Music: Integrating The Foundation of All Subjects at Home and in Classrooms with Professor Carol

About our GuestFor more than 20 years, Carol was Associate Professor of Music History at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.Professor Carol Reynolds is a uniquely talented and much sought-after public speaker for arts venues and general audiences. She combines her insights on music history, arts, and culture with her passion for arts education to create programs and curricula, inspire concert audiences, and lead arts tours. Never dull or superficial, Carol brings to her audiences a unique mix of humor, substance, and skilled piano performance to make the arts more accessible and meaningful to all.Carol has has teamed with Smithsonian Journeys for cruises to the Holy Land, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Baltic Sea, Indian Ocean, and across the Atlantic. She now makes her home in North Carolina and maintains a second residence in Weimar, Germany — the home of Goethe, Schiller, Bach, and Liszt, and the focal point of much of Europe’s artistic heritage.Show NotesDynamic resources will be found in this podcast. As you listen, you’ll hear about promising and natural ways to blend music into the lives of those you teach and with whom you surround yourself. The mind shift is that it is not about fitting it in, it’s about shaping affections with beauty. There are shared musical treasures that bring people together. What if your students discovered such delight, as when one little girl exclaimed, “Mommy look! All the songs are here in one place!”?Some questions in this episode include:What should we be thinking about in Music Education?When we want to embrace Musical Education, can we first describe what the problem is?What does a robust music program look like in a Classical Education?This talk will bring your own musical stories to mind, and inspire you to preserve the beauty of the rich and timeless songs. Books, Music, and Media Mentioned In This EpisodeResources by Carol:The Circle of Scholars: by Professor Carol at professorcarol.comHymn Workshops and Webinars:by Professor Carol at professorcarol.comEssay: "A Child’s Journey Into Sacred Music" by Carol Reynolds at Memoria Press: Memoriapress.comComing soon: Into the Spiritual by Carol Reynolds, a Hymn Workshop WebinarList of Professor Carol’s Resources______________________________Father Bethel biography about John Senior Shiniche Suzuki writings In the Mood Frank SinatraBig Band MusicMother Goose Nursery RhymesTwinkle Twinkle Little StarPeter Pan RecordsPeter and the Wolf by Sergei ProkofievThe Point by Harry NilssonOld Recordings with great orchestras and singers like Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Burl IvesGerman Kinder songsMy Love is Like a Red, Red Rose by Robert BurnsHymnals and Devotional songsNoise Pollution Carol Reynolds Weekly Digest email blogPlato The Little Drummer Boy’s Bolero by Julie GirouxMessiah by George Frederic HandelAmerican Folk Music and Christmas SongsFolk Music from Ambleside Online Curriculum: Design Your Homeschool: amblesideonline.orgHymns from Ambleside Online Curriculum: Design Your Homeschool: amblesideonline.orgHillbilly music with Jimmie Rodgers and Ernest TubbThe Met Opera The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Old Rugged Cross by George BennardThe Entertainer by Scott JoplinAmerican Marches by John Philip SousaThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthornEssays by C.S. LewisThe Singing Revolution Documentary film history of Baltic Song FestivalMy Musical Life by Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovA Thousand Points for Children (1958) Find a similar collection of prose and poetry_________________________________Credits:Sound Engineer: Andrew HelselLogo Art: Anastasiya CFMusic: Used with permission. cellists: Sara Sant' Ambrogio and Lexine Feng; pianist: Alyona Waldo © 2022 Beautiful Teaching. All Rights Reserved ★ Support this podcast ★

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