A glimpse inside Hillsdale College's network of classical schools across the country.
When students are struggling with creativity and inspiration, we can look to examples in music history where masters struggled with inspiration too. Master Teacher John Punt explains this through the story of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
There is a necessary growing process of learning about classical music to appreciating and maybe even loving it. In this post, Master Teacher Mr. Punt explores this journey in more depth.
In this post, Mr. Punt talks through a realization he had teaching second grade boys an American love song and the place of folk songs in the human experience.
Mr. Punt discusses the formative importance of repeating the little things for a long time -- you never know what someone may learn!
Mr. Punt discusses the importance of trying new things to connect students with historical songs and the payoff when it works!
The virtue of friendship includes looking out for the best interests of another person. In this post, John Punt discusses two examples where false friends failed to prevent something bad from happening.
How does the study of music and singing together contribute to a robust classical education? Read more to find out how music class addresses all aspects of the mission statement at Seven Oaks Classical School.
Even Classical composers can have a sense of humor! Master Teacher John Punt talks about a moment in class where the human side of a composer related to his students.
Even a simple challenge in a friendly competition among Hillsdale member schools can encourage students to engage with the building blocks and fundamental structures of musical composition!
What does it mean to be culturally literate in music? What are the benefits of this form of cultural literacy? How can a classical education contribute to this?
The Classical Classroom 