What Makes Scary Music Scary?
We’ve all been there. The music that composers create as soundtracks for suspense and horror films definitely does the job. It amplifies the feelings we are experiencing from the visual…
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Discovery Orchestra Chat 85 – Things to Practice Noticing Part 1
Maestro Maull does what he does best – showing us how to notice more musical detail in this Discovery Orchestra Chat. Watch and listen to Chat 86, Part 2 Watch…
Take Help When. . .And Where You Can Get It!
“Listening to music is an indispensable element in civil life, though it is often neglected. I am convinced that there is not only an aesthetic value in music: its intrinsic…
Discovery Orchestra Chat 82 – Another Look at Variation Form
Harpist Merynda Adams joins Maestro Maull as they revisit variation form as found in Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 81 – How Can You Resist the Harp?
Harpist Merynda Adams explores usual and unusual timbres and effects on the harp.
Discovery Orchestra Chat 80 – Revisiting Paragraphs
Discovery Orchestra Chats continue with another lesson in ternary form. Follow along as the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston and Maestro Maull’s wife, Marcia, perform the second movement of Brahms’…
I just listened to the first episode of this (Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony) and can’t believe how fortunate I was to run across this on Prime. I have heard Maull lecture many times before performances and now here he is right on my computer screen and with the clearest of visual aids. I promise if you listen to one of these you will understand a piece as never before. And, I have discovered from past experiences with his lectures that I always listen to any given piece with a greater connection. These “home” viewings of Maull’s lectures are such a gift! Highly recommended.