music listening education

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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picture of a full, random orchestra on a stage

Maestro’s Monthly Blog

Where Does It Come From? Encore of a Post from December 2012 Occasionally, I find myself in a state of awe pondering this question: Howdoes someone create a piece of…

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Maestro's Monthly Blog: Music for the People. A family story. A national legacy. with a picture of Maestro George Marriner Maull's grandfather in an old fashioned suit with a top hat and smoking a pipe.

Music for the People

On the left is my grandfather, George Marriner Maull, for whom I was named. I never knew him. Pictured here at his desk at the Torresdale Water Filtration Plant and…

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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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Maestro's Monthly Blog for July 2025 entitled "Bill Moyers - A Debt of Gratitude" with a picture of Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers — A Debt of Gratitude

In light of Bill Moyers’ recent passing, I want to share about the important role he played in helping us to further The Discovery Orchestra’s mission. When Marcia and I…

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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