Melody

Two Visits in Four Days

Maestro Maull with some of the campers and staff from Camp YDP, Paterson, New Jersey   On Steve Hoffman Music Forums there’s an interesting conversation going on around the topic:…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 93 – What in the World

Maestro Maull plays a game in this Discovery Orchestra Chat. He challenges you to guess what story the composer is trying to express in different musical pieces. Listen along!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 91 – The Point

Sergei Rachmaninoff believed that each movement of music has a point to make. One might define this “point” as the moment of greatest emotional intensity. How this is accomplished varies…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 88 – Things to Practice Noticing Part 4

In this fourth and final chat in the series, Maestro Maull shows us how to notice more detail in the music we listen to. Watch and listen to Chat 85,…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 87 – Things To Practice Noticing Part 3

In this third chat in the series, Maestro Maull shows us how to notice more detail in the music we listen to. Watch and listen to Chat 85, Part 1…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 86 – Things to Practice Noticing Part 2

In this second chat in the series, Maestro Maull shows us how to notice more detail in the music we listen to. Watch and listen to Chat 85, Part 1…

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Marvelous job, Maestro, as always! Thank you for doing such a splendid, insightful and careful deep-dive into the art and craftsmanship that Tchaikovsky, after much effort, put into creating this work. There really is no greater portrayal of young love in music than his Romeo and Juliet, and your thoughtfulness demonstrates it so admirably.

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