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Dolls4peace Memorial: Liberatory Community Art Action And Praxis, Rochelle Royster

The Lender Center for Social Justice

Royster discusses the Dolls4Peace memorial as a form of liberatory community art and praxis, showing how creative expression fosters healing, resistance, and social justice in community contexts.

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2020-2021 Performance Forum - April 20, 2021, Manuel Mendes Escobar, Robiyakhon Akromova, Luis Pulido, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Sebastian Orellana, Laura Gonzales, Carlos Avendano, Luis Angel Guiterrez Rapalda, David Brill

Performance Forum

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Mindstate: A Capstone Project, Kyle Petronio

Honors Theses

Objectives For four years, I have been trying to release music under the moniker of Rookie Plenty. Aside from a few songs on Bandcamp, my releases have been few and far between. In addition to releasing music on streaming platforms, MindState: A Capstone Project is an experiment in exploring genre fluidity. Many mainstream musical projects released in the twenty-first century are often genre constrained and demonstrate minimal sonic deviation between songs. This extended-play album is an attempt to exemplify a mastery of genre conventions while branching outward into new musical territory.

Methods To demonstrate an understanding of genres, I focused …

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Instrument Selection In Geriatric Residential Facilities, Lexi Fowler

Merge

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A Performer’S Guide To The Unaccompanied Horn, Solo Horn And Fixed Media, And Horn And Piano Works Of James Naigus, Jordan Redd

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performances

The horn music of James Naigus is widely known in the horn community. Naigus’ ties to prolific horn composers Paul Basler and Jeff Agrell has placed him next in line to etch his name in horn history. James’ idiomatic melody and harmony has gained popularity at a rapid pace over the past ten years. The accessibility of his music for players of all ages has led to many commissions and performances of his work all over the world.

This writing summarizes the unaccompanied horn, solo horn and fixed media, and horn and piano works of James Naigus. Inside, the reader …

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A Rhythmic Analysis Of Michael Torke: Three Colors And Primary, Secondary, Tertiary: An Original Work For Symphonic Band, Aaron Fast

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes three early Michael Torke “color” pieces, Ecstatic Orange, Bright Blue Music, and The Yellow Pages. This analysis provides insight into the compositional process of his early works, which continues to define his style today. Torke’s techniques include rhythmic motives and their variations, rhythmic canon, sectioning as the basis of form, and stratification. This thesis also provides an analytical notational device when defining a Rhythmic Canon Sequence or a Rhythmic Entrance Series. Through this analysis I demonstrate that all three pieces share these compositional techniques but are displayed in three very different pieces. I also explore …

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Graduate Conducting Recital, Amelia R. Markley

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an understanding of, and present historical information regarding the selections performed on a graduate conducting recital at Pittsburg State University. Selections performed were written by the following composers: Jacques Offenbach, Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Biographical information of the composer and program notes will be included for each piece conducted.

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