A conductor's 50-year crescendo at UChicago
May 04, 2026
May 04, 2026
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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A conductor's 50-year crescendo at UChicago
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With baton in hand, Barbara Schubert steps up to her podium before the University Symphony Orchestra.
The musicians sit at the ready, eyes on their conductor. Tall and poised, Schubert casts her gaze over the players. Then, as she has for the past 50 years, she lifts her arm-and the music starts, . . .
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A conductor's 50-year crescendo at UChicago
*
With baton in hand, Barbara Schubert steps up to her podium before the University Symphony Orchestra.
The musicians sit at the ready, eyes on their conductor. Tall and poised, Schubert casts her gaze over the players. Then, as she has for the past 50 years, she lifts her arm-and the music starts, . . .