George Marriner Maull   Artistic Director Booking Info

Educator & Public Television Personality
As writer, conductor and host of both Bach to the Future© and Discover Beethoven's 5th,  one-hour televised Discovery Concerts®, he has reached tens of millions of American and international households by American Public Television estimates. Locally, as presenter of Fall in Love with Music, a music listening course for adults based on the groundbreaking work of Dr. Saul Feinberg, and as host of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Bank of America Classical Overtures, he interacts with thousands of New York/New Jersey metro participants each season.

Conductor
Founder and Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra, he was formerly Music Director and Conductor of the Louisville Ballet, Louisville Singers, New Jersey Youth Symphony, Plainfield Symphony (NJ), Bloomingdale Chamber Orchestra (NYC), Eastern Suffolk Symphony (NY) and The Discovery Orchestra's predecessor entity, the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey. He has appeared as a guest conductor with the Kentucky Opera, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Washington Square Festival Orchestra in New York City, Orchestras of the Aaron Copland School of Music and the University of Louisville School of Music, and the New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony. He has conducted performances across the United States including appearances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as in England, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, Hungary and Romania.

Recordings
His recordings include three CD releases conducting the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in compositions by Max Schubel, Ernst Levy and Frank Ezra Levy with cello soloist Scott Ballantyne, recently  released on the Naxos label.

Violist
Formerly a professional violist with the Louisville Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Caramoor Festival Orchestra and American Symphony Orchestra, George Marriner Maull performed under Stravinsky, Boulez, Comissiona, Solti, Fiedler, Copland, Foss, Shaw and Levine.

Training
A Philadelphia native, he studied piano and voice at St. Peter's Choir School in Philadelphia and viola with Irving Segall of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Later he studied with Czech violinist, Paul Kling at the University of Louisville where he received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees and also continued his studies at The Juilliard School with Robert Smolensky and Lawrence Widdoes. His conducting teachers were Jorge Mester and Richard Johannes Lert.

Awards & Other Television Appearances

• Recipient, Medal of the Belgian Ministry of Culture (1983)
• 1st Prize with Honors 32nd European Muziekfestival (1983)
• WNET documentary Art Effects: Young & Noteworthy (1987)
• Distinguished Alumnus, University of Louisville (1994)
• Conductor Laureate, New Jersey Youth Symphony (1997)
• Mid-Atlantic Emmy Nomination, Bach to the Future© (2004)
• Somerset County Excellence in Arts Award (2005)
• Who's Who in America (1997 - present)

For Bookings
Guest Speaker/Guest Conductor, contact rmspro@verizon.net

Interviews

Jeff Friedman, Discover Beethoven's 5th producer, interviews Maestro Maull on CARPE DIEM, the award-winning half-hour weekly magazine show produced by the Department of Broadcasting at Montclair State University.  Watch Part One ,   Watch Part TWO of the interview.

Maestro Maull discusses TDO's YouTube Discovery Chats and the 'discovery process' with Frank Macioce of HomeTowne TV.   Watch the Interview

John Patten of The Warren Patch interviews Maestro Maull after TDO receives a 2011-2012 grant from The New Jersey State Council on the Arts.  Read the Interview

Press Quotes

Choral
"George Marriner Maull had the audience on its feet cheering, and I cheer a conductor who, at no sacrifice of attractive dynamics, can inspire from a chorus the clarity of enunciation and appreciation of the text which was so utterly apparent". (Orff - Carmina Burana).
The Louisville Times

"George Marriner Maull brought what has to be hands down the most accomplished choral "Messiah" possible to the stage of the New Jersey Performing Art Center's Prudential Hall. With absolutely first rate playing from the orchestra, the diction from the chorus was clearer than most printed programs".
Classical New Jersey Magazine

"Exquisite singing from the New York Schola Cantorum and the United States Coast Guard Academy Chorus." (Boito - Nerone)
Opera News

Orchestral
"George Marriner Maull received a well-deserved standing ovation for his Carnegie Hall conducting debut." (Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2)
The New York Times

"Here was music at its most glorious, played in a magical exploration of the score's profoundly intellectual and emotional depths. Awesome, flawless playing - the ensemble, intonation and articulation were perfect, a performance of exquisite artistry." (Mozart: Symphony No. 41)
Recorder Publishing (NJ)

"It was obvious that he and the orchestra had something to say, and they did so with such artistic taste, that the results were wondrous to behold." (Bach: Orchestral Suite in D)
The Courier-News (NJ)

"A performance of pure sonic art, a standing ovation was given to the conductor and musicians." (Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2)
The Home News (NJ)

"The Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey demonstrated that there is no need to travel across the Hudson to hear brilliant, breathtaking performances. Here was not only technical perfection, but also a deep understanding of the music. It filled the heart and soul. Anyone listening to this outpouring of beauty and vitality couldn't help but leave feeling it's good to be alive if for no other reason than to hear musicians of this caliber interpret Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms." (Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture; Brahms: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7)
Recorder Publishing (NJ)

Recordings
"The work is immensely listenable in an excellent performance by George Marriner Maull and the Polish National Radio Orchestra." (CD Release: Ernst Levy: Symphony No. 10)
Turok's Choice

"I'm so happy to see this CD finally released. I was lucky enough to be at the world premieres of these works here in New York City with these same artists. One of the most impressive events I've seen in over 30 years of concert going." (CD Release: Ernst Levy: Concerto for Cello; Frank Ezra Levy: Concerto For Cello No. 1)
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