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From Improvisation To Artistry: A Study Of The Piano’S 12 Sides By Carter Pann, Louis Claussen

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performance

Intended as a resource for pianists who may analyze or perform Carter Pann’s The Piano’s 12 Sides, this study provides biographical information on the composer and explores his professional relationship with the pianist for whom it was composed, Joel Hastings. Each piece from The Piano’s 12 Sides is discussed in terms of form, melody, harmony, texture and Pann’s approach to the pianistic compositional idiom. The composition is also examined with regard to extra-musical details and programmatic elements as well as inspiration and dedications that influenced Pann’s compositional process.

Correspondence and interviews with the composer reveal the motivation and inspiration behind …

Expanding Experimentalism: Art And Popular Music At The Kitchen In New York City, 1971-1985, Sarah A. Cooper

Theses and Dissertations

This paper explores artists' engagement with popular music at the interdisciplinary alternative space, the Kitchen, from 1971 to 1985. It seeks a critical language to challenge institutional frameworks to account for the creative output of artists' bands and the relationship between parallel and hybrid popular music and avant-garde performance practices.

Technique For The Developing Dramatic Soprano, Amber James

Dissertations

This dissertation was inspired by a Facebook post by David L. Jones regarding common pedagogical problems in the dramatic soprano Fach. I am a dramatic soprano, who has dealt with many of the technical problems listed in his post. David L. Jones is an internationally recognized teacher and coach and has worked with some of the most well-known professional dramatic sopranos. After considering these pedagogical challenges, it was decided the best course of action was to interview professional singers, teachers, and coaches in the dramatic soprano Fach. After conducting a state of research, it was found that there …

The Challenges And Limitations Of Adapting Mozart's Così Fan Tutte For A Small University Setting, Christopher Lovely

Dissertations

In this dissertation, challenges and limitations related to presenting Così fan tutte within a small university setting are conveyed, as well as offering innovative ideas to create a manageable presentation. I recall my personal experience as Korepititor/Vocal Coach for The University of Southern Mississippi’s 2014 production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. This document presents topics on the various workings of an opera production: pre-rehearsal preparation, language issues, rehearsal preparation, selection of singers, and production issues. It offers practical solutions to overcome various challenges a small university may encounter. Smaller university opera programs were surveyed regarding their adaptations of …

The Federal Music Project: An American Voice In Depression-Era Music, Audrey S. Rutt

Musical Offerings

After World War I, America was musically transformed from an outsider in the European classical tradition into a country of musical vibrance and maturity. These great advances, however, were deeply threatened by the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the consequent Great Depression. The nation that, for the first time, was developing an international reputation in the arts now faced a crisis of how to support them. Government sponsorship of the arts through the New Deal Federal One projects allowed struggling artists to survive economically during this era. In the realm of music, however, the Federal Music Project (FMP) had …

The Battle Between Impeccable Intonation And Maximized Modulation, Timothy M. True

Musical Offerings

Equal temperament represents a way of completing the musical circle, and systematically compensating for the Pythagorean comma. Pythagoras discovered this acoustical problem around 550 B.C., and since that time music theorists have debated how to deal with it. The problem is that no perfect solution exists—something must be compromised. As musical styles developed, specific factors and harmonic tendencies led to the gradual adoption of equal temperament. Early in music history, theorists preferred systems which kept acoustical purity relatively intact. Pythagorean intonation and just intonation serve as two examples. However, the move from modality to tonality decentralized the melody as the …

Kioto Aoki Interview, Austin Sandifer

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Artist Bio: Kioto Aoki is a conceptual photographer and experimental filmmaker who also makes books and installations engaging the material specificity of the analogue image and image-making process. Her work explores modes of perception via nuances of the mundane, with recent focusing on perceptions of movement between the still and the moving image. She received MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a 2017-2018 HATCH artist in residence at the Chicago Artist Coalition.

https://kiotoaoki.com/

The Unifying Strands: Formalism And Gestalt Theory In The Musical Philosophies Of Aristoxenus, Descartes, And Meyer, Amanda N. Staufer

Musical Offerings

In every age, philosophers deal with inquiries concerning musical meaning and the effect of music on the listener. Instead of answering the formidable question of musical meaning, this essay demonstrates the parallel aspects of three musical theories from ancient, Enlightenment, and modern times. Using the two criteria of musical formalism and Gestalt Theory, this essay systematically connects the philosophies of Aristoxenus of Tarentum, René Descartes, and Leonard Meyer. Musical formalism holds that music’s nature is innate, self-evident, able to be systematically deduced, and rational. According to formalism, musical meaning is defined by things objectively ‘there’ in the music, musical experience …

