by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Performing Life
A few things I’m smiling about this week- 1- Any time you can do Haydn symphonies in consecutive weeks, life is good. How is it that the even the classical music world doesn’t seem to realize just what a badass he was! His music is never what it seems- the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 22, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
The day had an unusually early start, and there were nearly six hours of driving before my rehearsal had even begun…. Of course, it would stand to reason that the gig with the longest commute would have the latest stop time, and that rehearsals would be on Fridays,...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 10, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I don’t watch a lot of TV, and have gone long periods of my life without having one attached to anything other than a VHS or DVD player, but I do watch the odd cooking show when I’m chilling out. In spite of my initial misgivings about the sanity of anyone who would...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 1, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Performing Life
I’m back at VFTP International Headquarters after a nice little vacation, which means my musical summer is officially over, and it’s back to the musical salt mines for another year of hard graft…. One thing that I enjoy about the slightly more laid-back work load of...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
It was intermission of a garden concert for a local charity- we’d just finished the Dohnanyi Serenade for String Trio and were milling about the lawn while the punters downed their pinot noir and brie. He was easy to pick out even in a crowd. On a very casual...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 7, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
At the end of the Rose City Workshop, I was presented with a list of the quotes of the week, most of which were mine, although a few were from Chris (marked as CZ in this list). David, being the wisest and most mature of us managed to stay off this list, which is...
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