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Thomas Goss's profile on Bluesky for the Orchestration Online Community-at-large. I will post the occasional personal info or photo, but I'll mostly focus on new content and sharing resources.

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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2026 ORCHESTRATION CHALLENGE COMING SOON! Composer announced Thursday. Piece to orchestrate and guidelines released over the weekend. Deadline for completed entries: 15 November. You are going to love this exquisite score!
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some organisation needs taking care of first...
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
MORNING COFFEE: 5. PREPARING TO ORCHESTRATE (for the 1st time) A talk over a fat mug of hot chocolate that resonates perfectly with this month's Back-To-School theme. What are all the little bits and pieces of personal history, revelations, resources, and growth... youtu.be/OHULWdhdGCg
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Morning Coffee: 5. Preparing to Orchestrate (for the 1st time)
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ALAN BELKIN INTERVIEW Please join me for a conversation with a composer and educator whose potent resources have helped to shape the artistic outlook and training of hundreds - and now through YouTube and his connection to our community - many thousands of other composers. youtu.be/ylWNFnwMFKI
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Alan Belkin Interview
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BACK-TO-SCHOOL DAY 2: COMPLETE ORCHESTRATION SERIES STUDY GUIDE By popular request - here's a complete guide of my entire catalogue of orchestration lessons and score analyses series. What makes these works essential for your study? youtu.be/qdl-UwYpA5s
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Orchestration Series Study Guide
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK DAY 1: RELEASE OF COMPLETE RITE OF SPRING PLAYLIST! As promised yesterday, here's the full release of my very first orchestration analysis series breaking down Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Reading the Rite - YouTube
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SIBELIUS' BIGGEST TRAP! Sibelius (the notation app!) automatically generates a bar rest in a pickup bar when you add an instrument! Of course this can be fixed - IF you catch it! youtube.com/shorts/8KxZq...
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Sibelius' Biggest Trap!
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
NO, DON'T MARK 2ND VIOLINS SOFTER THAN 1STS! Setting a recent Facebook group question straight in no uncertain terms. No, one should never generally mark 2nd violin parts down, nor assume that the players will actively drop their dynamic down a full degree... youtube.com/shorts/Zmckb...
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No, Don't Mark 2nd Violins Softer Than 1sts!
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
BEHIND-THE-SCENES BRASS ORCHESTRATION/TRUMPET DEMOS, Pt. 1 It's been 8 years since the release of my last macProVideo Orchestration Courses. But today, I can fully reveal the plans I set in motion last year: to start recording demos by some of the finest brass players I know... youtu.be/OrmH7nvdDD8
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Behind-the-Scenes Brass Orchestration/Trumpet Demos Pt. 1
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
MORNING COFFEE: 4. DEVELOPING YOUR OWN MUSICAL VOICE Some straight talk over a cuppa hot chocolate about key factors that either stimulate or slow down your progress as a developing composer - as well as help you to find your individual identity as an artist. youtu.be/Ka5q_CWvEzs
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Morning Coffee: 4. Developing Your Own Musical Voice
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
CARMINA BURANA POCKET GUIDE VIIb. CB GOES TO FRANCE Orff often leaves out big chunks of text from his Carmina Burana source poems. Dies, Nox et Omnia isn't just about a young man pining for his lover - it's a part of a greater story about a Goliard traveling to France... youtube.com/shorts/PcNnU...
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Carmina Burana Pocket Guide 7B: CB Goes to France
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ASA CHALLENGE PLAYLIST UPDATED - NIENTE Pt. 2 RERELEASED! Thx to YouTube now allowing thumbnails on shorts videos, I'm currently going through all the Orchestration Online shorts & updating them. I came across this collection of fun little videos featuring me sitting down with a pocket orchestra...
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
CARMINA BURANA POCKET GUIDE VIIa. ORFF'S QUINTAL HARMONY The most fascinating textural moment excerpted from my latest Carmina Burana Score Analysis video: a fully-diagrammed breakdown of the harmony from the baritone's vocal cadenza in Dies, Nox et Omnia. www.youtube.com/shorts/1RWK-...
