by Kenneth Woods | Jan 27, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
I seem to have acquired a reputation somewhere along the line as a conductor who often chooses very challenging programs. (Some regular readers who I work with in various orchestras will already be laughing out loud wondering how I might begin to defend myself against...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 7, 2008 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Ken- We’re nearing the end of our very, very lengthy discussion with conductor Kenneth Woods about his performance last week of Elgar’s epic First Symphony with the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. Ken, you seemed very happy with the orchestra. Ken- I was...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 7, 2008 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Ken- I’m speaking today with the verbose and loquacious conductor Kenneth Woods about his perforamce of Elgar’s Symphony no. 1 with the Gulf Coast Symphony. Ken, having done Elgar 1 twice now, do you feel your thinking on the piece has evolved? Ken- Well,...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 7, 2008 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
I’ve been feeling a bit uninspired here of late- probably a combination of being a bit too busy to really think about writing, and of not doing enough reading to feel I have anything non-autobiographical to discuss. What I really need is a bit of topical guidance-...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 19, 2008 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
7:30 AM: Sunday morning and I’m up too freakin’ early- I’ve got a short window to meet my dear old friend, the marvelous horn player Nancy B, for breakfast. I’ve got to walk to Central Park South in time for a 9 AM meetup, then David Y can pick me up at 10:30 to head...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 16, 2008 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Saturday again offers only a short window of rehearsal, shortened by New York traffic to less than two hours. We try to work quickly though the problem spots we’d been unable to touch the day before in Philly, but we’re racing the clock- Yonah has another engagement...
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