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Kenneth Woods

March 08, 2023

Kenneth Allen Woods (born 1968) is an American conductor,[1] composer and cellist, resident in the UK.[2]

Early career

Woods studied conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His subsequent conducting mentors have included Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman, Jorma Panula and Gerhard Samuel. In 2000, Zinman selected Woods to be a fellow in the inaugural class of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. In 2001, Slatkin chose Woods as one of four participants in the Kennedy Center National Conducting Institute.[1]

Woods was music director of the Dayton Philharmonic in 1999, of the Grande Ronde Symphony from 1999 to 2002, and of the Oregon East Symphony (OES) from 2000 to 2009. From 1999 to 2002, he was head of conducting, strings and chamber music at Eastern Oregon University.

UK career

In 2009, Woods was appointed principal guest conductor of the Orchestra of the Swan. His recording projects with the Orchestra of the Swan included the first complete recording of the symphonies of Austrian composer Hans Gál,[3] the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann, Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellan and Das Lied von der Erde (orchestrated by Schoenberg),[4] and new works for traditional Japanese instruments and orchestra, "Springs Sounds, Spring Seas".[5]

English Symphony Orchestra

In 2012, the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO) named Woods as artistic director of its Malvern concert series, during an interregnum period for the orchestra.[6] In 2013, the ESO elevated Woods to the post of principal conductor,[7] and in 2015, to artistic director. During his ESO tenure, Woods has premiered, commissioned and made recordings of new works by Robert Fokkens, David Matthews,[8] Emily Doolittle, Tom Kraines, Kile Smith, Geoffrey Gordon, Deborah Pritchard,[9] Stephen Gerber, Nimrod Borenstein, Toby Young, Paul Patterson, Hans Gál, Donald Fraser, James Francis Brown and Jesse Jones. Woods led the ESO in its first full-length opera performance, of Jane Eyre by John Joubert, given its world premiere in October 2016.[10]

In 2013, Woods re-established the position of ESO Composer-in-Association, with John McCabe in the post. Following McCabe's death in 2015, Philip Sawyers took up the position. Sawyers compositions for the ESO have included Songs of Loss and Regret, Fanfare, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Trumpet Concerto, Elegiac Rhapsody for Trumpet and Strings in Memory of John McCabe and his Third Symphony.[11] Sawyers was succeeded in 2018 by David Matthews, whose tenure saw recordings of his Ninth Symphony, Variations for Strings and Double Concerto for Violin and Viola. In 2020, Adrian Williams took up the position.

Sawyers' Third Symphony also became the first work in the ESO's 21st Century Project,[12] an effort to commissions nine new symphonies by leading composers. Subsequent works in the series have included David Matthews' Ninth Symphony and the Fifth Symphony of Matthew Taylor.

Colorado MahlerFest

In 2015, Woods became the new artistic director of the Colorado MahlerFest,[13] the second artistic director in the festival's history. At the Colorado MahlerFest, Woods established a new training institute for young conductors (the Mahler Conducting Fellowship), a chair for an annual visiting composer, and an expansion of the festival's chamber music and contemporary music offerings.[14] Visiting composers have included David Matthews, Jesse Jones and Kurt Schwertsik. In 2017, Woods led the MahlerFest Orchestra in their first performance of the Deryck Cooke performing version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony in a new edition using revisions and corrections from Colin Matthews, David Matthews and Peter Wadl.[14] In 2019, Woods and Colorado MahlerFest gave the world premiere performance of a new critical edition of Mahler's First Symphony by Breitkopf & Härtel.[15]

Arranger and composer

Woods' orchestrations and arrangements of music by other composers includes an orchestration of Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 2, recorded with the ESO for Nimbus.[16] In 2012, the English Chamber Orchestra recorded his orchestration of Viktor Ullmann's Third String Quartet. Other arrangements and orchestrations include works by Mahler, Schubert, Humperdinck and Tchaikovsky. Woods' own music has been recorded on Avie Records.

