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’…
Today I watched an episode called “Discover Beethoven’s Fifth”, and it was marvelous! Maestro Maull and his talented orchestra gave me a one-hour thrill. I’ve always loved Beethoven, especially his Fifth Symphony. I studied piano for 7 years as a young person, and came to appreciate so many of the classical composers, but Beethoven’s Fifth has always thrilled me. I so appreciated the format of the program, and the Maestro involved all of us and taught us so much. Thank you for this fine program. And many thanks and praise to the orchestra! When the program ended, I clapped loudly and shouted “Bravo!! Bravo!!!”