Discovery Ensemble

Discovery Ensemble is a Boston-based chamber orchestrahttp://www.artsboston.org/page/member_list founded by Music Director Courtney Lewis and Artistic Director David St. George. The orchestra, made up of young professionals from the Boston area, gave its inaugural concert in October 2008.http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/default.aspx?id=4006
Discovery Ensemble has two missions. First, it is a chamber orchestra that has been praised by both the Boston Globehttp://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/27/ensemble_shows_exuberance_from_the_start/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/01/16/courtney_lewis_and_discovery_ensemble_help_make_classical_accessible/ and the Boston Phoenix.http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/75692-Anniversaries-and-other-occasions/?rel=infhttp://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/84745-Springer-vs-Nero/?rel=infhttp://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/90551-roar-of-the-crowd/?page=1#TOPCONTENThttp://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/94758-2009-The-year-in-Classical/ Concerts take place at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.http://www.schott-music.com/composers_authors/calendar/performances/show,27193,158579.htmlhttp://thingstodo.msn.com/cambridge-ma/events/show/88682048-discovery-ensemble
Discovery Ensemble's second mission is education. The orchestra presents four Discovery Programs per year, each consisting of two in-school workshopshttp://www.la-vida.org/ and a matinee concert for children from local schools.http://www.dotnews.com/2009/orchestra-helps-young-people-discover-classical-music The schools' concerts take place at Strand Theatre in Dorchester, Massachusetts.http://www.strandboston.com/calendar.html
Discovery Ensemble plays live regularly on WGBH Radio and has been featured as Critics’ Choice on NPR.http://mediaplayer.wgbh.org/?xml=clas/cmd090122discovery.xml&resize=1http://www.instantencore.com/video/details.aspx?ItemId=172070 In December 2009, Pulitzer prize winning critic Lloyd Schwartz of the Boston Phoenix named Discovery Ensemble Boston's "Best Kept Secret".http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/94758-2009-The-year-in-Classical
==History==
Discovery Ensemble is currently (November 2010) in its third season, which consists of three concert and education cycles. The orchestra played its first concert in October 2008 in the Strand Theatre, Dorchester with Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes, Stravinsky’s Danses concertantes, and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.http://www.schott-music.com/composers_authors/calendar/performances/show,23125,156221.html
The orchestra was founded because directors Courtney Lewis and David St. George saw the possibility, given the abundance of young professional musicians in Boston, of forming and training a large (40 players) chamber orchestra that could perform at the highest international level. At the same time, it would be the first professional orchestra to work with school children in situ. Discovery Ensemble has been particularly associated with schools and community centers in Dorchester.
==Reviews==
* Boston Globe 1 Ensemble Shows Exuberance from the Start
* Boston Globe 2 Courtney Lewis and Discovery Ensemble Help Make Classical Accessible
* Boston Phoenix 1 Anniversaries and Other Occasions
* Boston Phoenix 2 Springer vs. Nero
* Boston Phoenix 3 The Roar of the Crowd
* Boston Phoenix 4 2009: The Year in Classical
* Boston Intelligencer Harbison “Bout of Un-relatedness” Between Two Chestnuts
* Dorchester Reporter Orchestra Helps Young People Discover Classical Music
* WBUR A Young Maestro’s Noble Experiment: Classical Music For All
* WBUR A Young Conductor Leads A Noble Experiment
==References==
==External links==
* Discovery Ensemble Website
* ArtsBoston Entry
* Minnesota Orchestra
* Discovery Ensemble YouTube Page
* InstantEncore
* Vimeo
Category:American orchestras
Category:Musical groups from Boston, Massachusetts
Category:Musical groups established in 2008