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Carolyn Ticker, Junior Piano Recital, Carolyn S. Ticker Feb 2015

Carolyn Ticker, Junior Piano Recital, Carolyn S. Ticker

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.


Toni Crouch And Rachel Wilson, Junior Piano Recital, Toni R. Crouch, Rachel A. Wilson Feb 2015

Toni Crouch And Rachel Wilson, Junior Piano Recital, Toni R. Crouch, Rachel A. Wilson

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.


Mark Tollefsen And Jae Won Kim, Piano, Department Of Music And Worship, Cedarville University Feb 2015

Mark Tollefsen And Jae Won Kim, Piano, Department Of Music And Worship, Cedarville University

Guest Artists

No abstract provided.


Reading Music: Representing Female Performance In Nineteenth-Century British Piano Method Books And Novels, Laura Vorachek Jan 2015

Reading Music: Representing Female Performance In Nineteenth-Century British Piano Method Books And Novels, Laura Vorachek

Laura Vorachek

The editorial content of piano method books published in the nineteenth century contributed to the gendering of the domestic piano by targeting a middle-class female audience. At the same time, these tutorials circumscribed the ability and ambition of female pianists, cautioning women against technical display or performing challenging pieces in company, thereby reinforcing the stereotype of the graceful, demure woman who played a little. However, this effort was complicated by both the tutorials themselves and contemporary fiction. The middle-class women reading these tutorials also read novels—a fact the method books occasionally acknowledge—which often presented a very different picture of women’s …


Thread Prelude (2015) For Piano, Ryan Keebaugh Jan 2015

Thread Prelude (2015) For Piano, Ryan Keebaugh

Music Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Adventurous Monk: A Discussion Of Eric Reed’S Improvisational Techniques And The Influence Of Thelonious Monk, Vaughn Beaver Jan 2015

The Adventurous Monk: A Discussion Of Eric Reed’S Improvisational Techniques And The Influence Of Thelonious Monk, Vaughn Beaver

Theses : Honours

This dissertation examines the improvisational style of notable jazz pianist Eric Reed, focusing on select performances from the album The Adventurous Monk. As is common for contemporary artists, Reed has not yet been the focus of academic study, despite the fact that his vast experience – particularly with jazz luminaries such as Wynton Marsalis – warranted such investigation. The endeavour of this research was to discuss the observable influence of Thelonious Monk on Reed’s improvisational style through musical transcription and comparative analysis of the two pianists’ solos on the Monk compositions ‘Work’ and ‘Nutty’. Complete Monk transcriptions were initially analysed …


Lord, Teach Me How To Pray - 2 Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley Dec 2014

Lord, Teach Me How To Pray - 2 Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

This is a 2 part choir arrangement of Willy Reske's setting of "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire."


Hymn Preludes - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley Dec 2014

Hymn Preludes - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Prelude settings of 20 hymns for piano or organ.


Hymn Preludes: Book Two - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley Dec 2014

Hymn Preludes: Book Two - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Prelude settings of 20 more hymns for piano or organ