Discovery Orchestra Chat

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Shout-Outs from Our Viewers and Listeners Around the World

We’ve received feedback from a number of the, by now, more than six million* individuals who have watched our Discovery Concerts™  distributed by American Public Television, viewed our YouTube Discovery…

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2024 Wharton Arts Honoree George Marriner Maull

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, Wharton Arts honored our Artistic Director George Marriner Maull with its Education Award at their 2024 Gala. Maestro Maull’s musical affiliations in New Jersey began…

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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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Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell Event on Saturday, March, 30, 2023 at the Prudential hall Betty Wold Johnson's stage

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Featuring the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with violinist Joshua Bell
Saturday, March 30, 2024
2:00pm Overture with Maestro Maull / 3:00pm Concert
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 182 – Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 3 with Maestro Maull

This Chat begins with Maestro Maull exploring how a pair of ascending sequences can build emotional intensity, followed by the release of that tension. This emotional tension is a result…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 181 – Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy”, Part 2 with Maestro Maull

Part 2 of Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy” begins with the “Capulets & Montagues Conflict” theme as tension builds with the rising pairs of violin/woodwind imitations. This part continues with…

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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