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Carmina Burana Pocket Guide 7A: Orff's Quintal Harmony
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
CARMINA BURANA XVI-XVII: DIES, NOX/STETIT PUELLA Two small, scaled-down, but incredibly potent solos - interrelated thematically and structurally. Orff's text-setting is virtuosic, capturing the meaning of each line in the melodic arcs and intensity of vocal registers. youtu.be/BrkfOmJ42U0
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Carmina Burana XVI-XVII: Dies, nox/Stetit puella
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I don't care if only like a couple hundred viewers watch my next Carmina Burana analysis video - I'm just having so much fun breaking down harmonic textures like this lovely glowing Dᵃᵈᵈ² chord (structurally two stacked quintal blocks topped by mediants over a D octave root). ❤️
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
ORCHESTRATION TIP: ENGLISH HORN/FLUTE COMPATIBILITY English horn shares a pronounced compatibility with flutes; from featured duos to radiant harmonies. At softer dynamics, timbral blending can become near-imperceptible. youtu.be/GW_YmzkdI4s
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Orchestration Tip: English Horn/Flute Compatibility
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
MORNING COFFEE: 3. OVERCOMING YOUR IMPRINTING An early-morning ramble through the topic of imprinting and first impressions - building on them instead of letting them hem you in and rule your life. youtu.be/z6cZLSOX0tY
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Morning Coffee: 3. Overcoming Your Imprinting
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
LIVE Q&A THIS SUNDAY 26 JUNE AT 11:00am P.S.T.! Please join me for a very fun live event, where I'll share insights, live tips, & answer as many of your questions that I can in 2 hours. Features a special talk on building the right size orchestra for a crossover concert. youtube.com/live/vWQ2BMz...
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July 2026 Orchestration Q&A - Crossover Orchestration Numbers
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
CARMINA BURANA XV: AMOR VOLAT UNDIQUE A special birthday video post dedicated to my parents, for whom Carmina Burana was a special part of their bond when they first got together. youtu.be/MI7FSZ1f0iU
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Carmina Burana XV: Amor volat undique
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
CARMINA BURANA XIV: IN TABERNA QUANDO SUMUS Here it is at last! The complete version of the video I've been working on for the better part of a month. Thanks so much to my Patreon crew for supporting the lengthy production every step of the way! youtu.be/JPK1QFIo0ec
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Carmina Burana XIV: In taberna quando sumus
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
ORCHESTRATION TIP: TUBA/HORN RELATIONSHIPS Tuba can blend seamlessly with horns in exposed chords and chorale scoring - and act as a member of the horn section in certain approaches; especially when the horns are doubling on Wagner tubas. youtu.be/tdLdeqOIJWY
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Orchestration Tip: Tuba/Horn Relationships
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
MASSIVE VIDEO RELEASE TOMORROW... ...with an hour-long score analysis covering Orff's longest, most outrageous song "In Taberna Quando Sumus - with many passages of huge, blustering scoring - AND a 20+ minute orchestration tip exploring Tuba/Horn Relationships, with a dozen examples in full score.
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
MORNING COFFEE: 2. SPENDING YOUR $10 WORDS If you don't watch this video, your "fiduciary fluidity may be severely curtailed." 😆 All kidding aside, here's the next of my little monthly morning chats over a cuppa hot chocolate... youtu.be/BVTT6pYq6IA
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Morning Coffee: 2. Spending Your $10 Musical Words
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nice even number! I started my Carmina Burana score analysis last year with 77,777 subscribers. Since then, despite delays due to health and other crises, the channel has grown by another 11,111 subs.
