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Discovery Orchestra Chat 82 – Another Look at Variation Form

Harpist Merynda Adams joins Maestro Maull as they revisit variation form as found in Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 81 – How Can You Resist the Harp?

Harpist Merynda Adams explores usual and unusual timbres and effects on the harp.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 80 – Revisiting Paragraphs

Discovery Orchestra Chats continue with another lesson in ternary form. Follow along as the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston and Maestro Maull’s wife, Marcia, perform the second movement of Brahms’…

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Classical Music Month?

“The following US orchestras will not start the new season. . .Atlanta, Minnesota, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis, San Antonio.” What a headline! Of course, there is always the chance…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 79 – Clarinet Timbres

We are pleased to highlight the talents of the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston as she demonstrates the different members of the clarinet family. See if you can identify some…

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Is Classical Music Dying? Part 2

In a March 2011 blog post I posed the question: “Is classical music dying?” My thoughts mostly concerned the precarious financial condition of many of America’s professional symphony orchestras. ….

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Your “listening guide” amazes me, in that it is a means of illustrating the role of various instrumental sections in communicating and “telling” a story. My background is science and technology so the 1 -1 ½ hours listening to a symphony with your presentation was an exciting learning experience I was not expecting.You are an exceptional talent and personality to be able to introduce someone like myself to the very complicated language of a symphony.

— Outreach Program Attendee