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Repercussions Of Uniqueness For The 21st Century Vocalist, Leigh Carriage Nov 2011

Repercussions Of Uniqueness For The 21st Century Vocalist, Leigh Carriage

Dr Leigh Carriage

In 2004 Californian singer and harpist Joanna Newsom, released her first album The Milk Eyed Mender with a vocal approach that features many child-like qualities with glottal fries and vocal squeaks, which are at times rather unwieldy. This great start to her career later resulted in her getting nodules, which required surgery. As part of her recovery she worked with a speech therapist and vocal teacher to regain her voice and be able to sing safely again. The result, heard on her latest CD Have One On Me (2010), is a dramatically different vocal sound, with qualities that are richer …


Solo Composition Recital (October 14, 2011), Dominic Dousa Oct 2011

Solo Composition Recital (October 14, 2011), Dominic Dousa

Dominic Dousa

Faculty Compositon Recital, presented by Gregory Luffey (soprano saxophone, UTEP), Melissa Colgin-Abeln (flute, UTEP), Mark Schuppener (violin, UTEP), and Dominic Dousa (piano).

Performances of the following original compositions:

"A View from Within"

"Two Pieces for Flute and Piano"

"Sonata for Violin and Piano"


Practicar, John M. Cipolla Sep 2011

Practicar, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

Published on the "Clariperu" website, a Latin American clarinet organization that has a review process for submissions and publishes articles on their website. http://clariperu.blogspot.com/2011/09/john-cipolla-practicar.html http://works.bepress.com/john_cipolla/62/ The article offers practice techniques for learning difficult technical passages using varied rhythms and meters, translated into Spanish.


Practicing Tips, John M. Cipolla Jul 2011

Practicing Tips, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

Submitted article for publication. Article offers practice techniques for difficult technical passages utilizing various rhythms and meters, article includes musical examples.


Five Note Clarinet Scales-Two Octave Range, John M. Cipolla Apr 2011

Five Note Clarinet Scales-Two Octave Range, John M. Cipolla

John M Cipolla

Completed "Scales in Fives." This is a scale exercise book for clarinetists in two volumes-beginner and advanced. Chromatic, all major, melodic and harmonic minor scales are written out in five note groupings with repeat signs and rehearsal numbers for easy access in rehearsals and lessons. This format of learning scales has proven successful in my teaching at WKU and I am currently looking for a publisher for these books. A sample page is available for download on this site.


Review: Anthology Of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Keyboard Music, Edited By Susanne Skyrm, With Calvert Johnson And John Koster, Oscar E. Macchioni Mar 2011

Review: Anthology Of Eighteenth-Century Spanish Keyboard Music, Edited By Susanne Skyrm, With Calvert Johnson And John Koster, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Review appeared in the March/April issue of American Music Teacher, a publication of MTNA, 2011.


University Of South Florida, Tampa. March 6, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni Mar 2011

University Of South Florida, Tampa. March 6, 2011, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Lecture-Recital "The Tango in American Piano Music. Selected Tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi and Bolcom."


Ernst Widmer’S Kosmos Latinoamericano: A Progressive Piano Method, Oscar E. Macchioni Dec 2010

Ernst Widmer’S Kosmos Latinoamericano: A Progressive Piano Method, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Article. Published February/March Issue, 2011.

Latin American piano repertoire for the elementary to intermediate level is not an easy subject since most of the available scores of famous Latin American composers are for the late intermediate or advanced level. Ernst Widmer (1927-1990), a Swiss composer who moved to Bahia, Brazil in 1956, composed Kosmos Latinoamericano between 1978 and 1982. It is an eclectic collection of 146 pieces organized in four volumes ranging from the beginner to the intermediate/advance levels. It includes an array of musical elements such as: original compositions and improvisations; readings and exercises; popular melodies and rhythms from …