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Intimate Afternoon
Discover the Romance of Franck
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3pm, Gladstone Residence
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Audience Feedback


View the audience feedback video from our Discovery Concert - Discover Carousel!

Produced and edited by Kristine Bates; Jeff Friedman, Executive Producer. Dumont Television Center, Montclair State University.


View the audience feedback video from our November 2008 Discovery Concert - Discover Sousa!

Video produced by Ron Tomaino of Ripple Productions.


Audience Feedback

Discover Carousel - 4/23/2009

“Very enjoyable!! Wonderful orchestra maestro!!”   East Hanover, NJ

“Excellent presentation! Very rewarding and instructive. Enjoyable.”   Bernardsville, NJ

“Maestro Maull is interesting, instructive and very enjoyable.”   Anonymous

“Beautifully done.”   Morristown, NJ

“I have attended many courses led by George Marriner Maull and enjoyed them immensely. He is a fabulous teacher and an inspiration.”   Hackensack, NJ

“I’ve taken Maestro Maull’s classes at the Montclair Adult School and enjoy them. That’s why I came tonight.”   Upper Montclair, NJ

“Superb!”   Summit, NJ

“Great concert.”   Summit, NJ

“It was a wonderful education and experience.”   Scotch Plains, NJ

“Very, very enjoyable.”   East Hanover, NJ

“Fabulous!”   Summit, NJ

“No other program for non-students I know of takes an audience into the music like TDO.”   Maplewood, NJ

“We enjoyed the evening very much. At first, I was leary of the first row seats (we were in first 2 seats of 2nd row) but it was really fun. I felt part of the orchestra.”   Glen Ridge, NJ

“I thoroughly enjoy these concerts and was so pleased to introduce our group of 45 Temple Sharey Tefils Renaissance members to your wonderful teaching orchestra.”   West Orange, NJ

“Very enjoyable.”   Piscataway, NJ

“Very good.”   Newark, NJ

“The session is beautiful.”   Newark, NJ

“I do my best to attend all offerings.”   Glen Ridge, NJ

I enjoyed the concert. The conductor George explained the concert very well. Thank you very much.”   Irvington, NJ

“Thoroughly enjoyed!”   Maplewood, NJ

“Very interesting program. We learned about this concert just by chance while scanning an NJPAC brochure. We were attracted because of our longtime fondness for Rodgers and Hammerstein.”   East Orange, NJ

“Very enjoyable.”   Maplewood, NJ

Very nice. I love music!”   Anonymous.

“Very enjoyable – a new experience. I learned something.”   Springfield, NJ

“Does raise one’s musical appreciation.”   Morristown, NJ

“Enjoyable evening of ‘listening’.”   Bernardsville, NJ

“I’m delighted to be here tonight. I took one course of Maestro Maull with Brandeis Women in the Millburn library.”   Roseland, NJ

“Beautiful.”   Belle Mead, NJ

“Excellent.”   Glen Ridge, NJ

“I love TDO!!”   Maplewood, NJ

“I have thoroughly enjoyed all TDO that I have attended.”   Glen Ridge, NJ

“I like TDO! It is very interesting.”   Montclair, NJ

“Very enjoyable!!”   Anonymous

“I use for educational references.”   Newark, NJ

“First time and enjoyed very much.”   Basking Ridge, NJ

“I’m going to write to the orchestra in Houston, Texas and recommend they offer a program like this!!”   Anonymous

“This was my first experience and I really enjoyed it!”   Newark, NJ

“I was introduced to music concepts that I didn’t know they existed. George Marriner Maull is very entertaining. The orchestra sounds great.”   Somerville, NJ

“Terrific.”   Summit, NJ

“Wonderful concert.”   Anonymous

“Good concert.”   Newark, NJ

“Enjoyed ‘listening’ so much!”   Summit, NJ

“I enjoyed listening and learning about classical waltz music.”   Newark, NJ

“This is my first time attending this but I have enjoyed it because it has taken me back to when I was younger and we had mostly musicals in the movies and that is where I began to appreciate different classical music.”   ewark, NJ

“You are very enjoyable to see and listen to.”   Anonymous

“We enjoyed the evening very much with Mr. Maull.”   Middletown, NJ

“Maestro Maull gives us a wonderful opportunity to deepen our appreciation or orchestral music. My husband and I thank you!”   Middletown, NJ

“Enlightening and fantasticly educational and enjoyable.”   Anonymous

“Love this.”   Anonymous

“Most enjoyable experience.”   Maplewood, NJ

Fall in Love with Music Listening Course– 5/18/2008

“Class was wonderful and lively.”   Anonymous

“Nothing – It was wonderful!.”   Anonymous

“Nothing! Energizing, enchanting, enlightening, educating, and a privilege to attend. Thank you!”  

