Announcing the Holiday Special 2020! What are your favorite holiday memories? Baking cookies, finding the perfect gift for your loved one, trimming the tree, ugly Christmas sweater parties, watching the cat play hide and seek in the wrapping papers and empty boxes on Christmas morning, and white elephant gifts all bring joy into our hearts and. homes in December. Undoubtedly, these memories are accompanied by a soundtrack of musical classics, the voices of Bing Crosby, Burl I

What rings in the Holiday Season for you? Is it the sound of Jingle Bells, a Sunday afternoon Sleigh Ride, or the scent of Chestnuts...

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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The TWO TYPES of Musical Giftedness Musical intelligence was defined by Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, as "an individual who likes to sing or hum along to music, appreciates music, may play a musical instrument and remembers song melodies." Children who have an extremely high musical intelligence are prodigies. In this series, we will explore what is means to be "musically gifted," what teachers and parents can do to foster the

***OPEN MIC ended 12/07/2018 We will keep you posted for future events We are proud to announce that starting October 4, 2018, Janae will be hosting an Open Mic & Music Workshop at Flagstone Crafts 105 W. State Street Geneva, IL 60134 on Thursdays from 9 p.m. to midnight. About the Event: Perennial Music & Arts is proud to present our first Open Mic & Musician Workshop hosted at Flagstone: Craft & Cocktails, 105 West State Street, Geneva, IL. This event is no ordinary open

PARENTS & TEACHERS of MUSICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN Musical intelligence was defined by Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, as "an individual who likes to sing or hum along to music, appreciates music, may play a musical instrument and remembers song melodies." Children who have an extremely high musical intelligence are prodigies. In this series, we will explore what is means to be "musically gifted," what teachers and parents can do t

We are proud to announce the soft opening of the Perennial Music and Arts studio as of today! We will be offering piano, voice, electronic music production, marketing support, and more from the new location: 316 Stevens Street Geneva, IL 60134 We are located across the street from Prana Yoga, on Stevens Street on the block between N. Third and N. Fourth Streets. Rates as as follows: Current Rates Piano $30 half-hour, $60 full-hour (in-studio) Piano $35 half-hour, $70 full-hou

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

In the last "Music for Life" post, we learned about how music benefits us physically. Now, let's explore how learning music is good for our intellectual development. Music is beneficial to our brains. In fact, music is hardwired into us. Research shows that babies cry to the sound of common musical intervals. The sing-song chants of young children are often a series of minor-thirds. (Think "Rain, Rain, Go Away.") In the case of stroke victims, music aids recovery of verbal sk

Music is recognized as a life-affirming activity around the world. Historically, priests, shamans, and medicine men and women used music, especially the voice and drumming, as a way to treat and heal physical, mental, and spiritual illness. The fields of Music Therapy and Sound Healing have grown exponentially in recent years as current psychological and medical research shows how music positively affects our physical and intellectual wellness, as well as our emotional and me

Performer from a traditional Chinese opera in costume It’s Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival. This year the first day of the Lunar New Year was on February 16, 2018, and it began the Year of the Dog. Although Lunar New year is strongly part of Chinese culture, it is also celebrated in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mauritius, Australia, and the Philippines. Many cities in the Americas, such as San Francisco,

In this day and age, basically everything you can want to learn how to do or study has an online tutorial or a popular book. There are videos to teach you to sing like a diva, videos that will teach you how to blend paint colors, and videos to teach you how to plié. You can watch to learn how to speak conversational Spanish or change a truck tire. We are lucky to living in an age where we have so much knowledge right at our fingertips. It is a great privilege that through vid