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An African Celebration: A Guest Artist Recital With Erick Saoud, Erick Saoud, Percussion Ensemble

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the poster for the guest artist concert, "An African Celebration," held on November 15, 2023. In addition to guest artist Erick Saoud, from Toca Percussion and the Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock, the OBU Percussion Ensemble also performed.

Etudes For Marimba: An Assessment Of Intermediate And Advanced Techniques With Four New Works, William Alderman

Dissertations, 2020-current

Over the past century, the marimba has experienced rapid growth. From its construction, performance practices, and technical approach, the instrument has been elevated to a well-respected instrument. Since the development of the five-octave marimba in the early 1980s, literature for the marimba has expanded exponentially. Through this expansion, works for the beginning and advanced performer has become widely available. However, a gap in literature exists within intermediate to intermediate-advanced range. Although it is of utmost importance for the progressing performer, this stepping stone literature can be difficult to find. In response, I have written my book, Etudes for Marimba: Four …

Obu Percussion Ensemble Concert With Guest Artist Dr. Caitlin Jones, Caitlin Jones, Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the poster for the OBU percussion ensemble and guest artist concert. Guest artist Dr. Caitlin Jones performed on April 13, 2023, in the McBeth Recital Hall. Dr. Ryan Lewis directed the Percussion Ensemble.

Toybox: A New Approach For Auxiliary Percussion Instruments At The Beginning Level, Spencer Craig Jones

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Currently, there exist little materials to introduce elementary students to auxiliary percussion instruments. There is a need for the creation of more instructional material for this age group that provides pedagogy descriptions for the instruments as well as playing examples. The purpose of this project is to create a method book that provides pedagogy examples for auxiliary percussion instruments while also providing playing examples to use.

A Performance Practice Guide For :Only.Just.Almost.Never For Solo Vibraphone By Jay Alan Yim, Dustin Ray Haigler

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

Currently, there exists little scholarship on Dr. Jay Alan Yim’s percussion music, and none exists for :only.just.almost.never for solo vibraphone. Establishing a performance practice guide will allow future percussionists a glimpse into the compositional process of Yim and allow them to expand their repertoire to include this challenging music. The purpose of this project is to create a comprehensive performance practice guide for :only.just.almost.never for solo vibraphone by Jay Alan Yim.

Resources Required

This project relies mainly on the score of :only.just.almost.never for solo vibraphone. I have also conducted multiple interviews with Yim regarding his compositional process, sketches, and …

Touching Light: A Framework For The Facilitation Of Music-Making In Mixed Reality, Ian Thomas Riley

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Drawing upon the historical development of analog and digital technologies alongside the proliferation of computer-assisted performance practices, this research seeks to develop a framework for integrating Mixed Reality applications to live musical performance, specifically through the creation of a Microsoft HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality application in order to facilitate a live performance of an original musical composition for percussion and real-time Mixed Reality environment. Mixed Reality enables a performer to interact with virtual (holograms, VSTs, etc.) and physical (vibraphone, tuned drums, microphones, etc.) objects simultaneously. Tandem to the development of the conceptual framework was the composition of an original score …

A Study Of The Steel Pan: A Guide To Two Tenor Pan Etudes, Lilith Manes

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project will be a presentation of the research, processes, and results of composing two etudes for the tenor steelpan. The difficulty and applications of the accompanying etudes vary, but they are primarily intended for high school students or intermediate pannists. The purpose of this research project is twofold: to provide a brief description of the history of the steelpan and its integration into the United States education system in order to illustrate the need for original compositions and to serve as a guide to the teaching process of each composition provided. This paper will also give a detailed explanation …

Survey And Analysis Of Undergraduate Music Education Percussion Methods Courses In Relation To The Practical Needs Of Secondary Music Educators In American Public Schools, Bryan C. Pickering

Dissertations, 2020-current

The majority of Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education require students to enroll in a series of instrumental methods or techniques courses. These courses cover fundamental techniques and pedagogical approaches that prepare students for their future careers as music educators. Due to the percussion instrument family having a large scope of material that needs to be covered, it is commonly perceived by those who teach the classes, that Percussion Methods classes within an undergraduate Music Education degree operate on time frames that make equal coverage of all instruments and topics a pedagogical challenge within a standard academic semester.

The purpose of …

Percussion Ensemble Concert With Guest Artist Dr. Scott Herring, Spring 2019, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis, Scott Herring

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2019 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring guest artist Dr. Scott Herring. To view the poster for this concert, visit https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/music/41.

Percussion Ensemble Concert With Guest Artist Dr. Scott Herring, Spring 2019, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis, Scott Herring

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the poster for the Spring 2019 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring guest artist Dr. Scott Herring. To view the program for this concert, visit https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/music/17/.

Finding The “Tech” In Technique: A Pedagogical Approach To Electroacoustic Concert Percussion Performance Practice, William Brady Harrison Ii

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Premise and Objectives

In our increasingly technology driven society, the impact of technology touches nearly every aspect of our lives in some form or another. This has been acutely felt within the world of percussion, with electroacoustic works representing perhaps the most rapidly expanding area of concert percussion over the last twenty years. Electroacoustic music couples electronic technology with traditional acoustic instruments and/or performance practices.

