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Discover Beethoven's 5th Television Show Wins Three Telly Awards
We are pleased to announce that our television show, Discover Beethoven’s 5^th ,has won two 2011 Telly Awards, one in the cultural category and one in the education category!  Additionally, we have also won a People's Telly, as judged by the members of the YouTube community.

Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition which this year received over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and many foreign countries. The Telly Awards annually showcase the best work of the most respected video and film producers, advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.

A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other - rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit.  Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of a Silver Telly, the highest honor.  Other outstanding work is awarded a Bronze Telly. 

Discover Beethoven's 5th Television Show World Premiere
The Discovery Orchestra’s educational Discovery Concert™: Discover Beethoven’s 5th© premiere television broadcast will take place on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 8:00 PM on public television affiliate MiNDTV based in Philadelphia.  MiNDTV, also widely available in central and southern New Jersey, will present the orchestra’s second television program in one of the top ten U.S. television markets.

Discover Beethoven’s 5^th, a one-hour interactive music experience taped before a live audience in Victoria Theater at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark is designed to bring audience members more pleasure from classical music listening.  Focusing on the First Movement of Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 5, the program features sixty members of The Discovery Orchestra and is hosted by Artistic Director and Conductor George Marriner Maull.   

The program, distributed nationally by American Public Television, has already been picked up by nearly 100 public television stations nationwide.  Discover Beethoven’s 5^th follows the orchestra’s first educational television program, the Emmy-nominated Discovery Concert™: Bach to the Future©.

Underwriters of Discover Beethoven’s 5^th include Mary & Michael Johnston, Jean T. Burgdorff , Elizabeth & Frank Gump, Judy & Josh Weston, The Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, Glenmede Investment and Wealth Management, Martha & Garnett Keith, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation, The NYMEX Foundation, Antonia Marotta-Brinton & Jervis Brinton, Judith Musicant & Hugh Clark, Wilma Nurse & David Blue, William K. Hengen, Jr., and Linda & John Quinn.  Funding for The Discovery Orchestra is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

MiNDTV is the newest initiative of Independence Media, the non-profit organization which owns and operates public television affiliate WYBE Channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA.  In 2005, Independence Media started developing MiND, a new multi-platform television and internet channel. Deeply rooted in WYBE’s local and global community orientation, MiND emphasizes learning, social awareness, and a hands-on approach to media.

2010-2011 Grants Affirm TDO Mission
The Discovery Orchestra (TDO) is proud to announce that the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) have awarded the orchestra a total of $56,800 in support for the 2010-2011 season. Both grants provide for general operating and program support.  These affirmations of our direction are also reflected in the comments received with the grants. The Dodge foundation's past president & CEO David Grant noted: "...an orchestra whose unique contribution is helping people learn how to listen to classical music" and the NJSCA peer review panel lauded TDO for the "significant public benefit to be realized through this approach to lifelong learning".

Summit Area Public Foundation Provides Funding
The Discovery Orchestra (TDO) is pleased to announce that the Summit Area Public Foundation (SAPF) has approved a grant in the amount of $5,000 to support TDO’s 2010-2011 Discovery Concert series and Discover More Music listening sessions.    

This is the third consecutive year that the SAPF has funded TDO’s educational programs.  Using this funding, TDO has reached seniors and underserved constituents at Spring Meadows Summit, New Eyes for the Needy, New Providence Seniors, the Summit chapter of the Red Cross, and SHIP (Summit Helping Its People) with concert tickets.  Additionally, complimentary music listening lectures were provided to the New Providence Seniors.   

SAPF was founded in 1972 and has approximately $12 million in assets. The mission of the SAPF is to gather funds and administer them as permanent endowments for philanthropy in the Summit area.

Grant Received from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey  
In December, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 to The Discovery Orchestra.  This funding will be used for the 2010-2011 season to present Discovery Concerts at Drew University in Madison; the Discover More Music Listening Series at the New Jersey Youth Symphony in New Providence; Intimate Evenings and Intimate Afternoons, our In-Home Recital series; and music listening sessions for students at the Newark Boys Chorus School in Newark.

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey promotes health, well-being, and quality of life in New Jersey’s communities.  Priority areas include health and the arts.