De Preist, now with leg braces and crutches, is making his way onto the podium.
The maestro James De Preist is drilling a student conductor at the Juilliard School of Music.
In the late 1990s, De Preist contracted kidney disease and had to go on dialysis.
Mr. DE PREIST: And I see the crutches sliding, sliding, sliding, and they crash to the floor.
Mr. DE PREIST: And any family who's already given Marian Anderson doesn't have to produce anybody else.
Today noted conductor James De Preist leaves for Japan to take the reins of that country's most celebrated orchestra.
Mr. JIM SVEJDA (KUSC Announcer): Jimmy De Preist is not a talented conductor.
Mr. DE PREIST: They want a little accent, and you're not giving anything.
Mr. SVEJDA: Kind of a dark, mysterious, scary quality in De Preist's Sibelius.
De Preist says he's not a teacher, per se, but he's always willing to impart wisdom to young, budding conductors.
Mr. DE PREIST: When you have to conduct and that's the way you get onstage, it's the way you get onstage.
Mr. DE PREIST: The idea of the maestro and this big ego trip is a waste of time, as far as I'm concerned.
Mr. DE PREIST: Well, it's a matter of being able to inspire musicians in an orchestra to give their best, sharing the vision that you bring them.
Mr. DE PREIST: She knew that she was Marian Anderson, but my aunt was simultaneously the most humble person I ever met in my life and the most powerful.
De Preist is sitting in a wheel chair at the back of the room as 21-year-old Sean is up on the podium, doing all he can to manage the large orchestra at his fingertips.
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