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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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Listen Better

Other Cheerleaders

Sometimes one can feel that one is a lone ‘voice crying in the wilderness’ – but that is seldom the case! Inevitably there are others who are also fixated on…

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Whetting Your Appetite

It’s just one month away! And what would that be. . .our Discover Dueling Pianists Discovery Concert on Sunday, February 28th 2016 at Drew University. But this blog post is…

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Thank You! Thank You!

This quote from our upcoming annual report says it all: “During our 2014-2015 season, we undertook a large project to realize a long-held ‘dream’ of the organization – the professional…

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You Can Take the Choirboy Out of the Choir School. . .

“But you can’t take the choir school out of the choir boy.” As I noted in my very first blog Opening Chord, I attended St. Peter’s Choir School in Philadelphia…

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The Lost Art Of Listening, Has classical music become irrelevant?

It’s Not Just America

Sometimes it’s easy to think that the lack of classical music listening in the lives of most Americans is a purely American problem. Surely there must be regions of the…

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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