A high-tech baton that allows blind musicians to follow a conductor for the first time has been developed, paving the way for them to join professional mainstream orchestras.

A blind musician can feel a conductor’s movements, thanks to a high-tech baton Stephanie Bailey; Video by Stefanie Blendis, CNN 2 minute read ...

Batons in action . Want to check out baton-wielding styles of the conductors in this story? Here are some opportunities: San Francisco Ballet: "Nutcracker" through Dec. 27, War Memorial Opera ...

FILE PHOTO: Conductor Ewan Campbell uses a specially developed baton which opens up the orchestra to blind musicians, transmitting its movements to vibrating bands worn on violinist Abie Baker's ...

The Pacific Symphony’s 2025-26 season will be a time of transition as both Artistic and Music Director Designate Alexander Shelley and longtime conductor Carl St.Clair, who will assume the title ...

In the beginning, the maestro was a shaggy suburban rock freak just like the rest of us. And isn't that refreshing? Before one of the most versatile conductors in the world mastered Mahler, Mozart ...