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Ummers In The Spitfire Grill, University Relations

Campus News Archive

From director to actors and technicians, UMM is well-represented in the Prairie Wind Players Community Theatre summer musical.

Encyclopedia Of Rap And Hip Hop Culture (Review), Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

This article is a book review of "Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture" by Yvonne Bynoe.

Teaching Strategies Of Successful College Trombone Professors For Undergradute Students, Matthew T. Buckmaster

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study identified teaching strategies of successful trombone professors for undergraduate trombone students. Participants were three professors at accredited colleges in the United States who had received international awards in the field of trombone pedagogy. A comprehensive interview instrument was administered to each participant in a multiple case studies research design. From the gathered data, a classical content analysis revealed 79 emergent themes from 375 coded passages, with 45 of the emergent themes being commonalities among the three participants. In addition to specific teaching strategies, three meta-themes emerged from an examination of these commonalities: Product Over Process, Individualized Teaching Approaches, …

Determining What's Next: A Slow Movement For Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Golombisky

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This piece was started during the spring semester of 2005. The original conception was to write something that was both emotionally and mentally moving. The tempo is very slow, 54 beats per minute. The underlying theme is the harmonic movement of an E minor triad (E G B) moving to a F major 7th chord (F A C E). This chord is often approached using deceiving the listener with a do – re – ma – do melody in E minor, but when the final E is heard, it has become the 7th degree of the cadence chord, F major …

Alumna's H.S. Band Receives Grammy Award, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The Brooklyn Center High School Band, under the direction of Chris Porter ’00, receives a Grammy Foundation's Signature School Enterprise Award.

Original Music By Student On Cd, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Senior music major Ben Karlen will have an original composition featured on a CD. Karlen is one of only a few undergraduate students to receive this honor, which is usually afforded primarily to faculty or graduate students.

Umm Cited In Creative College Guide, University Relations

Campus News Archive

"The ultimate resource for creative college-bound students" has included mention of UMM. Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers, profiles UMM among 200 creative college programs.

The Five Song Cycles For Voice And Piano By Benjamin Britten Written Specifically For Peter Pears: The Effect Of Their Relationship, Robert Strauss

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Benjamin Britten composed five song cycles for voice and piano to be performed by his partner, tenor Peter Pears: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo , opus 22 (1940), The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, opus 35 (1945), Winter Words, opus 52 (1953), Sechs Holderlin Fragmente, opus 61 (1958), and Who Are These Children?, opus 84 (1969). These five cycles span almost the entire length of their personal relationship, the first having been composed the year they consummated their relationship in the United States, and the last seven years before the composer's death. These compositions give insight into the way that Britten …

The Evolving Perception Of Charles Ives And His Music, Hsiang-Chi Liao

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

When Charles Ives's music began to appear in performances and publications in the 1920s, his admirers often regarded him as an American experimentalist who had created radically new kinds of music that was independent from the European musical tradition. This outlook characterized much of what was written on Ives before the 1980s. At that time, a different picture of Ives gradually began to emerge. It argues that in fact, Ives's music owes as much to the European classical tradition as to American vernacular traditions. Scholars began to reconsider Ives's place in music history and stress his debt to the European …

David Amram's Sonata For Piano: A Merger Of Contemporary Classical And Jazz Styles, Amanda Yuet Hwa Lee

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Born in 1930 in Philadelphia, David Werner Amram III is among the most prolific composers in the United States. His published compositions encompass a wide variety of genres including orchestral and chamber works, operas, choral works, and works for solo instruments.;Written in 1960, Sonata for Piano, a three-movement sonata, is one of the most jazz-influenced piano sonatas written in the first six decades of the twentieth century. The sonata is an amalgamation of traditional western art forms and jazz idioms. This study provides an analysis of major musical elements (melodic and harmonic procedures, texture, rhythm, and performance considerations) that contribute …

Creating A Journal Through A Musical Journey, Jenelle E. Papin

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

Music has always been an important part of my life. It has helped me through some extremely challenging times. Music has had a profound impact on my feelings, thoughts and moods. I seem to connect with it on a deeper level, which has helped me deal with personal issues that I have endured. Because of the help that I have received from music, based on my own life experiences, I feel that I needed to share this connection with others who may be struggling with life‟s uncertainties as well. Therefore, I will compile a collection of journal entries in which …

Carmina Burana, Music Department

Concerts

Performed by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, the EIU Mixed Choir, the EIU Oratorio Society, and the Charleston Middle School Chorus. Featuring Soprano Desiree Hassler and Baritone Kevin Prina. Chris Dickey performs Mozart's "Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191 on Euphonium". Conducted by Richard Robert Rossi.

Opera Workshop Set, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Scenes from Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” will be just two of the offerings to be performed during this year’s Opera Workshop at UMM.

Postcard, 3 For The Soul, 2008, Renée Stout, Studio At 620, Paulette Walker Johnson, Robert Johnson, Tom Feelings, Bob Devin Jones, The Arts Center, The Florida Holocaust Museum

Postcard Collection

A collaborative evening provided by 3 downtown arts Institutions. Enjoy a free evening of: art, dance, theatre, music and poetry plus a trolley provided between the three locations.

