The Music of Summer

July 20, 2021 by Reynolds

Music to celebrate Summer? Yes, composers across time have captured the themes of summer, from storms and squalls to the stillness of the air in August’s heat.

In our next webinar on July 27, and beginning with a rollicking Medieval round, Professor Carol will lead you on a tour through Music for Summer, featuring both familiar and surprising pieces that will paint a vibrant picture of summertime.

Registration $5 (free for members of the Circle of Scholars). More information.

And Then There's This . . .

Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”

Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”