George Maull, Come On Down!
When I met my wife Marcia Blackstone – we just celebrated the 42nd anniversary of our first date – her considerable accomplishments as a pianist were on full display. In…
The Maestro’s Blog
COVID and the Sound of Silence in Music Education
Tricia Tunstall, former Orchestra Trustee and current Ambassador, is our Guest Blogger for February. Tricia is a leading advocate for the importance of music and arts education, and a global…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…