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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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Maestro's Monthly Blog. Life Can Be Very Challenging.

Life Can Be Very Challenging

Just before the final playthrough of the featured music in our latest televised Discovery Concert© Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony, I said to the audience: “As we know, life can be…

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Inside Music radio show has a new episode entitled "A Little Fugue ... A Little Tango on wwfm.org.

A Little Fugue … A Little Tango

Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla transformed the world of tango with his amazing compositions. In his Fugata, he actually begins a tango with a short fugue… which may have presented some…

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New Game Quest #6 celebrating Mozart's Birthday. Go to ahaclassical.com

NEW Game Quest

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW GAME APP: AHA! Classical is a fun way to learn to listen to classical music with Maestro Maull. Download the app in the Google or Apple app…

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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