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Love Is Complicated: Examining Songs Of Love Lost And Won For Soprano Voice, Margaret Anna Collier Aug 2022

Love Is Complicated: Examining Songs Of Love Lost And Won For Soprano Voice, Margaret Anna Collier

Recital Papers

This vocal recital paper will examine songs about relationships. It will focus on songs that feature various kinds of relationships, from romantic relationships that are either reciprocated or one-sided to the relationship between man and nature. The kinds of relationships featured are complex and require an examination of various other factors for each song to uncover the true nature of the relationship that is sung about. The repertoire represented in this paper was carefully and specifically chosen to represent my technical abilities, strengths, and stamina as the performer. These pieces represent an understanding of repertoire that spans several centuries of …


A Poet's Voice: Music In Service To Poetry: Elements Of Text Painting In Juliana Hall's Song Cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin May 2022

A Poet's Voice: Music In Service To Poetry: Elements Of Text Painting In Juliana Hall's Song Cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin

Dissertations, 2020-current

American composer Juliana Hall has established a reputation as one of the leading composers of contemporary American art songs, having composed over 60 song cycles, totaling over 300 works for the voice. Hall’s song cycle How Do I Love Thee? expresses a narrative arc told through five selections from Victorian-era poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese. The poems selected include Sonnet 3: “Unlike,” Sonnet 43: “How Do I Love Thee?,” Sonnet 37: “Pardon,” Sonnet 21: “Say Over,” and Sonnet 41: “Thank You.” Hall’s cycle describes the relationship between the lover and the object of their love, including …


A Poet's Voice: Music In Service To Poetry: Elements Of Text Painting In Juliana Hall's Song Cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin May 2022

A Poet's Voice: Music In Service To Poetry: Elements Of Text Painting In Juliana Hall's Song Cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin

Dissertations, 2020-current

American composer Juliana Hall has established a reputation as one of the leading composers of contemporary American art songs, having composed over 60 song cycles, totaling over 300 works for the voice. Hall’s song cycle How Do I Love Thee? expresses a narrative arc told through five selections from Victorian-era poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese. The poems selected include Sonnet 3: “Unlike,” Sonnet 43: “How Do I Love Thee?,” Sonnet 37: “Pardon,” Sonnet 21: “Say Over,” and Sonnet 41: “Thank You.” Hall’s cycle describes the relationship between the lover and the object of their love, including …


The Evolution Of American Musical Drama And Its Effects On Modern Soprano Repertoire, Toni Richardson Apr 2022

The Evolution Of American Musical Drama And Its Effects On Modern Soprano Repertoire, Toni Richardson

Recital Papers

This paper offers a brief history of opera in the United States and how it influenced the development of musical theatre. This paper also details the logistics of cross-training for the soprano voice type in opera and musical theatre styles.


"Dream With Me" Juwel Howard Voice Recital, Andrews University Aug 2020

"Dream With Me" Juwel Howard Voice Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Juwel Howard, soprano, presents her senior recital "Dream with Me", accompanied by Emily Jurek, piano. Works by Bernstein, Verdi, Mozart, and others.


"And The Wind" Peyton Ware Senior Voice Recital, Andrews University Mar 2020

"And The Wind" Peyton Ware Senior Voice Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Peyton Ware, soprano, presents her senior recital "And the Wind", accompanied by Karen West, piano.


"Nightingale" Katharina Burghardt Senior Voice Recital, Andrews University Dec 2019

"Nightingale" Katharina Burghardt Senior Voice Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Soprano, Katharina Burghardt, in her senior vocal recital. Ms. Burghardt will be assisted by Gabriel Palacios on the piano. Katharina will perform works by Schubert, Wagner, Mandel, Clarke, and Menotti.


