music listening education

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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image for Maestro Maull's Monthly Blog with a picture of our graphic artist Palmer Uhl and the title "All in the Family".

All in the Family

At The Discovery Orchestra, we are 100% dedicated to helping individuals develop an ever-deepening emotional connection—through perceptive listening—with classical music. But we cannot do this alone. And that is why…

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image of flowers with the title Maestro's Monthly Blog "It's Spring!"

It’s Spring!

In 1968 before starting my junior year at the University of Louisville School of Music, I auditioned for and became a member of the Louisville Orchestra. Myambition had been to…

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This image is about an upcoming event: Discover Symphonic Masterworks with the Maestro featuring Charles Ives: Variations on "America" on 9/13/2025 at 6:30pm at Grace Church in Madison, NJ

Discover Symphonic Masterworks with the Maestro: Charles Ives – Variations on “America”

Saturday, September 13, 2025
6:30 – 9:30 PM
Grace Episcopal Church, 4 Madison Ave, Madison 07940

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NJPAC cancelled this event due to the predicted major snow storm. Join Maestro Maull on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at NJPAC in Newark, NJ for an interactive Discovery exploration prior to NJPAC’s concert featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring violin soloist Ray Chen. Free for concert ticket holders. Purchase tickets at: njpac.org/tickets-events.

NJPAC Cancels Event

Sunday, January 25, 2026
2:00 Classical Overture / 3:00 Concert Begins
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), 1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102

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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