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The Jazz Archive: Theorizing A Relationship Between Jazz Improvisation And Standard Repertoire., Toby Wren

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

The jazz standard remains an enduring part of the tradition of jazz performance and pedagogy. Contemporary jazz scholarship has tended to focus on improvisation as a practice and jazz-as-lived-experience and, while the jazz standard repertoire has occasionally been the subject of study the relationship between the standard repertoire and the ‘language’ or style of jazz has not been theorised. In this article I argue that the distinctive style of jazz improvisation is at least in part, determined by the characteristics of its shared repertoire and the statements that have accrued around that repertoire. I borrow Foucault’s conception of the archive …

“I’M Sorry”: An Original Song For Voice And Chordal Accompaniment, Lauren T. Steadman, Nolan Stolz

University of South Carolina Upstate Student Research Journal

Below is an original song written for mezzo-soprano voice and accompaniment. The purpose of this article is to provide information on the songwriting process that I used by discussing the melody, harmony, and lyrics and showing how they were developed and completed.

This article discusses and defines musical terms for musicians and non-musicians alike to show why certain decisions were made. I begin by discussing the lyrics of the song and their meaning. I will reference methods included in J. Perricone’s book Great Songwriting Techniques to discuss how the chords and melodies relate to the lyrics.

The song is notated …

Fleshcrawl, Shanita Jackson

Theses and Dissertations--English

I am fascinated with the spiritual, physical, and psychological experiences that occur when one’s flesh crawls. The experiences, akin to inverted goosebumps, result from provocations of the senses or of the mind. James Blake’s latest album, for example, triggers my flesh to crawl. The art on the album cover depicts a decaying body turned into a canyon-like labyrinth. In undergrad, attempts to conceptualize slave-deck diagrams disturbed my flesh to crawl. I am intrigued by how anxiety, epigenetics, and superstition all factor into the subjective intensities of this collective experience. As it seems, circumstance heightens the severity and frequency of the …

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 2022-04-24a, Nathan Alexander, Mickel Gordon, Sallie Hendrix, Max Morrow, Dylan Engholm

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Mirage / Dorothy Chang -- [05:37]. Jackdaw for baritone saxophone and electronics / Wayne Siegel -- [16:01]. [Jackdaw sax performance] -- [26:41]. Sonata for alto Saxophone and piano, op. 29 / Robert Muczynski -- [34:30]. Another day of sun / Justin Hurwitz ; arranged by Nathan Alexander.

Concert Recording 2022-01-27, Mickel Gordon

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI/29. 1. Moderato ; Adagio ; Tempo die menuetto / Franz Joseph Haydn -- [15:03]. Variation Sérieuses / Felix Mendelssohn -- [28:17]. Nocturne, no. 4, op. 38. Adagio / Lowell Liebermann -- Consolation no. 4 from Six consolations, S. 172. IV. Quasi adagio / Franz Liszt.

Concert Recording 2022-02-26, Connie Frigo, Eric Troiano, Jake Hertzog, Benjamin Lorenzo, Dylan Matheny, Quintin Roper, Rose Saxophone Quartet, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Saxophone Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[03:46]. Billie / Jacob ter Veldhuis -- [15:39]. Pasta concerto. Spaghetti ; Farfalle -- [25:08]. Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 / Hector Villa-Lobos -- [31:33]. Brawl / Annie Gosfield -- [40:37]. Lo yisa goy / Stacy Garrop -- [48:46]. Drifting / Corey Dundee -- [56:41]. Staying the night.

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 2022-05-01, Abigail Short, Sophie Lopez, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Prelude et Scherzo / Henri Büsser -- [05:56]. Fantasie pour flûte et piano / Georges Hüe --[13:55]. La Flûte de Pan. I. Pan et les Bergers (Pan and the Shepards) ; II. Pan et les Oiseaux (Pan and the Birds) ; III. Pan et les Nymphes (Pan and the Nymphs) / Jules Mouquet -- [30:08]. Image / Eugène Bozza -- [34:54]. Sonate pour flûte et piano. I. Allegretto malincolico ; II. Cantilena ; III. Presto Giocoso / Francis Poulenc.

