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Spring Concerts (April 22, 23, 2024), Lindenwood University

Student Music Performance Programs

Event program for the Spring Concerts (April 22, 23, 2024), Lindenwood University.

Wallpaper Yellow, Jasmine Aust

FUSION

The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a significant piece of American literature published in 1892. This submission intends to capture its essence musically by adapting the prevailing themes of its narrative into song. Through the use of dynamics, delivery, and diction, the song conveys the evolution of Gilman’s piece. The composition includes deliberate tonal shifts and lyrical choices to reflect the story's progression and the protagonist's descent into madness. Selective adaptation was employed, consciously omitting certain narrative elements while prioritizing key thematic events. The musical piece intends to accurately represent core themes and properly adapt …

Jazz Ensemble One At The University Of North Florida, University Of North Florida

Flyers, Playbills, Posters, and Programs

Flyer for the 36th Annual Great American Jazz Series presenting Jazz Ensemble One at the University of North Florida, Lazzara Performance Hall.

Mr. J.B. Scott, artistic director

Violin Intonation: The Connection Between The Violin’S Tuning System And Performance, Marion J. Johnson

Musical Offerings

The history of the violin’s intricate tuning system is rich with various pitch standards, the influence of musicians, and diversity of violin craftsmanship. The violin offers a wide array of tuning techniques, and even the smallest intonation adjustment can wildly impact the violin’s pitch and playability. Violinists possess an enormous capability to facilitate effective tuning in a solo and ensemble setting. The design of the instrument’s body, dating as far back as the early Renaissance and extending to the modern violin, impacts timbre, resonance, and string tension. Every detail of the violin, even those that may seem inconsequential, affects its …

2023-2024 Performance Forum - April 12, 2024, Angela Fiedler, Yu-Hsuan Feng, Li Yang Liu, Isabella Swalm, Sarah Conley, Jaewon Baek, Kari Jenks, Noah Suarez, Kyle Mechmet, Nataniel Farrar, Graydon Howard, Luis Pulido, Santiago Moreno, Andres Borja, Kenton Campbell, Mark Severeniuk, Lauren Washburn, Keegan Neely, Clair Ives, Dina Bikzhanova, William Penn

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Philharmonia No. 5, Lynn University Philharmonia, Guillermo Figueroa

Philharmonia

Philharmonia No. 5

• April 6. 2024 at 7:30 PM and April 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
• Guillermo Figueroa, music director and conductor
• Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90 / Johannes Brahms -- Don Juan, TrV 156 / Richard Strtauss -- El sombrero de tres picos (Three-cornered Hat), Suite No. 2 / Manuel de Falla

2023-2024 Performance Forum - April 5, 2024, Juan Ignacio Díaz, Anna Dunford, Jeremiah Grace, Steven Halpner, Caroline Drantal, Eliza Willett, Jeremy Jefferson, Anttuan Rios Pelaez, Jasmin Abdunazarova, Esther Platt, Victoria Bramble, Samuel Dionisio, Niloufar Mirzanabi Khani, Adriana Fernandez, Angela Fiedler, Lauren Swartz, Jon Cruz

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Orthography, Jeremy Gill

Music & Musical Performance

The myth of Pope Gregory I taking melodic dictation from a magical singing bird is the imaginative starting point of Western musicʼs love-hate relationship with the music notation systems it later developed. This essay traces that development through Thomas Tallis and J. S. Bach to the dichotomous modern examples of Brian Ferneyhough and Arvo Pärt. In it, I suggest that Western musicʼs eventual development hinged upon that earliest desire to document and codify melodies, answering Gregoryʼs contemporary Isidore of Seville, who lamented that “unless sounds are held by the memory of man, they perish, because they cannot be written down.”

