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Integrating Sensor Technology Into Artistic Practice: A Critical Examination Of The Role Of The Performer, Marcella Barz

Doctoral

This research questions how interactive music technology might enable creativity in performers. The format is a semi-autoethnographic narrative that follows the performer’s artistic process of preparing nine compositions for performance; these works are for bass clarinet or clarinet and live processing (created with Ableton Live, Max for Live, and the SABRe multi-sensor and remote).

In order to conduct this research, I remixed two existing bass clarinet works, collaborated with two composers on six new works, and composed my own piece. I maintained a reflective journal for four and a half years that documented the process of preparing these compositions for …

Improving Arts Management/Marketing Efficiency: Optimizing Utilization Of Scarce Resources To Produce Artistic Outputs, Theresa A. Kirchner, Linda L. Golden, Patrick L. Brockett

Marketing Faculty Publications

Purpose

This longitudinal research examines US symphony orchestra sector organizations to determine individual efficiencies in allocating resources (donations, governmental/private funding, etc.) for desirable outputs (concerts, educational programs, community outreach). It provides researchers and managers with a tool for identifying, assessing and mitigating organizational inefficiencies.

Design/methodology/approach

This study assesses relative efficiencies in performing arts organizations using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a widely-used nonparametric data-intensive benchmarking technique that determines an optimal “production frontier” of best-practice organizations among their peers and assesses their abilities to turn multivariate inputs into multivariate desired outputs.

Findings

This analysis highlights efficiency differences in a wide range of …

Tradition, Pedagogy, And Internet Open-Access Music Libraries, Erin Tallman

Pomona Senior Theses

In this paper I take up the topic of open-access digital music libraries, specifically the ways performance and pedagogical traditions interact with and are impacted by open-access or public domain sheet music libraries on the internet. I first consider how traditions of performance and pedagogy have become misaligned in the case of viola repertoire and its historical context. I then turn to questions of copyright on the internet and copyleft practices as they relate to internet open-access libraries such as IMSLP, finding that they often are simply a new medium through which to uphold existing patterns, despite their apparent potential …

“Work For The Night Is Coming": How Christian Hymns Frame Human Labor, Monty L. Lynn, Sarah Easter, Ryan Jessup, Greg Straughn

Management Sciences

No abstract provided.

Wanji-Wanji: The Past And Future Of An Aboriginal Travelling Song, Myfany Turpin, Calista Yeoh, Clint Bracknell

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Classical Aboriginal culture in Australia consists of many different kinds of ceremonies, including travelling ceremonies that are often shared across linguistic and geographical boundaries. Each of these ceremonies is made up of dozens of different verses. Perhaps the most widely known travelling ceremony is one referred to in some areas as ‘Wanji-wanji’. This was known over half the country and dates back at least 170 years, as evidenced in eleven legacy recordings and fieldwork interviewing more than 100 people across the western half of Australia. Like any oral tradition, the names of such ceremonies vary from place to place and …

Diversifying Piano Literature: East Asian Music For Piano Study And Performance In The United States, Akina Kondoh

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This research paper describes the extent piano music by East Asian composers has been incorporated in piano teaching at the college level in the United States. Included are the results of a survey of piano teachers at National Association of Schools of Music-accredited collegiate institutions; a discussion of the need for diversification of piano literature given the demographics of piano students in the United States; and several strategies to incorporate piano music by East Asian composers. The paper also includes a list of composers and resources available for obtaining piano works by East Asian composers.

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 …

Leveraging Cultural Assets Of Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Individuals In Music Therapy: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study, Emma Grace King

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The purpose of this thesis was to explore how music therapists can engage in cultural humility and leverage cultural assets of those who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD). The primary research question involved in this study was: “In what ways can music therapists leverage cultural assets of CLD individuals in practice?” Sub-questions were: “What awareness, knowledge, and skills do music therapists need to grow in culturally sensitive practice?” “How can music therapists whose first language is English effectively serve linguistically diverse individuals?” “What steps might music therapists take to effectively serve culturally diverse individuals?” and “How might cultural and …

