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…
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.