What Does a Conductor Really Do?

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - Ein Podcast von Joshua Weilerstein - Donnerstags

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People are often fascinated when I tell them what I do for a living. Sometimes they do a little imitation of a band director they had back in school, or talk about a great conductor they saw, or once in a while, they ask me what train company I work for. But when it comes down to it, I always seem to get some kind of variation on the same theme: "what does a conductor really do?” This week is all about answering this question - from the basic level, to the 30,000 feet level, all the way to the cosmic.

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