Any Melody Can Be A Spooky Tune Halloween is here again, and with it comes a time for all things spooky and mysterious! It's a night when...

Classical Music Is Not Any Piece of Music That Isn't Contemporary Pop, But What Is It? So what makes music Classical? When you think...

In part two, we learn how Copland created his distinctly American style and how McCarthyism impacted his career.

Aaron Copland created an All-American sound for the orchestral hall. What Is The American Aesthetic? In our last post, we met Carl Maria...

The Continued Evolution of Counterpoint Refresher: What is Counterpoint? In the post, Music Theory and Practice – Introduction to...

Carl Maria von Weber composed in an uniquely German Sturm und Drang style and is often considered the first Romantic composer.

The Velvet Gentleman’s Intentional Notes "I have never written a note I didn't mean." - Erik Satie Erik Satie (May 17, 1866 – July 1,...

Arts Events for September School may be back in session, the sunset's may be coming noticeably earlier, and the most precocious of the...

Meet the F. Mendelssohn While not as well-known as her younger brother, Felix Mendelssohn (Feb. 3, 1809 - Nov. 4, 1847), 19th century...

Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March It’s June! Wedding season is here! One of the most popular pieces of music performed at weddings was...

Announcing TWO DISCOUNT CODES for new and returning students! If you are a student new to Perennial, use the code NEWSTUDENT when you...

Finding The Motivation Motivic Development What Makes A Musical Motive? A musical motive (sometimes motif) is the smallest...

Voice Leading or Chorale Writing What Is Voice Leading? Voice Leading, also called Part Writing or Chorale Style Writing, is...

Exploring Harmony Through Real Music Beginnings in The Baroque Era The Baroque era was a historical artistic period in Europe that...

Or, how studying music history makes you a better musician–no matter what genre you work in. Studying the history of music is beneficial...

The Stories of Three German Christmas Songs Nothing evokes the feeling of Christmas to us like sipping hot chocolate on a crisp afternoon...

Our First Featured Interview! For our first interview on the Perennial blog, I spoke with composer and educator John Dante Prevedini. ...

Music Composed In Honor of Our Furry Friends More than two-thirds of households in the United States have a companion animal family...

The Musical Bridge – Celebrating Cherry Blossom Season with Japanese Arts – Part 2 – Hanami and Haiku In our previous post, we were...

5 Traditional Japanese Musical Instruments So far on our musical journey around the globe, we have visited China, India/Pakistan, France,...