กรรมวิธีการสร้างซอสามสายของครูจักรี มงคล, วรุตม์ ปัทมดิลก

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเรื่อง กรรมวิธีการสร้างซอสามสายของครูจักรี มงคล มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษากรรมวิธีการสร้างซอสามสายและปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อคุณภาพเสียงซอสามสายของครูจักรี มงคล โดยใช้วิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ผลการวิจัยพบว่าครูจักรี มงคล มีชื่อเสียงในการบรรเลงซอสามสายรวมทั้งมีฝีมือในการสร้างซอสามสายโดยได้รับแรงบันดาลใจการสร้างซอสามสายจากแบบกระสวนซอสามสายของสมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้าบริพัตรสุขุมพันธุ์ กรมพระนครสวรรค์วรพินิต และได้รับคำแนะนำจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านซอสามสายหลายท่าน เช่น ศาสตราจารย์ ดร.อุทิศ นาคสวัสดิ์ ช่างจรูญ คชแสง ซอสามสายของครูจักรี มงคล มีคุณภาพเสียงที่มีความไพเราะควบคู่กับคุณภาพของชิ้นงานที่มีความสวยงาม ละเอียด ประณีต คงทน ด้วยกรรมวิธีการสร้างจนมีเอกลักษณ์เฉพาะตน คือการทำปากช้างบน ปากช้างล่าง ที่มีสัดส่วนเป็นธรรมชาติ คล้ายลักษณะกลีบบัว การทำแกนที่เป็นโลหะสแตนเลส ซึ่งมีน้ำหนักเบาสามารถนำกระแสเสียงและทนทานได้ดีกว่าไม้เนื้อแข็ง การทำคันชักซอสามสายที่หัวคันชักสามารถหมุนปรับได้โดยใช้หางม้าซอฝรั่ง เมื่อใช้งานเสร็จสามารถลดความตึงลง และมีรูปแบบที่สวยงามมีน้ำหนักเบาเท่ากันทั้งคันชัก ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อคุณภาพเสียงซอสามสายของ ครูจักรี มงคลคือการให้ความสำคัญกับความหนาบางของหนังซอขนาดกะโหลกซอสามสายใหญ่และหนา เมื่อขึ้นหนังหน้าซอแล้วจะมีมวลอากาศภายใน องศาของซอสามสายซึ่งรับแรงจากการรั้งสายและแรงกดจากหย่อง การตั้งหย่องและการติดถ่วงหน้าซึ่งมีตำแหน่งของหย่องและน้ำหนักของถ่วงหน้าที่เหมาะสม และได้พัฒนากรรมวิธีการสร้างจนมีเอกลักษณ์เฉพาะตน คือการทำปากช้างบน ปากช้างล่าง ที่มีสัดส่วนเป็นธรรมชาติ คล้ายลักษณะกลีบบัว การทำแกนซอสามสายด้วย โลหะสแตนเลส การทำคันชักซอสามสายที่หัวคันชักสามารถหมุนปรับได้โดยใช้หางม้าซอฝรั่ง เมื่อใช้งานเสร็จสามารถหย่อนความตึงลง และมีรูปแบบที่สวยงามมีน้ำหนักเบาเท่ากันทั้งคันชัก

การแสดงเดี่ยวเปียโนโดย กรภัทร์ สุขโข : บทเพลงประเภทนอคเทิร์น, กรภัทร์ สุขโข

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้มีจุดประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาหาความรู้ วิเคราะห์ ตีความบทเพลง และเลือกใช้เทคนิคที่เหมาะสมในการบรรเลงบทเพลงสำหรับเปียโนประเภทนอคเทิร์นที่ประพันธ์โดยผู้ประพันธ์เพลงในยุคโรแมนติกและยุคศตวรรษที่ยี่สิบ อาทิ เฟรเดริค โชแปง โคลด เดอบุสซี และโลเวลล์ ลิเบอร์แมน จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 15 บท ผลการวิจัยแสดงการตีความบทเพลง การนำเสนอเทคนิคการบรรเลง ตลอดจนการถ่ายทอดและนำเสนอบทเพลงอย่างสมบูรณ์แบบ รวมทั้งวิธีการและขั้นตอนการเตรียมความพร้อมสำหรับการแสดงเดี่ยวเปียโน ที่จัดขึ้น ณ Tongsuang's Concert Salon and Gallery ปทุมธานี เมื่อวันพฤหัสบดีที่ 6 เมษายน พ.ศ.2566 เวลา 14.00 น. ใช้เวลาแสดงรวมประมาณ 1 ชั่วโมง

