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Saturday, May 17, 2025
6:30 – 9:30 PM
Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Ave, Madison
Christine Thorsen
Music for the People: Discover an American Legacy 1935-1939
Join The Discovery Orchestra and Social Impact Studios as we celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the WPA’s Federal Music Project of the 1930s! Mark your calendars for an exciting musical…
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Not…By Piazzolla! Astor Piazzolla is the musician most associated with Tango Nuevo. However, there were a number of composer-performers who contributed to the development of this style of tango writing—fellow bandoneón player, José…
Spring Has Arrived!
Inside Music host George Marriner Maull explores one of the most well-known classical music compositions ever written—Spring, from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. Highlighting and demonstrating Vivaldi’s verbal descriptions in this prime example…
Core Values
More than a decade ago—in 2011—The Discovery Orchestra adopted a set of Core Values. It’s a topic that sounds like it could be boring. Far from it, here is what…
I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.