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Maestro's Monthly Blog "5 Minutes To Make You Love...."

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love…

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Symphonies is the title of a July 7, 2021 article in The New York Times. This series of stories, appearing regularly in The…

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Picture of Saul Feinberg as a young man

Dr. Saul Feinberg 1932–2024

An extraordinary musician, superb pianist, gifted composer and warm, generous human being, Dr. Saul Feinberg’s talents and musical accomplishments could have taken him down several musical career paths. However, the…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog: Happy 50th Anniversary ASQ!

Happy 50th Anniversary ASQ!

One of the premiere professional string quartets actively performing on the worldwide stage, the American String Quartet is celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season this year, and The Discovery Orchestra has…

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Guest Blogger "Timeless Classical Themes Our Students Don't Know" by Tricia Tunstall, author and music educator

Timeless Classical Themes Our Students Don’t Know

If you’re a piano teacher, you’ll be familiar with an experience I’ve had countless times in my thirty-plus years of teaching. If you’re not a piano teacher, please read on;…

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Guest Blogger Rick Kaller, Executive Director of The Discovery Orchestra, writes about his encounter with Billy Joel.

The Piano Man

This month’s guest blogger is Rick Kaller, Executive Director at The Discovery Orchestra. I didn’t really start listening to popular music until I was in middle school. Since my mother…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog: George Marriner Maull Meets Maestro Bernstein...A Recollection with an image of a young Leonard Bernstein.

George Marriner Maull Meets Maestro Bernstein…A Recollection

In light of the recent release of the film Maestro about Leonard Bernstein, I would like to share a few recollections of meeting him in 1976. While residing in Louisville…

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Thank you so much for inviting us to attend the Saint-Saens “Organ Symphony” recording session. I have always enjoyed listening to this work. As is always the case, your tutorial was excellent! I cannot believe how much more I now know about the “Organ Symphony”. And with more understanding comes a better appreciation. The Discovery Orchestra is much bigger than I remember. Their performance was excellent and truly exciting! A really big pipe organ performed by Mark Miller further enhanced the entire listening experience.

— Earle Eaton, Recording Engineer of our predecessor entity the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey