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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 2022-04-30c, Mason Thomas, Mickel Gordon, Daniel Bartley, Peyton Lickfelt, Brady Callicott

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata, BWV. 1031 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [09:42]. Five Portraits from Middle Earth / Rodney Newton -- [20:47]. So Big, So Small / Benj Pasek & Justin Paul -- [25:38]. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair / Claude Debussy.

Concert Recording 2022-04-21, Benjamin Pierce, Daniel Bartley, Peyton Lickfelt, Lucas Bass, Mason Thomas, Mickel Gordon, Sebastian Miranda-Morales, Brady Jones, Peyton Fuchs, Brady Callicott

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Two part invention / Phillip Sparkle -- [06:09]. Three furies. II. Very clean; gently inebriated ; III. Relentless throughout / James Grant -- [14:01]. Five Portraits from Middle Earth. I. Gandalf ; II. Gollum ; III. Bilbo Baggins ; IV. Balrog! ; V. Tom Bombadil / Rodney Newton -- [24:51]. Ave Maria / Anton Bruckner ; arranged by D. Sabuorin -- [29:29]. Wabash cannon ball / Traditional ; arranged by J. Garrett ; [31:36]. Fugue in g minor "The little" / J.S. Bach ; arranged by Forbes -- [35:24]. Study on a theme from Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten, …

Concert Recording 2022-05-19, Miranda Pham, Gini Law, Abigail Short, Jeason Lopez, Megan Park

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:13] Maya / Ian Clarke -- [04:25] Souvenir Du Rigi, Op. 34 / Franz Doppler -- [11:02] Dialogues for Flute and Trumpet. I. Allegro ; II. Largo quasi improvisando ; III. Adagio con espressione ; IV. Animato / Jindra Necasova -- [20:54] Andante et Rondo / Franz Doppler -- [30:20] Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte / Maurice Ravel ; arr. Miranda Pham for Horn, Flute, and Piano -- [35:31] Scherzo / Felix Mendelssohn.

Concert Recording 2022-03-31, Victoria Ledbetter, Sungkun Jung

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Concerto no. 7 in E minor. I. Allegro / François Devienne -- [09:20]. Diary of an Allen. II. Drifting ; III. No rotary phone / Margaret Brouwer -- [18:24]. Suite antique. Prelude ; Ostinato ; Aria ; Waltz ; Chanson ; Rondeau / John Rutter -- [36:20]. Polka. L'oiseau du bois (The wooden bird) / Charles Le Thiere.

Concert Recording 2022-03-17, Doug Harnish, Helen Becqué, Ray Lenhart, Ethan Thompson, Keven Kraus

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Piece in E♭ minor / J. Guy Ropartz -- [08:20]. Varietals. Opening, Barolo ; Intermezzo, Toscana ; Tarantella, Verduzzo / Andrew J. Skaggs -- [20:40]. A song for Japan / Steven Verhelst -- [27:09]. Trombumba / George W. Lotzenhiser -- [29:13]. Thoughts of love / Arthur Pryor.

Concert Recording 2022-11-09, Keven Kraus, Tlaloc Perales, David Slutsky, Brady Callicott, Wesley Bercherer, Sydney Frey, Sierra Hoaglund, Sarah Reed, David Harnish, Ray Lenhart, Ethan Thompson

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Voyage for brass trio. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Vivace ; III. Andante molto ; IV. Moderato ;V. Adagio sostenuto ; VI. Allegro ; VII. Allegro non troppo / Robert Muczynski -- [13:00]. Ad astra / Anthony O’Toole ; arranged by David Slutsky -- [14:15]. Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury / Benjamin Britten ; arranged by David Slutsky – [15:21]. Vivace from concerto no. 3 in D minor for two tubas / J.S. Bach -- [19:36]. Concertino for trombone and woodwind. I. Soliloquy ; II. Pastoral ; III. Toccata / Raymond Eugene Premru -- [31:46]. Myths and legends. I. Allegro …

