Dan Cassady has been named the newest conductor of the Karl L. King Municipal Band. Cassady assumes the baton from Jerrold ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Efrem Zimbalist, aged 12, was the youngest member of a Russian opera orchestra, he won two rubles one day at rehearsal by taking a baton and conducting a score from memory. After a rich ...

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

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 ...