Choir in the Classrooms: How to Integrate Music Throughout School Culture – Steve Turley

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2020 Workshop Talk | 1:05:01 | 7-12, Teacher & Classroom, Art & Music

Summary

Should we have praise bands in our schools? Isn’t singing and listening to classical music alone elitist? Let’s face it, when it comes to music, a lot of us are just confused. Whether it’s a matter of not being able to read musical notation or to sing in parts or to explain why Mozart is better than Mötley Crüe, educating students in music is most often considered best left to the experts. However, music was not merely a “subject” in classical education; it was integral to the formation of wisdom and virtue in the life of the student. This workshop is designed specifically for the non-musician and maybe even the tone deaf! We will explore how you—yes, you! — can incorporate music throughout the school day. We’ll learn why classical music is so important to shaping the student’s affections, how you can appreciate and articulate such an importance, and, most importantly, how your students will cultivate a love for singing that echoes throughout their lives. (Appeal: dialectic/rhetoric
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Speaker

Stephen Richard Turley (PhD, Durham University) is a theologian, social theorist, classical Christian educator, and prize-winning classical guitarist. He is the author of The Ritualised Revelation of the Messianic Age: Washings and Meals in Galatians and 1 Corinthians, and Awakening Wonder: A Classical Guide to Truth, Goodness, and Beauty . Steve blogs on the church, society and culture, education, and the arts at TurleyTalks .com . He is a faculty member at Tall Oaks Classical School in Bear, DE, where he teaches theology, Greek, and rhetoric, and is a professor of fine arts at Eastern University . Steve lectures at universities, conferences, and churches throughout the U .S . and abroad . His research and writings have appeared in such journals as Christianity and Literature, Calvin Theological Journal, First Things, Touchstone, and the Chesterton Review. He and his wife, Akiko, have four children and live in Bear, DE, where they together enjoy fishing, gardening, and watching Duck Dynasty marathons .

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