Broadly, this paper outlines a systematic approach to teaching electroacoustic performance practice, based on elements found in a cross-section of percussion literature. In using such an approach, not only does each student become more capable …

Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet, Pan Harmony, And Steel Kickin' Concert, Fall 2018, Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet, Pan Harmony, Steel Kickin', Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program from the Fall 2018 Steel Bands concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring OBU's Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet, Pan Harmony, and Steel Kickin'. The concert took place on December 3, 2018, in the McBeth Recital Hall. Tiger Steel is the advanced steel drum ensemble; Pan Harmony is an after-school community steel band for students at Peake Elementary School made possible by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and with assistance from Elizabeth Kelly, Johnathan Boyce, the Elrod Center, and the Brighter Tomorrow Foundation; Pan Jouvet is the beginning steel drum ensemble open …

A Space Odyssey: Percussion Ensemble Concert, Fall 2018, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Fall 2018 Percussion Ensemble concert. The OBU Percussion Ensemble will perform 5 space themed pieces, including "Lift Off" by Russell Peck and "Gravity" by Marc Mellits.

Music Is The "Noise Of Remembering" Tracing The Origins, Influences, And Connectivities Of West African Music, Adam Friedman

Lawrence University Honors Projects

The popularity and universal reach of music genres such as Jazz and Hip Hop attest to the idea that these forms have been long established as a vital part of global musical culture. For people who are familiar with Afrocentric music, it is clear that styles such as Jazz and Hip Hop are rooted in, and inextricably linked with, African culture and history. What is more difficult to make sense of, however, is how and why transplanted African culture came to have such wide reaching impact in the new contexts in which it was taken up – because the stories …

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Spring 2018, The Percussion Ensemble, Adam Davis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2018 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Adam Davis.

Tiger Steel And Pan Jouvet Concert, Fall 2017, Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program from the Fall 2017 Steel Bands concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring Tiger Steel and Pan Jouvet. Tiger Steel, the OBU steel drum ensemble, specializes in the performance of calypso and soca music from the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago—the birthplace of steel drums—but also performs a wide variety of styles from jazz, pop, and rock to classical, funk, and Latin. Pan Jouvet, the beginning steel drum ensemble, is open to all OBU students—no audition or musical experience is necessary. Pan Jouvet members learn basic pan playing techniques and study the music and …

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Fall 2017, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Fall 2017 Percussion Ensemble concert, held on November 20, 2017, in the McBeth Recital Hall.

Tiger Steel And Pan Jouvet Concert, Spring 2017, Tiger Steel, Pan Jouvet, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2017 Steel Bands concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis, assisted by Aaron Breeding and Dillon Thomas, and featuring Tiger Steel and Pan Jouvet.

Percussion Ensemble Concert, Spring 2017, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2017 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis.

Tiger Steel Concert, Spring 2016, Tiger Steel, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2016 Steel Band concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring Tiger Steel, the OBU steal drum ensemble, which specializes in the performance of calypso and soca music from the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago—the birthplace of steel drums—but also performs a wide variety of styles from jazz, pop, and rock to classical, funk, and Latin.

A Latin American Journey: A Percussion Ensemble Concert Featuring Guest Artist Dr. Julie Hill, Spring 2016, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis, Julie Hill

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2016 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring guest artist Dr. Julie Hill.

Tiger Steel Concert, Fall 2015, Tiger Steel, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program from the Fall 2013 Tiger Steel concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis. Tiger Steel, the OBU steel drum ensemble, specializes in the performance of calypso and soca music from the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago—the birthplace of steel drums—but also performs a wide variety of styles from jazz, pop, and rock to classical, funk, and Latin.

Light And Shadow: Percussion Ensemble Concert, Fall 2015, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Fall 2015 Percussion Ensemble concert, "Light and Shadow," directed by Ryan C. Lewis. The concert was held on November 15, 2015, in the McBeth Recital Hall.

Percussion Ensemble Concert With Guest Artist Dr. Chris Hanning, Spring 2015, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis, Chris Hanning

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2015 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis, and featuring guest artist Dr. Chris Hanning.

Tiger Steel Concert, Fall 2014, Tiger Steel, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program from the Fall 2014 Tiger Steel concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis. Tiger Steel, the OBU steel drum ensemble, specializes in the performance of calypso and soca music from the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago—the birthplace of steel drums—but also performs a wide variety of styles from jazz, pop, and rock to classical, funk, and Latin.

Bridge To A Millennium, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

1) Sedona (D. Rager) 2) As Torrents in Summer (Elgar/D. Rager) 3) Percussive Soundscapes - 4 mvts, percussion septet (D. Rager) 4) Ever Endeavor (D. Rager) 5) Bridge to a Millennium - Symphony No. 1 (D. Rager)

The History Of The Marimba, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

The author presents an international and historical history of one of the earliest melodic percussion instruments made by man. His research suggests the instrument was widespread throughout Asia and Africa, although many other regions claim it to have originated in their country. Known by many names and created from an endless array of materials, this paper reflects the marimbas evolution from the fourteenth century to present day. The writer’s research encompasses the marimbas social roles, musical functions, timbres and styles across many countries as well as its evolution into the twenty-first century.

A Global Journey: Percussion Ensemble Concert, Fall 2014, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Percussion Ensemble concert held on November 3, 2014. The concert, directed by Ryan Lewis, was held in the McBeth Recital Hall in the Mabee Fine Arts Building.

Tiger Steel Concert, Spring 2014, Tiger Steel, Ryan C. Lewis

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2014 Steel Band concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis and featuring Tiger Steel, the OBU steel drum ensemble. Tiger Steel specializes in the performance of calypso and soca music from the Caribbean nations of Trinidad and Tobago—the birthplace of steel drums—but also performs a wide variety of styles from jazz, pop, and rock to classical, funk, and Latin.

Percussion Ensemble Concert With Guest Artist Dr. Scott Herring, Spring 2014, The Percussion Ensemble, Ryan C. Lewis, Scott Herring

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the Spring 2014 Percussion Ensemble concert directed by Dr. Ryan Lewis, and featuring guest artist Dr. Scott Herring.