10K views · 886 reactions | I love conducting but playing my own music will always have a special place in my heart ❤️ So pleased I've had the chance to do both during my performances with the Strauss Capelle Vienna orchestra. | Alma Deutscher | Facebook

When I was 12 I improvised a piece on CBS’ 60 Minutes. See how it evolved and how it ended on my album From My Book Of Melodies. More info: https://www.almadeutscher.com/book-of-melodies Sheet Music: https://www.amazon.com/Alma-Deutscher-Melodies-Piano-Songbook/dp/1705130984/ Streaming: https://alma-deutscher.lnk.to/FMBOM | Alma Deutscher

Do you know the words to Emory's alma mater? Even you don't, you might know the tune. How is that? The melody is from "Annie Lisle"* an 1857 ballad that might have slipped into obscurity had the tune not been adopted by countless colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide as their respective alma mater songs. Cornell was reportedly the first school to adopt it. ➡ Behind the alma mater: https://links.emory.edu/almamater * Heard on this video: a 1924 Victor Records recording of "Annie Lisl