Maestro Maull Meets John Lewis
Friends and relatives had been telling us for years how beautiful San Diego is. During the summer of 2015, Marcia and I decided to visit this city for the first…
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Notes From Under The Piano
The Discovery Orchestra is launching a new social media initiative. At a regular meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee (hear those three words spoken in an ‘echo chamber’ in your…
The Music Paradigm®
Roger Nierenberg, a good friend and colleague of mine for forty-four years, created The Music Paradigm. The Music Paradigm presents a unique way for executives of corporations to find out…
Discover The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite has been with me a long time. Back in the 1960’s, one of Philadelphia’s grocery store chains, the Penn Fruit Company, began offering classical 33 1/3…
A Post for A Challenging Moment
You do not need me to tell you that we’ve entered a moment unlike any most of us have ever encountered in our lives. Like many of you, I stand…
Life with Dave, Bill, Bob, Walter & Mike
One of the great joys of the past decade has been our association with the Midnight Media Group in Millburn, New Jersey, a full-service video and audio production company. Their…
Today I watched an episode called “Discover Beethoven’s Fifth”, and it was marvelous! Maestro Maull and his talented orchestra gave me a one-hour thrill. I’ve always loved Beethoven, especially his Fifth Symphony. I studied piano for 7 years as a young person, and came to appreciate so many of the classical composers, but Beethoven’s Fifth has always thrilled me. I so appreciated the format of the program, and the Maestro involved all of us and taught us so much. Thank you for this fine program. And many thanks and praise to the orchestra! When the program ended, I clapped loudly and shouted “Bravo!! Bravo!!!”