Composer S-Z

Birthday Cake

Birthday Blog

Birthday girl, birthday boy, birthday cake. . .I thought why not birthday blog! It’s true. October is my birthday month, and I know that many other people share it including…

Read More
New Jersey Youth Symphony String Quartet

Ear Worms

This revolting term actually has a specific musical meaning! Wikipedia states: “An ear worm, sometimes also known as a brain worm, (that sounds even worse to me) is a catchy…

Read More

Discovery Orchestra Chat 129 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 8

Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this last Discovery Orchestra Chat on the piece! Watch and listen to Chat 122, Part…

Read More

Discovery Orchestra Chat 128 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 7

Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this seventh of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece! Watch and listen to Chat…

Read More

Discovery Orchestra Chat 127 – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Part 6

Maestro Maull continues the exploration of the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in this sixth of eight Discovery Orchestra Chats on the piece! Watch and listen to Chat…

Read More
Image of Danny Ailo, Sandy Aillo, and George Marriner Maull

Emmy Reflections

Yes, it was disappointing not to win the Emmy. At The Discovery Orchestra we at times lulled ourselves into magically thinking that the proverbial ‘third time would be a charm.’…

Read More

Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!

— Discover The Firebird TV Viewer