Conductors

In a survey conducted by The Conductors Guild, 70% of orchestral conductors polled stated that, because of copyright restoration, they had to forego performing works that used to be in the public domain, but are now subject to restored copyrights.

Edward Lee: Golan v. Holder: Supreme Court to Review Copyrighting Works in Public Domain Edward Lee 2011

Conductors should mark the changes, and conduct them (beating the half-note, as much as possible); singers need only keep an even quarter-note pulse, whether duple or compound, and follow the natural rhythm and accentuation of the text.

Introits for Treble Choir 2009

Conductors are supposed to be big, loud, authoritarian.

Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010

In a survey conducted by The Conductors Guild, 70% of orchestral conductors polled stated that, because of copyright restoration, they had to forego performing works that used to be in the public domain, but are now subject to restored copyrights.

Edward Lee: Golan v. Holder: Supreme Court to Review Copyrighting Works in Public Domain Edward Lee 2011

Conductors must have a strong personal conception about the music, then convey it to the players through facial gestures, hand motions, bodily contortions, and—so it often seems—psychic vibrations.

A Rare Opportunity for Six Young Conductors Stuart Isacoff 2011

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Learning from Conductors 2009

Two white males soon took over her school's management, and she was gradually sidelined: Conductors were never female, or African American.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Harriet Wilson's Sunday School Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2011

Two white males soon took over her school's management, and she was gradually sidelined: Conductors were never female, or African American.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Harriet Wilson's Sunday School Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2011

"Conductors may disagree with what I say, but they will have the information at their disposal," Mr. Orenstein says.

Four Lost Measures Found Anne S. Lewis 2011

Conductors usually wave and move so much, but this guy had it all inside.

Frank Gehry 2011