music listener education

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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Discover Harp for the Holidays. Sunday, December 3, 2023.

Discover Harp for the Holidays

Featuring harpist Merynda Adams
Sunday, December 3, 2023
3:00pm Reception & Concert
Beacon Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, Summit, NJ

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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