Schoolhouse Rap, Andrea L. Dennis

Scholarly Works

Rap on Trial, the treatment of rap music as evidence in the American criminal legal process, is well-documented and increasingly scrutinised. Research has shown that – with little restraint – police, prosecutors, probation officers and judges use rap lyrics to investigate, prosecute and punish individuals. Less noticed is that a similar phenomenon is occurring in the American K–12 educational system, which disciplines school-age youth who participate in rap culture and sometimes refers them to the juvenile or criminal legal systems for additional punishment. This article describes and analyses a small set of identified cases of this scenario, demonstrating that rap …

Multicultural Music Education: Preparedness, Perceptions, And Practice Among Virginia Elementary Music Educators, Benjamin J. Luna

Masters Theses, 2020-current

Benjamin Joel Luna, M. M.

James Madison University, 2021

Supervisor: Lisa M. Maynard

The purpose of this study was to examine the Multicultural Music Education (MME) practices of established (i.e. more than three years of music teaching experience) Elementary Music Teachers in the state of Virginia by examining their responses to a series of survey questions specific to the topic. Participants (N=18) were all current Elementary Music Teachers in the state of Virginia with more than three years of experience.

Participants were asked to use Likert-scale ratings for the majority of the questions but were also given the …

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays, December 5, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

No abstract provided.

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays, Evening; December 4, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

No abstract provided.

Ensemble Concerts: Music For The Holidays, Afternoon; December 4, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

No abstract provided.

Songwriting: A Collaborative Approach To Music Education, Deondra Morrison

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the benefits of the use of collaborative learning projects in music education, with the intent to inform the practice of music educators. This study will reveal that many educators in the field of music view collaborative learning as a catalyst to change student culture and music classrooms around the world. The following research questions guided this study: (1) How do collaborative learning methods benefit music education curriculum? (2) What type of plans, support, and materials do music educators need to successfully guide their students in small group student-centered music and instruction? (3) …

Improvisation And Interpretation For High School Instrumental Students, Jeffrey J. Bianchine Jr.

Masters Theses

Improvisation is associated with jazz or rap in modern western culture, but classical music has a long tradition of improvisation featuring famous improvises such as Mozart and Liszt. Improvisation develops critical thinking and problem solving, essential skills in the American job market. The typical instrumental student does not often get the opportunity to use this. Bloom’s Taxonomy explains that students who do critical thinking activities in class have a better understanding of the course material. This course will equip students to improvise with others, make executive decisions about artistic elements in the repertoire, self-cretic playing, and compose a short cadenza.

New Urban Liturgy: Making A Lane For Hip-Hop In Multicultural Worship, Caleb Thomas Kudlo

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The urban environments of American cities are home to diverse cultures and subcultures. If God created humanity in His image, and if the gospel of Jesus Christ has transcending power, then urban churches are poised to become worship communities that reflect His creativity and redemption. However, the ideal of unity in diversity strives against the currents of homogenization in American history, church traditions, and human nature. This project brings attention to a subculture that makes its home in the urban environments of American cities but not in its churches: hip-hop should be counted among the diverse cultures that can uniquely …

All Roads Lead To Darrington: Building A Bluegrass Community In Western Washington, James W. Edgar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Through the mid-twentieth century, a significant pattern of migration occurred between Appalachia and the Pacific Northwest, with Washington’s thriving timber industry offering compelling economic opportunities. Many workers and families from western North Carolina settled in the small mountain town of Darrington, Washington, frequently accompanied by their banjos and guitars. As a group of young bluegrass enthusiasts from Seattle established relationships with Darrington’s “Tar Heel” musicians, a collaborative music community formed, laying the foundation for the region’s contemporary bluegrass scene.

