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A Trip Down Memory Lane

This past weekend I attended a reunion of individuals who attended St. Peter’s Choir School for Boys in Philadelphia. There are not that many of us left owing to the…

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Revolver, the Beatles

Classical Beatles

The WQXR* blog post Timeline: The Beatles Meet Classical Music contains a lot of interesting information regarding the evolution of The Beatles’ creative process that ultimately led them to integrate…

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Can’t Get It Out Of My Head!

The topic of ear worms – or music that continues to play in our heads of its on accord – is one of I’ve taken up in a previous blog…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 138 – Ravel String Quartet Part 4

Maestro Maull explores Ravel’s String Quartet featuring the New Jersey Youth Symphony String Quartet in this final Chat in the series! Watch and listen to Chat 135, Part 1 Watch…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 137 – Ravel String Quartet Part 3

Maestro Maull explores Ravel’s String Quartet featuring the New Jersey Youth Symphony String Quartet in this third of four Discovery Orchestra Chats. Watch and listen to Chat 135, Part 1…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 136 – Ravel String Quartet Part 2

Maestro Maull explores Ravel’s String Quartet featuring the New Jersey Youth Symphony String Quartet in this second of four Discovery Orchestra Chats. Watch and listen to Chat 135, Part 1…

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program. Maestro Maull is a true master of oral presentation and explanation. Clear and engaging, friendly but challenging. He drew in the on-site crowd – and me – to think and listen. I resonated with the way he “taught” the crowd through normal conversational speech … thanks again for expanding my consciousness!

– “Discover Saint-Saens’ ‘Organ’ Symphony” television show viewer