Discovery Orchestra Chat 99 – Effective Surprise
George explores another composer whose music seems, on the surface, incredibly simple yet is filled with wonderful effective surprises – Frederic Chopin! He uses Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20 in C…
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Discovery Orchestra Chat 98 – Utter Simplicity and Effective Surprise
Sometimes the utter simplicity of Schubert’s music masks the fact that he was brilliant at creating effective surprise for the listener. See how in this Discovery Orchestra Chat with guest…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 97 – Noticing Tempo Change #2
In this Chat, Maestro Maull challenges you to count the number of tempo changes in Brahms’ Hungarian Dance #6 – are you up to the challenge?
Discovery Orchestra Chat 96 – How Would You Depict
Maestro Maull would like you to exercise your creative imagination and think like a composer in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!
Can We Really Multitask And Listen?
. . .Or my longest blog rant to date, with my apologies. (THE MAGAZINE OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS) definitely caught my attention. The Quest for Generational Diversity by…
The Power of Love
We all know what it is like to feel incredibly close to someone – even if we have never been able to express these feelings to that special someone. This…
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!