Geoffrey Moull is a professional conductor and pianist.
They seemed actually to be taking note rather than actively ignoring him, as orchestras so often must with rhythmless celebrities and even the occasional professional conductor.
In 2012 Meyer was awarded the "American Prize" for professional conductors.
He has been a professional conductor since 1990.
Time Magazine related that the symphony's first professional conductor placed a wreath around Mowrey's neck to go with a standing ovation.
Too often I miss the hand-in-glove accompaniment that a professional conductor, who is following every external and internal note of a pianist's part, can provide.
The group has grown from 20 to more than 70 members who attend monthly sessions under the direction of a professional conductor.
A professional conductor is assigned to each student, helping them master their newfound craft.
In addition to maintaining his singing career, Butterfield has worked as a professional conductor since the early 1990s, beginning with various groups in England.
There he learned music as a teenager and made his debut as a professional conductor in 1942, when he was only 17 years old.