by Kenneth Woods | Feb 9, 2009 | A view from the podium
More thoughts on the arts’ place in economic stimulus from Robin Bronk at the Huggington Post here. In these times of economic crisis, it seems only rational that we should look back at our history to review what works if we want to create jobs and secure a...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 6, 2009 | A view from the podium
The one good thing our former president seemed to do during his presidency was de-politicize arts funding in the US. To my complete and total surprise, the NEA budget was safe from cuts during his tenure and gradually expanded, and we were spared the pathetic...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 5, 2009 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Feb, 2009: I’m deeply immersed in the score of Mahler 5 these days, as our performance of it with the Best Damn Redneck Orchestra on Earth is fast approaching, and I’m hoping to write as much as I can about what I’m discovering and what is challenging, perplexing and...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2009 | A view from the podium
I feel like a kid today, because here in Cardiff we are having a SNOW DAY! Of course, there is absolutely no snow to be seen in Cardiff L, but elsewhere in Britain, the nation has been pounded by a wintery onslaught of as much as THREE INCHES of the substance they...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2009 | A view from the podium
For my colleagues in the Wilmslow Symphony who’ve epxressed complete bafflement at the meaning of the word “Buckaroo…” (Some of the guesses were VERY funny and amazingly wrong). Here is the definition from Wiktionary- Buckaroo: Etymology Derived from Spanish...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 31, 2009 | A view from the podium
Wow- I’ve won my very own Premios Dardo award, thanks to Jen at Adventures of an Idaho Violist. I’ve been trying to get Jen in with the Oregon East Symphony for a while now, as I’d love to work with her, and I think it would be a hoot having a blogger in the orchestra...
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