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About the International Conductors Guild Throughout its 50 year history the International Conductors Guild has served as an advocate for the conducting profession throughout the world. Its membership ofover 1100represents conductors on a global scale. The Guild is concerned with the art and the craft of conducting with practical problems encountered within the profession with repertoire and with the multiple roles that Music Directors must fulfill in orchestras choruses opera and ballet companies wind ensembles bands musical theater and other instrumental and vocal ensembles whether these are professional or amateur functioning independently or within the context of colleges universities and secondary or primary schools. The Guilds overall goal is to enhance the professionalism of conductors by serving as a clearing house for knowledge and information regarding the art and practice of conducting further to support the artistic growth of orchestras bands choruses and other conducted ensembles.