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An Exploration Of Musical Theatre Vocal Technique And Style 1950 - Present, Emily Slomovits Jan 2017

An Exploration Of Musical Theatre Vocal Technique And Style 1950 - Present, Emily Slomovits

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

My Honors Thesis Recital is the culmination of my study of how singing techniques and styles have changed in musical theatre since its Golden Age in the 1940's and 50's from a semi-classical, operatic style and technique, to a sound much more infused with jazz, pop, rock, and other contemporary music styles. This recital explores works by some of the greatest musical theatre composers and lyricists, starting with giants like Rodgers and Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein, and working up to present day with modern greats like Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Jason Robert Brown. I will demonstrate the evolution of …


Senior Clarinet Recital, Katherine Jakrzweski Jan 2012

Senior Clarinet Recital, Katherine Jakrzweski

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The written portion of this thesis combines program notes for the recital with reasoning behind programming choices and a reflection to give the reader context for the actual performance.


Senior Piano Lecture Recital, Lynnann Jean Wieringa Jan 2009

Senior Piano Lecture Recital, Lynnann Jean Wieringa

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Missa Brevis, A Work For Chamber Choir, Soloists, And Chamber Ensemble Score And Analysis, Joshua Adam Bornfield Jan 2008

Missa Brevis, A Work For Chamber Choir, Soloists, And Chamber Ensemble Score And Analysis, Joshua Adam Bornfield

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The Missa Brevis displayed and discussed herein is composed for chamber choir, vocal soloists, and a chamber ensemble of nine instrumental performers. This setting of several sections of the Catholic Mass explores a narrative interpretation of that text, using a programmatic compositional approach, through which all parameters of music were systematically planned. The thesis is in two parts. Part One is an analysis of the composition, both in full and movement by movement, with regard to structure, harmonic contour, melodic design, timbral choices, and the compositional process required for its creation. Part Two is the complete original score of the …


The Hand Horn In Performance, Elisa Balon Jan 2006

The Hand Horn In Performance, Elisa Balon

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Using a natural horn similar to those used in the late eighteenth through the late nineteenth centuries, I performed music written for instruments of this type in a Department of Music and Dance Student Recital. The hand stopping method was used and this helped me to gain insights into performance practices of the natural horn in the Classical and Romantic Periods.


Program Notes: Senior Piano Recital, Juan Arauco Jan 2004

Program Notes: Senior Piano Recital, Juan Arauco

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.