Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Conductor Ewan Campbell uses a specially developed baton which opens up the orchestra to blind musicians, transmitting ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- In science, a conductor is a material that permits a flow of energy. In music, a conductor permits the flow of energy in the form of sound and vibrations, transforming a silent stage ...

When Kyungho Jeon was young, he dreamed of playing in an orchestra, but his teachers feared it would be too difficult – not because he lacked musical talent, but because he was born blind, and ...

Jing Huan twirls her conductor's baton nervously in the wings while the brass and string sections of China's Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra tune their instruments. Aged 36, Jing is part of a new breed ...

While Harvard’s football team came out hunting for a win against Brown on Saturday, Harvard’s band was gunning for a different victory: a Guinness World Record. The Harvard University Band unveiled ...

A wooden band conductor's Baton with mount. Held in place by a small loop of string, on a light blue ribbon lined, grainy wooden mount (b), rests a dark wood conductor’s baton (a) used by Dr. William ...