Home School Heartbeat Radio Program
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Please note: Today’s program is a rerun that first aired on March 9, 1999. Among the great names in classical music, Mozart stands near the top. His timeless works have delighted audiences the world over. Join us today on Home School Heartbeat as Michael Farris, chairman and general counsel of Home School Legal Defense Association, discusses the education of this child prodigy. Born in 1756, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart was trained from birth to be a virtuoso musician. His father, Leopold Mozart, while encouraging the boy in music, educated him at home almost exclusively, teaching him reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography at a very early age. Leopold Mozart was a musician by profession, and he began to teach his son to play the keyboard at the age of 3. Wolfgang Amadeus was writing his own keyboard music at the age of 4. Mozart was an excellent student, and his father inspired him to strive for excellence in whatever he did. This began to pay off as Mozart was invited to play before royalty. Proverbs states: “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings” (Proverbs 22:29; NASB). Mozart went on to have a successful career composing a myriad of works still loved and played today. Although your child may not have the musical genius of Mozart, you can still adopt the methods employed by Mozart’s dedicated father. Leopold Mozart was dedicated to the education of his son, committed to excellence, and determined to encourage his son’s natural abilities. We can—and we should—do the same thing for our own children. I’m Michael Farris.
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