Published Sep 14, 2007
He drums his fingers across the tabletop, wearing a dingy plaid button-down shirt with faded jeans. He is different - calmer in the coffeehouse setting. On stage, in the frenzy of hand motions, his dark brown eyes are hidden behind curtains of shoulder-length auburn hair.The man clad in Cobain-esque apparel is Andres Franco, 30, the new associate conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
"I came here in 2000 as a pianist," Franco said between sips of espresso. "At that point in my life I never thought about being a conductor."