Phoenix Symphony’s new conductor could reshape its future. Here's how

The Phoenix Symphony has revealed a new Virginia G. Piper Music Director after three-year search, Chilean-Italian conductor ...
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What does a conductor really do? Unveiling the mystique behind the baton

If you go to an orchestra concert, it’s pretty easy to figure out what most of the people onstage are contributing to the overall experience. The violinists and cellists move their bows back and forth ...
The Baltimore Sun

A hair-raising spectacle: Audiences are captivated by conductor coiffures

For the Baltimore classical music fan and longtime symphony orchestra devotee Linda DeLibero, love is in the hair. DeLibero, 70, first became enthralled by the way a world-class orchestra could make ...
The Guardian

In an orchestra, is a conductor really necessary?

An orchestra can in theory keep in time without a conductor (although I'm not convinced that this would always be the case with some amateur orchestras). But there is a lot of room for interpretation ...