Courtney Lewis is back in the United Kingdom this week, which gives me the exciting chance to bring you this issue of Conducting Electricity and talk about our upcoming guest conductor, one of the ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Four American conductors-Ankush Kumar Bahl (Washington, D.C.), John Devlin ...

When not busy with his duties as music director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey travels the world guest conducting, teaching and quietly cultivating up-and-coming conductors.

What does a conductor actually do? Alongside the inquiry about whether I work on a bus or a train, this is a question I dread. Yet it's completely reasonable, since conducting remains an art that is ...

At the end of a cul-de-sac in Beachwood Canyon, a group of musicians meets in a garage. Decked out with a couch, rugs, mood lighting, sound equipment and an upright piano, this garage is designed for ...

Conducting film music requires an even temperament. By Jason Lipshutz, The Associated Press It all started with “Bonanza.” As a child, Mike Nowak was fascinated by the intricacies of Jay Livingston ...

“Any asino can conduct,” the autocratic Italian maestro Arturo Toscanini once said, comparing routine conductors to dunces. “But to make music, eh? Is difficile!” Now, try conducting a major orchestra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Laura Jackson is one of several guest conductors this season for the Southwest Florida Symphony. Whatever you do, don’t call the ...

The NorCal Wind Conducting Symposium, founded by Dr. Robert Halseth at Sacramento State in June 1994, is back for its 29th year in 2026! The Symposium will be back again at Capistrano Hall on the ...

Deanna Tham made her Oregon Symphony debut on Sept. 3, at the Waterfront Concert and Festival in downtown Portland. Tham, who won her associate conductor position over 200 other talented musicians ...

When Arnald Gabriel was conducting concerts regularly more than two decades ago, his colleague told him, half-jokingly, “Gabe, I think you will still be conducting when you’re 100.” Gabriel replied, ...