What Does a Conductor Actually Do?

"What Does a Conductor Actually Do?" and Other Bonehead Questions I Asked Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlotby Rich SmithLike many of the so-called high arts, symphonic music suffers from its intimidating reputation as both boring and good for you—a bunch of uptight blue-hairs nodding off in a golden room. The concert hall itself gets pegged as a bank-breaking fancyhaus people attend out of obligation to The Arts, if they even attend at all.But none of these associations hold u