A wooden band conductor's Baton with mount. Held in place by a small loop of string, on a light blue ribbon lined, grainy wooden mount (b), rests a dark wood conductor’s baton (a) used by Dr. William ...

The conductor’s baton is the original magic wand. Give it to a broken-down piano player and presto!—up pops a shaggy-haired genius, a leader of men, God’s gift to music. Bah! says Gregor Piatigorsky, ...

In the chronicles of human enterprise and society, leadership remains an unerring compass guiding progress. In its unwavering commitment to insightful analysis, let's revisit this perennial topic: ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz museum has obtained a new relic from the death camp that Nazi Germany operated during World War II: the baton of the inmate orchestra’s conductor. The 32-centimeter ...

In this Oct. 24, 2018 photo publicly provided by the Museum of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau is seen the wood-and-ivory baton of Franciszek Nierychlo, Auschwitz prisoner and ...

AMBLER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Baton-making is Mark Horowitz's blood. From his basement in Montgomery County, he's molded delicate sticks for famous conductors for decades. Then Hollywood came calling ...

Conducting an orchestra may be the most mysterious profession. All successful maestros must have an acute ear for musical sound, Conducting an orchestra may be the most mysterious profession. All ...

AMBLER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Baton-making is Mark Horowitz's blood. From his basement in Montgomery County, he's molded delicate sticks for famous conductors for decades. Then Hollywood came calling ...

When Richard Doede lays down his baton at the end of today’s Capital City Community Band concert, it will be the end an era. After 41 years, Doede is retiring as conductor of the band. “Funny thing ...

When Kyungho Jeon was young, he dreamed of playing in an orchestra, but his teachers feared it would be too difficult – not because he lacked musical talent, but because he was born blind, and ...

Johnson, 44, was named conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony in June. Over lunch, he explained that he did not grow up with classical music. Though his mother encouraged him to take piano lessons as a ...