Sentence examples for running orchestras from inspiring English sources

Mr. Undercofler, a former conservatory dean, had little experience running orchestras.

Last seen running Orchestra to a nose in the Chester Vase, Romsdal failed to impress in a racecourse gallop at Newmarket on Friday but his trainer, John Gosden, said that was normal for the colt.

"I felt I could do more of that building for an orchestra and running an orchestra better than I could just sitting in a horn section," he says.

In most respects, it's healthy that the players are taking a larger role in running their orchestras.

Musician-run orchestras are more common in Europe than in the United States, and by and large they seem to strike a better balance there between charisma and convenience.

Everyone admires London's self-run orchestras: for negotiating harrowing schedules and squeaky finances, for stamina and extraordinary sight-reading skills and for an ability to display anything but cynicism in incessant, day-in-day-out music making.

As it has turned out, Sinfonia has become a more flexible enterprise, perhaps of necessity, given the cost of running an orchestra.

I decided on the necessity of bar lines and time signatures — because running an orchestra rehearsal without that would have been suicidal.

But the Philharmonic must decide what kind of musical leader it wants running the orchestra and staking out a vision day to day.

"It's true that the idea of running the orchestra this way has been under discussion for some time," Mr. Seifter said.

The Philharmonic, like other ensembles, has been trying to find its way at a time when classical music occupies less bandwidth in the broader culture; the old subscription model of selling a season's worth of tickets at a time is dying; and high fixed costs make the economics of running an orchestra tougher than ever.