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…
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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…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 7 – Cadence
What exactly is cadence in music? Find out in this Chat!
Discovery Orchestra Chat 6 – Texture Part 2
Learn more about musical texture in this Chat! Watch and listen to Chat 5, Part 1. Watch and listen to Chat 8, Part 3. Sign up here to receive our…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 5 – Texture Part 1
All music has texture – find out what the different kinds are in this Discovery Orchestra Chat! Watch and listen to Chat 6, Part 2. Watch and listen to Chat…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 4 – Did You Say Modal?
What exactly does modal refer to? Find out in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!
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!