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Give My Regards To The Book, Kevin A. Hicks
Give My Regards To The Book, Kevin A. Hicks
Musical Offerings
This project is an analysis of the construction of American Musical Theatre. The research for this project has been drawn from direct quotes and writings from Musical Theatre writers, scores and scripts, and from historical books. Reading of these sources reveal principles of Musical Theatre writing which the authors use and the audience expects. This project analyzes how the book, lyrics, and music to a show are written and demonstrates that the writing of Musical Theatre has developed its own unique craft which is grounded in the book.
Martha Councell-Vargas, Christine Lena
Martha Councell-Vargas, Christine Lena
International Faculty Researchers
Travelling to Central America in college is all it took to inspire Martha Councell-Vargas to begin a career of teaching, researching, and performing flute music of the Americas.
Ed Roth, Margaret Von Steinen
Ed Roth, Margaret Von Steinen
International Faculty Researchers
Can listening to and making music be effectively used in the treatment of people diagnosed with neurologic and psychiatric disorders? This is the primary question Professor Ed Roth, director of WMU’s music therapy program, is attempting to answer in collaboration with colleagues from around the world to improve treatment for people experiencing post-traumatic stress and other acute anxiety disorders. He is a co-founder and director of WMU’s Laboratory for Brain Research and Interdisciplinary Neurosciences (BRAIN) (article) and a Fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapists, who specializes in the application of music in the treatment of neurologic disorders and …
Ruling The Market: How Venice Dominated The Early Music Printing World, Elizabeth M. Poore
Ruling The Market: How Venice Dominated The Early Music Printing World, Elizabeth M. Poore
Musical Offerings
This paper attempts to prove that Venice was the main geographical center of music printing and publishing from the 1300s to the late 1500s using several economic, legal, and cultural factors. The primary research method was examining secondary sources on music printing, publishing, and European and Venetian history.
From the 1300s to the late 1500s, Venetian commercial trade and activity, including book publishing, reached unheard of levels. Venice held a powerful position in the European economy and its merchants were able to leverage this to great advantage when the new technology of printing became available. The specialized business of music …
02. Dance, Northeastern State University
02. Dance, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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01. Art, Northeastern State University
01. Art, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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03. Design, Northeastern State University
03. Design, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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04. Multimedia Design, Northeastern State University
04. Multimedia Design, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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05. Music, Northeastern State University
05. Music, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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06. Theatre, Northeastern State University
06. Theatre, Northeastern State University
Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts
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Paint And Sound: A Dialogue, Alyse M. Emanuel
Paint And Sound: A Dialogue, Alyse M. Emanuel
Departmental Honors Projects
This project is an exploration of the confluence of visual and musical artistic processes. As well as exploring how music and visual arts can inform each other and create dialogue, a central part of the project is an attempt to reach a synesthetic state in my own artistic processes for which my training as a visual artist and musician laid the groundwork. Through active, creative experimentation with making music in response to artwork and vice versa, I undertook to achieve a union of the senses. The project includes historical research that places my work in the context of other artists …