Entartete Musik

Woods was the cellist in the second American performance of Vitkor Ullmann's Third String Quartet, following study with Henry Meyer, second violinist of the LaSalle String Quartet and a concentration camp survivor. Inspired by Meyer's teaching and experiences, Woods has advocated the music of composers known as Entartete Musik (Degenerate Music), after its suppression during the Third Reich.[17] He has made recordings of music by Hans Krása, Ernst Krenek,[18] Arnold Schönberg, Mieczyslaw Weinberg and Hans Gál.[19] Woods is Honorary Patron of the Hans Gál Society.

Chamber music work

As a cellist, Woods has been a recipient of the Aspen Fellowship, the Dale Gilbert Award, the Strelow Quartet Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts Rural Residency Grant. He was the founding cellist of the Taliesin Trio and of the Masala Quartet. In 2006, he became a founding artist of the Clocktower Chamber Music Festival in Durango, Colorado. In 2008, he became artist-in-residence at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival. That year he also become the founding cellist of the string trio, Ensemble Epomeo.[2] The trio's first CD comprised the world premiere recordings of the complete string trios of Hans Gál, coupled with those of Hans Krása. Their next disc included string trios by Schnittke, Penderecki, Weinberg and Kurtág. In 2014, Ensemble Epomeo released "Auricolae: The Double Album", a collection of new storytelling works for violin, cello and narrator including new works by David Yang, Jay Reise, Andrew Waggoner, Kile Smith and Woods' own setting of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling."

In 2018, Woods made his first recording as cellist of the newly formed Briggs Piano Trio, a disc including Shostakovich's Piano Trio in E minor and two piano trios by Hans Gál.[20]

Teaching and other work

Woods has established the Rose City International Conductor's Workshop at the invitation of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra. At the Colorado MahlerFest, Woods established the Mahler Conducting Fellowship. Woods has taught conducting in master classes organized by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and The Bridgewater Hall, and is a consultant and has been an adjudicator at institutions such as the Royal College of Music.

Woods is the author of a blog, "A View from the Podium". He has written essays, features and programme notes for Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Classical Music Magazine, EMI Records, ICA Classics, Warner Classics, Avie Records, Somm Recordings, Toccata Classics, Listen Magazine[21] and others.

References

  1. ^ a b James R. Oestreich (2001-06-24). "Too Few American Maestros? Try Making Them". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  2. ^ a b Christopher Morley (2013-09-27). "English Symphony Orchestra launches a major subscription series". Business Live. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  3. ^ James R. Oestreich (2012-06-01). "Orchestra of the Swan Record Gál and Schumann". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  4. ^ Dan Morgan (2012-01-12). "Review of Somm Céleste SOMMCD 0109". International Record Review. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  5. ^ "Recordings of the Year 2012". MusicWeb International. December 2012.
  6. ^ Toby Deller (2013-10-27). "Orchestral reprise: English Symphony Orchestra". Gramophone. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  7. ^ Charlotte Smith (2013-08-02). "Kenneth Woods named English Symphony Orchestra principal conductor". Gramophone. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  8. ^ Andrew Clements (2018-05-10). "English Symphony Orchestra/Woods review – David Matthews' ninth brims with exuberant invention". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  9. ^ Alfred Hickling (2017-04-25). "ESO/Woods review – Pritchard's vibrant violin concerto captures sound of the sea". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  10. ^ Andrew Clements (2016-10-26). "Jane Eyre review – Joubert's opera brings melodic potency to Brontë's novel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  11. ^ Guy Rickards (2017-12-14). "Critics' Choice 2017: the year's best-loved classical recordings". Gramophone. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  12. ^ Woods, Kenneth. "The 21st Century Symphony Project Manifesto". Musical Opinion.
  13. ^ Kelly Dean Hansen (2016-05-15). "Kenneth Woods takes MahlerFest reins from longtime leader Robert Olson". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  14. ^ a b Kelly Dean Hansen (2017-05-20). "Review: Kenneth Woods makes shattering impact at MahlerFest". Daily Camera. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  15. ^ Peter Alexander (2019-05-16). "MahlerFest XXXII offers two orchestral concerts in expanded schedule". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  16. ^ Graham Rickson (2018-12-29). "Best of 2018: Classical CDs". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  17. ^ Anne Midgette (2012-08-10). "Little-known composers get their due in the studio if not the concert hall". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  18. ^ "The Times 100 Best Recordings of 2016". 6 December 2016.
  19. ^ Erica Jeal (2016-05-26). "Gál and Mozart Piano Concertos CD review – underlining skilful transparency". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  20. ^ Guy Rickards (September 2018). "Gál, Shostakovich: Piano Trios". Gramophone. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  21. ^ Woods, Kenneth (2013-11-30). "Listen Magazine- The Case for Hans Gál". A View from the Podium (Kenneth Woods' blog).

