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Concerto For Solo Violin And Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Everett Jones
Concerto For Solo Violin And Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Everett Jones
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The Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra was composed over the period of approximately one week in September 2013. It was previewed two weeks later with soloist Taylor Giorgio and Conductor Eleanor Aban in a masterclass with guest-composer and WVU alumnus Jay Chattaway (of Star Trek fame). The piece is continuous but formally divided into three parts. The first section is in a slow to moderate tempo and fluctuates between B minor and B major (with significant chromaticism) and harmonies that never fully resolve until the end of the piece. The second section begins in a brisk compound meter, reminiscent …
Selected Solo Piano Works By Contemporary Malaysian Composers: An Analysis, Khe Sin Khoo
Selected Solo Piano Works By Contemporary Malaysian Composers: An Analysis, Khe Sin Khoo
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Although the influence of Western art music has been present in Malaysia for a little short of two centuries, much of the scholarly research, both locally and globally, has shown more interest in traditional music and popular music. As such, this study serves as an introduction to the art-music scene in Malaysia, particularly through the analyses of selected solo piano works by three contemporary Malaysian composers---namely, Chong Lim Ng's A Distant Voice of the Rain Forest (Fragments from "Rimba"...), Adeline Wong's Paces for solo piano and electronics, and Kah Hoe Yii's My Spirit is Dancing!.;These works show that Malaysian composers …
A Pedagogical Approach To Technique In Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, Sheila Kay Barnhart
A Pedagogical Approach To Technique In Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, Sheila Kay Barnhart
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The current project is a reference guide for using Chopin's Preludes in the applied studio to teach technique, and consists of three main components: determining the technical challenges of each prelude; categorizing each prelude by level of technical difficulty; compiling practice suggestions for successful navigation of each technique. The following technical challenges are represented throughout the set: voicing, passagework, cross-rhythms and tuplet rhythms, stretches, leaps, fingering, double notes, octaves, repeated notes, pedaling, hand coordination, hand independence. Each of these challenges is manifested in a multiple ways. While a variety of techniques are required to perform any given work, in the …
An Exploration Of Conceptual Teaching In Piano Study: Pedagogical Analysis Of Three Selected Intermediate Piano Works By Two American Composers, William Bolcom And Lowell Liebermann, Justin Douglas Krueger
An Exploration Of Conceptual Teaching In Piano Study: Pedagogical Analysis Of Three Selected Intermediate Piano Works By Two American Composers, William Bolcom And Lowell Liebermann, Justin Douglas Krueger
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Music of contemporary classical composers is often neglected because of simple lack of familiarity or because some of the material is difficult; all too frequently, recent music is allotted very little time during the long-term course of a student's piano study. These circumstances may contribute to the current situation, in which, all too often, students may get little encouragement to explore music by contemporary composers.;This paper highlights some possible reasons for the lack of exposure which contemporary classical compositions sometimes receive. The discussion continues by outlining a broad conceptual teaching paradigm and then shows ways in which a conceptual approach …
A Survey Of The Piano Sonatas Of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) With Performance Suggestions For The Piano Sonata In G Minor, Maria Crystalia
A Survey Of The Piano Sonatas Of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) With Performance Suggestions For The Piano Sonata In G Minor, Maria Crystalia
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This research project is a brief analysis of the formal structures of five sonatas and performance suggestions for the G minor piano sonata of Wilhelm Stenhammar. This paper explores aspects of piano performance, such as the basic technical approach, interpretation suggestions, as well as examinations of pedaling, possible fingering, dynamics, and articulation. Selected aspects of texture, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form are discussed as they relate to the interpretation and performance of the G minor sonata. This paper also provides an approximate assessment of level of difficulty and serves as a guide for teachers, students, and musicians who are interested …
A Conceptual Method Of Learning Jazz Improvisation Through Studying The Music Of J. S. Bach, Gary Scott Jones
A Conceptual Method Of Learning Jazz Improvisation Through Studying The Music Of J. S. Bach, Gary Scott Jones
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Johann Sebastian Bach's music includes exceptional source material for learning jazz improvisation. This research document has three sections. Chapter 1 is a concise review of respected jazz studies literature. Chapters 2 through 4 introduce a jazz improvisation methodology with Bach's music as its source material. The appendix presents materials on topics such as using improvisation for learning music, understanding improvisation, and organ improvisation. The target audience members for this research document are improvisation teachers who already possess an applicable knowledge of improvisation, pop/jazz chord symbols, and traditional music theory. The figures contained in Chapters 2 through 4 guide educators through …