He is an uncanny orchestra leader, revered by his players.
When he bids, the others jump in - that's why they're watching him as if he's some sort of orchestra leader.
She nodded at the orchestra leader, who turned to his musicians and started the first musical number.
He has been described as the "orchestra leader" behind the Romney 2012 campaign.
Vaughn was eventually to become famous in his own right as an orchestra leader.
They worked to good effect for the first few bars, then the orchestra leader gradually brought in more instruments to fill things out.
During this 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or groups.
"A real quarterback is like an orchestra leader, giving the ball off here, passing it, there."
His father was an orchestra leader in the 1930s so it naturally led him into a life in the music industry.
Yet orchestra leaders themselves acknowledge that the committee never really figured out how to organize itself effectively.