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Music For The Holidays: Ensemble Concerts: Concert Choir And Belle Voix; Treble Choir; University Glee; December 3, 2023, Andrew Bruhn, Mark Grizzard, Tim Fredstrom

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 3, 2023
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Student Pianists Recital

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Chapman Early Music Ensemble, Chapman Early Music Ensemble

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Winter Recital, December 2, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays: Jazz Combo I; Student Brass Quintet; Symphony Orchestra And Philharmonia Strings; December 2, 2023, Kevin Hart, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 2, 2023
Saturday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Wind Symphony Christmas Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2023-2024

"Christmas Through the Ages”
The program featured familiar holiday tunes. Selections include a lively version of Carol of the Bells by Sean O’Loughlin, a fun arrangement of a famous John Philip Sousa march, Christmas and Sousa Forever by Julie Giroux, the ever-popular Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, as well as a few other surprises.

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays: Symphony Orchestra And Philharmonia Strings; Civic Chorale; String Project Sinfonia Class; December 2, 2023, Glenn Block, John Koch, Katherine Lewis

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 2, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Chapman University Instrumental Chamber Music: Strings

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Community Music School Winter Recital, December 2, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Providence College Opera Workshop Presents Dido & Aeneas Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Music

Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts

Dideo & Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell

Friday, December 1, 2023, 7pm

Sunday, December 3, 2023, 3pm

Instrumental Director & Harpsichordist - Catherine Gordon

Stage Director - John Garrity

Vocal Director - Elizabeth Heath

Choreographer - Wendy Oliver

Production & Costume Designer - David Costa Cabral

Choral Director - Krishan Oberoi

Rehearsal Accompanist - Michael Kregler

Stage Manager - Alexander Lamoureux

Load-in Crew - Anthony Joseph, Alexander Lamoureux, Anthony Maldonado

Performers: Dido - Victoria Leblanc ‘24; Aeneas - Dominic DaSilva ‘24; Belinda - Liliana Massa …

A Survey Of The Comparative Performance Demands Of Performing Mozart’S Fourth Horn Concerto On The Natural Horn And Modern Horn, Brandon Garrison

Doctoral Projects

The four horn concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are fundamental standards of horn repertoire. Since the production of Dennis Brain’s early recordings in 1953, many virtuoso horn players have recorded these concerti on the modern horn. However, there are few professional recordings made on the natural horn. Though Mozart’s four horn concertos are prominent in horn study across the world, they are rarely executed with correct performance practice techniques. In my presentation, I will demonstrate passages from Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 to survey the challenges when performed on natural horn versus the modern horn. It is important to understand …

Oscillith Matara, James Reilly Dickens-Hoffman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Oscillith Matara is a series of improvisational acousmatic compositions that explore themes of birth, death, trauma and transformation. Each composition is an entry from a log of my daily practice. This practice is a meditation using electronic instruments as feedback devices to explore my states of consciousness as it relates to my present situation and personal history. The sound generated through this process of reflecting and responding acts as a cathartic medium for processing depression, anxiety and chronic pain. As a thesis exhibition Oscillith Matara is presented as a group of selected works and is performed as a fixed duration …

The Power Of Female: The Representation Of Female Composers Through A Senior Flute Recital, Savannah Palmer

Honors Program Theses and Research Projects

In a prominent number of musical performances, the number of female compositions being performed is small. The dominance of male composers throughout time has created a barrier that prevents female composers from being represented in the music community. Female composers possess great creativity and virtuosity in their compositions, yet gender bias impacts their representation in music repertoire, specifically flute repertoire (Fairouz, 2017). With less than 6.10 percent of female compositions being programmed in concerts and recitals, members of various communities are lacking exposure to the powerful musical works that women create (Peters, 2016). To empower female composers and demonstrate their …

Lucca Souza Senior Clarinet Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2023-2024

Luccas Souza presents his senior clarinet recital!

Assisted by Tyler Ninalga, Eleanor Joyce, Philip Wekesa, Mailyn Iribar, Colin Cha, and Ellie Sauser.

Andrés Segovia And Federico Moreno Torroba’S Danza Castellana, Julio Gimeno

Soundboard Scholar

The guitar’s early twentieth-century repertoire is of unique importance, containing as it does the first guitar pieces by non-guitarist composers known for their symphonic, operatic and chamber music. Many of these composers wrote for the pioneering Andalusian guitarist Andrés Segovia, and among the most prolific of them was Federico Moreno Torroba. In various memoirs and interviews, Segovia identified Torroba’s miniature Danza castellana as not only the first piece written for him by a non-guitarist composer but even the first such piece by anyone, predating, in Segovia’s telling, Falla’s 1920 Homenaje. This article challenges Segovia’s claim by recounting the details …

Joaquín Rodrigo And Julian Bream: Aspects Of A Relationship, Javier Suárez-Pajares

Soundboard Scholar

In light of the complex diplomatic relations between Spain and the United Kingdom in the 1950s, the deteriorating relationship between the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo and the English guitarist Julian Bream describes a telling arc—from 1951, when Bream gave the British premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez, to 1959, when he emphatically rejected the Sonata giocosa that Rodrigo had written for him. To explore Bream's negative reaction, this study considers both Rodrigo’s relation to England and Bream’s ambivalent attitude toward the Spanish guitar tradition. An epilogue examines the recordings that the guitarist subsequently made of the Concierto de Aranjuez …

Christmas Variety Show, December 1-2, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Crossing The Pond: The Influence Of Southern Appalachian Old-Time On Contemporary Irish Music, Amanda Morgan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Numerous studies examine Irish traditional music influencing old-time music, but few examine the influence of old-time on contemporary Irish. As our societies become more global, folk music travels faster and becomes more open to influence. Thes influences can be heard in the music of “Alfi” and “Lankum,” two ensembles steeped in Irish traditional music.

This study defines common musical elements of old-time and examines the use of those elements in two recordings: Alfi’s, “Jubilee” and Lankum’s, “The Old Man from Over the Sea.” Much of my data comes from interviews with Irish and American musicians and my own professional knowledge, …

Exploring The 19th-Century Bel Canto Style In Flute Playing: Selected Compositions By Leonardo De Lorenzo, Katerina Bachevska

Doctoral Projects

The subject of this research project is the accomplished and multifaceted Italian-American flutist, pedagogue, writer, and composer, Leonardo De Lorenzo. Although a limited amount of information is available about De Lorenzo, the bulk of all substantial research on the musician is predominantly in Italian, thereby creating limited accessibility for those who are not fluent in the language. Despite his significant musical influences, De Lorenzo's legacy remains underappreciated outside of Italian-speaking circles, leaving a profound void in the knowledge of his unique musical style and artistic vision. This document aims to bridge that void by providing contextualized information about this remarkable …

The Reed-Above Embouchure: History, Geography And New Avenues For Clarinet Pedagogy, Gregorio Maria Paone

Dissertations, 2020-current

Clarinet is a versatile and expressive instrument that can be used in a variety of musical genres. This document is intended to investigate its versatility, how to develop it, and whether there are benefits from the adoption of an old approach, which today is generally considered obsolete.

Chapter 1 explores major issues involved in clarinet playing and tone production. I will discuss the physics of clarinet tone, as well as secondary approaches to tone production, such as double-lip embouchure. I will also devote a section of this chapter to clarinet equipment, especially the mouthpiece and the reed, and their mutual …