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Demographics And Motivation Of Adult Group Piano Students, Brenda Wristen
Demographics And Motivation Of Adult Group Piano Students, Brenda Wristen
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
Adults are continuing to pursue a greater quantity and variety of educational opportunities. As evidenced by this study, adults typically have compelling goals from the outset of piano study and maintain clear expectations regarding in¬struction. They found the group environment helpful, underscoring findings from aforementioned studies regarding the success of choir, band, and other group musical activities for adults. More research concerning the social motivation of group music participation is warranted. Further investigation into what factors motivate adults to seek out and continue to pursue music study would help teachers better address the needs and concerns of adult learners. Likewise, …
Cognition And Motor Execution In Piano Sight-Reading: A Review Of Literature, Brenda Wristen
Cognition And Motor Execution In Piano Sight-Reading: A Review Of Literature, Brenda Wristen
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
Sight-reading is an integral part of the musical experience for all musicians. Pianists, in particular, often find themselves confronted with situations that necessitate adequate sightreading skills. The widespread need for sight-reading at the piano may be due to pianists’ widespread participation in collaborative music making. The size of the piano literature also contributes to this need, in that the repertoire is so voluminous that no one player can be familiar with all of the solo and collaborative pieces written for piano, nor do recordings of every piece in the literature exist. This is particularly the case with the pedagogical literature. …
Nordisk Sang: Heiemo Og Nykkjen: A Public-Domain File Of Norwegian Folk Music
Nordisk Sang: Heiemo Og Nykkjen: A Public-Domain File Of Norwegian Folk Music
Glenn Korff School of Music: Performances
This is a sample text file to accompany the mp3 file of the above music piece. It is essentially the “liner notes” for the above performance. It would give all the pertinent information: dates, performers, critical assessments, instrumentation, conductor, background history of the composition, stories of the composer’s life, great performance stories, superstitions, persons of note who attended, recording personnel, copyright information, etc., etc.
This is a searchable file; it serves in this case as both the abstract and the main document (text) file.
Readers should be instructed to download the mp3 file just below the main document.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo), Ludwig Von Beethoven
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo), Ludwig Von Beethoven
Glenn Korff School of Music: Performances
This is a sample text file to accompany the audio file of the above music piece. It is essentially the “liner notes” for the above performance. It would give all the pertinent information: dates, performers, critical assessments, instrumentation, conductor, background history of the composition, stories of the composer’s life, great performance stories, superstitions, persons of note who attended, recording personnel, copyright information, etc., etc.
This is a searchable file; it serves in this case as both the abstract and the main document (text) file.
Readers should be instructed to download the supplemental ".wma" file just below the main document.
Christian Creativity In A Post-Christian Ethos, Quentin Faulkner
Christian Creativity In A Post-Christian Ethos, Quentin Faulkner
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications
The ideas I want to explore in this essay begin with the experience of some works of art that have recently been created for St. Mark’s-on-the-Campus Episcopal Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, the church of which I’m a member. All of the art you will experience has been created by active and faithful members of this church. Let me hasten to say that although I’ve been involved in various ways in fostering this art, I’m in no way responsible for it. That responsibility lies primarily with an insightful priest, Father Donald Hanway, who has vigorously championed the cause of the arts …
Muscular Forces And Joint Angles In Small-Handed Pianists: A Pilot Study On The 7/8 Size Keyboard Versus The Full Size Keyboard, Brenda Wristen, Alexis Kathleen Wismer, Myung-Chul Jung, M. Susan Hallbeck
Muscular Forces And Joint Angles In Small-Handed Pianists: A Pilot Study On The 7/8 Size Keyboard Versus The Full Size Keyboard, Brenda Wristen, Alexis Kathleen Wismer, Myung-Chul Jung, M. Susan Hallbeck
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Conference Presentations
This pilot study examined whether the use of a 7/8 keyboard contributed to the physical ease of small-handed pianists in comparison with the conventional piano keyboard. A secondary research question focused on the transition from one keyboard to the other. For the purposes of this study, we adopted David Steinbuhler’s postulated hand span of 8 inches or less as defining a “small-handed” pianist. The goal was to measure muscle loading and hand span during performance of the excerpt. Data collection included each participant being monitored using electromyography via surface electrodes, which were attached to the upper back/shoulder, parts of the …
Using Three Dimensional Motion Capture Technology To Describe And Assess Piano Technique: A Case Study, Brenda Wristen, Nikolaos Stergiou, Sharon Evans
Using Three Dimensional Motion Capture Technology To Describe And Assess Piano Technique: A Case Study, Brenda Wristen, Nikolaos Stergiou, Sharon Evans
Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Conference Presentations
The purpose of the study was to examine any differences that exist in the quality of motions employed by pianists when they are sight-reading versus performing repertoire. A secondary question of interest was whether or not an improvement in the efficiency of motion could be observed between two sight-reading trials of the same musical excerpt. While data analysis for the full study is ongoing, the following results from a case study are illustrative.
