by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2011 | A view from the podium
Today is June 8th, 2011. It is the 201st birthday of the great Bobby Schumann: author, pianist, publisher, public intellectual, beer drinker, and one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Discovering and exploring the music of Robert Schumann has been one of the...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2011 | Lists, Music and Media, News and Reviews
It is with a mixture of pride and sheepishness that I write to call readers’ attention to the occasion of Vftp’s 1000th post. It is a sign of the sheer magnitude of time wasting that has gone into this project since 2006 that it is hard to say definitively which post...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 18, 2011 | Repertoire Reports
Repertoire Report season is nearly at it’s end. A number of you have emailed recently to say you are working on a report- it’s now or never, my friends! Meanwhile, we thought it might be interesting to compare the reports of four of this year’s conductors side by...
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 | Jan 3, 2011 | A view from the podium, Repertoire Reports
We all have our annual New Year’s traditions, and Vftp International Headquarters is no exception. As we say goodbye to 2010, we gather our crack research team to assemble the yearly Repertoire Reports. Homeless conducting students get a free night in our...
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