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2023-2024 Master Class - Frank Rosenwein (Oboe), Frank Rosenwein, Hoon Chang, Juan Fernandez Villegas, Olivia Oakland, Kari Jenks

Master Classes

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Fifth Annual Alumni Concert: Jeffrey Adkins And A.W. Dreyfoos School Of Arts, A.W. Dreyfoos School Of Arts, Jeff Adkins

Alumni Concerts

No abstract provided.

With Love, ; An Interdisciplinary And Intersectional Look At Why Creativity Is Essential, Theo Starr Gardner

Whittier Scholars Program

My Whittier Scholars Program self-designed major, Teaching Creativity, is a mixture of Art, Literature, and Education classes. My research and praxis classes have been focused on the ‘how?’s and 'why?’s of creativity, so it felt only right that my project should be a constructivist, generative project. The project I have been working on throughout my time at Whittier, and that has just fully come to fruition on April 11th, 2024, was a solo art gallery/open mic event entitled ‘With Love,’. With Love, was conceptually inspired by the research I’ve conducted on creativity and creative arts education over the past few …

Performing Original Arrangements Of Jazz Repertoire, Spencer M. Mackey

Honors Capstones

My goal with this Capstone project was to encapsulate my four years of music and jazz education at Northern Illinois University into a senior recital. I picked repertoire that spanned my whole college career and decided to arrange for jazz combo settings which is something I enjoy doing a lot. Arranging is an important concept in jazz music. My research for this project took a relatively simple approach; I listened to jazz music. Specifically, I listened to multiple versions of the tunes on my recital, compositions by the composers I was featuring on my recital, and other various recordings that …

Exploring The Bass Trombone, Liam Kantzler

Honors Capstones

The purpose of the capstone is to provide a performance on the bass trombone that explores many different styles of music. I will use different techniques to evoke many different styles, as well as performing pieces outside of the standard repertoire, and some that aren't written for the instrument. The process for this capstone began long before the project began, although the preparation for the performance included daily practice and study of each of the pieces. Many rehearsals were put together, including music for chamber music portions and a few to put solo parts with piano accompaniment. The performance itself …

2023-2024 Performance Forum - May 3, 2024, William Penn, Paola Garcia, Julian Rauh, Ethan Sanchez, Pablo Camacho, Clarece Lamarr, Nia Morgan, Peter Pao, Yance Zheng

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 The Class Of 2024 In Concert, Kenton Campbell, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Aneliya Novikova, Clair Ives, Clarece Lamarr, Amelia Dixon, Fabiola Parra, Yance Zheng, Angela Fiedler, Yu-Hsuan Feng, Jafet Diaz, Niloufar Mirzanabi Khani, Jon Cruz, Kari Jenks, Noah Suarez, Kyle Mechmet, Nataniel Farrar, Graydon Howard

Other Student Recitals

No abstract provided.

J.S. Bach's Application Of The Baroque Violin Concerto In His Violin Concerti In A Minor, Bwv 1041 And E Major, Bwv 1042, Stephanie Krell

Graduate Review

Concerti from the Baroque to contemporary times stand as one of the pillars of the violin repertoire. The form initially developed in the 1600s as composers experimented with groups of performers. It became increasingly standardized in the early 1700s, with the violin concerto advancing as a favored application. Several Baroque composers contributed characteristics that were absorbed into the violin concerti of the period, including Arcangelo Correlli, Giuseppe Torelli and Antonio Vivaldi.

Johann Sebastian Bach analyzed the traits of violin concerti from earlier and contemporaneous composers, incorporating certain features while modifying others in his own works. This may be observed in …

French Music By An Italian Count: A Survey Of Selected Recordings Of Ludovico Roncalli, Ellwood Colahan

Soundboard Scholar

No abstract provided.

Guitar Etudes In The Lisztian Vein: Zanon Plays Mignone’S Twelve Etudes, Diogo Alvarez

Soundboard Scholar

Diogo Alvarez reviews Fabio Zanon's recording of Mignone's 12 Etudes and other works, with commentary on the music and the composer.

