The cartoon image of an orchestra conductor is that of a mad wizard, arms windmilling, frizzy locks of white hair whipping about like ball lightning.
Expect nothing of the sort from Tito Muñoz.
The new music director of the Phoenix Symphony is, at 31, a relatively fresh face in the classical music scene. Affable yet reserved, his style at the podium would best be described as precise: no wild gesticulating, but instead brisk, economical motions and plain-as-day expressions with musical gist as clear to the casual appreciator as it is to the conservatory-trained instrumentalist.
