Education
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The Neglected Muse: Why Music is an Essential Liberal Art
We are shaped not only by music, but also by our opinions about music.
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An Amateur’s Week with Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet
What do amateurs glean from a week spent inundated by one piece of music?
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The Virtue of Irrelevance
Group mentality has invaded the world of education in ways that threaten the young.
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Learning to Play
Tradition is best understood as “the hand of the gardener.”
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Teaching Judgement
However impoverished a student’s experience, his taste will not remain at the level of ‘that’s what I like.’
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Concerning Conservatories III: A Tale of Caution and Renewal
It is very possible that, by chasing “relevance,” our conservatories will make themselves irrelevant.
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Concerning Conservatories II: Social Activism and the Cry for Creativity
The modern tendency is to reject the purpose and the primacy of the European classical canon itself.
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Concerning Conservatories I: The Appeal of Entrepreneurship
There is, indeed, something very wrong with the state of higher music education in this country.
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Beauty in Music: Inspiration and Excellence
Education is the training of the sensibilities to love that which is worth loving.
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Tonality Now: Finding a Groove
The history of instrumental music and that of the cult of listening are interwoven with the history of the Church.