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An Integrated Approach To Preparing Paul Hindemith’S Sonata For Trombone And Piano: A Guide To Help Achieve A Better Performance, Jemmie Robertson

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

The aim of this article is to enhance understanding of the Hindemith Sonata and assist performers toward performances of the highest musical quality and emotional impact. The goal is to produce a musical and historically informed performance, based on a good theoretical foundation and thorough technical preparation. We will briefly discuss the history and theory behind Hindemith’s Sonata, examine unique performance issues, and introduce ways to prepare for a successful performance with several specific exercises designed to help the trombonist decode Hindemith’s complex compositional language, which involves a unique approach to tonality and rhythm.

Earthless - A Sonic Exploration Of The Space Between Death And Life, Composed In Five Movements For Chamber Ensemble., Samuel P. Tygiel

Music Honors Projects

“Earthless” is a composition in 5 movements for a mixed chamber ensemble. The piece is loosely programatic and draws its “narrative” from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Tibetan Buddhist Text that gives instructions on how to traverse the space between death and rebirth. Rather than telling a direct narrative, each movement is designed to give a broad impression of the different aspects of the experience between death and life through the combination of text and music. The text is taken from poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Sir Walter Scott and Sara Teasdale and compiled in an original “libretto” …

Listen, Rebecca Green

Colby Magazine

When you think composer, do you think dead, white, male, with scary hair? Well, think again. Colby has fostered a number of composers who are neither dead nor exclusively white or male. They use the medium of music in a variety of ways to express their artistic ideas, and they want you to listen.

Colby alumni and faculty composers use the medium of music to express their artistic ideas.

Composition Portfolio With Accompanying Comments And Analysis, Dermot Mcdermott

Masters

My M.Phil project consists of eight original musical compositions of varying genre and style, together with accompanying analysis and commentary on these works. The compositions include pieces for full symphony orchestra, string quartet, clarinet quartet, and a number of other chamber works with varying instrumental combinations. Together, the works represent approximately fifty minutes of music, together with over nine thousand words of commentary and analysis. Some of my compositions have already been performed by the contemporary music ensemble, Concorde, and I have also completed a commission, with funds supplied by the Arts Council, for a work which was publicly performed …

4th Annual Festival Of New Music February 28, March 1, 2013, Mark Zanter

All Performances

No abstract provided.

"Western Evening Vistas" For Concert Band, Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by the UTEP Wind Symphony, conducted by Ron Hufstader.

Lawrence Pianist Michael Mizrahi Earns “Best Of 2012″ Honors For His Album “The Bright Motion”, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Music Michael Mizrahi ended the year in style. His album, “The Bright Motion”, was cited by both Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago on their annual list of best albums of 2012.

Released last May on New Amsterdam Records, “The Bright Motion” was listed eighth on Time Out New York’s 2012 list of the best opera and classical music of the past year, while Time Out Chicago included it on its year-end, non-numerical top-10 list of the year’s best opera and classical music albums.

The Bright Motion” features 10-tracks of newly composed works …

Sunset (In Loving Memory Of Cindy Combs), Miranda Rowland

Music Faculty

Musical notation applied to a poem by J.C. Yule, this piece is intended for vocal performance.

Gentle Mary | 20-95830, Ken Berg

Music Faculty Scores

Gentle Mary
14th Century Spring Carol

Part Number:
21-20534

Previous Part Number:
HL-534

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
Two-Part Treble

Arranged By:
Ken Berg

with Violin (part included)

[Sabbatical Report], Mary Wolinski

Sabbatical Reports

My work in the academic year 2013- 14 has resulted in a manuscript of approximately 75,000 words. The monograph, entitled The Making of W2: Musical Compilation and Intention in the Shadow of Notre Dame. is a study of the creation of the thirteenth-century Parisian manuscript 1099, known as W2 and preserved in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel, Germany.

Carols Of Christmas-Brass/Percussion | 13-96871, James Q. Mulholland

Music Faculty Scores

Carols of Christmas (A Festival of Carols), Brass/Percussion Parts

Part Number:
13-96871

Price:
$60.00

Voicing:
SATB

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

2hn, 2ctpt, tbn, tba, timp, perc

Carols Of Christmas-Orchestra | 13-96872, James Q. Mulholland

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Carols of Christmas (A Festival of Carols), Orchestra Score/Parts

Part Number:
13-96872

Price:
$125.00

Voicing:
SATB Divisi

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Psalm Song | 10-96080, James Q. Mulholland

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Psalm Song (Psalm 100)

Part Number:
10-96080

Price:
$2.10

Voicing:
SATB

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

with Horn

Commissioned by Crossgates United Methodist Church, Brandon, Mississippi,
in Celebration of Celia Lymberis' 35th Anniversary as Organist
Benjamin Turner, Director of Music

Star Of The East | 16-96790, Christopher Matthews

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Sleep, My Loved One (Sleep and Dream of Me)

Part Number:
16-96790

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Eugene Field

Music By:
Christopher Matthews

a cappella

Black Is The Colour | 20-95890, Lee R. Kesselman

Music Faculty Scores

Black is the Colour
Traditional Folk Song

Part Number:
20-95890

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SATB

Arranged By:
Lee R. Kesselman

with Oboe (part included)

By The Rivers Of Babylon | 20-95810, Susan Brumfield

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By the Rivers of Babylon

Part Number:
20-95810

Price:
$1.95

Voicing:
SSAA

Lyrics By:
Based on Psalm 137

Music By:
Susan Brumfield

with Four-Hand Piano Accompaniment
and Optional Percussion (parts available separately)

By The Rivers Of Babylon-Percussion Parts | 20-95811, Susan Brumfield

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By the Rivers of Babylon

Part Number:
20-95811

Price:
$14.95

Voicing:
SSAA

Lyrics By:
Based on Psalm 137

Music By:
Susan Brumfield

with Four-Hand Piano Accompaniment
Percussion includes: Congas, Shaker, and Body Percussion

It's A Jazz Thing | 20-95900, Robert I. Hugh

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It's A Jazz Thing

Part Number:
20-95900

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
Two-Part

Music By:
Robert I. Hugh

with Descant

Rapsodia Española No. 1 | 20-95840, Judith Herrington

Music Faculty Scores

Rapsodia Española No. 1
Spanish Tongue Twister

Part Number:
20-95840

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
Unison/Two-Part

Lyrics By:
Spanish Tongue Twister

Music By:
Judith Herrington

Featured at:
2014 WACDA Summer Institute
2014 Rodney Eichenberger Conductor's Clinic
2014 Z. Randall Stroope Choral Immersion Workshop
2014 CCDA Summer Conference
2015 ACDA National Convention
2016 WACDA Summer Convention
2016 MSVMA Summer Workshop

Shenandoah | 20-95860, Nancy Grundahl

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Shenandoah
American Folk Song

Part Number:
20-95860

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SSA

Arranged By:
Nancy Grundahl