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Concert Recording 2022-04-20a, Brittany D. Headen, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. V'adoro pupille. Lascia ch'io pianga. / Frederic Handel -- [07:54]. Three songs of the sea. I. The sea-bird ; II. Moonlight ; III. By the sea / Roger Quilter -- [13:16]. Clair de lune ; En priere / Gabriel Faure -- [19:19]. Ten Blake Songs with Oboe. I. Infant Joy ; II. A Posion Tree ; III. The Piper ; IV. London ; V. The Lamb ; VI. The Shepherd ; VII. Ah! Sun-flower ; VIII. Cruelty has a Human Heart ; IX. The Divine Image ; X. Eternity / R. Vaughn Williams -- [35:14]. Auf ein altes Bild …

Concert Recording 2022-04-24c, Sidney Hudelson, Mickel Gordon

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata no. 1 in G minor. I. Adagio ; IV. Presto / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [05:46]. Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23. I. Presto ; II. Andante scherzoso, piu allegretto ; III. Allegro molto / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [23:47]. Romance in F minor, op. 11 / Antonin Dvorak -- [35:00]. Reve d'enfant, op. 14 / Eugene Ysaÿe -- [38:39]. Sonata no. 4, Children's day at the camp meeting I. Allegro ; II. Largo ; III. Allegro / Charles Ives.

Concert Recording 2022-10-04, Benjamin Pierce, Miroslava Panayotova, Demondrae Thurman

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. River Melos / Andrea Clearfield -- [09:10]. Fantasiestück. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck ; II. Lebhaft, leicht ; III. Rasch und mit Feuer / Robert Schumann -- [19:05]. Varder / Pancho Vladigerov ; transcribed by Pierce -- [27:07]. Cypher / Kevin Day -- [31:14] CYPHER electronics (4 count intro) -- [35:24]. Two pieces. Song ; Little toccata / Peter Christoskov ; arranged by Pierce -- [43:19]. Sevdana / Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin ; transcribed by Pierce -- [48:21]. Cantilene / Louis Cahuzac.

Concert Recording 2022-10-05, Demondrae Thurman, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Trio sonata no. 1, BWV 525. I. Allegretto ; II. Adagio ; III. Allegro / J.S. Bach -- [10:43]. Che gelida manina / Giacomo Puccini -- [15:14]. Sonata. I. Allegro ; II. Very slow, rubato ; III. Vigorously / Doug S. Bristol -- [28:37]. Sonata for euphonium and piano "Child's play". I. Quarter=132 ; II. Dolce ; III. Quarter=132 / Barbara York -- [41:23]. Party piece / Philip Sparke.

Concert Recording 2022-10-22, Jayne Jostad, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85. I. Adagio, moderato ; II. Lento, allegro molto / ; [12:06.3]. Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85. III. Adagio ; IV. Allegro, moderato, allegro ma non troppo / Edwin Elgar-- [26:36.3]. Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 / Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Concert Recording 2022-11-16, Peyton Lickfelt, Lisa Auten

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Concert piece No. 1 / Joseph Turrin – [05:42]. Vocalise / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- [10:15]. Soliloquy IX / Christopher Wiggins – [14:02]. Partita. I. Prelude ; II. Capriccio ; III. Sarabande ; IV. Bourree ; V. Scherzo / Arthur Butterworth -- [22:58]. Believe me if all those endearing young charms / Simone Mantia.

Concert Recording 2022-11-21, Asher Armstrong

Concert Recordings & Programs

Prélude, Choral et Fugue / César Franck.

Concert Recording 2022-11-28, Madeline Kendall, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Fantasiestüke, fantasy pieces for a clarinet & piano. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck ; II. Lebhaft, leicht ; III. Rasch und mit Feuer / Robert Schumann -- [11:11]. Five bagetelles. 1. Prelude ; 2. Forlan ; 3. Fughetta / Gerald Finzi -- [21:13]. 3 miniatures for clarinet and piano. Allegro ; Andante cantabile ; Allegro ma non troppo / Krysztof Penderecki -- [25:46]. Sonatina. 1. Allegro con brio ; 2. Andantino ; 3. Furioso / Malcolm Arnold.

Concert Recording 2022-12-06, Mason Moore, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Suite. I Allegero Marcato ; Quasi improvsando ; III. Allegretto ; IV Slow ; V. Allegro con bravura / Vaclav Nelhbybel -- [07:29]. Nocturno, Op. 7 / Franz Strauss -- [13:50]. Lyri-Tech I / Eugene Anderson -- [20:00] Concertino for Tuba and Band / Franck Benecriscutto.

Viola Music Written By Costa Rican Composers: Analysis Of Three Compositional Trends In Costa Rica, Karen Soto Huertas

Theses and Dissertations--Music

What could come from a country that just this past year celebrated 200 years of independence that was only discovered in 1502 and was under the yoke of the Spanish Empire for over 300 hundred years? What contribution to the art music community could this third-world country, Costa Rica, bring to the table? Specifically, what contributions could Costa Rica make to the viola repertoire, which status as a soloistic instrument was raised only 100 or so years ago? How could a small country contribute to the repertoire of this often-forgotten instrument? To answer these questions, I have embarked on research …

X Marks Nothing: Chiasmus And Kenosis In Kaija Saariaho's La Passion De Simone, Desiree Scarambone

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Composer Kaija Saariaho’s 2006 work La Passion de Simone often leaves audiences and critics at a loss to understand what they have witnessed. The title, subject, and sparse libretto only complicate this confusion. The genre of the work is ambiguous to many; some critics call it an opera, some an oratorio. Because the subject of the work, French philosopher Simone Weil, is widely unknown to the public, her placement within the framework of a Passion is often met with confusion if not criticism.

