by Kenneth Woods | Jul 21, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Performing Life
Last August, Suzanne and I spent our holiday time traipsing around Normandy and Brittany. One afternoon, we found ourselves in a beautiful and unspoiled little medieval town in western Brittany looking rather aimlessly about. Having quickly found the market and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 9, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Had an absolutely wonderful day with my friends in the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra. The LCO was founded as an orchestra for string teachers in the region to have an opportunity to perform string and chamber music repertoire at a very high level, and so they have a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 4, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
From the Durago Herald review- “More than 200 Durangoans, a combination of the lucky and the good, enjoyed two remarkable chamber music concerts over the weekend at Fort Lewis College. The assembled talent handled the technical challenges of several gems of the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 4, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Once the music got started on night one, it was a fun and celebratory evening. It’s always more fun playing in a full house, and the Dvorak Piano Quintet is such a blast to play and hear. Afterwards we all adjourned to a very nice restaurant called Ken and Sue’s- nice...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 2, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Finally, opening night at the Clocktower Chamber Music Festival. It seems that lately, everywhere I go, there is a drama unfolding. At least here, I am just a musician, and not the worrier in charge, but, nevertheless, it would be nice to see things go smoothly for...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 30, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Exhausting work this morning on Shostakovich Quintet and Faure Piano Quartet. The Shostakovich is getting better and better, and we’re certainly getting more unified in our approach, but it is unforgivingly difficult and very hard to pull off musically. I...
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