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May 19, 2018: Fall in Love with More Musical Masterworks

Saturday, May 19, 2018 ~ 10 am-1 pm (includes lunch) New Jersey Youth Symphony Music Center, New Providence, NJ Join Maestro Maull for an exploration of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No….

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June 10, 2018: Sumptuous Strings – The Dorothy Dillon Allen Intimate Afternoon

The American String Quartet Sunday, June 10, 2018 ~ 3:00pm Far Hills, NJ Residence Be swept away by the romantic music of Antonon Dvorak (String Quartet, Opus 96, No.12, “American”…

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Bach to basics: Classical music you can sink your teeth into, with The Discovery Orchestra

By Kevin Coughlin MorristownGreen.com If you had asked us on Saturday to define ritornello or fugato, we would have searched a menu from our favorite Italian restaurant. Thanks to Sunday’s…

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Fall In Love With What?

The script of our upcoming public television production Fall In Love With Music asks the question: “Would you give your undivided attention to a piece of music that has no…

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Memorial Day

Having just displayed our American flag, a flood of childhood memories associated with this holiday fills my brain, and the first three words that come to mind on Memorial Day…

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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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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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