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Discovery Orchestra Chat 113 – Holiday Meters Part 2

The hunt continues! Find the underlying pulse, or beat, in a piece of music. Maestro Maull uses Handel’s Pifa (Pastorale) from Messiah to illustrate.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 112 – Holiday Meters Part 1

How is the beat, or pulse, of a piece of music organized? Is it organized in groups of 2’s, 3’s, 4’s? In this Chat, Maestro Maull will help you detect…

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Where Does It Come From?

Often I find myself in a state of awe with this question: “How on earth does someone create a piece of music that can – one or two hundred years…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 66 – Ornaments Part 2

Take a quick quiz – count the ornaments!

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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 59 – A Texture Quiz

How’s your life put together? Find out how music can be put together…take the texture quiz!

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— Paul Chapin, Head of Newark Boys Chorus School

 

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