Beauty Is Not Elective: Why We Must Educate Children in Music

Why is music considered an essential part of the Classical Liberal Arts Quadrivium? Join us for a Facebook Live event with Mr. Anthony Nardino, Faculty Member at St. Ann Classical Academy, and find out how the study of music provides benefits that the study of no other subject can offer.

About Mr. Anthony Nardino:

Mr. Anthony R. Nardino serves as Director of Music and Liturgy for Oratorian Ministries. In this role, he oversees the liturgical life of the communities served by the Raritan Oratory. He also serves as the music teacher for St. Ann Classical Academy in Raritan.

Mr. Nardino’s dedication to beautiful music in the Church’s liturgy began in his youth. While still in high school, he served as a cantor and accompanist at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Seaside Heights, NJ. There, under the guidance of his mother, the parish organist, he began to learn what it means to be a liturgical musician. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Nardino earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., where he was a leader of the student-run music ministry program. While pursuing his degree in music, he also took many courses in liturgy and theology, earning a minor in Theology and Religious Studies.

From 2008 to 2020, Mr. Nardino served as the full-time Director of Sacred Music at St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish in New Brunswick, NJ. There, he developed a rich program of sacred music uniting members of the parish community and students from the Catholic Center at Rutgers University. He presently also serves as the Choirmaster for Sedes Sapientiae School in Boonton, NJ, an independent high school in the tradition of Catholic classical education.