71.   To make things worse, New York is one of three major American orchestras seeking conductors.

72.   Trying to hire a permanent music director for a major orchestra is like playing a game of global chess that is always only one move away from checkmate.

73.   When she was a teen-age violinist playing with major orchestras and conductors, the worry was whether the early spotlight would arrest her artistic growth.

74.   With a seemingly endless wave of appointments of prospective music directors at major American orchestras finally completed, can a wave of long goodbyes be far away?

75.   Yet the pressures of being the music director of a major urban orchestra today must be a contributing factor to the current restlessness.

76.   At various times he held directorships at nine major orchestras, opera houses and music festivals.

77.   He held directorships at nine major orchestras, opera houses and music festivals.

78.   His works have been performed by major orchestras in Europe and America.

79.   The most talented found work in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, with the Israel Philharmonic or one of the other major orchestras.

80.   The other female leader of a major orchestra is Deborah Card of the Seattle Symphony.