music instruction

Discovery Orchestra Chat 44 – Name that Meter

Hey – what time is it? You know, of course! But can you name that meter?

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 43 – Another Virtuosic Technique

Pizzicato – it’s not a menu item in an Italian restaurant! Discovery Orchestra Concertmaster Peter Winograd demonstrates left-hand pizzicato.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 42 – Did You Say Double Stop?

“This passage is filled with double stops!” Would you understand this reference in program notes? Guest artist Peter Winograd demonstrates!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 41 – Name That Timbre Part 3

This one might fool you! Can you identify this instrument? See if you can!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 40 – Aspects of Melody

Can this melody be sung…. or not?

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 39 – Mozart’s Sense of Humor (What’s Funny? Episode 5)

Laugh at your problems – listen to how Mozart did this! Watch and listen to Chat 30 Watch and listen to Chat 32  Watch and listen to Chat 34  Watch…

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This has been an incredible series. I could take in SO much more than I could at the beginning ones. You have really trained my ears!!! I have been enjoying classical music for more than 60 years (as a child my parents played classical music at dinner and we guessed the composer) but I NEVER knew how to listen before!

— Attendee of NJPAC Classical Conversations with Maestro Maull