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Discovery Orchestra Chat 65 – The Point

Don’t miss the point! Many compositions have a special one to make.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 64 – What’s Funny? Episode 6

Time for a laugh in this chat!   Watch and listen to Chat 30, Part 1 Watch and listen to Chat 32, Part 2 Watch and listen to Chat 34,…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 63 – Major & Minor Revisited

Do really good feelings sometimes hurt? Learn more in this Discovery Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 62 – Text Painting

Composers drive home the meaning of words by composing appropriate musical settings.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 61 – Major or Minor

Changing only one pitch moves us from major to minor or minor to major! Listen for this subtle difference in this Discovery Orchestra Chat!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 60 – Incredible Gas Mileage

How’s your gas mileage? Compare yours to Bach’s!

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Your “listening guide” amazes me, in that it is a means of illustrating the role of various instrumental sections in communicating and “telling” a story. My background is science and technology so the 1 -1 ½ hours listening to a symphony with your presentation was an exciting learning experience I was not expecting.You are an exceptional talent and personality to be able to introduce someone like myself to the very complicated language of a symphony.

— Outreach Program Attendee