Abandoning Abuse: Acknowledging Adoption In The 21 Century, Deborah Elizabeth Ellis May 2019

Abandoning Abuse: Acknowledging Adoption In The 21 Century, Deborah Elizabeth Ellis

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The inspiration for this set of pieces arose from a friendship with fellow grad student Morgen Cavanah. Morgen and I were both adopted as children, and it this common background that gave rise to these pieces. The poems chosen were written by Morgen about individuals or events in her life. Though I had planned to set 9 of the original 12 poems, this set is comprised of my four favorites. Each piece uses repetitive piano motives that underlie the melodic lines of the voice, flute, and cello. This choice explores harmonic and melodic possibilities that expand minimal accompaniment. Much of …


A Performer’S Guide To The Role Of Aspasia, Melissa Mccann May 2018

A Performer’S Guide To The Role Of Aspasia, Melissa Mccann

Dissertations, 2014-2019

More than fifteen operas based on Jean Racine’s play, Mithridate (1673), were composed in the eighteenth-century. However, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s version, Mitridate, ré di Ponto (1770), is the only one which is remembered and performed today. Mitridate has earned a special place in Mozart’s operatic output because it can be considered the precursor to Idomeneo (1781), and a “prototype” for the Neo-Neapolitan School. Mozart composed Mitridate at the age of fourteen, which has led scholars to question his maturity level and mental capacity to comprehend grand operatic concepts. Through careful consideration of the sources of Mozart’s musical inspiration, some scholars …


Expressions Of Madness In Coloratura Mad Scenes Of Bel Canto Operas, Rachel G. Christenson Apr 2017

Expressions Of Madness In Coloratura Mad Scenes Of Bel Canto Operas, Rachel G. Christenson

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis will explore the musical innovations in the mad scenes of the bel canto composers in the 1800s. It will analyze Gaetano Donizetti’s mad scenes in Anna Bolena (1830) and Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), and Vincezzo Bellini’s mad scenes in I Puritani (1835) to discover how each composer expresses madness through the high and virtuosic voice of the coloratura soprano. The subject of madness is not a new idea in opera. However, the mad scenes of Donizetti and Bellini are the most successful and are often performed in opera houses around the world. Specific attention is given to the …


"A Literary Affair" Senior Voice Recital Jessica Link 2016, Department Of Music Apr 2016

"A Literary Affair" Senior Voice Recital Jessica Link 2016, Department Of Music

Student Degree Recitals 2015-2016

Jessica Link (soprano) accompanied by Joshua Goines (piano) featuring works by Debussy, Barber, Haydn, Lerner, Purcell, Stevens and Bizet.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Of Soloists. Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, Conductor, With, William H. Holderby Ii, Horn, Brianna Williams, Euphonium, Mary Beth Withers, Soprano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, William H. Holderby Ii, Brianna Williams, Mary Beth Withers Oct 2015

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Of Soloists. Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, Conductor, With, William H. Holderby Ii, Horn, Brianna Williams, Euphonium, Mary Beth Withers, Soprano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, William H. Holderby Ii, Brianna Williams, Mary Beth Withers

Elizabeth Reed Smith

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Mirrors, Zachary R. Ross May 2014

Mirrors, Zachary R. Ross

Undergraduate Honors Theses

MIRRORS is a cycle of songs composed for soprano voice and piano using five poems by Sylvia Plath. The work features the creation of a protagonist and tells a chronological story through the arrangement of the five poems colored and unified by the manipulation of a thematic twelve-tone row.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Laura Nichole Campbell, Soprano, Laura Nichole Campbell Dec 2013

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Laura Nichole Campbell, Soprano, Laura Nichole Campbell

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Sarah Riddle, Sarah Riddle Nov 2013

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Sarah Riddle, Sarah Riddle

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Department Of Music Presents A Junior Recital - Amber Martin, Soprano And Mark Smith, Piano, Amber Martin, Mark Smith Jan 2012

Marshall University Department Of Music Presents A Junior Recital - Amber Martin, Soprano And Mark Smith, Piano, Amber Martin, Mark Smith