The Niles-Merton Songs: A Performance Guide Of Selected Songs, Brittany C. Benningfield

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The Niles-Merton Songs is a two-opus collection of twenty-two songs by John Jacob Niles setting the poetry of Thomas Merton. The songs are beautiful but contrast from his more popular works in poetry and composition. This project explores reasons why these songs are rarely performed, and gives an overview and analysis of ten selected pieces. The document includes a brief introduction, biographies of Niles and Merton, information detailing Niles’s compositional process, and the technical and artistic requirements for performing the songs, including appropriate age and voice type.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Duo Recital, To The Memory Of Frank Glazer, Şőlen Dikener,Cello, Johan Botes, Piano, Şőlen Dikener, Johan Botes

Johan Botes

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Mu Faculty Brass Quintet, Martin Saunders, Trumpet, Steven Trinkle, Trumpet, Stephen Lawson, Horn, Michael Stroeher, Trombone, George Palton, Tuba, Martin W. Saunders, Stephen Lawson, Michael Stroeher, George Palton, Steven Trinkle

Martin Saunders

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Bench By The Sea, Featuring, The University Chorus And A Cappela Choir, Mr. Rob Wray, Conductor, And, The Marshall Symphonic Band, Dr. Adam Dalton, Conductor, Robert Wray, Adam Dalton

Adam Dalton

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Music Alive Faculty & Guest Artist, Collaboration Series, "Russian Soul", With The Members Of Freya String Quartet & Johan Botes Şőlen Dikener, Johan Botes, Şőlen Dikener

Şőlen Dikener

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Music Alive Faculty & Guest Artist, Collaboration Series, "Classical Gems", Montclaire String Quartet & Şőlen Dikener, Şőlen Dikener

Şőlen Dikener

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Guest Artist Recital, Featuring, Dr. Jeremy Lewis, Tuba, Along With, Dr. Johan Botes Piano, Jeremy Lewis Dr., Johan Botes

Johan Botes

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Guest Faculty Recital, With Guest Artist, Sarunas Jankauskas, Clarinet, And, Marshall University Music Faculty, Johan Botes, Piano, Richard Kravchak, Oboe, Wendell Dobbs, Flute, Sarunas Jankauskas, Johan Botes, Richard Kravchak, Wendell B. Dobbs Dr.

Johan Botes

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Guest Artist Recital, Lucas Borges, Trombone, Jason Roland Smith, Tuba, Lucas Borges, Jason Roland Smith, Johan Botes

Johan Botes

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Piano Ensemble Class, Spring 2015, Final Performance, Henning Vauth, Johan Botes

Johan Botes

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Music Alive Faculty & Guest Artist, Collaboration Series, "Russian Soul", With The Members Of Freya String Quartet & Johan Botes Şőlen Dikener, Johan Botes, Şőlen Dikener

Johan Botes

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The University Chorus, In Concert, Robert Wray, Conductor, Robert Wray

Robert Wray

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Bench By The Sea, Featuring, The University Chorus And A Cappela Choir, Mr. Rob Wray, Conductor, And, The Marshall Symphonic Band, Dr. Adam Dalton, Conductor, Robert Wray, Adam Dalton

Robert Wray

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The University Chorus, Spring Concert, Robert Wray, Conductor, Robert Wray

Robert Wray

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Percussion Ensemble, Steven Hall, Conductor, Charles Powell, Assistant Conductor, Steven Hall

Steven Hall

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Marshall University Percussion Ensemble, Steven Hall, Conductor, Charles Powell, Assistant Conductor, Steven Hall, Charles Powell

Steven Hall

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Aftrican Drumming & Dance Ensemble, Steven Hall, Conductor, Jessica Fox, Assistant Conductor, Steven Hall, Jessica Fox

Steven Hall

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Second Annual Reed Day, Guest Artists, Jon Agazzi, Clarinet, John Cipolla, Saxophone, And, Marshall University Faculty, Ann Marie Bingham, Clarinet, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Richard Kravchak, Oboe, Kay Lawson, Bassoon, Jon Agazzi, John Cipolla, Ann Bingham, Ed Bingham, Richard Kravchak, Kay Lawson

Ed Bingham

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Woodwind Ensembles Recital, Dr. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone Studio, Dr. Wendell Dobbs, Flute Studio, (Woodwinds Coordinator), Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs Dr.

Ed Bingham

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Mu Symphony Orchestra Faculty Spotlight Concert, "International Flair", Şőlen Dikener, Conductor, Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Julio Alves, Guitar, Şőlen Dikener, Ed Bingham, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

Ed Bingham

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Ed Bingham

Ed Bingham

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University 12.0 Jazz Ensemble, Ed Bingham

Ed Bingham

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