music listener education

This image is for Maestro Maull's 200th blog published in 2026 called "Whoa! What is Maullaria? An Encore". The orginal blog was Maestro's 2nd blog published in 2011. Maestro Maull is sitting at a piano and NJYS Board President Stewart Holmes (in 2011) is standing next to the piano holding a black t-shirt that says in white letters "I HAVE MAULLARIA"

WHOA! What is Maullaria? An Encore

Fifteen years ago, The Discovery Orchestra published my first blog post—The Opening Chord. And we’ve republished it since then. Here now is my second—What is Maullaria?—re-edited. The term Maullaria was…

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Discovery Orchestra Chat 184 – Gershwin’s “Prelude I” with Maestro Maull

This is the first of an exciting collection of Discovery Chat videos exploring the brilliance of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes for Piano—beginning with Prelude I. Hosted by Artistic Director George…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog for January 2026 is entitled "Dr. Mark Miller––Organist, Pianist and Composer Extraordinaire" and there's a picture of Mark Miller in a nice black suit playing at the organ

Dr. Mark Miller

Organist, Pianist and Composer Extraordinaire It is a great privilege to know Dr. Mark Miller (pictured here) for many years now. The first time I was introduced to one of…

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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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This image has a grand piano with music notes and a dancer floating at the top of it. It represents our radio show (Inside Music) episode entitled What's a Polonaise? Featuring Chopin’s Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53

What’s A Polonaise?  

Frédéric Chopin’s Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, nicknamed the “Heroic” is—without question—one of the composer’s most well-known compositions. Inside Music host George Marriner Maull will explore some of the musical aspects of…

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This is an image of a dark church with music sheets for our radio show Inside Music episode called Adagio in G Minor. Steam it any time from our website.

Adagio in G Minor

The Adagio in G Minor—sometimes attributed to the Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)—was actually written by Remo Giazotto, a 20th century musicologist, scholar and biographer of Albinoni. Giazotto made no…

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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