1.   Among orchestra directors Mehta is hardly alone in his viewpoint.

2.   That intangible aura that has reached out to her new audiences has also touched the orchestra directors with whom Kern has recently worked.

3.   That one man was Mr. Harold Lickey, the high school orchestra director and music teacher.

4.   Orchestra directors are fuming, claiming the quota undermines their artistic freedom.

5.   Orchestra spokeswoman Jill Woodward said the orchestra director had suffered heat exhaustion and was resting comfortably at a hospital in Tallinn.

6.   Orchestra directors and cultural protectionists are fuming, claiming the quota undermines their artistic freedom.

7.   The petition has fueled a heated controversy surrounding the dealings of Sen. Nicolas Nogueras, who is a criminal attorney and an orchestra director.

8.   Orchestra director Yoel Levi will share the baton with other conductors, but the musical pieces have yet to be selected, organizers said.