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Beyond The Stage: A Case Study Of Program Evaluation, Patrick K. Freer
Beyond The Stage: A Case Study Of Program Evaluation, Patrick K. Freer
Music Faculty Publications
“What do we want to know?” That simple question guides each step of an evaluation plan, whether the focus of the evaluation is student learning, teacher effectiveness, or the audience reaction to a play. The responses to that question, properly interpreted, can guide us in our quest to build ever-stronger programs in theatre for young people. Young Audiences of New Jersey’s development of a new play provided many opportunities for evaluation, both of the play and of the evaluation process itself. This article chronicles the development of some of our evaluation tools, what we learned from them, and how they …
Interactive Computer Music For Double Bass, Jeremy C. Baguyos
Interactive Computer Music For Double Bass, Jeremy C. Baguyos
Music Faculty Publications
The rise of the academy as patron of art music, the philosophical underpinnings of "futurists" like Russolo and Busoni, the increasing power and cost-effectiveness of computer-based systems and the new compositional directions of the Post World War II avant-garde have all contributed to establishing the genre of electroacoustic music in the United States. Composers have increasingly turned to electronics for new source material and as a result, there is an entirely new repertoire that was generated to take advantage of the emerging technologies and aesthetics. For the double bass, this new repertoire included compositions like Jacob Druckman's Synapse/Valentine (1969), Charles …