External links

  • Official homepage of Kenneth Woods
  • English Symphony Orchestra page on Kenneth Woods
  • Colorado MahlerFest page on Kenneth Woods
  • "MozartCircle Interview: 10 Questions with Kenneth Woods". October 1, 2016.

Other sources

  • "On the Downbeat- Up and Coming Conductors," Joe Banno, Washington Post, July 2, 2001
  • "Scotia Festival of Music on Home Stretch," Stephen Pedersen, Halifax Mail Star, June 7, 1997
  • "Reading the Score and So Much More," Tim Page, Washington Post, June 24, 2001
  • "Round Up the Usual Suspects," David Stabler, The Oregonian, May 27, 2007
  • "Conductors Showcase at Roundtop," Jerry Young, Austin American Statesman, June 23, 1999
  • "New Direction for NPO," Peter Palmer, Nottingham Evening Post, October 25, 2006
  • "Conductor Says Arts at Risk When Funders Call the Tune," Western Mail, June 2, 2008
  • "Student Conductors Learn Secrets of the Baton," The Oregonian, August 2, 2008
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 Artistic Director, Colorado MahlerFest
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Kenneth Allen Woods born 1968 is an American conductor 1 composer and cellist resident in the UK 2 Contents 1 Early career 2 UK career 2 1 English Symphony Orchestra 3 Colorado MahlerFest 4 Arranger and composer 5 Entartete Musik 6 Chamber music work 7 Teaching and other work 8 References 9 External links 10 Other sourcesEarly career EditWoods studied conducting at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music His subsequent conducting mentors have included Leonard Slatkin David Zinman Jorma Panula and Gerhard Samuel In 2000 Zinman selected Woods to be a fellow in the inaugural class of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen In 2001 Slatkin chose Woods as one of four participants in the Kennedy Center National Conducting Institute 1 Woods was music director of the Dayton Philharmonic in 1999 of the Grande Ronde Symphony from 1999 to 2002 and of the Oregon East Symphony OES from 2000 to 2009 From 1999 to 2002 he was head of conducting strings and chamber music at Eastern Oregon University UK career EditIn 2009 Woods was appointed principal guest conductor of the Orchestra of the Swan His recording projects with the Orchestra of the Swan included the first complete recording of the symphonies of Austrian composer Hans Gal 3 the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann Gustav Mahler s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellan and Das Lied von der Erde orchestrated by Schoenberg 4 and new works for traditional Japanese instruments and orchestra Springs Sounds Spring Seas 5 English Symphony Orchestra Edit In 2012 the English Symphony Orchestra ESO named Woods as artistic director of its Malvern concert series during an interregnum period for the orchestra 6 In 2013 the ESO elevated Woods to the post of principal conductor 7 and in 2015 to artistic director During his ESO tenure Woods has premiered commissioned and made recordings of new works by Robert Fokkens David Matthews 8 Emily Doolittle Tom Kraines Kile Smith Geoffrey Gordon Deborah Pritchard 9 Stephen Gerber Nimrod Borenstein Toby Young Paul Patterson Hans Gal Donald Fraser James Francis Brown and Jesse Jones Woods led the ESO in its first full length opera performance of Jane Eyre by John Joubert given its world premiere in October 2016 10 In 2013 Woods re established the position of ESO Composer in Association with John McCabe in the post Following McCabe s death in 2015 Philip Sawyers took up the position Sawyers compositions for the ESO have included Songs of Loss and Regret Fanfare Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Trumpet Concerto Elegiac Rhapsody for Trumpet and Strings in Memory of John McCabe and his Third Symphony 11 Sawyers was succeeded in 2018 by David Matthews whose tenure saw recordings of his Ninth Symphony Variations for Strings and Double