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Patrick Houlihan Represents Ouachita With Original Compositions, Haley Wilkerson, Ouachita News Bureau
Patrick Houlihan Represents Ouachita With Original Compositions, Haley Wilkerson, Ouachita News Bureau
Press Releases
Two compositions by Dr. Patrick Houlihan, professor and chair of music theory, composition and music industry at Ouachita Baptist University, recently were presented at national and regional conferences.
“Snoqualmie Passages” for alto saxophone and piano was selected to be presented at the joint national conference of the College Music Society and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors held last fall in Santa Fe, N.M. It was performed in historic St. Francis Auditorium by two Ouachita faculty members, Dr. Lei Cai, professor of music, on piano and Dr. Caroline Taylor, professor of music, on saxophone.
Ouachita To Host Composers Symposium April 25, Caitlyn Barker, Ouachita News Bureau
Ouachita To Host Composers Symposium April 25, Caitlyn Barker, Ouachita News Bureau
Press Releases
Ouachita Baptist University will hold a Composers Symposium on Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The symposium will be free and open to the public.
The Composers Symposium will feature the original compositions of several students. Music composition students spend several weeks and months working on and perfecting their pieces to prepare them for performance.
Triptych For Brass And Percussion, Henry Harmon Dempsey
Triptych For Brass And Percussion, Henry Harmon Dempsey
OBU Graduate Theses
In the repertoire of the modern percussionist, the number of compositions which are worthy of performance is very small. The reason for this lack of repertoire is that the percussion ensemble as a unit itself is a relatively new medium. To bring out the qualities of the percussion section, music must be produced that is specifically intended for the percussion instruments. The author set out to achieve this goal in his composition which is written for brass and percussion instruments.
This composition was influenced by jazz, rhythmically. The composition was influenced harmonically by devices used by contemporary composers. In form, …