One can only hope that these talented conductors find the right homes, allowing them to devote themselves entirely to their ...

Three robotic arms stand on the podium, each with a glowing baton in their hand-like apparatuses. The creature has been tasked with conducting the world-renowned Dresden Symphony Orchestra in a ...

The Pacific Symphony’s 2025-26 season will be a time of transition as both Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley and longtime conductor Carl St.Clair, who will assume the title ...

Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...

This March, for Women’s History Month, acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop is using a purple baton to draw attention and advocate ...

Friday night. 6 p.m. Don’t be late.” The band room seemingly comes alive as the musicians huddle around each other, together ...

I care about my baton a lot! It’s not an accessory or to look cool – it’s a tool to help you communicate through gesture. As a conductor you need to be able to be clear with your intentions ...

Now an internationally renowned conductor, known especially for leading new and rarely performed operas, Yankovskaya first picked up a baton as a student at Guilderland High School. Lidiya ...

Two legendary conductors go toe-to-toe in "Last Call," a new play by Peter Danish that imagines what happened when Leonard Bernstein and Austria's Herbert von Karajan unexpectedly crossed paths ...

It looked like a relay race, the way conductors were passing each other their batons last week: Bruno Walter took over the job that Artur Rodzinski no longer wanted. At 70, Walter became the one ...

A three-armed robot trained to mimic a human orchestra conductor has made its debut in ... consisting of three separate arm-like structures carrying batons reminiscent of Star Wars light sabres ...