Concert Recording 2022-10-12, Cory Mixdorf, Nathan Karuma, Jacob Sasser, Edwin Soto, Mac Dishman, Landon Ingram, Keven Kraus, Logan Ballard, Ethan Thompson, Doug Harnish, Ray Lenhart, Sophia Ware, Sawyer Hemond, Cedric Justus, Daniel Crawford, David Aikmen, Evan Wood, Sarah Grace Wood, Ethan Combs

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata for four trombones / Georg Daniel Speer -- [03:53]. Scarborough fair / traditional ; arranged by Bill Reichenbach -- [06:22]. Quartet for trombones / Leslie Bassett -- [11:22]. You made me love you / James Monaco ; arranged by Bill Holcombe -- [15:21]. Fanfare for 8 trombones / Michael P. Terry -- [17:46]. Andante cantabile from Symphony no. 5, Mtv. II / Pyort IIlich Tchaikovsky ; arranged by Nolan Miller -- [23:20]. Rising tide / Jack Wilds.

Concert Recording 2022-10-02, Sarah Reed, Mickel Gordon, Christian Leon, Samantha Ellis, Deborah Shaw, Janice Bengtson

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Grand duo concertant, op. 48. I. Allegro con fuoco ; II. Andante con moto ; III. Ronda, Allegro / Carl Maria von Weber -- [23:09]. Impromptu: duo for clarinet and marimba / William A.R. May -- [25:54]. Sonata in E-flat major, op. 120, no. 2. I. Allegro amabile ; II. Allegro appassionato ; III. Andante con moto, Allegro / Johannes Brahms -- [48:57]. Adoration / Florence Price ; arranged by Larkin Sanders -- [58:29]. Blue skies / Irving Berlin ; arranged by R. Percival.

Concert Recording 2022-11-14, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Callie Maurer, Olivia Harrison, Sharnetta Campbell, Alexander Garcia, Madeline Kendall, Dani Biggs, Cadence Davis, Juan Ramos, Abigail Tanner, Sarah Reed, Christian Leon, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Clarinet Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Solo de concours / André Messager -- [05:51]. Concertino for clarinet and piano / Carl Maria von Weber -- [14:46]. Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major. III. Alla polacca / Carl Maria von Weber -- [22:19]. Sonatina for clarinet and piano. III. Furioso / Malcolm Arnold -- [24:54]. Promenade (Walking the dog) for clarinet & piano / George Gershwin / arranged by Shieley Denwood -- [27:42]. Fantasistykke for clarinet and piano / Carl Nielsen -- [31:53]. Sonata for clarinet and piano. I. Mässig bewegt / Paul Hindemith -- [36:53]. Premiere rhapsody for clarinet and piano / Claude Debussy -- …

Systematic Approach To Recruiting And Retention Of Instrumental Students In Division One University Marching Band, Michael G. Yopp

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examines recruitment and retention in Division One (D1) university marching bands, while understanding high school and university directors’ perspectives and impact on student choice. This project surveyed university band directors, seeking commonalities for recruiting and retention of instrumental students. Based on the results, universities will have better strategies on what, how, and why recruitment and retention issues should be addressed. Student enrollment is important to the well-being, development, and continuity of marching band programs. They may result in better recruitment and retention for other university ensembles, applied studios, the music department, and the university enrollment overall. This study …

The Student Voice: Perception Of Students’ Representation Of Themselves In The Secondary Band Curriculum, Lori Schwartz Reichl

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

As the United States becomes more socially and culturally diverse, there is a greater need for diversity and inclusivity in music education. This goal can be challenging as the classical traditions of westernized music often dominate music classrooms and performing ensembles. The secondary band curriculum is no exception. Despite numerous sources stating that students must perceive a representation of themselves in an educational curriculum, secondary band students have yet to be surveyed about their perceptions of the music curriculum in which they are engaging daily. Educators must understand if students see themselves reflected in the curriculum. This reflection can be …

Benedicto Sáenz 'Libera Me': Occidentalisms In Latin America Nineteenth-Century Sacred Music, Andrés R. Amado

