Speak Loudly and Carry a Little Stick: A Conductor's Chronicles

by John Giordano

In 1965, John Giordano auditioned for Ezra Rachlin, the music director for the Fort Worth and Austin Symphony Orchestras, by playing a concerto with each. As a result of the audition, Rachlin engaged Giordano to perform with both orchestras and offered him the assistant conductor position with the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra. The results of that serendipitous audition proved to be the impetus for Giordano's grand career in symphonic orchestral conducting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875657605
• ISBN13: 9780875657608
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 10.1"