Discovery Orchestra Chat

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 90 – Pain in Music

Beethoven, who let us into his inner emotional life through his music, was not afraid to express his own pain. Listening to his wordless, abstract expressions, we may find his…

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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 79 – Clarinet Timbres

We are pleased to highlight the talents of the orchestra’s Executive Director Virginia Johnston as she demonstrates the different members of the clarinet family. See if you can identify some…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 31 – Suspension and Resolution

Would you like relief from tension? Find out how composers do it in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 30 – What’s Funny? Episode 1

Maestro Maull shares a couple of his favorite humorous, musical moments in Discovery Chat 30 – What’s Funny Episode 1. Watch and listen to Chat 32 Watch and listen to…

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What a great idea to do this. It looks and sounds fantastic. I LOVED the music, the animated lettering and the design for Notes from Under the Piano…It takes a special gift to transform the written word into the spoken word…And the length is perfect, left me wanting more…

— ‘Notes from Under the Piano’ viewer