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...

The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."The Smithsonian's Museum of American History...

The Stories Behind the Songs April is Jazz Appreciation Month, also cleverly called as "JAM."It was founded at the Smithsonian's Museum...

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...

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

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...

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

5 Inspiring Black Composers The Beginnings of Black History Month In the U.S. and Canada, February is Black History Month, an annual...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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