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The conductor can do this by adding a smaller movement in the same direction as the movement for the beat that it belongs to. Changes to the tempo are indicated by changing the speed of the beat. To carry out and to control a rallentando (slowing down the pace of the music), a conductor may introduce beat subdivisions. While some conductors use ...
Conductors view their gestures as the primary means to communicate musical ideas, whether or not they choose to use batons. Leonard Bernstein is quoted as saying, "If one [the conductor] uses a baton, the baton itself must be a living thing, charged with a kind of electricity, which makes it an instrument of meaning in its tiniest movement."
Pages in category "Conductors (music)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Riccardo Muti will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for his final Kansas City concert before stepping down as its music director. One of the world’s top conductors returns to a favorite ...
Neuen served as the Assistant Conductor and the Director of Choral Activities for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. [citation needed] Neuen led the Los Angeles-based Angeles Chorale as Artistic Director for 13 years, from 1996 to 2009. [citation needed] He was the former director of the Cathedral Choir at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove ...
One of Us Weekly’s readers wrote in to get to the bottom of the matter: “How much do musicians actually sing live at concerts?” Pam S. from San Angelo, Texas, asked Us in the latest issue of ...
Some conductors prefer to speak more broadly and defer to the concertmaster on such matters out of respect for the musicians who are expert specialists while the conductor is, often (unless they are a string player), a generalist. Full-time professional orchestras work with several conductors through the course of a regular season.
But that’s not his only special skill—this former high school music teacher plays the guitar, piano, bass, drums, violin, clarinet, and more. ... I don’t care if you are shorter than me or ...