ABSTRACT
What is it that actuallyhappensbetweenconductors andsingers?Why is it that some conductors are able to establish a kind of dynamic interaction? Many conductors are easily able to engage their singers, to persuade them of the intrinsic value of the music being performed; they are able to give their singers, and through them their audiences, insight into the expressive character of the music, and to provide the wherewithal for aesthetic response. Some conductors connect. This dynamic interaction, this connection is the stuff of the phenomenon of conducting.