“It was great and rewarding just as is.”   Randolph, NJ

“It was excellent.”   Morristown, NJ

“The love of music is evident and contagious. Thank you. Perfect!”   Hawthorne, NJ

“No change – well done – lively, interesting.”   Anonymous

“Well thought out. Too much info in a short time.”   Anonymous

Discover The Four Seasons - 2/24/2008

“Enjoyed program very much. I never had the opportunity to have any classical piece broken down and explained. It brings more meaning and appreciation for the piece!”  Piscataway, NJ

“The whole concept and format are inventive and appropriate for the 21st century, a time when people are more educated than ever and desire knowledge.”  Verona, NJ

“The music was beautiful. Thank you to all the musicians. Very entertaining and instructive performance by Maestro Maull. Changed the way I will enjoy this work in the future. Thank you.”  Morristown, NJ

“Today’s format was fantastic! Our family has thoroughly enjoyed today’s performance.”  Basking Ridge, NJ

“I had expected to hear a conventional concert. Now, I would be inclined to bring a young person to hear Mr. Maull describe a detailed way to listen to music.”  Livingston, NJ

Discover Handel's Messiah -  12/23/2007

"I love Handel’s Messiah, and have had the chance to be in a choir that did this piece, and I was able to learn so much today that I had never noticed before."   New York, NY

"Very enjoyable, liked the energy and also right level of teaching in my opinion."   Somerville, NJ

"I enjoyed… I learned… I was enthralled!!!"   Short Hills, NJ

"I thought I knew the music well, but this concert opened my ears to many other layers of appreciation, enriching The Messiah listening experience."   Anonymous

"I love the program and have definitely benefited by being guided through the active listening process. I have brought my 2 guitar playing teens with me today."   Maplewood, NJ

"Wonderful concert – chorus is great – great diction; lecture very informative and fun!"   Mahwah, NJ

"Very, very beautiful performance. Like nothing I ever saw before. Thank you all."   Newark, NJ

"Very interesting and informative despite my many years of listening to 33 rpms and DVDs as well as attending concerts by the NJSO and Boston Symphony."   West Windsor, NJ

"We did not know when we walked into the concert hall that we were attending a musical tutorial. We thought it would be a regular concert of Messiah. I loved the Discovery process – our teacher was entertaining and enlightening. We’ll attend more in the future."   West Orange, NJ

"Fascinating and informative, now I understand a little better why the Hallelujah Chorus brings tears to my eyes. Thank you."   Anonymous.

"Bravo! Enjoyed thoroughly. Want to learn more about classical music."   Anonymous.

"Great! Terrific sense of humor, and you really make the music come alive (for those with or without musical training.)"   Summit, NJ

"This was an extraordinary learning experience for myself and my grandson (7 yrs. old)."   Bronx, NY

"The conductor is very lively, he did a good job. The music is very enjoyable. I’d like to listen to another classical concert."   New York, NY

"Was initially skeptical, but enjoyed very much!"   Franklin Lakes, NJ

Discover Gershwin featuring Rhapsody in Blue  -  4/12/2007

"The concert was exceptional - from George's insightful deconstruction and reconstruction of Gershwin's famous Rhapsody in Blue to Mr. Rosenthal's virtuosic performance. Everything worked together in perfect harmony."   Morristown, NJ

"I have loved "Rhapsody in Blue" and felt "at home" with it for many of my 83 years, but on April 12, 2007, that "home" suddenly expanded with multiple extensions thanks to the extraordinary musical, artistic and teaching talents of George Marriner Maull! I've long been aware of the high quality of your musical and artistic talents but now I must add my admiration for your exhilarating teaching talent! …I can't wait to attend as many of your concerts as possible. Thank you again for a wonderful evening."   Summit, NJ


A Taste of TDO
Listen to past Discovery clips with Artistic Director George Marriner Maull
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