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Thierry De Mey’s Light Music for solo conductor, projection, and interactive device was written in 2004. In 2020, Centre Henri Pousseur, De Mey, and myself decided to rethink and revise the work, updating both the electronics and implementing a more instrumentalized deployment of both the conductor’s role and conductors’ generally recognizable movement repertoire. This paper will delve into the specific manner in which De Mey casts the solo conductor in Light Music and how that role and its sub-roles evolve throughout the piece.