What Have We Done to the Fine Arts? Is It Just an Elective?

Professor Carol is back in this episode of Classical Et Cetera to talk about the importance of studying the fine arts and music and its role in a classical education. In small ways we have lost the integral parts of the fine arts in our modern culture. And in our neglect, the fine arts have drifted to the backs of our collective consciousness to the role of a simple pass/fail elective. How do we take it back? It takes a unified curriculum, a passionate teacher, and a creative approach to reinstate the fine arts in the hearts and minds of our students.

Join Jessica, Tanya, Paul, and Carol as they dive into art's place in the classical world and how our culture can learn to thrive again with an emphasis and attention to the fine arts!

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[nwilson]

Such an enjoyable conversation to listen in on ❤😊

[nidhishshivashankar]

Great one I’d love to hear more of her!

[Shevock]

Fun conversation. To teach music in the liberal arts tradition is to cultivate gentlemen and ladies. It's not what I aim for in my daily pedagogy, but I definitely aim for a gentleness that musicking can cultivate.

[BobTheBuilder-evks]

Thanks for introducing me to the PostModernJukebox. Excellent find.

[aprilstrickler]

Love Post Modern Jukebox! They are fabulous. Their stylings from 20s - 70s of modern music are such a great twist.

[sammich]

My son likes Picasso's "Three Musicians", he said it reminds him of mine craft 😅

[heidib.]

I’d love to know more about the masterclasses one can watch on YouTube that she referenced!

[nathaliawatkins]

I need this list of folk songs for children that Paul mentioned!

[lh]

Thank you for mentioning dance! It is usually not given its due.

[countrygamer]

18:27 Howard Shore, not John Williams.

[StevenSmith-]

Hymnals also add a hand/eye/mind/heart/mouth coordination that is unreplicable anywhere else. It drives the songs and scriptures inside a person. The loss of them to projectors is a great evil. One that could be partially mitigated by reintroducing the musical notation back onto the projector slides.

[kb]

Can you clarify-
Which MP product comes first for elementary- Music Appreciation or Introduction to Music Theory?