If you go to an orchestra concert, it’s pretty easy to figure out what most of the people onstage are contributing to the overall experience. The violinists and cellists move their bows back and forth across the strings, providing lush, sweeping carpets ...

I can't describe how cool it is to make a movement with my arm to speak to the musicians and hear back the sound I wanted Tara Simoncic has travelled the world as an orchestra conductor. She is part of a growing group of females breaking one of the last ...

Soloist Elina Vahala was playing the finale of a concerto during a Sinfonia Lahti concert in Finland when enthusiastic conductor Matthew Halls knocked the 18th century instrument from her hands