Composer Biographies – Erik Satie
The Velvet Gentleman’s Intentional Notes "I have never written a note I didn't mean." - Erik Satie Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1,...
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Janae Jean
- Aug 28
- 4 min
5 Chicagoland Arts Events for the Final Days of Summer
Arts Events for September School may be back in session, the sunset's may be coming noticeably earlier, and the most precocious of the...
Janae Jean
- Jul 2
- 4 min
Women in the Arts – Fanny Mendelssohn: A Prodigious Talent
Meet the F. Mendelssohn While not as well-known as her younger brother, Felix Mendelssohn (Feb. 3, 1809 - Nov. 4, 1847), 19th century...
Janae Jean
- Jun 26
- 4 min
A Midsummer Night's Wedding March
Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March It’s June! Wedding season is here! One of the most popular pieces of music performed at weddings was...
Janae Jean
- May 5
- 1 min
2023 Summer Discount Codes!
Announcing TWO DISCOUNT CODES for new and returning students! If you are a student new to Perennial, use the code NEWSTUDENT when you...
Janae Jean
- Mar 25
- 3 min
Music Theory and Practice - Musical Motives or Motifs
Finding The Motivation Motivic Development What Makes A Musical Motive? A musical motive (sometimes motif) is the smallest...
Janae Jean
- Mar 6
- 5 min
Music Theory and Practice – Common Practice Voice Leading
Voice Leading or Chorale Writing What Is Voice Leading? Voice Leading, also called Part Writing or Chorale Style Writing, is...
Janae Jean
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Music Theory and Practice – Figured Bass
Exploring Harmony Through Real Music Beginnings in The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a historical artistic period in Europe that...
Janae Jean
- Dec 27, 2022
- 5 min
Music Theory and Practice – So What's Bach Ever Done for us?
Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...
Janae Jean
- Dec 24, 2022
- 5 min
Frohe Weihnachten! – Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, and Still, Still, Still
The Stories of Three German Christmas Songs Nothing evokes the feeling of Christmas to us like sipping hot chocolate on a crisp afternoon...
Janae Jean
- Dec 20, 2022
- 14 min
One Picture Is Worth One Thousand Notes – An Interview with Composer John Dante Prevedini
Our First Featured Interview! For our first interview on the Perennial blog, I spoke with composer and educator John Dante Prevedini. ...
Janae Jean
- Jun 10, 2022
- 9 min
Music for Mousers and Mutts - 3 Works of Classical Music for Pet Appreciation Week
Music Composed In Honor of Our Furry Friends More than two-thirds of households in the United States have a companion animal family...
Janae Jean
- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Creating A Haiku Song
The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Part 2 – Hanami and Haiku In our previous post, we were...
Janae Jean
- May 5, 2022
- 7 min
The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – 5 Musical Instruments
5 Traditional Japanese Musical Instruments So far on our musical journey around the globe, we have visited China, India/Pakistan, France,...
Janae Jean
- Apr 11, 2022
- 8 min
Earth Sounds – Listening for the Music of the Earth
5 Composers Who Celebrate the Earth in their Music On Earth Day (April 22) more than one billion people around the globe celebrate the...
Janae Jean
- Mar 29, 2022
- 5 min
How To Be A PRO – Performing Rights Organizations
What are a performing rights organizations they and what do they do for music creators? You’ve been creating music for a while now, and...
Janae Jean
- Mar 16, 2022
- 6 min
The Musical Bridge – 4 Traditional Irish Musical Instruments
Music of the Emerald Isle On the Perennial Blog, I have several different ongoing article series, many of which that have been recurring...
Janae Jean
- Mar 14, 2022
- 5 min
Careers in the Arts – Music Therapy
March is Music Therapy Awareness Month! What comes to mind when you picture a “professional artist/musician?” Do you picture painter...
Janae Jean
- Feb 14, 2022
- 6 min
Beauty Is In the Eye (and Ear) of the Beholder – 5 Examples of Augenmusik or Eye Music
Celebrating the Beauty of Love this Valentine's Day In today's multimedia landscape, it's common—and often necessary—for one person to be...
Janae Jean
- Dec 4, 2021
- 5 min
Celebrating the Holidays Music and Arts - Hanukkah
The Songs of Salamone...and Europa This week Jews around the world are celebrating the eight nights of Hanukkah. Hanukkah (also spelled...
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