2019 Workshop Talk | 01:01:00 | All Grade Levels, Art & Music
Summary
The first role of music in classical education is the training and forming of affections. What place does music have in our model of education and how can we determine what is appropriate to sing and play? Is it possible that we are working against our foundational educational principles by the content of our singing?
Speaker
Gregory Wilbur is president and dean of New College Franklin (a Christian liberal arts college that he helped to start) and the chief musician and liturgist at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Franklin, TN. For almost twenty-five years, he has taught in classical schools. He is the author of Glory and Honor: The Music and Artistic Legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach and has written chapters in several books on music and the arts . He has released three albums of his compositions of congregational psalms, hymns, and service music and also composes for choir, orchestra, film, and chamber ensembles— including the soundtrack for the documentary on Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Logic on Fire . In addition to being a regular speaker at classical conferences, he has a column on the quadrivium called "The Crossroads" on the CiRCE Institute website. His wife, Sophia, homeschools their daughter, Eleanor, and they all enjoy reading, cooking, taking walks, and enjoying life in middle Tennessee.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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