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Discover The Firebird

Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite has been with me a long time.  Back in the 1960’s, one of Philadelphia’s grocery store chains, the Penn Fruit Company, began offering classical 33 1/3…

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Discover The Firebird

Discover The Firebird, winner of 2 Telly Awards, begins with a complete performance of Kastchei’s Infernal Dance by 85 members of The Discovery Orchestra and Maestro George Marriner Maull, and…

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Captain Nemo Meets Igor Stravinsky

First – mea culpa!  I wish to apologize for my two-month hiatus from posting.  Preparations during July and August for the production we just recorded for American Public Television – right up…

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Celebrating 40 years Excellence in Music Education

Happy 40th Anniversary NJYS!

The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend in Newark at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Prudential Hall. The truth is…NJYS has been celebrating all…

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Past Event – Intimate Afternoon: Discover Django

Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 3:00pm Visual Arts Center, 68 Elm St, Summit, NJ Featuring The Stephane Wrembel Band! Legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt created a sensation in Paris in…

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Intentional Acts of Kindness – 2nd Encore

Reflections on Jean Burgdorff’s Legacy. Memorial gatherings are always special occasions. When someone dear to us dies we often find ourselves unable to express everything we need to at the…

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program. Maestro Maull is a true master of oral presentation and explanation. Clear and engaging, friendly but challenging. He drew in the on-site crowd – and me – to think and listen. I resonated with the way he “taught” the crowd through normal conversational speech … thanks again for expanding my consciousness!

– “Discover Saint-Saens’ ‘Organ’ Symphony” television show viewer