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, 20225 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 202115 min read
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, 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...
Janae Jean
Jul 12, 20194 min read
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, 20198 min read
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, 201910 min read
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, 20185 min read
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, 20186 min read
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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