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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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upcoming event on 2/23/25 called Angelitos Negros featuring pianist Patricio Molina, soprano Cheryl Warfield and many others.

Discover Angelitos Negros (Little Black Angels)

Sunday, February 23, 2025
3:00 – 5:30 PM
Grace Episcopal Church, 950 Broad St, Newark, NJ 
Snow Date: Sunday, March 2

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Patrons’ Dinner Gala 2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
6:00 – 9:30 PM
The Park Savoy, 236 Ridgedale Avenue, Florham Park

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New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant

We are pleased to announce that The Discovery Orchestra received a generous $93,720 general operating grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for our current 2024-2025 Season….

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Inside Music radio show on WWFM.org. This episode features Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6.

Our Latest Radio Show

In this episode of Inside Music, host George Marriner Maull explores the exciting ride in which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky takes listeners in the third movement of his Symphony No. 6. Filled with exciting cymbal…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog "5 Minutes To Make You Love...."

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love…

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Symphonies is the title of a July 7, 2021 article in The New York Times. This series of stories, appearing regularly in The…

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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