Conducting a Symphony takes practice

A student conductor in practice - click to enlarge
Photo: Gabor Degre, Bangor Daily News

  You may think a school for Symphony Conductors would be in a large city like New York City or Paris, but that's not where you'd go to learn.  The Pierre Monteux School is in Hancock, Maine a Town of about 2400 people.
  The School for conductors has been in Maine since 1943, it was previously in France.  Each summer students from all over the world travel to the school.  Musicians that make up the orchestra at the school come from many places too, some are musicians and student conductors.
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In the classroom - click to enlarge
Photo: Gabor Degre, Bangor Daily News