Top Orchestras Have No Female Conductors. Is Change Coming?

At the largest American ensembles, one of music’s most stubbornly homogeneous spheres, a shift might be on the horizon.

A Trailblazing Female Conductor Is Still Alone on the Trail

As Marin Alsop leaves the Baltimore Symphony after 14 years, the field is taking a step backward: 25 major American orchestras, no female music directors.