’ll be in Pendleton for our first rehearsal for this concert cycle. Like many rural orchestras, we have a couple of rehearsals with just our local core musicians, then bring in the rest of the orchestra for the weekend of the concert. In a...
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