Noted With Honor: Intersections Between Theology, Music Therapy, Psychotherapy, And Original Music Compositions For Hospice Patients,
2022
Southern Methodist University
Noted With Honor: Intersections Between Theology, Music Therapy, Psychotherapy, And Original Music Compositions For Hospice Patients, Stanton Nelson
Doctor of Pastoral Music Projects and Theses
This thesis investigates the intersections between theology, music therapy, and psychotherapy when creating a music composition that honors a hospice patient’s walk of faith. A pioneer organization inspiring this thesis is Swan Songs in Austin, Texas, where musical moments are created for the patient and family. However, its model is primarily based on collating previously composed pieces for recitals without a personalized honoring of the patient’s witness of faith. Noted with Honor is an emerging non-profit organization that creates an original work that reflects upon the testimony of the patient and forms a new narrative towards the end of one’s …
Composition Recital Program,
2022
Cedarville University
Composition Recital Program, Cedarville University
Student Composition Recitals
No abstract provided.
Same As It Ever Was: An Exploration And Demonstration Of Techniques For Repurposing And Modernizing Advanced Musical Vocabulary In Mainstream Commercial Music,
2022
Belmont University
Same As It Ever Was: An Exploration And Demonstration Of Techniques For Repurposing And Modernizing Advanced Musical Vocabulary In Mainstream Commercial Music, Aidan Scrivens
Composition/Recording Projects
In the market for tertiary level commercial music education, educators find themselves pulled between students' commercial stylistic interests and the seemingly incommensurable genres better suited to exploring advanced theoretical concepts and vocabulary. This divide can lead to a motivational deficiency in a student that, in turn, can hinder their development and render their collegiate experience less worth the expense. In the interest of combating this potential motivational deficiency, this recording project and accompanying paper explores and demonstrates the process of modernizing and recontextualizing material found in these less commercially mainstream genres. By adapting vocabulary and approaches learned from the transcription …
Co-Writing Nashville Style: A Recital Of Selected Country Songwriters,
2022
Belmont University
Co-Writing Nashville Style: A Recital Of Selected Country Songwriters, Joseph H. Wandass Iv
Recital Papers
Country music and songwriting have been hallmark features of the Nashville music scene for well over a century. Due to the development of the concept of "the Nashville Dream," the idea that one can "make it" in music by moving to Nashville and writing songs, migratory patterns to Nashville from across the United States have changed the ways in which Nashville-based music is created and disseminated. In the thesis and accompanying recital, these trends are analyzed through the lens of ten selected active Nashville songwriters who have seen these trends. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree …
The Planets, Reimagined: Translating Science Into Music,
2022
Bowling Green State University
The Planets, Reimagined: Translating Science Into Music, Kaitlyn Wincup
Honors Projects
Inspired by Gustav Holst’s The Planets, this project analyzed the qualitative properties of the planets in our Solar System and translated them into a composition, created by Connor Gibbs, to represent an overall aural depiction of each planet. Where Holst created an astrological depiction of each of the planets, this piece is an astronomical depiction that broadens the perspectives of its listeners.
Sound Chapel,
2022
Southern Methodist University
Sound Chapel, Anthony Elia
Bridwell Library Research
The idea of "Sound Chapel" liturgies, in the manner of matins or vespers, is that a chapel space is darkened with only the light of a single or several candles available. The organ shall play sustaining notes in various, slow, elongated and sustained ways, at the discretion of the organist. The piece shall create a meditative space with the music being of "piano" (p/pp/ppp) or quieter levels. Various "liturgies" are suggested by the composer below, but may be altered and done ad lib by the performer(s) as the tone or mood of the early morning or early evening "sound chapel" …
Cereal Variations,
2022
Southern Methodist University
Cereal Variations, Anthony Elia
Bridwell Library Research
The “Cereal Variations” are short works of experimental notation using different types of cereal or other grains (rice, wheat, bran, and “Honey O’s”), in order to expand the notions of the score. Each piece is very short (10 or fewer measures) and written in C—but this should not restrict performers from transposing or trying pieces in other keys. No tempo or instrumentation is given either, so that performers may use whatever instruments they want. It is encouraged that musicians use anything from percussion to strings and even attempt slow versions of multiple voice choruses. Performers may also want to try …
Festival Of Christmas 30,
2022
Ouachita Baptist University
Festival Of Christmas 30, School Of Fine Arts
Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters
This is the poster for the 30th Anniversary of the Festival of Christmas. Performances were held in JPAC on December 2 and 3, 2022.
The Musical Implementation Of Additive Synthesis,
2022
California State University, Monterey Bay
The Musical Implementation Of Additive Synthesis, Quinn Ingrassia
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This paper on the musical implementation of additive synthesis seeks to explore and divulge what exactly is additive synthesis and what makes it distinct from other types of synthesis. A part of it is dedicated to making clear and palatable case for additive synthesis and is followed by a discussion of how and why various artists have implemented additive synthesis into their music, and how to recreate their techniques.