All Recital Programs For Spring Semester 2006, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This document contains all the recital programs for Spring Semester 2006.

Astronomy And Music, Weien Wang

ESSAI

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General Recital - March 28, 2006, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This general recital program is from March 28, 2006.

Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34, Music Department

Concerts

Includes chamber works by Vivaldi, Mozart,and Shostakovich. Performed by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra. Featuring Dane Thomas and jazz pianist Paul Johnston. Conducted by Richard Robert Rossi.

Sight-Reading Versus Repertoire Performance On The Piano: A Case Study Using High-Speed Motion Analysis, Brenda Wristen, Sharon Evans, Nikolaos Stergiou

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

This study was intended to examine whether differences exist in the motions employed by pianists when they are sightreading versus performing repertoire and to determine whether these differences can be c[uantified using high-speed motion capture technology. A secondary question of interest was whether or not an improvement in the efficiency of motion could be observed between two sight-reading trials of the same musical excerpt. This case study employed one subject and a six-camera digital infrared camera system to capture the motion of the pianist playing two trials of a repertoire piece and two trials of a sight-reading excerpt. Angular displacements …

Flutes Join Umm Flute Ensemble, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The UMM Flute Ensemble welcomes two new additions to its membership, an alto and a bass flute. The flutes will be permanent additions to the ensemble, which is comprised of UMM, high school and community flutists.

Youth Can Step Ahead With Music, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Great musicians start by learning the basics of their instrument. "Step Ahead With Music," a two-week day program, June 5-16, at UMM, is designed for fourth, fifth and sixth graders who will be starting their first full year of music.

An American In Paris & Rhapsody In Blue, Music Department

Concerts

Performed by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, with Tomas McElwee on piano ("Rhapsody in Blue"). Conducted by Richard Robert Rossi.

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General Recital - February 21, 2006, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

A general recital program from Feb. 21, 2006.

Doc Carlson Inducted Into Hall Of Fame, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The Minnesota Music Educators Association inducts Jim "Doc" Carlson '65, professor of music, into the MMEA Hall of Fame in recognition of excellence in teaching and contributions to music education.

Scroggins, Renee, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Interviewer: Andrew Tiedt

Interviewee: Renee Scroggins

Date of interview: 3 February 2006

Summarized by: Craig Teal, 17 March 2007

Renee Scroggins, member of the punk/funk group, ESG, was born in Bronx, New York in the Moore Projects. Located on Jackson Avenue and 149^th Street, the projects started to deteriorate within a couple of years of it being built. Renee calls this time the ‘drug era’ and recalls a lot of bad situations being present because of the poor economic situation of the people that lived there. Renee went to elementary school at PS 35 on Morris Avenue where her …

How Restrictive Terms And Technologies Backfired On Sony Bmg , Jeremy F. De Beer

Jeremy de Beer

This short paper addresses the issue of restrictive contractual terms and digital rights management technologies in the music industry, using the recent controversy surrounding Sony BMG Music as a case study. The issues are discussed mainly from a Canadian perspective. Part I provides an overview of the factual and technical background to this story. Part II contains an analysis of the legal consequences of Sony BMG's actions, and offers some insights as to the policy implications for consumer protection, contract and copyright laws.

Program, The St. Petersburg Chamber Music Festival, 2006, Bob Devin Jones, Studio At 620, Mark Sforzini, Richard Eliason, Chris Fleming, Joan Gessler, Fred Gratta, Gale Laubach, Tom Santee, Mark Spano, Vernon Taranto Jr., Dar Webb, Martin Hebert, Brian Moorhead, Catherine Wendtland-Landmeyer, James Wilson, Dee Moses, John Shaw, Elsa Valbuena, Cory Hall, Wu Han, Benjamin Hochman, David Irwin, Ani Kavafian, Duncan J. Macmillan, Catherine Mcglasson, J. Brian Moorhead, Clancy Newman, Ruth Northcutt

Program Collection

Quantum Winds and Friends present an evening of American Music. Included in the program are two world premieres; one by TFO Principal Bassist, Dee Moses, featuring dancer- choreographer, Elsa Valbuena, and a new Sextet by TFO Principal Bassoonist, Mark Sforzini. Featured musicians include Richard O'Neill, Barbara Prescott, Gary Schocker, John Shaw, Gaudere Danza, Jason Vieaux, Theresa Villani, James F. Wilson and the St. Petersburg College Madrigalians

Postcard, St. Petersburg Chamber Music Festival, 2006, Martin Hebert, Studio At 620, J. Brian Moorhead, Mark Sforzini, Catherine Wendtland-Landmeyer, James F. Wilson, John Shaw, Elsa Valbuena, Quantum Winds

Postcard Collection

Quantum Winds shares a rehearsal and insights about the music with the public for their upcoming concert on February 1. Works to be rehearsed include Morton Gould's jazzy "Benny's Gig", "El Problema de viajar" by Dee Moses for ensemble and dancer, Gunther Schuller's "Blues" for Quintet, and Mark Sforzini's lateset opus: "Sextet for Winds and Bass."

You'll Want To Take This Voyage, Gina Vivinetto, Studio At 620

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings

Fantastic Voyage, a New York arts collective, holds an urban art and music exhibit at Studio@620.