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Bike Ride: An Audio/Visual Examination Of Liminal Spaces As A Ritual For Personal Growth, Myles Kelley
Bike Ride: An Audio/Visual Examination Of Liminal Spaces As A Ritual For Personal Growth, Myles Kelley
Honors College
On March 6th, 2023, I presented a creative thesis titled “Bike Ride” in Minsky Recital Hall. This experience was the culmination of my work beginning in the spring of 2022, and it featured a set of live small ensemble charts (informed largely by Jazz vocabulary) which I set to a collection of film photographs I took on late night walks through campus. In the production and execution of “Bike Ride”, my goal was to examine the emotional power of liminal spaces as they are defined in both Psychology and Photography. The resulting performance, which was re-exhibited in the Collins Center …
A Critical Application Of Communicative Concepts Concerning Creative (Songwriting) Processes, Alfred J. Wright Iii
A Critical Application Of Communicative Concepts Concerning Creative (Songwriting) Processes, Alfred J. Wright Iii
Honors College
New Doors is a creative project consisting of a series of songs and poems reflecting music as an effective communicative practice that opens opportunities for creative processing and problem-solving, improving the human condition and experience. Throughout these works, the audience will observe a narrative of an individual who learns to become a better writer and communicator through songwriting techniques as he works through a transformative period in his life. As a result of these songwriting and poetic techniques, this collection of pieces explores themes of reflexivity, solitude and isolation, and self-discovery utilizing a creative process, presenting music and poetry as …
A Historical Comparison Of The St. John And St. Matthew Passions Of Johann Sebastian Bach, Emily Dunlap
A Historical Comparison Of The St. John And St. Matthew Passions Of Johann Sebastian Bach, Emily Dunlap
Honors College
The St. John and St. Matthew Passions, based on the Gospels of the same names, are the only two existing passions by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach that have survived from the Baroque music world. However, the St. Matthew Passion is more well-known and recognized than the St. John Passion. Why is that? One of the reasons why this may be the case is because the St. Matthew Passion is a larger, more extensive work compared to the St John Passion in relation to its parts. The St Matthew Passion is equipped with an orchestra, a double choir, …