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The Maestro's Monthly Blog entitled "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" about the conception of our new game app called AHA! Classical, now available for download in your app store.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Perhaps some of you, listening with your mind’s ear, can hear Judy Garland singing these lyrics: “Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to…

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A funny thing happened on the way to the… Our journey from The Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey to The Discovery Orchestra

A funny thing happened on the way to the…

The “short” version: Fall 1987.  With the help of many individuals – notably our spouses Rena and Marcia, and persuasive community influencers Betse Gump and Mary Horn – Brian Frederick…

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Guest Blogger Isabelle Qi

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…

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Classical Overtures presents "An Afternoon with Itzhak Perlman accompanied by pianist Rohan De Silva. Event will be held on Sunday, November 5, 2023.

20% Off! An Afternoon with Itzhak Perlman

Featuring violinist Itzhak Perlman with pianist Rohan De Silva
Sunday, October 8, 2023
2:00pm Overture with Maestro Maull / 3:00pm Concert
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

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Screening of Discover Mozart Variations on a Familiar Tune. Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

Discover Mozart’s Variations on a Familiar Tune

Exclusive Premiere Screening of Never-Before-Seen Discovery Concert!
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
6:00pm Reception / 7:00pm Screening
Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Haggerty Educational Center
Morristown, NJ

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Classical Overtures presents Midori & Festival Strings Lucerne on Sunday, November 5, 2023.

Midori with Festival Strings Lucerne

Featuring violinist Midori with Festival Strings Lucerne
Sunday, November 5, 2023
2:00pm Overture with Maestro Maull/ 3:00pm Concert
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

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Your “listening guide” amazes me, in that it is a means of illustrating the role of various instrumental sections in communicating and “telling” a story. My background is science and technology so the 1 -1 ½ hours listening to a symphony with your presentation was an exciting learning experience I was not expecting.You are an exceptional talent and personality to be able to introduce someone like myself to the very complicated language of a symphony.

— Outreach Program Attendee