Articles & ESsays
My writing explores the relationship between music, education, truth, and the good life through a common concern: how our practices of attention, interpretation, and judgment shape the people we become.
Music, Art, & Intellectual Formation
“The True Role of Music in the Quadrivium” CiRCE FORMA, Fall 2025
Music occupies a central and irreplaceable role in a liberal arts education because, unlike other disciplines, it cultivates tacit skill, sound judgment, and personal mastery that can’t be fully articulated or measured yet guide how we interpret reality.
“The Art of Living Well Through the Practice and Patterns of Music” CiRCE FORMA Journal, Issue 21, Winter 2025, pp. 51-59
Explores how engaging deeply with musical practice and its inherent patterns teaches life lessons about virtue, character, and flourishing that extend beyond sound into the craft of living well.
“A Pedagogical Approach to Rhythm in Irish Uilleann Piping” Journal of Vernacular Music
Develops a teaching methodology for rhythm in uilleann piping that emphasizes embodied practice, cultural context, and the nuanced patterns of traditional Irish music.
Education & Culture
“The Independent Mind in Pursuit of Truth” Gutenberg College Colloquy
True education aims to cultivate independent thinkers who can persevere toward reality as God sees it, even when cultural pressures and comfort pull them away from truth.
“Pathways to College” Association of Classical Christian Schools, The Classical Difference.
“Why Is College Important? Solidifying Values and Foundations” Classical Conversations
Argues that college matters not just for information acquisition but for solidifying moral values and intellectual foundations that shape how students think, act, and live.
“Learning as an Act of Will” Gutenberg College Colloquy
Contends that true learning isn’t passive but requires willful effort, discipline, and self‑commitment on the part of the learner.
“Does Technology Destroy Education?” CiRCE
Argues that prioritizing efficiency and technological solutions in education often undermines the deeper goals of learning by reducing education to technique at the expense of human judgment and character formation.
“How to Stay Awake” Gutenberg College Commencement Address
Uses waking and wakefulness as metaphors to challenge graduates to remain intellectually and spiritually alert in a world inclined toward distraction and complacency.
Truth, Suffering, & the Good Life
“Is Suffering Meaningless?” Gutenberg College Colloquy
Examines whether suffering can have meaning and argues that suffering, rather than being pointless, plays a role in personal formation and the development of courage and character.
“Truth, Belief, and Knowledge” Gutenberg College Colloquy
Explores how belief relates to truth and knowledge, arguing that genuine understanding requires aligning our beliefs with reality through disciplined reasoning and humility.
“Exegesis, Love, and Suffering” Gutenberg College Colloquy
Reflection on how careful interpretation (exegesis) of life, friendship, and hardship reveals truths about human experience, love, and the formative role of suffering.