For our very first episode of Bach to Basics we chat with conductor, pianist and life coach Dobbs Franks.

We asked him why are conductors so important? What would an orchestra sound like, if there was no conductor? Why does a conductor have a baton?  What does a conductor’s score look like, can you describe it?  What makes a great conductor? Are there personality types in an orchestra? How do you run a rehearsal as a professional conductor? 

And is it lonely being a conductor?

For our very first episode of Bach to Basics we chat with conductor, pianist and life coach Dobbs Franks. We asked him why are conductors so important? What would an orchestra sound like, if there was no conductor? Why does a conductor have a baton? What does a conductor’s score look like, can you describe it? What makes a great conductor? Are there personality types in an orchestra? How do you run a rehearsal as a professional conductor? And is it lonely being a conductor?

What is a deceptive cadence? Why don’t we applaud between movements? Did we ever? What is A440? Where has the contralto gone?  Why is the twelfth root of 2 so important in music? 

Bach to Basics each week brings in a different instrumentalist into the studio to dig around in the nooks and crannies of Classical Music. Co-hosted by Sascha Kelly and Adam Branson, Bach to Basics shows that the simplest of questions don't always have the simplest of answers.

What is a deceptive cadence? Why don’t we applaud between movements? Did we ever? What is A440? Where has the contralto gone? Why is the twelfth root of 2 so important in music? Bach to Basics each week brings in a different instrumentalist into the studio to dig around in the nooks and crannies of Classical Music. Co-hosted by Sascha Kelly and Adam Branson, Bach to Basics shows that the simplest of questions don't always have the simplest of answers.

What is a deceptive cadence? Why don’t we applaud between movements? Did we ever? What is A440? Where has the contralto gone?  Why is the twelfth root of 2 so important in music? 

Bach to Basics each week brings in a different instrumentalist into...

Bach to Basics

For our very first episode of Bach to Basics we chat with conductor, pianist and life coach Dobbs Franks.

We asked him why are conductors so important? What would an orchestra sound like, if there was no conductor? Why does a conductor have a baton?...