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In 1960, when I left St. Peter’s Choir School in Philadelphia and entered the local public school. . .Abraham Lincoln High School, populated by some 5,000 students grades eight through…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 13 – Change That Chord Again

Jazz musicians love to introduce new harmonies under the melodies they play. Guest artist Dan Crisci, jazz pianist, helps Maestro Maull illustrate in this Chat.

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Is Classical Music Dying?

A segment of the blogoshere is filled with discussion these days about what’s happening to classical music, often emphasizing the precarious financial condition in which professional classical music organizations currently…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 12 – Program Music

What is program music? It is music that has some “outside of the music” idea attached to it!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 11 – Repetition and Sequence

Discover two aspects of form in this Chat – the use of repetition and sequence in music.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 10 – Name that Timbre

Timbre is the sound source in music – violin, piccolo, trombone etc. Learn more in this Chat!

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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

 

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