Discovery Orchestra Chat 12 – Program Music
What is program music? It is music that has some “outside of the music” idea attached to it!
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Discovery Orchestra Chat 11 – Repetition and Sequence
Discover two aspects of form in this Chat – the use of repetition and sequence in music.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 10 – Name that Timbre
Timbre is the sound source in music – violin, piccolo, trombone etc. Learn more in this Chat!
What is Maullaria?
The term “Maullaria” was coined by a young student of mine in the early 1980s who had a T-Shirt made which stated: “I have Maullaria.” Amused, years later I decided…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 8 – Texture Part 3
Part 3 in this series of Chats on musical texture! Watch and listen to Chat 5, Part 1. Watch and listen to Chat 6, Part 2. Sign up here to…
Thank you so much for inviting us to attend the Saint-Saens “Organ Symphony” recording session. I have always enjoyed listening to this work. As is always the case, your tutorial was excellent! I cannot believe how much more I now know about the “Organ Symphony”. And with more understanding comes a better appreciation. The Discovery Orchestra is much bigger than I remember. Their performance was excellent and truly exciting! A really big pipe organ performed by Mark Miller further enhanced the entire listening experience.