Notes from the podium

Tiffany Chang on Puccini’s Tosca

Published on 4th April 20234th April 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Image: Tanya Rosen-Jones 1st February 2023 Taiwanese-American conductor Tiffany Chang helps musicians feel valued, seen, and fulfilled, while guiding […]

Chris Hopkins on Kashperova’s Piano Concerto in A minor

Published on 4th April 20234th April 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

7th March 2023 Equally at home on the concert stage as in the pit, conductor and pianist Chris Hopkins […]

Issue 23: The Overlooked

Published on 9th January 20239th January 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Welcome, and Happy New Year. There is something for everyone in this issue: it includes conversations with three phenomenal […]

Sir Roger Norrington on Schumann’s Symphonies

Published on 9th January 20239th January 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

28th November 2022 For fifty years Roger Norrington has been at the forefront of the movement for historically informed...

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Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey on the orchestral music of Afghanistan

Published on 9th January 202310th January 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(Photo: Oliver Oppitz) 27th October 2022 Orchestral conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey is emblematic of the 21st century’s newest vanguard of...

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Simon Beck on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel

Published on 9th January 20239th January 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

8th November 2022 Simon Beck studied conducting, piano and French horn at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,...

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Brett Dean on Hamlet (2017)

Published on 7th December 20227th December 2022 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

5th May 2016 Brett Dean studied in his hometown, Brisbane, before moving to Germany in 1984 where he was...

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Issue 22: Contemporary Opera

Published on 5th October 20225th October 2022 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

N.B. Brett Dean’s interview will be published at a slightly later date. Back in 2016-17 I was extremely lucky […]

Scott Wilson on Adamo’s Little Women

Published on 5th October 202220th October 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

25th August 2022 London-based Australian conductor Scott Wilson was Zander Fellow with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Artist in Residence...

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Progress, Not Perfection: Practical Ways of Integrating DEI into Student Orchestra Programs

Published on 5th October 20225th October 2022 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

by Dr. Thomas Dickey Gold Prize Winner in the 2022 World Classical Music Awards and the 2nd Prize Winner...

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