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Selective Mentoring: The Case for Apprenticeship in Academic Discipleship

Posted on October 14, 2020October 15, 2020

The summer after I graduated from high school, I walked into a piano lesson wanting to play like Ben Folds; I walked out wanting to be like Dr. Hsu. My teacher, the late Dr. Hsu, was a world-class pianist. He could have spent that hour networking with other elite musicians or instructing Juilliard-bound students, but […]

Karl Barth’s Mozart: Lessons for Christian Music Education

Posted on January 30, 2015October 5, 2018

Despite my title, “Karl Barth’s Mozart,” I should say that I am not here directly concerned with Barth or Mozart so much as what I propose are lessons for Christian music education. Specifically, I consider Barth’s thoughtful and emotional engagement with Mozart’s music and argue that Christian music educators are in a special place […]