Private lessons are a great way to supplement yours or your son or daughter's music education! See the Music for Life blog series for more on the benefits of studying music. Feel free to contact us via perennialmusicandarts@gmail.com with your questions! #music #musiclessons #piano #voice#computermusic #composition #musiceducation#pianolessons #singing #musichistory#musictheory #vocalcoach #voiceteacher #geneva#batavia #stcharles

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When you imagine a musical performance, a variety of places such as coffee houses, recital halls, college campuses, bars and restaurants, o

#Chance #Music or #Aleatoric Music is music where some element of the music is left to chance. This might be using cards, dice, computer generator, mathematical formulas, the I-Ching, or other methods to make musical decisions. In fact, the word "aleatory" comes from the Latin word alea meaning "dice." Musical dice games have been known for centuries, including a famous example attributed to no other but Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. According to the instructions, this Musical Dic

Back in 1983, American developmental psychologist, Howard Gardner, proposed his model that the human mind is not limited to only one or two types of intelligence, but that there are multiple ways in which a person may be “intelligent.” Intelligence is not a single general ability. It's more than the ability to work well with numbers or words but includes a range of skills and abilities. You can picture it this way, the human mind is not a calculator that is programmed to do

May is #MIDI month! The MIDI Association has dedicated May 2018 to getting the word out about MIDI. Are you familiar with MIDI? What does it have to do with scenes line the one pictured above or the concert hall? At Perennial, we are pleased to introduce MIDI to those of you who aren't quite sure. First, please listen to the music in the video below. What do you hear? What instruments do you hear? What kind of expression? Does it feel like "real" music to you? What are your i

We invite our adult and teen students to join our Creativity Collective. Creativity Collective is a supportive community for artists to share their projects, concerns, and support with one another. We look forward to seeing what you are working on and share with each other. Keep creating! #art #music #learning

Janae is looking to expand her in-home music lesson studio. She teaches piano, voice, songwriting, composition, and production. She has her Master’s in Computer Music and her BA in music education. Skills are integrated together, such as guitar basics as part of Songwriting 1 (pictured). She currently offers 30-minutes or one-hour lessons. She has experience teaching students kindergarten through adults. However, we at Perennial Music and Arts recommend most children start pi

Art and Music have been shown to improve mental and physical well being. Check out this article from NIH News in Health for the details. #brain #learning #wellness #wellbeing #NIH #health #art #music #mentalhealth

Extensive research has demonstrated that Arts education engages students in learning, fosters creativity and critical thinking, contributes to higher test scores across the board in every subject area (but especially math and reading), and reduces truancy and dropout rates, regardless of socioeconomic status. - Woodlake Elementary PTA #art #music #value #brain #holistic

Thank you for joining us on our journey! We are enthusiastic to share our passion for the arts with you. We have begun forming our business referencing The Conquer Kit by Natalie MacNeil. Our Declaration We will start an integrated arts learning community that teaches artistic technique and fosters creativity in clients of all ages. Clients will find their WHOLE selves enriched through creative expression. All instructors must have experience and training in their specific ar

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