By fusing Weil’s life and philosophical ideas in this work, Saariaho explores how the awareness of the …

An Examination And Analysis Of Four Collegiate Holiday Programs: St. Olaf College’S Christmas Festival, Emory University’S Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols, Florida State University’S Seasonal Celebration, And The University Of Kentucky’S Holiday Collage, Margaret Gurtcheff

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The choral departments of St. Olaf College, Emory University, Florida State University, and the University of Kentucky are well-known for their excellent and successful programs. In addition to respected and accomplished choirs, each of these schools offer a choir-centric, winter holiday event. The traditions and community relationships that have developed through these programs are reflections of the strengths of these schools’ choral departments. Each event may serve as a model for individuals to adapt and modify for their own programs.

The St. Olaf College Christmas Festival premiered in 1912 and offers a look into how such a program may serve …

Revising The Orchestral Reduction Of Jacques Ibert's Concerto For Flute And Orchestra, Nathan Stites

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Given the popularity of Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra amongst flautists, and the frequent need to perform the work with a pianist, the high-difficulty threshold of its current reduction for piano may prove to be a potential liability for both soloist and collaborator. For this project, solutions to the complications that arise as a result of the Concerto’s burdensome piano reduction were investigated. This investigation ultimately led to the construction of a carefully reworked version of the original orchestra reduction for piano—i.e., a revision. The purpose of this paper is to explain the editorial choices that went into …

Siren Song: Examining The Lorelei Topos In Nineteenth-Century German Art Song And Its Manifestation And Transformation In Popular Song, Elizabeth Woodall

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The Lorelei, a German mythical figure, is a popular topic in nineteenth-century German Lieder. However, there are also many overt references to her in the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Does she continue to manifest in current music in the same ways or has she evolved over time? I will also explore musical settings in which she is not specifically named, but is referenced through musical and mythical descriptors. In order to identify covert references to the Lorelei, one must first classify and understand the musical and literary signifiers that composers of the nineteenth century used to depict her …

Karol Lipiński As A Musical Interpreter In The Pre-Joachim Era, Andrzej Kunecki

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The work concerns a study of Karol Lipiński – the early nineteenth century Polish violinist – focusing on his activity as a musical interpreter. The work is supported by a comparison with another violinist acknowledged in this field – Joseph Joachim. The work is divided between four chapters: The first chapter begins with a discussion on the development of the concept of musical interpretation in the context of the broader social and aesthetical changes of the early nineteenth century, and ends with a summary of Joachim’s interpretative activity in the latter half of the same. The second chapter includes Lipiński’s …

Momentary Endurance: The Effects Of Mouthpiece Pressure And Capillary Refill Time On Short-Term Muscle Recovery In Trumpet Players, Taylor Gustad

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The topic of proper mouthpiece pressure usage has been widely pushed off to the margins of trumpet pedagogy, only receiving the passing mention in a limited number of method books. This research paper contains a cross sectional view of the few, but most prominently used method books in the trumpet community that shows the prevalence of this issue, as well as steps to bring in new and useful information in this field. There are several aspects of mouthpiece pressure that should be studied; however, this paper focuses on its connection to momentary endurance and capillary refill time.

Momentary endurance is …

The Development And Validation Of The Preservice Music Teacher Self-Efficacy Survey, Christen Dillon

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Undergraduate programs to prepare future music teachers at colleges and universities across the United States require skill development in instrumental, choral, and general music (NASM, 2015). These preparation programs require students to matriculate through methods courses (e.g., instrumental methods) to learn pedagogical and content skills necessary to be considered competent music teachers. Although content knowledge and teaching skills could be influencing factors on preservice teachers’ future classroom effectiveness, personal beliefs of individual preservice teachers might also influence teacher effectiveness (Bandura, 1997; Pajares, 1996). One such belief, teacher self-efficacy, or teachers’ self-referent judgements of capability (Zee, 2016), has been shown to …

Medieval Minstrels In Media: A Comparative Study Of Minstrelsy In The Robin Hood Tale, Medieval Society, And Media, Heather Sounik

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The minstrel character Alan-a-Dale, as well as other variations of the minstrel, have been effectively ingrained into the history of the Robin Hood tale through screen media interpretations. This study seeks to investigate the origins of the minstrel character in the medieval through present day texts and analyze the interpretations of these characters in a collection of the present day screen media sources that involve this character. Topics to be addressed within this survey include medieval minstrel performance practices and their overall reception in medieval society, as well as the variety of roles the on-screen minstrel characters take, both as …

Patient And Therapist Perceptions Of Respiratory Functioning Due To Spinal Cord Injury: Implications For Music Therapists, A'Marie Dotson

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Decreased respiratory functioning is a common symptom of spinal cord injury (SCI) and can impact individuals’ personal, professional, and social lives. In spite of this, researchers have not explored the use of music in the lives of individuals with SCIs or music’s role in their healthcare professionals’ treatment plans to improve respiratory functioning. The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand how decreased respiratory functioning affects individuals with SCIs and healthcare professionals through a multiple case study design. Participants were two individuals with SCIs and three healthcare professionals (physical therapist, recreational therapist, and music therapist) who worked with …

Should Conductors Listen To Recordings When They Learn Scores?, Jan Pellant

Theses and Dissertations--Music

We can observe the conductor’s work at his performances and rehearsals. However, we cannot see the process of score preparation from the time they get the score to the downbeat of the first rehearsal because the conductor does this work alone. This dissertation discusses the debate among conductors past and present about whether, when, and how to use recordings as part of the score preparation. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of using recordings in the score preparation process. I conducted several types of research on the use of recordings by living conductors. I interviewed conductors using Skype and phone …