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Aurelia Ward-Lockhart, Soprano, Aurelia Ward-Lockhart Apr 2011

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Aurelia Ward-Lockhart, Soprano, Aurelia Ward-Lockhart

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Graduate Recital, Mary Elizabeth Withers, Soprano, Mary Elizabeth Withers Mar 2011

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Graduate Recital, Mary Elizabeth Withers, Soprano, Mary Elizabeth Withers

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Kaitlin Despain, Soprano, Mark Smith, Piano, Kaitlin Despain, Mark Smith Jan 2011

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Kaitlin Despain, Soprano, Mark Smith, Piano, Kaitlin Despain, Mark Smith

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Of Soloists. Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, Conductor, With, William H. Holderby Ii, Horn, Brianna Williams, Euphonium, Mary Beth Withers, Soprano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, William H. Holderby Ii, Brianna Williams, Mary Beth Withers Apr 2010

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Of Soloists. Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, Conductor, With, William H. Holderby Ii, Horn, Brianna Williams, Euphonium, Mary Beth Withers, Soprano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, William H. Holderby Ii, Brianna Williams, Mary Beth Withers

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Jennifer Billups, Soprano, Accompanied By Mark Smith, Piano, Jennifer Billups Apr 2010

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Jennifer Billups, Soprano, Accompanied By Mark Smith, Piano, Jennifer Billups

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents Liederabend: Evening Of Songs, Featuring Marlayna Maynard, Soprano, Alanna Cushing, Piano, Marlayna Maynard, Alanna Cushing Mar 2010

Marshall University Music Department Presents Liederabend: Evening Of Songs, Featuring Marlayna Maynard, Soprano, Alanna Cushing, Piano, Marlayna Maynard, Alanna Cushing

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Katherine Bundy, Soprano And Megan Larson, Horn, Music Department Apr 2006

Katherine Bundy, Soprano And Megan Larson, Horn, Music Department

Junior Recitals

Junior recital featuring Katherine Bundy (soprano) and Megan Larson (horn) with Susan Teicher (piano).


Sarah Banovic, Soprano And David Pride, Percussion, Music Department Apr 2006

Sarah Banovic, Soprano And David Pride, Percussion, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

Senior recital featuring soprano Sarah Banovic and David Pride on percussion with Susan Teicher on piano.


Heidi Vandevoort, Soprano, Music Department Apr 2006

Heidi Vandevoort, Soprano, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This Junior and Sophomore recital featured Sophomore Heidi VanDeVoort on soprano, with Junior Richard Brooks on bass.


Meghan Galloway (Soprano) And Michael Galloway (Trumpet), Music Department Mar 2006

Meghan Galloway (Soprano) And Michael Galloway (Trumpet), Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This student recital featured Meghan Galloway (soprano) and Michael Galloway (trumpet).


Julie Bumpus, Clarinet And Kaylie Diel, Soprano, Music Department Nov 2005

Julie Bumpus, Clarinet And Kaylie Diel, Soprano, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This Junior recital features Julie Bumpus (clarinet) and Kaylie Diel (soprano).


Sarah Banovic, Soprano And Daniel Cather, Piano, Music Department Apr 2005

Sarah Banovic, Soprano And Daniel Cather, Piano, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This Junior recital features Sarah Banovic (soprano) and Daniel Cather (piano), with W. David Hobbs (piano) and Susan Teicher (piano).


Toni Beavers, Soprano, Music Department Apr 2004

Toni Beavers, Soprano, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This junior recital from, April 13, 2004 features Toni Beavers (soprano) with Susan Teicher (piano).


Amanda Alburtus-Wesley, Soprano, Music Department Nov 2003

Amanda Alburtus-Wesley, Soprano, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

This senior recital from November 17, 2003 featured Amanda Alburtus-Wesley (soprano) assisted by Susan Teicher (piano).