Discover The Firebird Wins 2 Telly Awards
Discover The Firebird has won two 2020 Telly Awards in the categories of Television: General – Educational (Silver) and Cultural (Bronze). With over 12,000 entries in many categories, it was a competitive…
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Discovery Orchestra Receives Investors Foundation Grant
SUMMIT, New Jersey – The Discovery Orchestra recently received a $3,000 grant from the Investors Foundation. The grant will help further the Orchestra’s mission of teaching music listening skills by…
Thank You, Pro Bono Partnership!
In the summer and fall of 2019, we were thrilled to work with attorneys who donate their time through the Pro Bono Partnership here in New Jersey. They assisted us…
Grant Received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation
We are very grateful to the F.M. Kirby Foundation for supporting the Orchestra again this season with a generous program grant. The Foundation “strives to make thoughtful and prudent philanthropic…
Discovery Orchestra Receives Investors Foundation Grant
Grant Will Support Discovery Orchestra’s Local Music Education Programs PLUCKEMIN, New Jersey – The Discovery Orchestra (“the Orchestra” ) recently received a $3,000 grant from the Investors Foundation. The grant…
5 Maestro-Approved Online Picks for Classical Beginners
“In our fast-paced lives where our attention is pulled in 100 different directions at any given moment, classical music is a timeless and useful tool to help us learn how…
Thank you for providing the free online learning videos! We had our students listen to The Firebird Suite Lullaby & Finale and read an article where researchers found evidence that a conch shell was used as an instrument 17,000 years ago. Then students drew a picture (grades K-2) or wrote (grades 3-8) about how the music made them feel.