Discovery Ensemble

{{Short description|Defunct Boston-based orchestra}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox orchestra

| name = Discovery Ensemble (DE)

| type = Chamber orchestra

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| location = Boston, Massachusetts

| founded = {{start date|2008}}

| concert_hall = {{plainlist|

• Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Jordan Hall, Boston

}}

| principal_conductor = Courtney Lewis

| website =

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Discovery Ensemble was a Boston-based chamber orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.artsboston.org/page/member_list |title=ArtsBoston Members |publisher=Artsboston.org |accessdate=20 October 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/default.aspx?id=4006 |title=Strand Spotlight Continues With Two Great Performances | City of Boston |publisher=Cityofboston.gov |date=22 October 2008 |accessdate=20 October 2011}} It disappeared from the Boston music scene after an announcement cancelling the already advertised 2014 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/07/23/discovery-ensemble-suddenly-ceases-operations/UYN3gInkeH5emhluGmxOrK/story.html|title=Discovery Ensemble suddenly ceases operations - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2017-05-04}}

Discovery Ensemble had two missions. It was a chamber orchestra that performed to local acclaim in the Boston Globe{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/27/ensemble_shows_exuberance_from_the_start/ |title=Discovery Ensemble shows exuberance from the start – The Boston Globe |work=Boston Globe |date=27 January 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/01/16/courtney_lewis_and_discovery_ensemble_help_make_classical_accessible/ |title=Courtney Lewis and Discovery Ensemble help make classical accessible – The Boston Globe |work=Boston Globe |date=16 January 2010 |accessdate=20 October 2011}} and the Boston Phoenix.{{cite web|author=Schwartz, Lloyd |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/75692-Anniversaries-and-other-occasions/?rel=inf |title=Anniversaries and other occasions – Classical |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=27 January 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014064235/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/75692-Anniversaries-and-other-occasions/?rel=inf |archivedate=14 October 2012}}{{cite web|author=Schwartz, Lloyd |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/84745-Springer-vs-Nero/?rel=inf |title=Springer vs. Nero! – Classical |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=10 June 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014064256/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/84745-Springer-vs-Nero/?rel=inf |archivedate=14 October 2012}}{{cite web|author=Schwartz, Lloyd |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/90551-roar-of-the-crowd/?page=1#TOPCONTENT |title=The roar of the crowd – Classical |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=13 October 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014064323/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/90551-roar-of-the-crowd/?page=1 |archivedate=14 October 2012}}{{cite web|author=Schwartz, Lloyd |url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/94758-2009-The-year-in-Classical/ |title=2009: The year in Classical – Classical |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=4 January 2010 |accessdate=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103252/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/94758-2009-The-year-in-Classical/ |archivedate=14 October 2012}} Concerts took place at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/composers_authors/calendar/performances/show,27193,158579.html |title=Schott Music |publisher=Schott Music |accessdate=20 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://thingstodo.msn.com/cambridge-ma/events/show/88682048-discovery-ensemble |title=Local movies, theaters, showtimes, events, concerts and festivals – MSN Local Edition Movies & Events |publisher=Thingstodo.msn.com |date=31 December 1999 |accessdate=20 October 2011 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Discovery Ensemble's second mission was education. The orchestra presented four Discovery Programs per year, each consisting of two in-school workshops{{cite web|url=http://www.la-vida.org/ |title=lavidainc |publisher=La-vida.org |date=19 September 2011 |accessdate=20 October 2011}} and a matinee concert for children from local schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.dotnews.com/2009/orchestra-helps-young-people-discover-classical-music |title=Orchestra helps young people discover classical music | Dorchester Reporter |publisher=Dotnews.com |date=23 April 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011}} The schools' concerts took place at Strand Theatre in Dorchester, Massachusetts.[http://www.strandboston.com/calendar.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705182921/http://www.strandboston.com/calendar.html |date=5 July 2009 }}

Discovery Ensemble played live regularly on WGBH Radio and was featured as Critics' Choice on NPR.{{cite web |url=http://mediaplayer.wgbh.org/?xml=clas/cmd090122discovery.xml&resize=1 |title=WGBH Homepage |publisher=Mediaplayer.wgbh.org |accessdate=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226120521/http://mediaplayer.wgbh.org/?xml=clas%2Fcmd090122discovery.xml&resize=1 |archivedate=26 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.instantencore.com/video/details.aspx?ItemId=172070 |title=Discovery Ensemble |publisher=InstantEncore |date=18 March 2009 |accessdate=20 October 2011}} In December 2009, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Lloyd Schwartz of the Boston Phoenix named Discovery Ensemble Boston's "Best Kept Secret".{{cite web|author=Schwartz, Lloyd|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/94758-2009-The-year-in-Classical |title=2009: The year in Classical – Classical |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=4 January 2010 |accessdate=20 October 2011}}