Concerto for Violin and Viola In 2020 Adrian Williams took up the position Sawyers Third Symphony also became the first work in the ESO s 21st Century Project 12 an effort to commissions nine new symphonies by leading composers Subsequent works in the series have included David Matthews Ninth Symphony and the Fifth Symphony of Matthew Taylor Colorado MahlerFest EditIn 2015 Woods became the new artistic director of the Colorado MahlerFest 13 the second artistic director in the festival s history At the Colorado MahlerFest Woods established a new training institute for young conductors the Mahler Conducting Fellowship a chair for an annual visiting composer and an expansion of the festival s chamber music and contemporary music offerings 14 Visiting composers have included David Matthews Jesse Jones and Kurt Schwertsik In 2017 Woods led the MahlerFest Orchestra in their first performance of the Deryck Cooke performing version of Mahler s Tenth Symphony in a new edition using revisions and corrections from Colin Matthews David Matthews and Peter Wadl 14 In 2019 Woods and Colorado MahlerFest gave the world premiere performance of a new critical edition of Mahler s First Symphony by Breitkopf amp Hartel 15 Arranger and composer EditWoods orchestrations and arrangements of music by other composers includes an orchestration of Brahms Piano Quartet No 2 recorded with the ESO for Nimbus 16 In 2012 the English Chamber Orchestra recorded his orchestration of Viktor Ullmann s Third String Quartet Other arrangements and orchestrations include works by Mahler Schubert Humperdinck and Tchaikovsky Woods own music has been recorded on Avie Records Entartete Musik EditWoods was the cellist in the second American performance of Vitkor Ullmann s Third String Quartet following study with Henry Meyer second violinist of the LaSalle String Quartet and a concentration camp survivor Inspired by Meyer s teaching and experiences Woods has advocated the music of composers known as Entartete Musik Degenerate Music after its suppression during the Third Reich 17 He has made recordings of music by Hans Krasa Ernst Krenek 18 Arnold Schonberg Mieczyslaw Weinberg and Hans Gal 19 Woods is Honorary Patron of the Hans Gal Society Chamber music work EditAs a cellist Woods has been a recipient of the Aspen Fellowship the Dale Gilbert Award the Strelow Quartet Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts Rural Residency Grant He was the founding cellist of the Taliesin Trio and of the Masala Quartet In 2006 he became a founding artist of the Clocktower Chamber Music Festival in Durango Colorado In 2008 he became artist in residence at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival That year he also become the founding cellist of the string trio Ensemble Epomeo 2 The trio s first CD comprised the world premiere recordings of the complete string trios of Hans Gal coupled with those of Hans Krasa Their next disc included string trios by Schnittke Penderecki Weinberg and Kurtag In 2014 Ensemble Epomeo released Auricolae The Double Album a collection of new storytelling works for violin cello and narrator including new works by David Yang Jay Reise Andrew Waggoner Kile Smith and Woods own setting of Hans Christian Andersen s The Ugly Duckling In 2018 Woods made his first recording as cellist of the newly formed Briggs Piano Trio a disc including Shostakovich s Piano Trio in E minor and two piano trios by Hans Gal 20 Teaching and other work EditWoods has established the Rose City International Conductor s Workshop at the invitation of the Rose City Chamber Orchestra At the Colorado MahlerFest Woods established the Mahler Conducting Fellowship Woods has taught conducting in master classes organized by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and The Bridgewater Hall and is a consultant and has been an adjudicator at institutions such as the Royal College of Music Woods is the