What Does a Conductor Really Do?

Have you ever wondered what it is that us conductors are really
doing up there? Are we just waving our arms in time to the music?
What role does the conductor actually play in a concert? How
about a rehearsal? Do we also learn to be train conductors as
well? Well, today's episode is about answering those questions!
We'll talk about conducting on 3 different levels, including the
basic level where we'll talk all about beat patterns, studying,
rehearsals, concert programming, and more. We'll also talk about
what I like to call the 30,000 feet level, where all of those
basic decisions can help translate into musical ideas that
inspire the orchestra and move the audience. And finally, we'll
head to what the late great conductor Mariss Jansons called the
Cosmic level, where true inspiration takes place. This can happen
as little as once or twice in a lifetime in a concert, but when
it does, there is nothing like it! We'll talk about all this, and
more today - join us!