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 ...

"which makes it an instrument of meaning in its tiniest movement." The path to finding the perfect baton began decades ago for Michael Tilson Thomas. Thomas was 24 and conducting for the Boston ...

The conductor uses the device as they would a regular baton. Sensors inside the baton detect different kinds of movement, including direction and acceleration, and turn it into vibrations.

Without consciousness, an AI robot conductor is no more musically useful than a trained dog waving a stick. It might follow ...

The conductor starts and stops an ensemble, guides tempo and dictates style. Conductors keep time using a baton, and the movements they use change based on the style of the piece, how many beats there ...

founder and longtime conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Smith said he strives to find a balance between physical expression — like hopping and the expressive baton movements on the ...

Three robotic arms stand on the podium, each with a glowing baton in their hand-like ... just as he would with a human apprentice conductor." The movements were stored separately for each robot.

In a basic way, conductors control the pace and rhythm of a piece of music and communicate that through certain hand movements and eye contact. Some use a baton, usually in the right hand ...

Star Czech violinist Pavel Šporcl was playing at a 60th-anniversary concert for the Mlada Boleslav Chamber Orchestra, when conductor Marko Ivanovic extended his baton to his left to cue the end of the ...