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Concerto Competition Final Round, Roberta Rust Oct 2013

Concerto Competition Final Round, Roberta Rust

Concerto Competition

Competition Coordinator

  • Dr. Roberta Rust

Jury

  • Julian Martin, piano (The Juilliard School)
  • Eric Ruske, horn (Boston University)
  • Ilya Kaler, violin (DePaul University)

Piano Accompanists

  • Heqing Huang (Piano Performance Student)
  • Carina Inoue (Collaborative Piano Student)
  • Olga Kim (Collaborative Piano Student)
  • Sheng-Yuan Kuan (Lynn University)
  • Hsin-Hui Liu (Piano Performance Student)
  • Dr. Marina Radiushina (Guest Accompanist)
  • Jihong Park (Collaborative Piano Student)
  • Ricardo Pozenatto (Collaborative Piano Student)

Canvassers

  • Roberta Burns
  • Jack Kracke

Final Round

  • Delcho Tenev, violin - Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 (Kuan)
  • Vijeta Sathyaraj, violin - Ravle, Tzigane (Kuan)
  • Evgenia Zharzhavskaya, violin & Felicia Besan, viola - Mozart, …


Binary Musical Bias In Irreguilar Meters, Akash Bhatia, Joseph Plazak, Faculty Advisor Apr 2013

Binary Musical Bias In Irreguilar Meters, Akash Bhatia, Joseph Plazak, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The rhythmic structures of Western art music tend to be highly regular. With regards to metrical organization (i.e. grouping of strong and weak beats), previous research by Huron (2006) indicates that binary (strong-weak) meters tend to be more prevalent than ternary (strong-weak-weak) meters. However, relatively little is known about other types of metrical organization, such as meters based on 5- or 7-beat patterns. Results are reported from a corpus study of 5- and 7-beat musical melodies. Five-beat metrical patterns were found to occur more frequently than meters with 7-beat patterns, χ2 (1, N = 144) = 30.25, p < 0.001, φ …


Que Bonita Es Esta Vida, Samara Martinez Apr 2013

Que Bonita Es Esta Vida, Samara Martinez

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Introduction Of The Black Conductor, Akeila Thomas Apr 2013

The Introduction Of The Black Conductor, Akeila Thomas

Undergraduate Research Conference

The conductor has become a position of great influence and necessity to the performing ensemble due to innovations in performance between the Baroque and mid to late Romantic periods. With such prominence given to the title, one such conductor has gained very little mention throughout the course of music's history. African-American musicians have played such a catalytic role in the shape and progression of Western music.


Loretta Lynn: Voicing Feminism, Kayla L. Fox Apr 2013

Loretta Lynn: Voicing Feminism, Kayla L. Fox

Undergraduate Research Conference

The goal was to examine country music artist Loretta Lynn – how did her music reflect feminist ideals of the ‘60s and ‘70s, how did her life correspond to these ideals, and what impact did she have for women in country music?


The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions Revisited, Wayne W. Daniel Apr 2013

The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions Revisited, Wayne W. Daniel

Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions: Centennial Celebration

This presentation provides the listener with a basic historical background for the understanding of the nature, and the impact on the South and the nation, of the annual Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions held in Atlanta from 1913 to 1935. The presenter describes a typical example of the conventions, and highlights some of the atypical activities that took place during many of the fiddlers’ gatherings. The listener becomes acquainted with how the conventions played an important role in the evolution of the musical genre that is now called country. The presenter speaks of the careers of some of the conventions’ performers …


"The Balled Of Cicero:" Telling The Story Of The Political Changes In Rome During The Augustinian Revolution Through Music, Cody J. Elliott Mar 2013

"The Balled Of Cicero:" Telling The Story Of The Political Changes In Rome During The Augustinian Revolution Through Music, Cody J. Elliott

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Stressed? Play A Tune: The Controversial Benefits Of Music, Priscilla J. Atkinson Mar 2013

Stressed? Play A Tune: The Controversial Benefits Of Music, Priscilla J. Atkinson

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.