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
ORCHESTRATION TIP: NEVER USE “a1” EVER! NEVER use the marking “a1” to indicate a single player at woodwind or brass entrances. ALWAYS indicate which player by the number of their seat: “1.,” “2.,” and so on. youtu.be/E9PlZHS4hf4
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Orchestration Tip: NEVER Use "a1" EVER
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
PROOFING ORCHESTRAL SCORES: INTRO Finally! The introduction to my projected series on proofing your orchestral scores has arrived! This video represents a quick overview of my upcoming intensive, 6-part series on proofing your orchestral scores... youtu.be/JTx0vbfi5DY
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Proofing Orchestral Scores: INTRO
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Morning Coffee 1. Memory, Imagination & Obsessiveness Please share a coffee with me this morning here in New Zealand as I talk about torch songs, Beethoven symphonies, being a 5-year-old who could work a turntable, and other ephemera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Epu...
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Morning Coffee: 1. Memory, Imagination, & Obsessiveness
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
UPDATES: New Tips, New Book Title, and More • Video releases resume. Thx all for your patience during my recent relapse. • 2 new tips on the Orchestration Online website (a 3rd on Patreon). • Channel now has a BuyMeACoffee account, for those who've asked (linked in info)... youtu.be/noe8F8KI9_0
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UPDATES: New Tips, New Book Title, and More
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
PERCUSSION SCORING: PLAYER DISTRIBUTION/CHANGES Please join me for a discussion between percussionist/composer/conductor Jamie Whitmarsh and film/concert composer Danyal Dhondy. youtube.com/live/qlR831q...
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Percussion Scoring - Instrument Distribution/Changes
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
CARMINA BURANA XIII. EGO SUM ABBAS CUCANIENSIS After the dedicated hedonist & the roasted swan comes the comedic supervillain! In this case, a gambling monk who literally wins the pants off his unwary fellow taverngoers, and leaves them crying out against the cruelties of fate. youtu.be/JfFkyrq6lDU
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Carmina Burana XIII. Ego sum Abbas Cucaniensis
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
ORCHESTRATION TIPS PLAYLIST UPDATED! The Orchestration Tips YouTube Playlist (linked below) has now been updated to reflect all video tips I've released over the past decade+. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
2-OCTAVE WIND DUOS, PART 3: SINGLE-REED COMBINATIONS Begun back in July of last year, then put on hold during the wrap-up of evaluations for the 2023 Orchestration Challenge, my series on 2-Octave Woodwind Unison Duos is now made complete with this third and last chapter. youtu.be/I2R4EtygZ1Q
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2 Octave Wind Duos, Part 3: Single Reed Combinations
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
CARMINA BURANA XII: OLIM LACUS COLUERAM This intense kernel of dramatic agony comes right at the halfway point in Carl Orff's sprawling song cycle; with the tenor solo's only appearance. But what an appearance it is... youtu.be/rjh6CF_QN84
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Carmina Burana XII: Olim lacus colueram
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
ORCHESTRATION TIP: TROMBONE/HORN COMBINATIONS A chapter-in-progress from 100 LAST Orchestration Tips, taking a deeper look into the possible teamups between trombones and horns... youtu.be/yHeiL8Uq77s
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Orchestration Tip: Trombone/Horn Combinations
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
CARMINA BURANA XI: ESTUANS INTERIUS Orff at his most operatic, heroic, chivalric, and even metallic: a blasting, scorching ode to the Goliard lifestyle: gambling, drinking, partying, and companionship; with a dedication to Venus and a desire to float on the winds of fate. youtu.be/gkm0iajns6Q
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Carmina Burana XI. Estuans Interius
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
COMPARISON OF TRUMPET VS. CORNET WAVEFORMS... ...which I'll be discussing at tomorrow's livestream Q&A (linked below), along with other excerpts from my upcoming book, previews of coming orchestration analysis videos, and answering as many of your questions as I can in 2+hrs. 10 Jan at 11:00am PST.
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
PLEASE JOIN ME THIS SATURDAY 11am P.S.T FOR A SPECIAL LIVE STREAM! Bookmark this link, save the date, then tune in for... • Live Q&A! • Chat about upcoming releases! • Excerpts from upcoming videos! • Previews from my next book, 100 LAST Orchestration Tips! youtube.com/live/tG1iP7O...
