Season 3, Episode 3, Cantate Domino: Music and Classical Christian Education (w/ Dr. Preston Atwood)

In this episode, Colton hosts Dr. Preston Atwood, Head of School at Westminster Academy in Memphis, TN, to discuss his newly published work, Cantate Domino: A Liturgical Songbook for Classical Christian Schools. They discuss the centrality of music in education, stating that it cultivates the whole person; music itself develops the imagination, affections, and emotions. Cantate Domino is a versatile songbook that can be used at the whole school, classroom, family, and personal levels. It includes a wide range of selections from various traditions across the span of church history, incorporating traditional hymns, modern songs, and even plainsong, gregorian chants. It not only includes songs and hymns, but numerous prayers, calls and responses, and even the entire Psalter. Cantate Domino seeks to serve music programs in classical Christian schools by offering leaders and students' rhythmic and liturgical opportunities to shape their moral imagination, cultivate virtue, and foster aesthetic literacy.