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Where Does It Come From? Encore of a Post from December 2012 Occasionally, I find myself in a state of awe pondering this question: Howdoes someone create a piece of…

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Guest Blogger Ennis Carter writes about our event on October 18, 2025 called Music for the People. The name of this blog is: Where Art Meets Civic Joy: Music for the People After 90 Years. The image has a women looking at the WPA posters that are on display. WPA stands for Works Progress Administration.

Where Art Meets Civic Joy: Music for the People After 90 Years

By Ennis CarterDirector, Social Impact StudiosCurator & Author, Posters for the People: Art of the WPA On Saturday, October 18, 2025, I had the honor to be in Morristown, New…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog: Music for the People. A family story. A national legacy. with a picture of Maestro George Marriner Maull's grandfather in an old fashioned suit with a top hat and smoking a pipe.

Music for the People

On the left is my grandfather, George Marriner Maull, for whom I was named. I never knew him. Pictured here at his desk at the Torresdale Water Filtration Plant and…

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This image is about the Maestro's Monthly Blog entitled ‘Tis the Season—No, Not That Season. Maestro Maull is referring to the 2025-2026 upcoming season of events.

‘Tis the Season—No, Not That Season

  It’s The Discovery Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season! And in keeping with the 250th Anniversary of the founding of our country, our focus will be on American composers—at least one of…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog for July 2025 entitled "Bill Moyers - A Debt of Gratitude" with a picture of Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers — A Debt of Gratitude

In light of Bill Moyers’ recent passing, I want to share about the important role he played in helping us to further The Discovery Orchestra’s mission. When Marcia and I…

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image for Maestro Maull's Monthly Blog with a picture of our graphic artist Palmer Uhl and the title "All in the Family".

All in the Family

At The Discovery Orchestra, we are 100% dedicated to helping individuals develop an ever-deepening emotional connection—through perceptive listening—with classical music. But we cannot do this alone. And that is why…

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program. Maestro Maull is a true master of oral presentation and explanation. Clear and engaging, friendly but challenging. He drew in the on-site crowd – and me – to think and listen. I resonated with the way he “taught” the crowd through normal conversational speech … thanks again for expanding my consciousness!

– “Discover Saint-Saens’ ‘Organ’ Symphony” television show viewer