Band Quote by Phillip C. Schlechty

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the…

— Gustavo Dudamel

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and…

— Leonard Slatkin

When it comes to being in a band or going solo, one is collaborative, and one is not. But generally speaking, when going solo,…

— Steven Wilson

Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more…

— Warren G. Bennis

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have…

— Joshua Bell

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle

In getting good results team leaders become conductor rather than driver, enabling others to play the right music, not by hands-on domination of all…

— Robert Heller

[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which…

— Charles Hazlewood

The most important thing for the conductor is that he or she listens. Her listening will make things sound a certain way. If the…

— Laurence Equilbey

I always maintain that playing in an orchestra intelligently is the best school for democracy. If you play a solo, the conductor and everybody…

— Daniel Barenboim