Musical Style

Discovery Orchestra Chat 167 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 3 Part 1

In this Movement 3 Discovery Orchestra Chat, we will learn about the reappearance of themes from the first two movements – and how Dvorak might have changed or disguised these…

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The End of Classical Music Criticism?

Norman Lebrecht, British commentator on music, culture and author of the classical music blog Slipped Disc, wrote in a post Another US Newspaper Deletes Classical Reviews, “The Hartford Courant has…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 166 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 2 Part 4

Listen to the entire second movement of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” and follow along with our Listening Guide on the screen!

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 165 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 2 Part 3

Maestro Maull’s exploration of the deeply moving 2nd movement of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” continues in this Chat.

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 164 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 2 Part 2

Maestro Maull’s exploration of the deeply moving 2nd movement of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” continues in this Chat.

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The Educational Legacy of Bernstein

If you were born in the United States before 1965, chances are you viewed at least one of Leonard Bernstein’s fifty-three televised Young People’s Concerts broadcast between 1958 and 1972….

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Thank you for providing the free online learning videos! We had our students listen to The Firebird Suite Lullaby & Finale and read an article where researchers found evidence that a conch shell was used as an instrument 17,000 years ago. Then students drew a picture (grades K-2) or wrote (grades 3-8) about how the music made them feel.

— Jen Carcich, Director of Curriculum at Unity Charter School, Morristown

 

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