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Maestro's Monthly Blog: Bill Moyers - A Debt of Gratitude. With a picture of Bill Moyers.

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Bill Moyers – A Debt of Gratitude In light of Bill Moyers’ recent passing, I want to share about the important role he played in helping us to further The…

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image for Maestro Maull's Monthly Blog with a picture of our graphic artist Palmer Uhl and the title "All in the Family".

All in the Family

At The Discovery Orchestra, we are 100% dedicated to helping individuals develop an ever-deepening emotional connection—through perceptive listening—with classical music. But we cannot do this alone. And that is why…

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image of flowers with the title Maestro's Monthly Blog "It's Spring!"

It’s Spring!

In 1968 before starting my junior year at the University of Louisville School of Music, I auditioned for and became a member of the Louisville Orchestra. Myambition had been to…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog for April 2025 entitled "Something To Think About". This month, Maestro Maull highlights the powerful legacy of arts education leader Eric Booth and shares a deeply personal story from his own past—working with VISTA in 1966 in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, the very streets seen in Rocky.

Some Things to Think About

In 2015, Eric Booth was given the nation’s highest award in arts education and was named one of the 25 most influential people in the arts in the United States….

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Image of our core values which can be found on our website's homepage in the footer - there is a link to the Core Values document

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…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog for February 2025 is about our beloved friend and long time support Rev. Hewitt Vinnedge Johnston (July 6, 1939–January 13, 2025)

Hewitt Vinnedge Johnston (July 6, 1939–January 13, 2025)

After many years in the ministry, Hewitt Vinnedge Johnston came to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Gladstone, New Jersey in 1997 to serve as Interim Rector as the parish conducted…

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What a great idea to do this. It looks and sounds fantastic. I LOVED the music, the animated lettering and the design for Notes from Under the Piano…It takes a special gift to transform the written word into the spoken word…And the length is perfect, left me wanting more…

— ‘Notes from Under the Piano’ viewer