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Today I’m talking with Kerstin Tenney, VMC violinist par excellence, as well as my Director of Operations, violist (and VMC alumna par equally excellence) Kate Reddish! We talk about Kerstin’s musical education, her experience in the Virtuoso Master Course, and the new album she’s recorded with Simon Kiln and the English Symphony Orchestra! Violinist Kerstin Tenney finished recording her first solo violin album in England earlier this year, and is now preparing for its release in the early months of 2023. Her 16-track album, Light, features four newly commissioned pieces, and 8 new arrangements written specifically for this project. Following a lifelong desire to learn, Kerstin has worked with Nathan Cole in every iteration of his Virtuoso Master Course. She plays with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, does freelance work, and has a private violin studio, teaching in person and online. In her teaching, along with focusing on the musical and technical aspects involved with playing, Kerstin incorporates the mental in addressing thoughts and fears that inhibit progression, the physiological and anatomical components of playing in understanding the structure of the body and how this affects one’s playing, and looks at the role the neurological system has in playing the violin. Kerstin can be found on her website at http://www.kerstintenney.com, her newsletter at https://bit.ly/KerstinsNewsletter, and on Instagram at @kerstintenney.
Today we talk with conductor Kenneth Woods about expanding our understanding of Gustav Mahler by delving into the context and reactions to his world at Colorado Mahlerfest, why we must be more intentional in programming significant works from composers, and how we can gain a deeper understanding of a composers’ relationship to their music by how they revised it. Kenneth is the Artistic Director of Colorado Mahlerfest, the English Symphony Orchestra, and the Elgar Festival. He sat down with us all the way back in 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Mahlerfest, but as you can probably guess that never happened! So after holding onto this episode for a year and a half we’ve finally decided that it’s the right time to release it, and I’m so glad that we were able to.We discuss: How the purpose of the Colorado MahlerFest has evolved as Mahler grew from an unknown voice to a staple of the symphonic repertoire (9:25) What’s special about MahlerFest, and why Ken flies halfway around the world to lead it each year (17:02) Creative fundraising, and how MahlerFest has developed from a local event to an International Festival (28:29) The best 2nd symphonies, and why classical music lists can be a great tool for attracting new audiences (35:49) The 21st Century Symphony Project and commissioning significant new works (45:09) How performing multiple symphonies by a single composer gives us an intimate view of their outlook on life (56:22) What we can learn from comparing how Schumann and Mahler revised their symphonies (1:03:00) Hans Gal: more than just the guy who edited the Brahms symphonies (1:13:11) Our job as conductors presenting unfamiliar composers to audiences (1:24:21) Mentioned: Mahlerfest Schedule: https://mahlerfest.org/whats-on/ ESO Digital: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/ Podium Time Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodiumTimePod Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)
Today we talk with conductor Kenneth Woods about expanding our understanding of Gustav Mahler by delving into the context and reactions to his world at Colorado Mahlerfest, why we must be more intentional in programming significant works from composers, and how we can gain a deeper understanding of a composers’ relationship to their music by how they revised it. Kenneth is the Artistic Director of Colorado Mahlerfest, the English Symphony Orchestra, and the Elgar Festival. He sat down with us all the way back in 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Mahlerfest, but as you can probably guess that never happened! So after holding onto this episode for a year and a half we’ve finally decided that it’s the right time to release it, and I’m so glad that we were able to.We discuss: How the purpose of the Colorado MahlerFest has evolved as Mahler grew from an unknown voice to a staple of the symphonic repertoire (9:25) What’s special about MahlerFest, and why Ken flies halfway around the world to lead it each year (17:02) Creative fundraising, and how MahlerFest has developed from a local event to an International Festival (28:29) The best 2nd symphonies, and why classical music lists can be a great tool for attracting new audiences (35:49) The 21st Century Symphony Project and commissioning significant new works (45:09) How performing multiple symphonies by a single composer gives us an intimate view of their outlook on life (56:22) What we can learn from comparing how Schumann and Mahler revised their symphonies (1:03:00) Hans Gal: more than just the guy who edited the Brahms symphonies (1:13:11) Our job as conductors presenting unfamiliar composers to audiences (1:24:21) Mentioned: Mahlerfest Schedule: https://mahlerfest.org/whats-on/ ESO Digital: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/ Podium Time Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodiumTimePod Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)
Today we talk with conductor Kenneth Woods about expanding our understanding of Gustav Mahler by delving into the context and reactions to his world at Colorado Mahlerfest, why we must be more intentional in programming significant works from composers, and how we can gain a deeper understanding of a composers’ relationship to their music by how they revised it. Kenneth is the Artistic Director of Colorado Mahlerfest, the English Symphony Orchestra, and the Elgar Festival. He sat down with us all the way back in 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Mahlerfest, but as you can probably guess that never happened! So after holding onto this episode for a year and a half we’ve finally decided that it’s the right time to release it, and I’m so glad that we were able to.We discuss: How the purpose of the Colorado MahlerFest has evolved as Mahler grew from an unknown voice to a staple of the symphonic repertoire (9:25) What’s special about MahlerFest, and why Ken flies halfway around the world to lead it each year (17:02) Creative fundraising, and how MahlerFest has developed from a local event to an International Festival (28:29) The best 2nd symphonies, and why classical music lists can be a great tool for attracting new audiences (35:49) The 21st Century Symphony Project and commissioning significant new works (45:09) How performing multiple symphonies by a single composer gives us an intimate view of their outlook on life (56:22) What we can learn from comparing how Schumann and Mahler revised their symphonies (1:03:00) Hans Gal: more than just the guy who edited the Brahms symphonies (1:13:11) Our job as conductors presenting unfamiliar composers to audiences (1:24:21) Mentioned: Mahlerfest Schedule: https://mahlerfest.org/whats-on/ ESO Digital: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/ Podium Time Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodiumTimePod Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)
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