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The Classics

  • Opera Educator: The Olympic Art That Tells a Story
    Opera Educator: The Olympic Art That Tells a Story
    For Stuart Holt, opera is awe-inspiring storytelling and, in many ways, the Olympian limb of the classical arts. Director of the school programs and community engagement departments of the Metropolitan ...
    January 2, 2018BY Sharon Kilarski
  • College Professor Susan Woodard: The Classics Foster a Life of Reconsideration
    College Professor Susan Woodard: The Classics Foster a Life of Reconsideration
    When Susan Woodard, professor emeritus of music, was just beginning her teaching career, she heard a colleague declare, ...
    November 28, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Painter George Ceffalio: Using Classic Techniques Makes Our Lives Better
    Painter George Ceffalio: Using Classic Techniques Makes Our Lives Better
    For fine arts painter George Ceffalio, the importance of classical realistic art is self-evident. "You see [realistic art] ...
    August 27, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Philosopher John Henry Crosby: The Classics Protect the Fullness of Our Humanity
    Philosopher John Henry Crosby: The Classics Protect the Fullness of Our Humanity
    Why the classics are important today is a radical question, according to John Henry Crosby, the founder and ...
    August 13, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Historian Jason Goetz: Reclaiming Our History to Mend Our Culture
    Historian Jason Goetz: Reclaiming Our History to Mend Our Culture
    Historian and educator Jason Goetz looks to the classics as a means for our culture to survive. As ...
    July 3, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Baritone Darren Chase: Classics Provide Endless Inspiration
    Baritone Darren Chase: Classics Provide Endless Inspiration
    The classics offer artists endless inspiration, says baritone Darren Chase.
    May 18, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Pedagogist Cassia Harvey: The Classics Are Our Collective Memory, Our Cultural DNA
    Pedagogist Cassia Harvey: The Classics Are Our Collective Memory, Our Cultural DNA
    Cassia Harvey has written more than 160 books for cello, viola, and violin. With a methodology that trains ...
    March 13, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Entrepeneur: Classics Anchor Us in This Transient World
    Entrepeneur: Classics Anchor Us in This Transient World
    People show up at an apartment, some strangers and some friends. At first there's the typical uncomfortable ice ...
    February 26, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Pianist David Dubal: The Classics Are a Balm for Our Spiritual Wounds
    Pianist David Dubal: The Classics Are a Balm for Our Spiritual Wounds
    Author, radio host, pianist, and arguably the nation's foremost expert on 20th-century pianists David Dubal had spent the morning practicing ...
    January 31, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Art Educator Mandy Hallenius: Classical Training in Art Opens Creative Choices
    Art Educator Mandy Hallenius: Classical Training in Art Opens Creative Choices
    Mandy Hallenius co-founded the DaVinci Initiative to help children gain realistic drawing and painting skills as well as ...
    January 24, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Educator Andrew Kern: The Classics Ignite Our Desire to Learn, to Honor Others
    Educator Andrew Kern: The Classics Ignite Our Desire to Learn, to Honor Others
    For Kern, the classics, especially literature, tap into this deep impulse to learn, to appreciate, and, at bottom, ...
    January 1, 2017BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Ballerina Ashley Tuttle: Classics Reveal Our Essential Humanity
    Ballerina Ashley Tuttle: Classics Reveal Our Essential Humanity
    Ballerina Ashley Tuttle sees classical ballet, like all the classic arts, as trying to get at truthful expression.
    November 27, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Classical Music Producer Leonid Fleishaker: The Classics Lead Us to See the Colors of Life
    Classical Music Producer Leonid Fleishaker: The Classics Lead Us to See the Colors of Life
    Accompanied by a pianist, 11 violinists in formal evening attire (only two of them men) stood across the stage ...
    November 8, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Suzuki Instructor Devin Arrington: Classical Music Training Can Break Down Barriers
    Suzuki Instructor Devin Arrington: Classical Music Training Can Break Down Barriers
    Cradling the violin under his chin, holding the bow just so, a 5-year-old violinist was rendering a lovely ...
    November 1, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Polyphonic Music: Classics Worth Treasuring
    Polyphonic Music: Classics Worth Treasuring
    For tenor Tom Jim Solon, who co-founded New York-based Canticum Scholare, early music is a miracle in many ...
    October 22, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Organist Paul Jacobs: The Classics Give Purpose to Humanity’s Suffering
    Organist Paul Jacobs: The Classics Give Purpose to Humanity’s Suffering
    Paul Jacobs, the only organist to ever win a Grammy, believes that the classics transform humanity's inevitable pain ...
    September 22, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Educator Jeremy Tate: The Classics Can Help Us Build a Better Future
    Educator Jeremy Tate: The Classics Can Help Us Build a Better Future
    Do we value self-control or indulgence? Do we value kindness and generosity or competitive self-interest? These are the ...
    August 2, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Actress Tracy Arnold: The Classics Ease Our Loneliness
    Actress Tracy Arnold: The Classics Ease Our Loneliness
    Actress Tracy Arnold describes how classic stories and the age-old medium of theater ease our loneliness.
    July 21, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Composer William Vollinger: The Classics Keep Artists Humble
    Composer William Vollinger: The Classics Keep Artists Humble
    Composer William Vollinger writes deeply humane works: Hearing his song for soprano and clarinet, "The Child in the ...
    July 12, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Pianist Maria Asteriadou: Classical Music Can Deeply Satisfy Us
    Pianist Maria Asteriadou: Classical Music Can Deeply Satisfy Us
    Pianist Maria Asteriadou believes that classical music can reach us emotionally, powerfully, and directly, such that it can ...
    June 26, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Poet Betsy Hughes: Classical Poetry Offers Us Strength
    Poet Betsy Hughes: Classical Poetry Offers Us Strength
    A sonnet by Betsy Hughes offers unmistakable relief; you can actually understand what you are reading. Words in ...
    May 30, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Piano Accompanist Raymond Beegle: The Classics Are Our Hope
    Piano Accompanist Raymond Beegle: The Classics Are Our Hope
    "The primary function of great art, that is classical art, is to convey the feelings, the deeper feelings ...
    May 24, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Costume Designer Rachel Healy: Classics Connect Us to Our Humanity
    Costume Designer Rachel Healy: Classics Connect Us to Our Humanity
    Costume designer Rachel Healy believes that the classic arts—ballet, classical music, theater, literature, and the fine arts—are a ...
    April 28, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Pianist Michael Scales: The Classics Make Shared Experiences Live
    Pianist Michael Scales: The Classics Make Shared Experiences Live
    Michael Scales believes classics are important because they share human experiences across time and make them come alive.
    March 1, 2016BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Director John Langs: Classic Themes and Forms Have Undeniable Power
    Director John Langs: Classic Themes and Forms Have Undeniable Power
    For director John Langs, both the universal themes of classic texts and the vehicle delivering the themes make ...
    December 28, 2015BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Ani Art Academy: Classics Inspire Virtuosity
    Ani Art Academy: Classics Inspire Virtuosity
    What artist Kevin Moore of Ani Art America finds valuable about classical art is that it inspires the ...
    November 24, 2015BY Sharon Kilarski
  • Theater of War Founder Bryan Doerries: Classic Texts Are Ancient Technology
    Theater of War Founder Bryan Doerries: Classic Texts Are Ancient Technology
    Theater of War founder Bryan Doerries has had plenty of confirmation that the classics retain their potent significance.
    November 7, 2015BY Sharon Kilarski
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