School of Music Faculty Publications

This article uses concepts of Occidentalism and the musical analysis of a funerary responsory by nineteenth-century Guatemalan composer Benedicto Sáenz (1807-1857) to examine possible reasons why music from nineteenth-century Latin America remains relatively neglected in the region and beyond, unlike the better explored repertoires from colonial times and from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Based on Latin American postcolonial notions of Occidentalism as the construction of the Western Hemisphere by Western Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and analysis of Sáenzs responsory Libera Me within the context of changing political, social, and musical trends in nineteenth-century Guatemala, I argue …

The 'Marimba-Vibe' Double Keyboard: An Explorative Investigation Of A Nascent Solo Percussion Idiom, Paul Tanner

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The development of the concert marimba and invention of the vibraphone in the twentieth century was accompanied by a concomitant growth in repertoire for each instrument. Both belong to the core instrumentation of many new music groups, and percussionists are at times required to perform the instruments simultaneously, combining their distinct timbral personalities. However, the number of solos for the ‘marimba-vibe’ (the term I use to describe a marimba and vibraphone arranged in close proximity to each other in order to be performed by one player) without additional percussion instruments, is minimal. This gap in keyboard percussion repertoire and research …

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 …

An Exploration Of Octatonicism: From Liszt To Takemitsu, Yagan M. Kiely

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The octatonic pitch set can be found in the works of many composers since the early nineteenth century, often with different characteristics of the pitch set being exploited by the composers. Much of the literature on octatonicism relates to specific instances in compositions or a specific composer’s approach to it rather than exploring octatonicism from a more holistic perspective. This dissertation serves as a holistic resource for the characteristics of the octatonic pitch set; whether as a scale, especially with regards to common practice harmony; or an unordered set. It does this by considering the contextual historical implications of the …

Remembering Tom Heck And His Legacy, Robert Ferguson

Soundboard Scholar

An obituary of Thomas Heck (1943–2021), outlining his contributions to guitar scholarship, especially with reference to his seminal biography of Giuliani and his research into musical iconography. This article also describes his contribution to the classical guitar community in the United States, as the founding visionary of the Guitar Foundation of America.

Of Self And Circumstance: Music And Representation In The Works Of Rodrigo, Walter Aaron Clark

Soundboard Scholar

Though Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-99) is renowned for his guitar works, especially the Concierto de Aranjuez, less well known is the fact that his compositions embrace a wide variety of genres, styles, and media, from piano solos to art songs and from orchestral tone poems to film scores. This article proposes a novel way of organizing and comprehending the roughly 200 works in his catalogue. Rather than the standard method of organization by chronology or medium, it surveys his oeuvre through multiple lenses, including literary, folkloric, virtuosic, sacred, historical, theatrical and descriptive. Each of these categories represents the salient dimension …

The Guitar In Nineteenth-Century America: A Lost Social Tradition, Peter Danner

Soundboard Scholar

This article is one of a series of five by Peter Danner on the history of the guitar in the United States from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Written between 1977 and 1994, these articles first appeared in early issues of the GFA’s magazine Soundboard. They are reprinted here in tribute to Danner’s pioneering contribution to guitar research and to bring them to the attention of a new generation of scholars. The author has generously provided a newly written introduction to the series.

Return With Us Now: Featured Facsimiles, Peter Danner

Soundboard Scholar

No abstract provided.

Guitar Double Concertos: Works By Puerto, García Abril & López De Guereña (Trápaga Et Al.), Diogo Alvarez

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Guitar Double Concertos, by Miguel Trápaga and Teresa Folgueira, guitars; Ángel Luis Castaño, accordion; Fernando Arias, vibraphone; Oviedo Filarmonía; Óliver Díaz (Naxos 8.573816, 2019, 1 compact disc).

