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Piano Recital Consisting Of Works By J. S. Bach, L. Van Beethoven And F. Chopin With Extended Program Notes, Danica Borisavljevic

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Partita No 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 - Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Carmen De Burgos : La Educación De La Mujer Y La Literatura De Viajes Como Género Narrativo, Esther A. Daganzo-Cantens

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study analyzes Carmen de Burgos’ European travel literature, and focuses on two themes: education and travel literature as a literary genre. An examination of her travel literature reveals two essential elements related to her view of education. The first is the influence that the European educational system had on her way of thinking, particularly with respect to the idea of tolerance, the practice of hygiene, and the important role of nature in education. The second is the development of her view of education as the foundation for the emancipation of women in Spain. Carmen de Burgos espoused the view …

The Dining Room, Department Of Theatre, Florida International University

Department of Theatre Production Programs

Novmeber 9-19, 2006. Written by A. R. Gurney. Directed by Gail Garrisan. Scenic Design by Casper Machado. Lighting Design by Kris Cardenas. Costume Design by Marilyn Skow. Sound Design by Jad Goodridge.

Anna In The Tropics, Department Of Theatre, Florida International University

Department of Theatre Production Programs

October 5-15, 2006. Written by Nilo Cruz. Directed by Wayne E. Robinson, Jr. Scenic Design by Brenden McCune. Lighting Design by Phillip Watson. Sound Design by Maria Rovira. Costume Design by Rob Eastman-Mullins.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Department Of Theatre, Florida International University

Department of Theatre Production Programs

Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Phillip M. Church. Dramaturgy by Marilyn Skow. Costume Design by Marina Pareja. Lighting by Arnold Bueso. Choreography by James Hipps.

The Development And Creation Of A Multicultural Entertainment Company, Mileyka Burgos

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis proposed the creation of a multicultural entertainment company. The thesis comprises two components: the development of the entertainment company and the production of a concert. The mission of the private company is to bring together the best of different cultures onto the stage. It aims to craft productions that people would identify with and which would appeal to the diversity of the American landscape.

Along with the development of the entertainment company, a sample concert is suggested. The sample concert implements the concept and methods that makes the company unique in the market.

In conclusion, the thesis aims …

Expanding Guitar Production Techniques : Building The Guitar Application Toolkit (Gatk), Roberto Horacio Aramburu

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to build the Guitar Application ToolKit (GATK), a series of applications used to expand the sonic capabilities of the acoustic/electric stereo guitar. Furthermore, the goal of the GATK was to extend improvisational capabilities and the compositional techniques generated by this innovative instrument.

During the GATK creation process, the current production guitar techniques and overall sonic result were enhanced by planning and implementing a personalized electroacoustic performance set up, designing custom-made performance interfaces, creating interactive compositional strategies, crafting non-standardized sounds, and controlling various music parameters in real-time using the Max/MSP programming environment.

This was the …

Exposing And Filling The Need For An Intermediate Steel-String Guitar Method, Charles O. Carey

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis demonstrates the need for and the importance of developing a comprehensive curriculum for the intermediate steel-string guitarist and provides a method to fill this need. The method is not specific to any one musical style and will serve to offer information necessary for the performance of music in any idiom. The lack of material presently available for the intermediate guitarist leaves them without proper musical guidance during this significant stage of their learning curve. The use of this method will help the prospective student to grow both as a guitarist and a musician.

Mating Call, Andrew Cohen

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Mating Call is a memoir set in the Pacific Northwest during the 1990s, in what Spin Magazine calls "Seattle's Golden Age." The story begins with my arrival in the West and a self-inflicted broken heart, a relationship I had severed due to "missing pieces." The quest is to find these pieces, and throughout the search the memoir analyzes love and relationships for Generation X. The quest takes seven years, during which the narrative explores Seattle's breweries and bedrooms, and the Northwest's rainforests and volcanoes, all the while investigating interpersonal chemistry, sex, and friendship. For all the searching, the missing pieces …

Florida Pure, Lauren A. Doyle

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

FLORIDA PURE is a satiric novel set in the orange juice industry of contemporary Florida that begins when the deaths of four migrant workers lead to the demise of the orange juice company, Florida Pure. The novel follows three plot lines that result from this demise. The company's fallen president has to cope with the loss of the company as well as the more recent loss of his wife, who has left him for the governor of Florida. A former Florida Pure trucker purchases an orange grove to make juice "honestly." And three brothers from Brazil seek to destroy the …

Broken Heroes, Michael Creeden

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

BROKEN HEROES is a mystery novel set in the modem day Southern California rock music scene. The protagonist is Declan St. James, 35, an alcoholic ex-musician and frustrated music journalist who, with friend and former bandmate, Stevie Richards, investigates the mysterious death of mentor Art Schulman. The search ultimately leads them to PowerTrash, a cult favorite band which, years earlier, suffered a mysterious death of its own. The novel is told in Declan's first-person voice looking back on these events. Like A.S. Byatt's Possession, the book uses the study of artists and their work to connect past and present …

The New Old Cuba

Hemisphere

Edited by former CRI Director, Damián Fernández, this edition of Hemisphere challenges the traditional perspective that Cuba is frozen in time, and examines how a new Cuba has emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union, 15 years of the Special Period, and significant demographic changes. This new Cuba has become even clearer with the recent transfer of power to Raul Castro.