Nicola Luisotti, music director of San Francisco Opera, is seen in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday December 2, 2009 with batons made by his 82 year old father, Giulio, who lives in Tuscany, Italy ...

Classical music devotees and concert hall neophytes alike tend to take it for granted that it’s the conductor, more than anyone, who lends each orchestral performance its distinctive character.

They can also demystify classical music, especially told from Behind the Baton. Join conductor and educator Scott O’Neil every day for insightful stories that reveal and demystify classical music.

Fans of the Waukegan Symphony Orchestra are in for some changes this upcoming season — the most notable being that a new music director will be leading the nearly 75-member group of musicians ...

BEYOND THE BATON: A CONDUCTOR'S JOURNEY is an hour-long film that documents Wilkins’ experience as a Black conductor and his ... Thomas Wilkins is teaching orchestra conducting. (elegant music) ...

Wilkins is the principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Music director, laureate of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony's artistic advisor and longtime family and youth ...

This is a big weekend for Kwamé Ryan, on top of an already big week. The weekend, the conductor leads The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra for the first time as its new music director designate ...