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Navigating A New Reality

Written by violinist Cecelia Hobbs Gardner, who has played with the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey/Discovery Orchestra since our very first concert in 1988 – including our American Public Television…

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Five Animals At A Time

We know that Noah brought the animals on board the ark two by two, but at The Discovery Orchestra we had something else in mind on October 29th. In collaboration…

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Full Circle

Guest blogger Stephen Browne, filling in for Maestro Maull! When I was six years old, a couple months shy of seven, my parents decided to take me to one of…

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Tears of Joy

Responding to a last minute invitation from close friends in Maryland, Marcia and I agreed to make the two and a half hour drive to meet them on October 3rd…

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Oh Yeah!

We did it!  The Discovery Orchestra’s Two to Tango Virtual Gala went off without a hitch on the Zoom Webinar platform and was seen by over one-hundred individuals in seventy-two…

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Two to Tango, Gala At Home

A Milestone

Can’t believe it!  I’m writing my 150th blog post.  And it seems only fitting to write about another important milestone… our upcoming Two To Tango Gala At Home event.  It…

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This has been an incredible series. I could take in SO much more than I could at the beginning ones. You have really trained my ears!!! I have been enjoying classical music for more than 60 years (as a child my parents played classical music at dinner and we guessed the composer) but I NEVER knew how to listen before!

— Attendee of NJPAC Classical Conversations with Maestro Maull