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The History And Development Of Solo Tuba Repertoire, Vasilios Tidwell

Honors Theses

The tuba's solo repertoire increased in quantity and quality as a result of developments in the instrument’s design and usage. Following the invention of the tuba in 1835, instrument makers experimented with design concepts to maximize the versatility and potential of the bass brass voice. Composers explored the various uses of the instrument, eventually making the tuba part of the standard orchestral instrumentation by the mid-nineteenth century. Following the instrument's acceptance into bands and orchestras, the first solo works for tuba emerged in the late nineteenth century.

Evolving from novelty pieces accompanied by wind or brass bands, tuba solo music …

Approaching Fifth To Sixth Grade Flute Pedagogy Considering Vark Learning Styles Model, Julie Vanderlugt

Senior Honors Theses

The benefits of learning an instrument for childhood development intersecting with the positive growth trend in homeschooled families generates increased demand in value for supporting resources. Creating resources that would include learning styles defined by the VARK model (Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic) designed to engage students during their particular developmental stage enhances at-home music education. The compiled research surrounding VARK learning styles and flute specific pedagogy would provide a foundation for specialized flute exercises and activities for fifth to sixth grade students learning to play the flute in a homeschooled or private lesson setting. The structure of the thesis is …

The Three E’S Of Horn Repertoire: From Excerpts To Etudes To Employment, Briana Pepilascov-Childers

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This project explores effective solutions for practicing orchestral excerpts, a challenge often faced by young musicians preparing for auditions. It introduces a method of adapting practice ideas and composition to facilitate a more profound understanding of fifteen orchestral excerpts. While primarily directed at horn players, the concepts and techniques explored in this study are applicable to musicians of all instruments, offering specific ideas, practice tips, and original etudes tailored to each excerpt. These etudes serve a dual purpose by addressing technical aspects of both the horn and the excerpt itself while familiarizing the musician with the standard orchestral repertoire commonly …

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 Cambridge Companion To Percussion," Edited By Russell Hartenberger, John Michael Cooper

Performance Practice Review

Book Review: Hartenberger, Russell, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Percussion. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-107-09345-4.

John Michael Cooper discusses this 2016 work published by Cambridge University Press and edited by Russell Hartenberger.

Lynne Ramsey, Violist: Biography, Pedagogical Background, Teaching Techniques, And Career Advice, Ignacio Cuello

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This research document explores teaching methods, career advice, and major influences that shaped the professional course of the violist Lynne Ramsey. Ramsey teaches viola at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is first assistant principal viola in the Cleveland Orchestra. For over thirty years, she has taught countless viola students in the US while maintaining a full-time performance career.

The introductory chapter covers Ramsey’s biographical and educational backgrounds during her time as a student of Ramon Scavelli, David Dawson, and Karen Tuttle. It is worth mentioning that Tuttle was the primary student of one of the best-known violists in …

The Idiosyncratic Language Of Brazilian Music: Strategies For Performing Villa-Lobos Choros No. 10, Dennis Paz Leoni

Dissertations

Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Choros No. 10 is a composition with many cultural and symbolic inclusions. This work seeks to support a conductor’s informed performance of the piece by providing historical and technical context from the conductor’s life and influences. The first section examines the ethnographic and sociopolitical factors in Brazil during the conductor’s life, and then the personal influences on Villa-Lobos’ career, in order to establish the foundation for a section-by-section analysis of the work which illuminates the idiosyncratic nature of the composer’s masterpiece.

Coursing With Coils: The Only Orchestral Instrument Harder Than The French Horn, Sarah R. Plumley

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

Playing the horn has become not only more sophisticated and accurate, but simpler and more efficient for the horn player than what it was three hundred years ago. The natural horn, used in a variety ways in early history, demanded an incredible level of skill and precision, more than our valved horn today in some ways because it required a more accurate ear, more embouchure dexterity, and the necessity of wrangling crooks for different keys. Thus, it required many practiced skills of the player that are no longer as necessary as they once were. This paper discusses each of these …

A Survey Of The Sacred Choral-Orchestral Works Of Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941), Martin C. Cook

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

In the closing years of the 19th Century, when Charles Villiers Stanford, Hubert Parry and Edward Elgar were at the height of their fame and influence in British musical society Henry Walford Davies emerged as one of the most promising talents of the day, receiving commissions from the provincial music festivals of Great Britain, which were a rite of passage for emerging composers.

Between 1904 and 1929 Davies produced eleven sacred choral-orchestral works for these festivals and one further work, which were received favorably in their day but are now almost forgotten. There are five large multi movement works: The …

Concertino For Harp And Orchestra, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

Premiered by the orchestra with Kelsey Erdahl.

Concertino For Trumpet And Orchestra, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

Premiered by the orchestra with Rick Kirgan, soloist, 2007.

Jigs And Airs, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

An extended fantasy for orchestra based on Celtic airs and dances commissioned by Old St. Pat’s church, 2006.

Concertino For Oboe And Orchestra, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

Commissioned by the New Philharmonic, Glen Ellyn, IL, on the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the orchestra, 2006.

University Commencement Ceremony, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Elisa Fraser Wilson

Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson became the first woman to conduct the UTEP orchestra when she led the ensemble at the December, 2004 Commencement Ceremonies.

Just Beyond The Junkyard, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

Orchestral version commissioned for 2005-2006 season.

The Arabian Nights, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom

Orchestral version commissioned for 2002-2003 season.

"Orchestral Performance Practices In The Nineteenth Century: Size, Proportions, And Seating," By Daniel J. Koury., Nicholas Temperley

Performance Practice Review

Reviews and Critiques Koury's 1986 book.

Volume 69, Number 08 (August 1951), John Briggs

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Young Man with an Idea

Forgotten Songs of Robert Burns

Musicians in the Woods

Let's Teach the Child How to Practice

Musician's Working Capital

Music Weaves Patterns

Bruckner and the St. Florian Organ

Decline of the Art of Singing: If Bel Canto is a Lost Art, It May be the Fault of Composers Rather than of Singers

Master Lesson on Schumann's Novellette, Op. 99, No. 90

Sing as You Speak

Capturing Interest in Music

Studio Rogues' Gallery

Story of the Baton

Volume 18, Number 10 (October 1900), Winton J. Baltzell

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Common-Sense in Music

What is a Lesson Worth?

Restlessness and Repose

Personal Maganetism

Mission of the Studio

Mental and Muscular Activity

Old Beethoven Program

Music in American Colleges

University of Michigan

Princeton University

Smith College

Amherst College

Oberlin University

Adelph College

Reproduction of Orchestral Effects on the Pianoforte

Serious Purpose in Music Study

Push Forward

Rebinding Music Books

Absolute Pitch

Individuality in Teaching

Primary Teaching

What and the Why of the Choice of Music

Soft Pedal

Obscure Teaching Terms

Harmony—Yesterday and To-day