by Kenneth Woods | Nov 2, 2008 | A view from the podium
In any normal week, this would have been the easy winner of “quote of the week.” At the end of my “words on music” session with the Gulf Coast Symphony, one of the audience paid me this rather unusual compliment. I’d sort of assumed that the folks that come to these...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 1, 2008 | A view from the podium
Well, it’s nearly show time in Biloxi. The week has flown by between rehearsals, a brief trip up to Birmingham and way too much MSNC. Part of my time was spent giving two “Words on Music” lectures to local music lovers. The first took place at the Walter Anderson...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 30, 2008 | A view from the podium
I got a nice mention on the excellent Through These Ears in an interesting post about the job of the Music Director, one inspired in part by this article in the Washington Post- Aside from having high performance standards and a good working environment, there are...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 30, 2008 | A view from the podium
First- a nice piece on my upcoming concert at the University of Delaware Master Players series on the 13th of November from Delaware Online, including lots of information on my colleagues. The University of Delaware Department of Music is proud to present the Fifth...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 27, 2008 | A view from the podium
It’s official- I now know someone in every orchestra from another orchestra…. Fresh on the heels of meeting a first oboist from the Kelvin Ensemble playing 2nd in the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra, I arrived at the rehearsal today at the Gulf Coast Symphony and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 26, 2008 | A view from the podium
One of the big bonuses of being a conductor is that work, again and again, has taken me places or introduced me to people I would never have otherwise found. This week promises to be another such occasion as I am spending it in Gulfport-Biloxi Mississippi with the...
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