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Welcome to Conducting Electricity. Since September 2014 I’ve been writing for the Florida Times-Union, keeping everyone up to date with what’s happening at the Jacksonville Symphony. These posts are reproduced with permission.

I also write about what’s going on in my life as a performing musician and the music I love, while trying to demystify my strange profession of conducting. I love to hear from you, so please leave comments. If there’s a question you’re dying to ask, or a topic you’d like to know more about, please send me a note and I’ll address it in a future post. Enjoy!

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My other life in New York City

Posted on Courtney Lewis

“So, you’re music director in Jacksonville. How can you be in New York as well?”  Oh yes, that question. It’s time to set the record straight. Conductor’s schedules can be pretty confusing since many of us have several jobs at once. Basically it’s all down to weeks. In my case, the year is divided up into weeks in Jacksonville, weeks in New York, weeks guest conducting, and weeks collapsing on the couch watching Netflix. Once I take up the reins full time in September, I’ll be spending around twenty weeks conducting in Jacksonville, and the same amount of time with the New York Philharmonic. New York City is unlike any other place I’ve lived. Even compared to London the sheer speed and volume of activity

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