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SAVE THE DATE: Music for the People

5/6/2025

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON • Oct 18th, 2025

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

- Learn about the WPA program that kept music alive and musicians working from 1935-39 after the greatest economic depression in our country's history.

- 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. Hear a live talk about them by curator Ennis Carter.

- Enjoy a live music concert of Aaron Copland's Quiet City, commissioned under the Federal Music Project of the era, led by The Discovery Orchestra's Maestro George Maull.

- Hear live music from the period that are the legacy of our American musical traditions.


- Make your own poster to take home in a live demonstration of the printing process used by the WPA poster makers of the time.

- Books & Posters also available for sale
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