2023-2024 Junior Recital - Matt Montelione (Trumpet), Matthew Montelione, Brenda Lorenzo, Julian Rauh, Jeremiah Grace, Aidan Quintana

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Master Of Music Recital - Jafet Diaz (Trumpet), Jafet Diaz, Yu-Hsuan Feng

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Performance Forum - April 26, 2024, Clair Ives, Paola Garcia, Jenna Salliman, Emin Huseynov, Niloufar Mirzanabi Khani, Jon Cruz, Sol Ochoa Castro, Yilian Concepcion, Laura Gonzalez, Rachel Miner, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Junior Recital - Jeremiah Grace (Percussion), Jeremiah Grace, Steven Halpner, Jose Ignacio Diaz, Brenda Lorenzo

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Junior Recital - Jaewon Baek (Cello), Jaewon Baek, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Junior Recital - Baran Zolfaghari (French Horn), Baran Zolfaghari, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Compositional Practices In The Accompaniment Of Celtic Trad Music, Mason Taylor

Composition/Recording Projects

n this research paper, I look at how traditional Irish folk musicians—“Trad” as it is commonly referred to by musicians in the style––approach, think of, and perform accompaniment, specifically the contrapuntal style that is common amongst mandolin and bouzouki players. Trad has evolved greatly over the years. Originally, Trad was performed without any form of accompaniment—no guitar, no piano, no cello. Many solo instruments, such as the flute and the fiddle, would play the same melody with the only harmony occurring at moments where performers would momentarily diverge from the melody with an improvised ornament. Somewhere along its varied history, …

2023-2024 Master Of Music Recital - Angela Fiedler (Violin), Angela Fiedler, Yu-Hsuan Feng

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Aardvark: A Solo Guitar Album, Jeffrey W. Buchanan

Composition/Recording Projects

In this production paper, I discuss the entire process of creating my debut solo guitar album, Aardvark. There are ten songs on the albums, eight of which are originals and two of which are arrangements of existing music for solo guitar. Each chapter focuses on a specific song and dissects all elements that went into its creation, including the composition process, the type of guitar used, theoretical analyses, and any technical roadblocks I had to overcome. Several of my influences for the music on this album include Ted Greene, Bill Evans, Francisco Tárrega, Dream Theater, and music from the video …

2023-2024 Ppc Recital - Lauren Washburn (Clarinet), Lauren Washburn, Brenda Lorenzo

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Junior Recital - Megan Hagel (Cello), Megan Hagel, Brenda Lorenzo

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Spring Music Series (April 25-28, 2024), Lindenwood University

Student Music Performance Programs

Event program for the Spring Music Series (April 25-28, 2024), Lindenwood University.

2023-2024 Master Of Music Recital - Isaiah Obey (Flute), Isaiah Obey, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Music Recital Program, Ouachita Baptist University

Scholars Day Conference

The following students performed during the Scholars Day recitals (in order of appearance): tenor Logan Babel, assisted by Kristen La Madrid on piano; clarinetist Lane Dunman, assisted by Kristen La Madrid on piano; pianist Jenna Barnes; mezzo-soprano Annsley Clay, assisted by Kristen La Madrid on piano; pianist Andrew Pierce; timpani player Micah West; soprano Kieran Malmer, assisted by Susan Monroe on piano; pianists Jenna Barnes, Noah Canon, and Owen Dodd; and timpani player Carter Smith.

2023-2024 Viola Studio Recital, Zach Grunwald, Lisa Leonard, Jeremy Jefferson, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Samuel Dionisio, Lauren Swartz, Nia Morgan, Lillian Platte, Sarah Conley, Rachel Miner, Gabrielle Malaniak

Studio Recitals

No abstract provided.

Narciso Yepes And The Composers Of His Time, Belén Pérez Castillo

Soundboard Scholar

At his peak, Narciso Yepes was one of the most celebrated figures in the guitar world, as evidenced by the quantity and reach of his recordings. While he is well known as a proponent of the ten-string guitar with an innovative chromatic tuning, less attention has been focused on his activity as a commissioner of new works (many of them for the six-string guitar). Yet in this domain, Yepes was extremely productive, premiering works by such composers as Ascencio, Bacarisse, Balada, Maderna, Marco, Montsalvatge, Ohana, Palau, and Ruiz-Pipò, to name a few. Yepes's role as a collaborator varied from one …

2023-2024 Senior Recital - Jasmin Abdunazarova (Piano), Jasmin Abdunazarova

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.

Spring Concerts (April 22, 23, 2024), Lindenwood University

Student Music Performance Programs

Event program for the Spring Concerts (April 22, 23, 2024), Lindenwood University.

2023-2024 Master Of Music Recital - Emin Huseynov (Violin), Emin Huseynov, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Composing A Cadenza For Mozart's Violin Concerto In A Major, Gracie Hayes

Honors Projects

Historically, soloists from the Western art music tradition were expected to improvise a virtuosic passage during their performance of a concerto—that is, an extensive orchestral work featuring an instrumental soloist. These improvised passages, called cadenzas, were performed unaccompanied by the soloist during a prominent cadence and were derived from the ornamentation that occurred naturally during cadences in vocal arias. Contemporary composers write out these virtuosic passages for performers, who are rarely expected to improvise during a performance, with the exception of jazz musicians. When performing works dating from before the Romantic period, musicians are left with a dilemma. Should they …