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...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Aug 6, 2021
- 6 min
Women in Music – Barbara Strozzi, Baroque Songstress
Barbara Strozzi was the most prolific composer of secular songs of her time.
Janae Jean
- Jul 12, 2021
- 12 min
Music & Arts at the Movies – 5 Composer Biopics for Movie Night
5 Baroque and Classical Composer Biopics Music and movies have gone together since the earliest days of cinema. Silent films were...
Janae Jean
- May 6, 2021
- 12 min
Women in Music – Ruth Crawford Seeger
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Modernist Composer, Music Educator, Ethnomusicologist, and Mother Before we get into our Mother's Day themed post,...
Janae Jean
- Apr 17, 2021
- 17 min
Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - "Ellas" Edition
The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."The Smithsonian's Museum of American History...
Janae Jean
- Apr 15, 2021
- 11 min
Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - Fellas Edition
The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."It was founded at the Smithsonian's Museum...
Janae Jean
- Nov 2, 2020
- 12 min
Music for the Dead – The Requiem
Music for Remembrance We've reached Fall 2020, a year that will no doubt be remembered as a year of transition and mourning. This past...
Janae Jean
- Oct 19, 2020
- 10 min
Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types
Classifying the Voice
There are four main voice types in choral music: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.
Janae Jean
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Four Types of Texture in Music
What images pop into your heard when you hear the word "texture"? Soft or hard? Dry or wet? Alive or inanimate? Slimy? Sticky? Fur, skin,...
Janae Jean
- Feb 8, 2020
- 6 min
Sample This! Part 3
A Brief Introduction to Sampling in Music: Part Three Breakbeats, Turntables, Early Hip Hop In the previous installments, we continued...
Janae Jean
- Dec 5, 2019
- 5 min
Songs of the Season 2019
Happy Holidays from Perennial Music and Arts! Ave Maria Schubert's "Ave Maria" contains music that was originally meant to be part of a...
Janae Jean
- Jul 3, 2019
- 8 min
The Musical Bridge: Salute to America's Bandsmen – John Philip Sousa and Glenn Miller
What says, "summer" more than a parade? And, what says, "parade" more than a marching band? Music has been the flint to strike up the fire o
Janae Jean
- Dec 1, 2018
- 5 min
Holiday Song Stories 2018
The Stories Behind Some of Our Favorite Holiday Songs In the Bleak Midwinter "In the Bleak Midwinter” is a Christmas carol based on a...
Janae Jean
- May 23, 2018
- 5 min
The Musical Bridge – Indus Valley: Saintly Music – Sufis & Sikhs
The Indian subcontinent has a diverse range of musical styles, instruments, and genres. The different cultural, lingual, and religious...
Janae Jean
- Mar 3, 2018
- 14 min
Electronics has changed everything: The thin line between the avant-garde and popular music worlds
‘Electronics has changed everything in music.’ ‘Electronics has changed very little in music.’ ‘We have extended our bodies and our...
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