Bassoon Concerto, Randall Snyder
Bassoon Concerto, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For flute, oboe, alto sax., horn in F, harp, celesta, piano, percussion, solo bassoon, violin (2), viola, cello, and double bass.
Original 1971, revised 2005.
51 pages
Sonata In One Movement, Randall Snyder
Sonata In One Movement, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Solo Cello.
1981 rev. 2005
8 pages
Duo Sonata, Randall Snyder
Duo Sonata, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Tuba and Timpani.
I Bastinado II Line in the Sand III Rondezvous
Original 1984/Revised 2005
14 pages
Four Shakespeare Songs, Randall Snyder
Four Shakespeare Songs, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Soprano, Cello, and Harpsichord.
texts: William Shakespeare
I Under The Greenwood Tree
(As You Like It)
II Fool's Advice
(King Lear)
III Ophelia's Lament
(Hamlet)
IV Sigh No More
(Much Ado About Nothing)
Place Of Execution, Randall Snyder
Place Of Execution, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Flute (2), Oboe (2), Clarinet in Bb (2), Bassoon (2) Horn in F (2), Trumpet in Bb (2), Trombone, Percussion, Harp, Timpani, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass.
poem: Weldon Kees
23 pages
Purcell Changes, Randall Snyder
Purcell Changes, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Trumpet in Bb, Horn in F, Trombone, and Tuba.
based on Henry Purcell's Fantasia 13 (on one note)
10 pages
Samsara, Randall Snyder
Samsara, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Sop. Sax/Flute, Alto Sax., Tenor Sax. (2), Baritone Sax., Trumpet in Bb (4), Trombone (4), Synthesizer, Bass, Percussion, Drum Set.
I alap
II gat
III tal
IV maya
Original 1983/Revised 2005
46 pages
Spring Sonatina, Randall Snyder
Spring Sonatina, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Bassoon and Piano.
28 pages
Sonata, Randall Snyder
Sonata, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Solo Violin.
Original 1978/Revised 2005
5 pages
Esprit De Cors, Randall Snyder
Esprit De Cors, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For two like saxophones.
10 pages
Improvisations, Randall Snyder
Improvisations, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Alto Saxophone, Percussion (3), and Piano.
Original 1972/Revised 2005.
21 pages
Valzer Di Novembre, Randall Snyder
Valzer Di Novembre, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Clarinet in Bb and Double Bass.
6 pages
Ritual Cadences, Randall Snyder
Seven Shakespeare Settings, Randall Snyder
Seven Shakespeare Settings, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, and Piano (rehearsal only).
When in disgrace
Devouring Time
...thine hast thy "Will"
...remembrance of things past
How oft, when thou, my music play'st
Weary with toil
Some glory in their birth
Text by William Shakespeare.
32 pages
Chamber Symphony, Randall Snyder
Chamber Symphony, Randall Snyder
Randall Snyder Compositions
For most composers of my generation, contemplating the writing of a Chamber Symphony must inevitably respond to the presence of Schoenberg’s monumental Chamber Symphony op.9., written in 1906. Like this seminal work of early 20th century counterpoint, my work was designed for solo winds and strings (10 instead of Schoenberg's 15), but, unlike the Schoenberg which is one multi-sectional movement, this Chamber Symphony is divided into four separate movements. The music for the outer movement share similar gestures: ostinato driven, almost march-like passages, alternating with contrasting more lyrical sections, employing full ensemble writing (perhaps in their rhythm and timbre suggestive …