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Inside Music: FourPlay String Quartet

Four Play

Maestro Maull looks through the centuries at the string quartet, an ensemble favored by composers as the vehicle to transmit some of their most intimate and deepest feelings. Using just…

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Inside Music: Not a Bang but a Gentle Goodbye

Gentle Goodbyes

The first and final movements of many symphonies and concertos end with a bang! “Send them home on a high note!” But that is not universally the case. George Marriner…

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Inside Music: Pedal Point

Pedal Point City

This harmonic device has been used for hundreds of years and derives its name from a compositional practice employed by church organist-composers like Bach. In this episode George Marriner Maull…

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Celebrating 40 years Excellence in Music Education

Happy 40th Anniversary NJYS!

The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend in Newark at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall. The truth is…NJYS has been celebrating all…

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September 22, 2019: Discovery Concert & TV Taping: Discover the Firebird

Sunday, Sept.22, 2019 2:45 pm Fine Arts Center at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ. We are thrilled to share that we will be recording, before a live audience, our 5th…

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Past Event-Virtual Classical Conversation: Beethoven The Agony and The Ectasy

April 29, 2022 at 7:00 PM ETNJPAC Virtual Free Event Join us for a special Zoom event exploring Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 (Eroica) and Symphony No.5, which will be performed next…

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Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!

— Discover The Firebird TV Viewer