It was the summer of 2015 when Maestro Maull had an awestruck, chance encounter with Congressman John Lewis while on vacation in San Diego. Not only did he learn for the first time about “ComicCon” and why Congressman Lewis was in attendance, but he also received an amazing gift from the Congressman when he returned home. Hear all about it in this final episode of Notes from Under the Piano . Launched in 2020, Notes from Under the Piano is a video and podcast series of 21 episodes in which Maest...
Aug 08, 2023•7 min•Season 2Ep. 21
As Maestro Maull reveals three secrets of conducting, he reflects on his Austrian conducting mentor, Richard Johannes Lert, who taught him the most important secret of all—which may surprise you. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform This podcast is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/RkzRgE_jg3s 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David & Ellen Williams. 💛 EQ Promotional Sponsors: Brandon & Carol Clark...
Jul 07, 2023•7 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Do you listen to music while on vacation? In this episode, Maestro Maull reminisces about the struggle traveling with cassettes and CDs, which many of us can remember. He also shares some of his favorite traveling music, including his playlist on a recent trip to Cancun. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform This podcast is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/eYBkckKEKQM 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David...
Jun 15, 2023•5 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In this video podcast episode, Maestro George Marriner Maull talks about when he first met his wife Marcia in the late 1970s. He was enamored not only with her masterful skills as a pianist, but also her love of puzzles and games. Marcia especially enjoyed watching “The Price Is Right,” and she got tickets to the show in August 1982. Both George and Marcia were called to be contestants, and you won’t believe what they won … and still use to this day! 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform �...
May 24, 2023•7 min•Season 2Ep. 18
What’s the difference between a viola and an onion? Find out the answer in this episode of Notes from Under the Piano, where Maestro Maull tells a few funny jokes ranging from instruments and musicians’ personal habits to the earning power of a musician! 📧 Have a question or a comment? 💬 Drop it in the comments or send us an email at info@discoveryorchestra.org 🔗Sign up for our newsletter 🔗 https://discoveryorchestra.org/sign-up/ #classicalmusic #podcast #listenbetter #musicappreciation #mae...
May 08, 2023•6 min•Season 2Ep. 17
The Discovery Orchestra was so proud to be recognized by the New York and Mid-Atlantic Chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with three out of our five television shows nominated for Emmy® Awards over the years. Although Maestro Maull had fun rubbing elbows with superstars, he reveals the true reason why we independently produce our nationally-distributed television shows. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and...
Mar 15, 2023•5 min•Season 2Ep. 16
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 was particularly memorable: world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. George reminisces about not only enjoying Perlman’s artistry as an audience member, but also as a part of his orchestra. 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David & Ellen Williams. 💛...
Dec 13, 2022•4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
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 reporter Anne Quito and American psychologist Abraham Maslow. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David & Ellen Williams. 💛 EQ Promotional Sponsors: Brandon & Carol Clark. 💛 B-Roll Sponso...
Jan 04, 2022•5 min•Season 2Ep. 14
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 the moon. You will be surprised to learn the connection! 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David & Ellen Williams. 💛 EQ Promotional Sponsors: Brandon & Carol Clark 💛 B-Roll Sponsor: Patricia Luthy 🎼 Theme ...
Dec 13, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 13
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 New Jersey, the Maestro provided an in-depth exploration into the various facets of Handel’s Musick for the Royal Fireworks using the corresponding Listening Guide. You won't believe the impact this focused listening experience had on these young "apprentices"! 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform 💛 Lead...
Oct 26, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 podcast of our new season! 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform This video is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/RhTo6umYK6E 💛 Lead Sponsors: Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. 💛 Major Sponsors: David & Ellen Williams. 💛 EQ Promotional Sponsors: Brandon & Car...
Sep 14, 2021•6 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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! Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/OcZfTVQrsPw Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams....
Jan 25, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
What makes an invisible art form like music visible? What helps you stay present with the music as it invisibly progresses through real time? Learn about “Blueprints” and “Listening Guides” in this episode! Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/MBAIrNklMME Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Willia...
Jan 09, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
No, not the Simon & Garfunkel hit from 1964! How do “rests” or silences placed by composers in music have a profound effect on listeners? Feel the emotional impact of “the sound of silence”. Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/iTecg3p_Bw0 Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme mu...
Dec 14, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Are audiences aware of the many mini-dramas that may be unfolding on stage during a performance? Maestro Maull shares a funny and real story from his days in the Louisville Orchestra. Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/NHsvcEC8uWo Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky...
Dec 02, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 7
What happens when you give something your undivided attention? A chance to perceive more! How did a visit to Africa illustrate this? Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/l6AxHViCtZ8 Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky Mountain Samba” by Dan Crisci. Used with permissio...
Nov 15, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Are you aware of all the extra drama going on behind the scenes at outdoor concerts? Find out in this new episode! Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/jf31XjoeN80 Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky Mountain Samba” by Dan Crisci. Used with permission. John Philip Sou...
Oct 26, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Maestro Maull’s father was totally unafraid to talk to perfect strangers – how did this play out during a concert at the New Jersey Statehouse? Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/TkLi1jYhA9M Let us know what you think - comment and subscribe! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky Mountain Samba” by Dan Crisci. Used wit...
Oct 19, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 4
At Abraham Lincoln High School, which Maestro Maull attended in the 1960’s, not a peep of student noise came from the classroom of Dr. Saul Feinberg’s “Perceptive Listening Class”. How could that be? Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/06zyvCL0uPA Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky Mountain Samba” by Dan Crisci. Used...
Oct 02, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
When, and where, did this term first appear? Do you have it? If you have an intense emotional response to classical music then you may! Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/PO0eSYgb0DQ Let us know what you think - comment below! Lead Sponsors of this program are Judy Musicant & Hugh Clark and The Kosloski Family Foundation. Major sponsors are David & Ellen Williams. Theme music: “Rocky Mountain Samba” by Dan Crisci. Used with permission. An...
Sep 15, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Since childhood, I have been obsessed with a very basic question: Why do some people listen – that is, give music their undivided attention as opposed to just hearing it while they do or think other things – and others don’t? Learn how Maestro Maull grew from a child who contemplated music—and life—while reclined under the grand piano as his mother practiced. Also available in video format on YouTube with closed captioning at https://youtu.be/0viHgmrHNJ4 Lead Sponsors of this podcast are Judy Mu...
Aug 19, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
