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Conceptual Metaphor And Its Role In The Composition, Performance, And Consumption Of Music, Loren Natario
Conceptual Metaphor And Its Role In The Composition, Performance, And Consumption Of Music, Loren Natario
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
An analysis of conceptual metaphor (as described by George Lakoff) within the field of music discourse. I examined specific instances of conceptual metaphor and extrapolated to draw conclusions regarding patterns of reasoning and conceptualizations of music as a whole. Despite my observations of conceptual metaphor being limited to the English language, I argue that there is a degree of universality of these conceptualizations (at least within the domain of Western music) and provided evidence of similar conceptualizations outside of the English language. I also argue that significant changes in musical aesthetics in the 19th and 20th century can …
On The Outskirts Of Europe: Mikhail Glinka And His Spanish Overtures, Natalie Olivia Maeda
On The Outskirts Of Europe: Mikhail Glinka And His Spanish Overtures, Natalie Olivia Maeda
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This paper explores the circumstances in which Mikhail Glinka wrote his two Spanish overtures, discussing how and why Glinka's overtures differ from other Spanish-based pieces by non-Spanish composers of this time.
Magnum Opus: A Satirical Rock Opera, Alynn Sobolik
Magnum Opus: A Satirical Rock Opera, Alynn Sobolik
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
"Magnum Opus" is a satirical rock opera about the college experience and what's to come after graduation.
Music And Medicine, Thomas Zink
Music And Medicine, Thomas Zink
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Music therapy is not a new concept, although its acceptance by the medical community as a clinical modality is just beginning to grow. This newfound acceptance is the result of recently emerging empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of music in a range of applications. Using music to aid learning, either in recovery from brain damage or to overcome neurological disorders is widely accepted. For instance, music has been used to help patients learn to speak after traumatic brain injury (Schlaug, 2009). Much of these music learning programs are based off the Tomatis method that uses specifically adapted music tracks to …
Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D.
Undergraduate Research Programs And The Academic Library, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Pollenz Ph.D., Drew Smith, Mark I. Greenberg Ph.D.
Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Undergraduate research (UR) programs attract highly motivated students who often continue on to graduate/professional schools but may lack necessary information literacy skills. Collaboration with UR programs provides librarians new opportunities to help students develop these skills and work with specialized collections in the context of a research experience. In this webinar, librarians and UR administrators share their experiences in forging collaborations based on UR and library training resources, explain how information literacy skills programming has been embedded into UR, and demonstrate how this partnership has led to greater visibility of library services, collections and UR among all undergraduates.
Symphonic Band Conducting Practicum, Allison Schmidtke
Symphonic Band Conducting Practicum, Allison Schmidtke
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Most music education majors take a year-long sequence of conducting classes in their junior year, about two years before we student teach. Unfortunately, of necessity, these conducting classes are rather contrived. Over the period of each quarter, we conducted our ensemble of cooperative, musically mature peers through about five eight- measure exercises focusing on a specific skill. Of course, since actual technique is only one (small) aspect of work on a podium, we were also introduced to the process of score study with its multitude of layers such as consideration of harmonic structure, stylistic elements, orchestration, context (historical influences, information …