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Orchestration Questions 2026
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 82B. RAFA RODRIGUES (MOVT. 2) The 2nd movement of Rafa's score shows signs of immense haste in its orchestration - but it's hard not to get swept up in the momentum, with one idea after the next spilling over. youtu.be/GuU0o0LLUOo
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 82B. Rafa Rodrigues
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 82A. RAFA RODRIGUES (MOVT. 1) Rafa's lively, multifarious, and deeply imaginative entry is in some ways the most challenging of all... youtu.be/fc9FBNqTow8
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 82A. Rafa Rodrigues
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 81. CALLUM HÜSEYIN Callum's entry is more than just an orchestration - it's an essay informed by historical research; professional experience as a composer, orchestrator, and conductor; and as a creator with an obvious affinity for the material. youtu.be/rqoWD31tqDc
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 81. Callum Hüseyin
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 80. HUGH VAUGHAN WALLIS Hugh's entry contains many superb features: period-informed brass and timpani, lovely phrasing and proportion, excellent architecture, and a great sense of momentum in both movements. youtu.be/fhaDSDeEnhA
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 80. Hugh Vaughan Wallis
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 79. NOEL LEGGETT (Includes Tip on Slurred Tremolos as Intermission) Noel did more than simply orchestrate Beethoven's 24th Piano Sonata. He transformed the material into a full 3-movement clarinet concerto... youtu.be/_TB-t6al-N4
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 79. Noel Leggett
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 78. D.A. RANSEVYCZ (includes Tip on Slurred Tremolos as Intermission) Dean's interpretation has a Mozartian sweetness and cleverness, for all its Beethovenian source material - as well it should, taking the form of a duo concertante... youtu.be/sbb3yz-aO5E
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 78. D.A. Ransevycz
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 77. ARNE BREMER (includes orchestration tip about Tied Tremolos, Part 2) Arne exercises a great deal of intelligence, craft, and instinct to deliver a magnificent example of scoring. youtu.be/Fq6kmagaOAk
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 77. Arne Bremer
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 76. EDWARD BERDEN (includes orchestration tip about Tied Tremolos, Part 1) Edward orchestrates with a keen sense of style and proportion, beautifully realising the period approach and sensibilities in Beethoven's source score. youtu.be/OFSwi_wxJjE
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 76. Edward Berden
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Sorry everyone! A couple weeks delay while my health gets back on track. www.patreon.com/posts/143609...
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LAST FEW BEETHOVEN CHALLENGE EVALUATIONS DELAYED BY A COUPLE WEEKS | Thomas Goss
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 75. KLAUS FERRETTI Our second full-length, two-movement entry orchestrating Beethoven, with an intermission concluding yesterday's orchestration tip. Klaus orchestrates with a lot of bravado and richness of colour and invention. youtu.be/-YUUKIuVjuU
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 75. Klaus Ferretti
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
BEETHOVEN PATREON EVALUATION 74. GABI DROEGE Our first full-sonata evaluation including both movements, featuring a short added orchestration tip as an intermission! Gabi's entry rings with eloquence, daring, & a kind of spirited adventurousness in the best Beethoven tradition. youtu.be/JSPuPRk0I1c
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Beethoven Patreon Evaluation 74. Gabi Droege
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
CHUME, CHUM GESELLE MIN UNBLOCKED! Here's my other orchestration analysis video that was blocked due to a spurious copyright claim, and is now available for viewing everywhere (except for Russia and Belarus, as the situation there is complex with fair use). youtu.be/QncF2WGrqls
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Carmina Burana IXC. Chume, chum UNBLOCKED
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Orchestration Online @orchestrationol.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
ORFF'S ORCHESTRA UNBLOCKED! Yesterday, I had a little bit of extra time (finally!) and I sat down with my video editing suite and a couple of video files that had been blocked on YouTube due to spurious copyright claims. The results are as you see here... youtu.be/ZuNumJfG5NQ
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Carmina Burana - Orff's Orchestra UNBLOCKED
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