Wordmuse,
2022
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Wordmuse, John M. Nelson
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Wordmuse is an application that allows users to enter a song and a list of keywords to create a new song. Built on Spotify's API, this project showcases the fusion of music composition and artificial intelligence. This paper also discusses the motivation, design, and creation of Wordmuse.
"Now, Then, Then:" An Original Composition And Examination Of The Influence Of Blues, Bluegrass, And Rock In Western Concert Music,
2022
Stephen F Austin State University
"Now, Then, Then:" An Original Composition And Examination Of The Influence Of Blues, Bluegrass, And Rock In Western Concert Music, David Klock
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines four pieces by three composers and one creative team, focusing on connections to bluegrass, blues, and rock music in each. The pieces are Raphael by Bryce Dessner, Cognitive Consonance II: Westering by Christopher Trapani, Bog Bodies and other Macabre Miniatures by Nicolas Lell Benavides, and “Three Dots and a Dash” by Punch Brothers. Each of these works uses distinct instrumentations, but every ensemble includes guitar in some fashion. This examination informs the original composition entitled Now, Then, Then, scored for violin, cello, electric guitar, and marimba. In this original composition, Klock uses devices found within these …
Escape Beneath: An Original Game Score Inspired By An Analysis Of Garry Schyman's Music,
2022
Stephen F Austin State University
Escape Beneath: An Original Game Score Inspired By An Analysis Of Garry Schyman's Music, Daniel Cooper
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Video-game music has grown into a vast array of different styles, sounds, and applications. As a newer field of music, game scoring has begun to receive high acclaim. Garry Schyman has become one of the most successful composers within the video-game industry. His music has received many awards and nominations throughout the years. Despite this, research and analysis into his compositions and techniques are almost non-existent. This thesis studies his techniques within the video-game scores for BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, Middle Earth Shadow of War, and Torn; and then applies them into an original …
Recuerdos De Mi Niñez,
2022
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Recuerdos De Mi Niñez, Noel Barsenas
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis contains an original work for orchestra that features programmatic elements and musical gestures referencing previous generations of composers as well as other influential relatives of the author that are then recombined into a personal style. The document also contains commentary about the piece’s personal, historic, and cultural contexts, as well as a theoretical analysis addressing the form, structure, and harmonic content of the work.
52 Nanotone Symphonies,
2022
Southern Methodist University
52 Nanotone Symphonies, Anthony Elia
Bridwell Library Research
The 52 Nanotone Symphonies is a work of expanding and contracting nature, which reflects the paradox of size, length, speed, and tone of a work: a symphony is traditionally a massive orchestral work with many interactive parts, while a tone is an elemental form of sound, at the foundational level of music. This work distorts and challenges those categories, allowing for each measure (in 12 + 4 time) to constitute an entire "symphony" of sound in miniature: using a single piano (keyboard or organ) instead of orchestra. Performers are encouraged to play each as slow or fast as they wish. …
Medieval Methods: Guido D’Arezzo’S Innovative Approaches To Music Education,
2022
Cedarville University
Medieval Methods: Guido D’Arezzo’S Innovative Approaches To Music Education, Lydia C. Kee
Musical Offerings
Music education has been influenced by many people throughout history, but arguably none of them have done so as much as the monk, Guido D’Arezzo. His teaching methods have been embraced and developed by music educators throughout the centuries. For example, it is recorded that Guido was the first to use the five-line staff as we use it today. This was especially groundbreaking in a world of rote memorization. Today it is used globally in music education. The roots of solfege are also found in Guido’s writings; his syllables have been adapted by Zoltan Kodály. Not only that, but John …
Guitarmageddon,
2022
Ouachita Baptist University
Guitarmageddon, School Of Fine Arts
Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters
This is the poster for the concert, Guitarmageddon, held at Dr. Jack's on November 15, 2022. The concert features Dr. Johnston, Harrison Shuffield, Austin Murberger, Garrett Taylor, Logan Talley, Ayden Bennett, Collin Clark, Jamie Linton, Meredith Medford, Brynn Clark, Chaney Campbell, and Chloe Wallace.
Contributors To Issue 2,
2022
Florida International University
Contributors To Issue 2, Music & Musical Performance: An International Journal Digitalcommons.Fiu.Edu/Mmp
Music & Musical Performance
No abstract provided.
Christopher Luna-Mega: Time’S Arrow. Other Minds Om 1031-2, 2022 [Review],
2022
University of New Hampshire
Christopher Luna-Mega: Time’S Arrow. Other Minds Om 1031-2, 2022 [Review], Rob Haskins
Music & Musical Performance
No abstract provided.
Sylvie Bodorová: Snow And Stars. Cesky Rozhlas Cr 1117-2, 2021 [Review].,
2022
Florida International University
Sylvie Bodorová: Snow And Stars. Cesky Rozhlas Cr 1117-2, 2021 [Review]., Tom Moore
Music & Musical Performance
No abstract provided.
Christopher Fox: Trostlieder. Kairos 0220005kai, 2022 [Review],
2022
University of New Hampshire
Christopher Fox: Trostlieder. Kairos 0220005kai, 2022 [Review], Rob Haskins
Music & Musical Performance
No abstract provided.
