Notes From Under The Piano

A Pearl Among Us

New York City can be very exciting to live in! In this episode, George Marriner Maull recalls the many superstars he encountered while residing in the Upper West Side, but one…

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Our Sagging, Flabby Attention Spans

Classical music can have a profound effect on our ability to better focus and lengthen our attention spans. Maestro Maull explores how to strengthen your mental muscles with inspiration from…

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Moon Tempo

Maestro Maull explains the meaning of “moon tempo” during his performance in The Stephen Foster Story in Kentucky on July 20, 1969, the same date when we first landed on…

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A Visit to the Chorus School

Maestro Maull has always strongly identified with young chorus students, given he attended St. Peter’s Choir School in Philadelphia. In his last visit to The Newark Boys Chorus School in…

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Ear Worms

Ear Worms are snippets of music that continually repeat through one’s mind after the music is no longer playing. We have ALL experienced this phenomenon. Learn more in this first…

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Conductor Humor

Conductors notoriously take themselves too seriously, and orchestra personnel have never been shy about putting conductors in their place.  Find out how orchestral musicians express their conductor humor! Notes from…

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Thank you so much for inviting us to attend the Saint-Saens “Organ Symphony” recording session. I have always enjoyed listening to this work. As is always the case, your tutorial was excellent! I cannot believe how much more I now know about the “Organ Symphony”. And with more understanding comes a better appreciation. The Discovery Orchestra is much bigger than I remember. Their performance was excellent and truly exciting! A really big pipe organ performed by Mark Miller further enhanced the entire listening experience.

— Earle Eaton, Recording Engineer of our predecessor entity the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey