I can't begin to express how much I love your course.  Providing a cultural understanding of music provides the full picture that adds the meaning.  I remember a book I read not too long ago about equations that changed the world, and it was looking for similar patterns for each equation and its creator.  Every chapter was about one individual and broken into 3 sections:  Veni, Vidi, Vici.  The "I Came" portion was what the individual's childhood was like that gave him the passion for his subject, the "I Saw" portion was what the world was like at the time (was it ready for the great idea), and the "I Conquered" portion was how the two came together.  Mathematics has its own patterns and history that led to the beautiful equations that have shaped our world.

I truly appreciate being the recipient of your breadth of knowledge regarding music history. You are a wonderful guide towards the connections that lead to a greater depth of understanding about music and our world.  The understanding of the subject is what allows me to internalize the material and make it a part of my own fabric. Thank you. I'm watching the lectures before my boys in order to guide them through the material.  Now I realize, I don't need to do this. They can fully appreciate it for themselves, right out of the box. Kathy Cordeiro, Math and Science Coach, Davidson Scholars.

I received a package in the mail yesterday! Of course, I tore it open and threw the first DVD into the player immediately. My daughter and I LOVE the videos! LOVE THEM! I had to watch two because I just couldn't help myself. You have a gift. This isn't just music history - this is making music accessible to young people and illustrating the importance of music in the human experience.

I also think you have a connection to these gifted children. When you pulled out that battered poetry book and talked about poems being your friends, my daughter and I had tears in our eyes. The children I work with are often so gifted that they have little in common with their age mates. Poems and books are sometimes better friends than children for these kids, at least until they find kindred spirits in college. I felt like you were really speaking to them - kids who sleep with their favorite books - and that you understand them and can make music relevant to them. What a beautiful thing!

So now I am going to go gush on all my homeschool e-lists about how wonderful your materials are! I should tell you that I rarely do this. I am quite picky, and I usually tweak any program I buy. It's quite unusual for me to find a perfect program that I want to use as is! Jaime Smith, Founder and Director of Online 3G Academy.