Brian Frederick Dallow 1943–2024
How does one even begin to acknowledge the debt one owes to a dear friend who helped you found a professional symphony orchestra? Having just been appointed assistant conductor of…
The Maestro’s Blog
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love…
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Symphonies is the title of a July 7, 2021 article in The New York Times. This series of stories, appearing regularly in The…
Dr. Saul Feinberg 1932–2024
An extraordinary musician, superb pianist, gifted composer and warm, generous human being, Dr. Saul Feinberg’s talents and musical accomplishments could have taken him down several musical career paths. However, the…
Happy 50th Anniversary ASQ!
One of the premiere professional string quartets actively performing on the worldwide stage, the American String Quartet is celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season this year, and The Discovery Orchestra has…
Timeless Classical Themes Our Students Don’t Know
If you’re a piano teacher, you’ll be familiar with an experience I’ve had countless times in my thirty-plus years of teaching. If you’re not a piano teacher, please read on;…
The Piano Man
This month’s guest blogger is Rick Kaller, Executive Director at The Discovery Orchestra. I didn’t really start listening to popular music until I was in middle school. Since my mother…
I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.