"For Andrés Segovia": Francisco De Lacerda’S Suite Goivos (1924), Pedro Rodrigues

Soundboard Scholar

Suite goivos by Francisco Lacerda (1869–1934) stands out not only as one of the first examples of symbolist literature for guitar but also as the first work written for guitar by a Portuguese non-guitarist composer. So far, however, it has remained in relative obscurity. In this article, I first explore the suite’s context and history: its origin in meetings and correspondence between Lacerda and the work’s dedicatee, Andrés Segovia; its place among new works commissioned by Segovia from non-guitarist composers; and available manuscript sources for the work. I then argue for the work’s importance as music, highlighting its innovative features, …

The Flight Of The Maiden: Representations Of Women And The Guitar In Brazilian Culture, Cláudia Araújo Garcia

Soundboard Scholar

This article examines the relationship between women and the guitar in the context of both Brazilian literary discourse and the instrument’s culture and history. To this end, I have sought out texts that illustrate intersections between women and the guitar from the perspective of both female and male authorship. We see that the guitar provides a vehicle for the woman’s voice in all its restlessness, violation, and libertarian desire; but equally, it enables the perpetuation of stereotypes linked to the mirroring of the guitar and the female body. In the absence of literary and historic records of the guitar in …

An Online, Open-Access Journal, Jonathan Leathwood

Soundboard Scholar

The editor explains the journal’s migration to an online, open-access platform and provides an introduction to the contents of this issue.

Reginald Smith Brindle’S Concept Of Tonal-Atonal Equilibrium In Theory And Practice, Oliver Chandler

Soundboard Scholar

In an attempt to explain how post-tonal harmonic progressions might “make sense,” Reginald Smith Brindle formulated theories of tension flow and tonal-atonal equilibrium in his 1966 textbook, Serial Composition. The former theory compares the number of consonant and/or dissonant intervals between chords, albeit without providing a consistent means of distinguishing between similar sonorities; the latter observes that various musical passages strike a balance between functional and non-functional harmony, albeit without explaining the nature of said balance. While his ideas are evocative, they lack theoretical finesse. Placing them in dialogue with recent developments in post-tonal scholarship helps to unlock their …

How I Got Into This: Toward A Social History Of The Guitar In America, Peter Danner

Soundboard Scholar

An introduction to a series of five articles by Peter Danner on the history of the guitar in the United States from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Written between 1977 and 1994, these articles first appeared in early issues of the GFA’s magazine Soundboard. They are reprinted here in tribute to Danner’s pioneering contribution to guitar research and to bring them to the attention of a new generation of scholars. The author has generously provided this newly written introduction to the series.

Notes On Some Early-American Guitar Concerts, Peter Danner

Soundboard Scholar

No abstract provided.

Ars Longa (Kenny), Jocelyn Nelson

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Ars Longa: Old and New Music for Theorbo, by Elizabeth Kenny, theorbo (Linn CKD 603, 2019, 1 compact disc).

The Catalan Guitar, Part 1: Four New E-Books By Brian Jeffery And Josep María Mangado, Richard M. Long

Soundboard Scholar

A review of four new biographical studies of Fernando Sor:

• Brian Jeffery, Fernando Sor: Composer and Guitarist, 3rd edition (N.p.: Tecla, 2020), PDF or ePub
• Josep María Mangado Artigas, Fernando Sor (1778–1839), vol. 1, Aportaciones biográficas (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona: Self-published, Tecla, 2020), PDF
• Josep María Mangado Artigas, Fernando Sor (1778–1839), vol. 2, Documentos inéditos: Reflexiones e hypótesis (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona: Self-published, Tecla, 2018), PDF
• Josep María Mangado Artigas, Fernando Sor (1778–1839), vol. 3, La actividad guitarrística en París (1825–1839) (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona: Self-published, Tecla, 2010), PDF

"The Lutenist!": Anxieties, Ambiguities, And Deviations In Julian Bream’S Discography, Sidney Molina

Soundboard Scholar

The recent passing of English guitarist Julian Bream (1933–2020) has prompted a reevaluation of his artistic legacy by critics around the world. In this article, I propose a way of reading Bream’s discography in relation to that of his predecessor, Andrés Segovia, utilizing Harold Bloom’s theory of influence, a methodology that I first proposed in application to music in 2006. After dividing Bream’s fifty albums into phases inspired by Bloomian categories, I examine the works that Bream chose to record more than once, with a focus on those to which he returned three or more times.