Drawn from a series of ethnographic interviews, this project illuminates the development of a bluegrass community in western Washington, while identifying …

Analysis Of Texas Collegiate Mariachi Ensembles: Standard Repertoire And Genres, Angela Michelle Morgan-Thornton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

A standard prescribed music list exists for band, orchestra, and choral music ensembles in Texas K-12 music education. Presently, no prescribed music list exists for mariachi ensembles or degree plans in Texas at the collegiate level. This study used explanatory sequential mixed methods to examine the differences in seven Texas collegiate mariachi programs’ standard teaching and performance repertoire. The study explored the commonalities and differences in repertoire and balance of mariachi genres in instruction. The repertoire of diverse genres reflects influences associated with European, Caribbean, and Indigenous cultures and musical forms. Related issues of this study included music literacy, college …

University Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds, November 16, 2021, F. Mack Wood, Lauren Bobarsky, John Gonzalez, T.J. Mack, Jinzhe Zhang

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 16, 2021

Tuesday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Wind Symphony, November 15, 2021, Anthony C. Marinello, Anne Mcnamara, Cassie Wieland

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 15, 2021

Monday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Music Factory, November 10, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

November 10, 2021

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Concert Choir And Madrigal Singers, November 7, 2021, Karyl K. Carlson

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 7, 2021

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Isu String Project: 20th Anniversary Concert, November 6, 2021, Mike Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

November 6, 2021

Saturday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Program: 2021 Dayton Funk Symposium And Line Dance Party, University Of Dayton

Content Presented at the First and Second Dayton Funk Symposia

Program includes a welcome from Sharon Davis Gratto, Graul Chair in Arts and Languages; a schedule of presentations; and biographies of presenters, performers, and panelists.

Introduction To Special Issue, Music In World Religions: A Response To Isabel Laack, Heather Maclachlan

Department of Music Faculty Publications

This article serves to introduce a special issue of Religions, titled Music in World Religions. A 2015 article by religion scholar Isabel Laack claimed that the study of music and religion has been neglected by Laack’s peers in the field of religions. Responding to Laack, I argue that scholars of music have been making important contributions to the study of music and religion and, indeed, have been addressing the twelve specific topics she highlights for decades. After summarizing academic works which respond to Laack’s twelve categories of inquiry, I introduce each of the articles in this special issue, showing that …

‘Jesus Is Not A Foreign God’: Baptist Music Making In Burma/Myanmar, Heather Maclachlan

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Christians in the Southeast Asian country of Burma, also known as Myanmar, make up approximately five percent of the national population. The Christian community of Burma includes both Catholics and Protestants, and Baptists predominate among the Protestants. In this article I argue that twenty-first century Protestant Burmese Christians fulfill both aspects of a “twofold legacy” bequeathed to them by Adoniram Judson, the first Baptist missionary to Burma, and that their fulfillment of this legacy is manifest in their musical practices. I further argue that it has been, and continues to be, to Burmese Christians’ advantage to emphasize both aspects of …

Vatican Ii, Liberation Theology, And Vernacular Masses For The Family Of God In Central America, Bernard J. Gordillo

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

The Second Vatican Council (1962–65) instituted reforms in the Catholic Church that included changes in language and music employed in the liturgy, inspiring a proliferation of sung vernacular masses throughout Latin America. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research undertaken in Nicaragua and the United States, this article examines three Central American vernacular masses—Misa típica panameña de San Miguelito (1967), Misa popular nicaragüense (1969), and Misa campesina nicaragüense (1975). Each mass emanated from communities founded as part of the transnational Familia de Dios (Family of God) movement, which established programs of religious education, leadership training, and community building among impoverished …

Sankyoku Magazine And The Invention Of The Shakuhachi As Religious Instrument In Early 20th-Century Japan, Matt Gillan

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

The early 20^th century was a period in which understandings of music, religion, and the nation-state underwent rapid change in Japan. In this article I examine Japanese cultural discourse from the first decades of the 20^th century in which the shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, was frequently portrayed as a religious instrument. In some cases, this discourse referenced pre-20^th century historical affiliations of the shakuhachi with the Fuke-sect, an organization that was loosely affiliated to Rinzai Zen Buddhism. But the article also explores how religio-musical discourse surrounding the shakuhachi intersected with developments in modern Japanese religious life, …