Edith Carithers doesn't need a treadmill or dumb bells to work up a sweat. Just put a conductor's baton in her hand and the 63-year-old woman is an aerobic dynamo, jumping, whirling, bouncing and ...

Conducting an ensemble takes more than a few waves of a baton and a fancy suit — it takes imagination, patience, knowledge, experience and humility. Prof. Jerry Blackstone, chair of the conducting ...