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New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant

We are pleased to announce that The Discovery Orchestra received a generous $58,000 general operating grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for our current 2023-2024 Season….

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Wine Fundraiser - Sip and Support Us. A portion of the proceeds goes back to The Discovery Orchestra.

Wine Fundraiser

The Discovery Orchestra has partnered with Old York Cellars to create a special selection of wines as part of our fundraising efforts. These wines are available for purchase, with a…

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Inside Music episode entitled The Cafe Brahms, featuring 21 Hungarian Dances.

The Café Brahms

In this episode of Inside Music, host George Marriner Maull explores the effect that one of Brahms’s most significant influencers, Hungarian violinist Ede Remény, had on him. Asked by Remény in…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog: Gratefully Fulfilling Our Mission

Gratefully Fulfilling Our Mission

In 2006, when the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey officially became The Discovery Orchestra, we adopted a new mission statement: We teach the listening skills that help you really connect with…

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Discover Mozart: Variations on a Familiar Tune

The ever-amazing Mozart wrote a composition based on a melody we all know from childhood … his Twelve Variations on “A, vous dirai-je Maman” K.265.  Pianist Patricio Molina and Maestro Maull together will explore the…

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Take our survey to help shape our future programs.

Take Our Survey

The Discovery Orchestra is planning future programs, and we want to hear your opinions. Can you spare five minutes to answer a few questions about what you’ve enjoyed in our…

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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