Metric Expressivity: An Introduction, Felipe Avellar De Aquino

Music & Musical Performance

This article discusses how meter and musical impulses can generate distinct character traits in music according to a performer’s interpretation of the metric notation. It is part of an ongoing research project focused on interpretative elements and using analytical as well as auto-ethnographical methods. This article includes analysis and comparisons of historical recordings contiguous to performance-focused analysis. It is based on the study of metric components, organizational structures, and metric-structuring elements and concepts developed by Edward T. Cone (1968), David Epstein (1995a, 1995b), Roy Howat (1995), Mine Doğantan-Dack (2012, 2014), and Nicholas Cook (2001). These writers’ thoughts are placed in …

2023-2024 Performance Forum - March 29, 2024, Fabiola Parra, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Jafet Diaz, Matthew Montelione, Devin Salazar, Ryan Barrett, Patrick Hengstler

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Faculty Recital: Deanne Mohr, Deanne Mohr

Music Programs

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Lynn University Wind Ensemble: Tasty Suites "Movement 4", Kenneth Amis, Lynn University Wind Ensemble

Wind Ensemble

No abstract provided.

Voices Only Reunion Concert (March 23, 2024), Lindenwood University

Student Music Performance Programs

Event program for the Voices Only Reunion Concert (March 23, 2024).

2023-2024 Performance Forum - March 22, 2024, Sungkyung Lee, Isaiah Obey, Reagan Nguyen, Pablo Camacho, Miriam Smith, Lillian Platte, Megan Hagel, Elisabeth Thomashoff, Steven Halpner

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Performance Forum - March 15, 2024, Elisabeth Thomashoff, Li Yang Liu, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Jafet Diaz, Youbeen Cho, Kari Jenks, Noah Suarez, Baran Zolfaghari, Graydon Howard, Caroline Drantal, Luis Pulido, Santiago Moreno, Andres Borja, Kenton Campbell, Mark Severeniuk, Ryan Barrett, Miguelangel Garcia Marquez, Fabiola Parra, Patrick Hengstler

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Hidden Meanings In Elementary Instrumental Music Method Books: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, Mara Hope Thompson

Education Doctorate Dissertations

Textbooks serve as the primary resource utilized to deliver curriculum in a variety of subject areas and educational contexts. However, much previous research has found that texts often convey concealed meanings in the form of hidden and null curricula. This Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) explored the musical discourses and cultural contexts of musical examples in two elementary instrumental music textbook series to investigate whose values, cultures, perspectives, and knowledge are conveyed by the texts and whose are excluded or misrepresented. Framed by the social theory of Postcolonialism, the research revealed binary ideologies of exoticism embedded in many aspects of …

2023-2024 Performance Forum - March 1, 2024, Jafet Diaz, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Hoon Chang, Keegan Neely, Shuqi Yang, Yian Liu, Sarah Conley, Lite Pei

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Rodrigo’S Concierto De Aranjuez Through The Writings Of Regino Sainz De La Maza, Leopoldo Neri

Soundboard Scholar

Regino Sainz de la Maza was the guitarist who premiered Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona in 1940. Although musicologists have studied this musical phenomenon from different approaches, this study approaches the subject from the perspective of the performer and his musical writings, affording us new historical, aesthetic and technical data on Rodrigo's work.

Music Performance Anxiety: Should It Be Addressed In Music Curricula And By Whom?, Kaitlynn Kamer

Honors Projects

Music performance anxiety (MPA) impacts musicians of all skill levels, as demonstrated by existing research on both student and professional musicians. Although most musicians experience MPA, it is not formally addressed in music curriculum. This study seeks to evaluate the views and discourse around MPA in the collegiate music community through a survey of 66 college music students, 17 faculty members, and a series of secondary interviews. Through the results of the surveys and interviews, the thoughts on MPA from both the faculty and student perspective will be discussed. Upon reviewing the results of study, possible avenues for addressing MPA …

Harlem Renaissance Dedication: Jazz Band Concert, Jazz Band, Austin Motley, Jennifer Mitchell, Graham Scarborough

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the promotional poster for the concert, "Harlem Renaissance Dedication: Jazz Band Concert." The concert featured the Ouachita Jazz Band, directed by Dr. Austin Motley, and guest artists Dr. Jennifer Mitchell and Graham Scarborough. The concert took place on February 26, 2024, in the Jones Performing Arts Center.