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‘Tis the Season—No, Not That Season It’s The Discovery Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season! And in keeping with the 250th Anniversary of the founding of our country, our focus will be on…
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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….
Brian Frederick Dallow 1943–2024
How does one even begin to acknowledge the debt one owes to a dear friend who helped you found a professional symphony orchestra? Having just been appointed assistant conductor of…
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…
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;…
Guest Blogger Interviews Maestro Maull
Interview With Discovery Orchestra Conductor George Marriner Maull: A Four-and-a-Half-Year-Old Fell In Love With a Symphony Recording. Seventy Years Later, He Hasn’t Changed. By Isabelle Qi At age 75, George…
“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