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...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Nov 23, 2021
- 8 min
Celebrating National Native American History Month - 5 Composers & Artists to Know
Get to Know Five Artists of Native American Heritage In our last post, we learned Five Ways to Celebrate National Native American History...
Janae Jean
- Sep 18, 2021
- 8 min
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month – 5 Composers to Know
Celebrating Latin American Heritage, Arts, and Culture In the United States, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is observed as National Hispanic...
Janae Jean
- May 21, 2021
- 15 min
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Artists
May is #AAPIHeritageMonth May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a celebration of Asiana and Pacific Islanders in the...
Janae Jean
- Feb 6, 2021
- 12 min
Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month – Music
5 Inspiring Black Composers The Beginnings of Black History Month In the U.S. and Canada, February is Black History Month, an annual...
Janae Jean
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
The Musical Bridge – Vive la France! 🇫🇷 La Marseillaise
L'Histoire de la Marseillaise – A song of revolution Ba dit dum dum dum dum da dit dum... Video by Engin Akyurt from Pexels Audio by the...
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
- Jun 19, 2019
- 10 min
The Musical Bridge - Scandinavian Folk Music
Here in Geneva, Illinois, mid-June means Swedish Days, the festival has 200,000 yearly attendees who come from across Illinois and beyond to
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
- Feb 20, 2018
- 6 min
The Musical Bridge - China
Performer from a traditional Chinese opera in costume It’s Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. This year...
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