One Good Encore Deserves Another … The Opening Chord
November 2024 (Revised from the blog post The Opening Chord of June 2011) I’ve been writing posts for this blog for over fourteen years. Sometimes I wonder if anyone actually…
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Halloween Candy Encore
In the color photo on the left are choristers George Marriner Maull and his older brother, Frederick Howard Maull, on a June Sunday morning in 1960. They’re standing in the…
On a Personal Note …The Legend of the Pink Squirrel
At a recent meeting of The Discovery Orchestra’s staff, there was a discussion about serving a signature cocktail at an upcoming event. The performers – and the cocktails – were…
Shout-Outs from Our Viewers and Listeners Around the World
We’ve received feedback from a number of the, by now, more than six million* individuals who have watched our Discovery Concerts™ distributed by American Public Television, viewed our YouTube Discovery…
Brian Frederick Dallow 1943–2024
How does one even begin to acknowledge the debt one owes to a dear friend who helped you found a professional symphony orchestra? Having just been appointed assistant conductor of…
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love…
Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Symphonies is the title of a July 7, 2021 article in The New York Times. This series of stories, appearing regularly in The…
I was delighted to hear George Marriner Maull’s “Inside Music” when he discussed how to listen to and enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the 4th movement. To have the words of the choral Ode to Joy translated and explained (word for word) was enlightening and inspiring as well. And to learn all the intricacies of the music itself was fascinating.