by Kenneth Woods | Jan 5, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
My initial impulse in the Repertoire Report project came from frustration observing the difficult of getting a clear or even honest answer from teachers, famous conductors , artist managers or orchestra administrators when many of my fellow students at workshops and...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2010 | Explore the Score
Béla Bartók- Concerto for Viola (1945) completed by Tibor Serly William Primrose, maybe the most important violist of modern times, asked the then-ailing Bartók to write a concerto for his use in 1945. Since emigrating from Hungary to the US in 1940, Bartók had...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 24, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
When we think of rehearsals, we tend to think in terms of two main goals- improving our technical standards, and developing our shared vision of the music. There’s another less obvious process that can take place in rehearsals, which, when it happens, can be more...
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