conductorship

English

Etymology

From conductor +‎ -ship.

Noun

conductorship (countable and uncountable, plural conductorships)

1. The position of conductor of an orchestra.
   • 2009 February 4, Bret Johnson, “Lukas Foss”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In 1963 Foss was offered the conductorship of the Buffalo Philharmonic, New York state, the first time he had had his own orchestra, and he embarked upon a wildly ambitious programme, set up a centre for creative arts and promoted several contemporary music festivals in the city.

   • 1982, Michael Kennedy, The Hallé, 1858-1983: a history of the orchestra, page 34:

     Godlee authorised the sending of an historic telegram to the United States on 25 February 1943: 'Would you be interested permanent conductorship Halle?