If the subtitle (Do orchestras really need someone flapping their arms on a podium?) had fit in the 80-character limit, I would have added it to the title here.

If the subtitle (Do orchestras really need someone flapping their arms on a podium?) had fit in the 80-character limit, I would have added it to the title here. I probably should have titled it something like "What do orchestra conductors do?". So it goes.