Gerard Schwarz valiantly leads the New York Chamber Symphony in the colorful but scarcely astonishing instrumental accompaniment.

While he was leading the New Haven Symphony, Mr. Brieff became friends with its principal cellist, an undergraduate at Yale.

This afternoon at 3 o'clock, Jerome Laszloffy leads the New Britain Symphony in the first of its four outings at the high school.

He has led the Seattle Symphony for 9 seasons, the New York Chamber Symphony for 15 and Mostly Mozart for 8.

On Tuesday, he leads the New Jersey Symphony, explaining - or apologizing - as he goes along.

The concert in which he led the New York Chamber Symphony at the 92d Street Y on Saturday was unified by a kind of backward-glancing Romanticism.

Pavel Bubelnikov led the New York City Symphony.

Toav Talmi will lead the New York Chamber Symphony with Rudolf Firkusny as piano soloist.

Mr. Lewis led the New Jersey Symphony from community to major-orchestra status, replacing almost 70 percent of its players in the late 1960's.

In 1988, he led the New York City Symphony on its first international tour.