The Discovery Orchestra

Intentional Acts of Kindness

Random acts of kindness are indeed wonderful events. You know the situation. . .you get up to the register in the restaurant to pay your bill and the cashier, gesturing,…

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Music Gives Me Goosebumps

Goosebumps City

Back in July Katherine Ellen Foley, a health and science reporter for Quartz wrote a wonderful article detailing the research and thoughts of Matthew Sachs, a grad student at the…

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Discovery Orchestra Receives Investors Foundation Grant

  Grant Will Support Discovery Orchestra’s Local Music Education Programs PLUCKEMIN, New Jersey – The Discovery Orchestra (“the Orchestra”) recently received a $2,500 grant from the Investors Foundation. The grant…

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Moon Landing

Moon Tempo

Moon tempo? Allow me to back up a bit, or rather a lot. During the summer of 1969 I performed the role of Henry Kleber, the music teacher of American…

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@Mondo

August 20, 2017: Musical Time Travel

Stephen Wu, pianist Sunday, August 20, 2017 ~ 6:00 pm Mondo, 426 Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ Join us for a casual, summer event at Mondo in Summit, NJ! Pianist Stephen…

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How Do I Listen? A Performer After My Own Heart!

Rachel Deloughrey, primephonic editor, interviewed violinist Augustin Hadelich on this very topic. The young superstar in the classical music world says some striking things: “When I perform violin concertos, they…

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I cannot thank you enough for such a wonderful afternoon. We LOVED the concert/presentation. It was exceptional and meaningful for both of us. I especially loved the piano. I had no idea it was piano that I heard when listening to the piece. I always thought it was a harp for some reason. It reminded me of water…..I cried just a little hearing that beautiful music. Thank you for giving us some culture and life after Covid!

— Attendees of the taping of Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony