Our unique Curriculum takes you through the history of music, the arts, and Western Culture from 1600 to 1914 in 8 lively DVDs containing more than 13 hours of instruction.

History taught through the lens of the Arts and Music becomes more vivid and memorable. It’s history you can hold in your ears.

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Read the Reviews.  The course can be easily incorporated into any middle-school or high-school curriculum. Perfect for college prep!

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Western Culture, unique and invaluable, told through music, arts, political history, science, architecture, technology, and more.

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Why should you use this music curriculum?

• Grounding in the arts and humanities is excellent college prep for high-school students.  A student’s success in college often depends on having a solid historical context for learning.
• Music was recognized in ancient times as one of the seven essentialsubjects comprising the Liberal Arts.  Music has always been central to Classical Education.
• By connecting music history to political and cultural history, we make all of history more memorable and more interesting.
• Knowledge of music is an excellent social tool and confidence builder. Success in any profession depends on the ability to connect with other people and to be comfortable in a variety of social situations.

How does our music curriculum achieve those goals?

• Students have a uniqueopportunity to get in-depth knowledge of Western Culture and its significant accomplishments.  There are virtually no curricula in public or private schools that cover the content of Discovering Music.  This course presents college-level material tailored for middle-school and high-school students.
• Discovering Music focuses on Western Culture, including the history of Europe and adding special units on how European Culture was adopted in Russia and America.  Check out the Contents of the course and a Sample Unit of the Resource Book.
• Discovering Music takes a comprehensive approach to history, linking arts, literature, geography, social movements, science and technology, paintings, and architecture to form a more complete picture.
• By experiencing the arts of a particular time and place, students are better able to understand what happened – the social and political forces as well as the daily life of historical figures.
• Read our FAQ to see if this course is right for you!

Can you do it?  You don’t have to because we’ve done it for you.  Professor Carol does all of the instruction on 8 DVDs totaling more than 13 hours.  The resource book contains terminology, annotations, projects, viewing guides, and quizzes that track that video instruction.  Three audio discs provide musical examples throughout the course.  No prior music background is needed.

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