LIVE EVENT: Music for the People

5/6/2025

SATURDAY AFTERNOON • Oct 18th, 2025
Morristown, NJ
$10 Adults • Kids Free

Join Social Impact Studios and The Discovery Orchestra to discover and celebrate the 90th Anniversary of an American musical legacy from the Federal Music Project of the 1930s!

Exhibit on Display

See a "Posters for the People" exhibit of posters and original scores made during the era to promote music concerts and music education across the country.

1:30 – 2:00 PM:
WPA Program and its Posters “Fireside Chat”

By Ennis Carter, founder of Social Impact Studios and author and curator of Posters for the People: Art of the WPA. Join us for an informative discussion about the impact and importance of the WPA’s Federal Music Project, the first arts program created as part of the New Deal during the Great Depression - and how it was amplified through ground-breaking poster art from the era.

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo

The Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo, comprised of Valerie and Benedict Turner, are ambassadors of Country Blues music, Piedmont-style fingerpicking, and roots percussion. Their mission is to help bring awareness to these unique aspects of African-American culture and the contributions of early blues artists through performing and teaching.

3:30 – 4:30 PM:
Copland’s “Quiet City” Discovery Program

By George Marriner Maull, Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra. The Federal Music Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), commissioned over 7,300 musical compositions, including Copland’s Quiet City written in 1939. This haunting music—scored for trumpet, English horn, and strings—evokes the lonely solitude of a large city, like New York City, at night. In this multimedia exploration of the music, Maestro Maull will be joined by English hornist, Tyler Selvig.