These words have been used to describe Otto-Werner Mueller, the German-American conductor and music professor who helped shape orchestral training programs of distinguished musical institutions in the United States and Canada. Maestro Mueller headed the orchestral studies and conducting departments at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, The Juilliard School in New York, the Yale University School of Music in New Haven, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

You can view the memorial slideshow below on Maestro Mueller, read about the significance of “forte only,” and peruse information throughout the website on his life, conducting, and teaching.