author of a blog A View from the Podium He has written essays features and programme notes for Gramophone BBC Music Magazine Classical Music Magazine EMI Records ICA Classics Warner Classics Avie Records Somm Recordings Toccata Classics Listen Magazine 21 and others References Edit a b James R Oestreich 2001 06 24 Too Few American Maestros Try Making Them The New York Times Retrieved 2020 12 27 a b Christopher Morley 2013 09 27 English Symphony Orchestra launches a major subscription series Business Live Retrieved 2020 12 27 James R Oestreich 2012 06 01 Orchestra of the Swan Record Gal and Schumann The New York Times Retrieved 2020 12 27 Dan Morgan 2012 01 12 Review of Somm Celeste SOMMCD 0109 International Record Review Retrieved 2020 12 30 Recordings of the Year 2012 MusicWeb International December 2012 Toby Deller 2013 10 27 Orchestral reprise English Symphony Orchestra Gramophone Retrieved 2020 12 27 Charlotte Smith 2013 08 02 Kenneth Woods named English Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Gramophone Retrieved 2020 12 27 Andrew Clements 2018 05 10 English Symphony Orchestra Woods review David Matthews ninth brims with exuberant invention The Guardian Retrieved 2020 12 27 Alfred Hickling 2017 04 25 ESO Woods review Pritchard s vibrant violin concerto captures sound of the sea The Guardian Retrieved 2020 12 27 Andrew Clements 2016 10 26 Jane Eyre review Joubert s opera brings melodic potency to Bronte s novel The Guardian Retrieved 2020 12 27 Guy Rickards 2017 12 14 Critics Choice 2017 the year s best loved classical recordings Gramophone Retrieved 2020 12 30 Woods Kenneth The 21st Century Symphony Project Manifesto Musical Opinion Kelly Dean Hansen 2016 05 15 Kenneth Woods takes MahlerFest reins from longtime leader Robert Olson Daily Camera Retrieved 2020 12 27 a b Kelly Dean Hansen 2017 05 20 Review Kenneth Woods makes shattering impact at MahlerFest Daily Camera Retrieved 2018 05 14 Peter Alexander 2019 05 16 MahlerFest XXXII offers two orchestral concerts in expanded schedule Boulder Weekly Retrieved 2020 12 27 Graham Rickson 2018 12 29 Best of 2018 Classical CDs The Arts Desk Retrieved 2020 12 27 Anne Midgette 2012 08 10 Little known composers get their due in the studio if not the concert hall Washington Post Retrieved 2020 12 27 The Times 100 Best Recordings of 2016 6 December 2016 Erica Jeal 2016 05 26 Gal and Mozart Piano Concertos CD review underlining skilful transparency The Guardian Retrieved 2020 12 27 Guy Rickards September 2018 Gal Shostakovich Piano Trios Gramophone Retrieved 2020 12 30 Woods Kenneth 2013 11 30 Listen Magazine The Case for Hans Gal A View from the Podium Kenneth Woods blog External links EditOfficial homepage of Kenneth Woods English Symphony Orchestra page on Kenneth Woods Colorado MahlerFest page on Kenneth Woods MozartCircle Interview 10 Questions with Kenneth Woods October 1 2016 Other sources Edit On the Downbeat Up and Coming Conductors Joe Banno Washington Post July 2 2001 Scotia Festival of Music on Home Stretch Stephen Pedersen Halifax Mail Star June 7 1997 Reading the Score and So Much More Tim Page Washington Post June 24 2001 Round Up the Usual Suspects David Stabler The Oregonian May 27 2007 Conductors Showcase at Roundtop Jerry Young Austin American Statesman June 23 1999 New Direction for NPO Peter Palmer Nottingham Evening Post October 25 2006 Conductor Says Arts at Risk When Funders Call the Tune Western Mail June 2 2008 Student Conductors Learn Secrets of the Baton The Oregonian August 2 2008Cultural officesPreceded byVernon Handley Principal Conductor English Symphony Orchestra2013 present Succeeded byincumbentPreceded byRobert Olson Artistic Director Colorado MahlerFest2015 present Succeeded byincumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenneth Woods amp oldid 1124721518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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