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Five Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with the Arts

Apr 20, 20217 min read

Five Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with the Arts

You Can't Spell Earth without Art Earth Day is recognized annually on April 22 around the planet. This year mark the 51st Earth Day since...

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - "Ellas" Edition

Janae Jean

Apr 17, 202117 min read

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...

Celebrating the 20th Annual Jazz Appreciation Month - Fellas Edition

Janae Jean

Apr 15, 202111 min read

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...

Nothing New Under The Sun – Modern Music from the Past

Janae Jean

Mar 25, 202114 min read

Nothing New Under The Sun – Modern Music from the Past

Five Pieces of "Old" Music that Sound "New" "What has been is what will be, what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing...

Janae Jean

Mar 22, 20219 min read

Celebrating Women in the Arts

Five Contemporary "Great Women" in the Arts Arts history, especially in the West, has often been regarded as favoring male artists and...

A.I., Algorithms, Art, and Allegro – The Story of Interactive Media

Janae Jean

Feb 22, 202111 min read

A.I., Algorithms, Art, and Allegro – The Story of Interactive Media

The Future Is Now. When you think of the relationship between the arts and technology what do you imagine? Do you think of a keyboardist...

Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month – Visual Art

Janae Jean

Feb 20, 20219 min read

Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month – Visual Art

3 Influential Black Visual Artists One post, article, or even month can not possibly encapsulate the significant contributions that Black...

Celebrating Black Artists for Black History Month – Music

Janae Jean

Feb 6, 202112 min read

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...

Arts At Home – Contemplate, Connect, Create

Janae Jean

Jan 31, 20214 min read

Arts At Home – Contemplate, Connect, Create

Five Creativity Challenges for Artists of All Ages This February Here in Chicagoland, February is one bitterly cold, sometimes...

Here We Go A-Caroling – The History of Christmas Music

Janae Jean

Dec 25, 20205 min read

Here We Go A-Caroling – The History of Christmas Music

We celebrate holidays, especially Christmas, with music. Where did that tradition come from? We will learn a bit about the history of...

Janae Jean

Dec 23, 202010 min read

Happy 250th Ludwig! Part 3

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: The Late Period (1815 to 1827) In this three part series, we are learning...

Janae Jean

Dec 18, 20207 min read

Happy 250th Ludwig! Part 2

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: The Middle Period (1801 to 1814) In this three part series, we are learning...

Janae Jean

Dec 16, 20207 min read

Happy 250th Ludwig! Part 1

Beethoven As Experienced Through Works From Across His Life: Early Period (1770 to 1800) Today, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of...

Janae Jean

Dec 1, 20202 min read

Holiday Special 2020

Announcing the Holiday Special 2020! What are your favorite holiday memories? Baking cookies, finding the perfect gift for your loved...

Musical Innovations – Harry Partch Instruments

Janae Jean

Nov 30, 202010 min read

Musical Innovations – Harry Partch Instruments

Inventor and Composer In previous posts, we've focused on the instruments played in the conventional Western orchestra, some instruments...

Janae Jean

Nov 2, 202012 min read

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

Nov 1, 20201 min read

Announcement! Join Us On Patreon

New Subscriber-Only Content and More Coming Soon! Like what you read in the Perennial Blog? This blog, while a labor of love, takes...

What is Music Production? – Part 5 – Synthesis

Janae Jean

Oct 30, 20208 min read

What is Music Production? – Part 5 – Synthesis

Composition, A Putting Together So far in this on-going series of articles on music production, we have learned about the roles and goals...

Orchestration Basics – Understanding the Voice

Janae Jean

Oct 20, 20208 min read

Orchestration Basics – Understanding the Voice

More Than "Just A Singer" – Voices As Instruments In the last post, I introduced the four main voice types, as well as additional...

Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types

Janae Jean

Oct 19, 202010 min read

Orchestration Basics – Choir – Voices Types

Classifying the Voice There are four main voice types in choral music: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.

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