Concert Recording 2022-02-01, Miranda Pham, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Winter spirits / Katherine Hoover -- [Track 2]. Fantasie on themes from Der Freischütz / Paul Taffanel -- [18:25]. Hypnosis / Ian Clarke -- [23:15]. Sonata for flute / Francis Poulenc -- [36:10]. Partita in A minor. Allemande / J.S. Bach.

Concert Recording 2022-04-18, Tlaloc Perales, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Divertimento for solo trumpet, Op. 21. I. Allegro ; II. Larghetto ; III. Allegro con brio / Oistein Sommerfeldt -- [08:12]. Sonata for trumpet and piano. I. Lento ; II. Allegretto ; III. Allegro con fuoco / Eric Ewazen -- [30:12]. Trumpet concerto / Alexander Arutuniah -- [45:15]. Centennial horizon / Kevin McKee.

Concert Recording 2022-04-03, Bailey Ross, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Sallie Hendrix

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. D'un matin de printemps / Lili Boulanger -- [05:34]. Sonata in C# Minor for Alto Saxophone and Piano. I. Tres modéré expressif ; II. Nocturne et final / Fernande Decruck -- [15:51]. Hush / Gilda Lyon -- [21:10]. BIG talk / Shelley Washington -- [35:03]. Two preludes. I. Adagio e exxpressive ; II. Prestissimo / Dorothy Chang.

Concert Recording 2022-03-05, Quintin Roper, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Press release / David Lang -- [09:40]. Star bits / Corey Dundee -- [16:31]. Distances within me / John Anthony Lennon -- [28:22]. Variations pathétiques. Prestissimo con Fouco / Ida Botkovsky -- [33:44]. Rush. Morning ; Evening / Kenneth Fuchs.

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 2022-04-09, Kaleigh Alwood, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Kailey Miller Erwin

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Arabesque for clarinet and piano / Germaine Tailleferre -- [02:47]. Fastasie on "The game" prologue for clarinet and piano / Kailey Miller -- [07:39]. Ballade for bass clarinet and piano / Eugene Bozze -- [13:00]. Fantasy pieces for clarinet and piano, op. 73. I-III / Robert Schumann.

Concert Recording 2022-04-26, Dayton Strick, Chloe Harder, Isabella Adams, Merritt Denton, Hyun Kim, Jesse Collett

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. The four seasons. La primavera, op. 8, no. 1.; L'Estate, Op. 8, No. 2 ; L'Autunno, Op. 8, No. 3 ; L'Inverno, Op. 8, No. 4 / Antonio Vivaldi -- [48:04]. Serenade for string orchestra, op. 48. I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina ; III. Elegie ; IV. Finale / Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.

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 2022-04-30b, De'von L. Smith, Hyun Kim, Lorilee Erdman, Sonya Faulknor, Jeffrey A. Murdock, Markell Cox

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Ich habe genung, Cantata BWV 82. I. Ich habe genug / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [07:55]. Sento nel core. O del mio amato ben / Stefano Donaudy -- [13:04]. From Sept Mélodies, Op. 2. I. Le charme ; II. Sérénade italienne ; III. Le colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [20:20]. Plenty Good Room / Jacqueline B. Hairston -- [22:36]. Nightsongs. I. Prayer ; II. Drums of Tragedy; III. The Heart of a Woman; IV. Night Song ; V. Sence You Went Away ; VI. Creole Girl ; / H. Leslie Adams -- [39:28]. A Song for You / Donny …

Concert Recording 2022-04-06, Olivia Harrison, Isabelle Young, Abigail Tanner, Sharnetta Campbell, Dani Biggs, Juan Ramos, Kaleigh Alwood, Alexander Garcia, Eliana Fabbi, Erin Morgan, Sarah Reed, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Hyun Kim, Kristine Mezines, Nophachai Cholthitchanta

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Three pieces / Igor Stravinsky -- [05:23]. Sonata for clarinet and piano. II. Lebhaft / Paul Hindemith -- [09:19]. Fantasiestücke, op. 73. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck ; II. Lebhaft, leicht / Robert Schumann -- [16:24]. Duo for clarinet and piano. I. Allegro / Norbert Burgmüller -- [21:16]. Sonata for clarinet and piano. II. Allegro animato / Camille Saint-Saëns -- [24:26] Set for clarinet. III. Vite / Katherine Hoover -- [26:40]. Ballade, bass clarinet & piano / Eugène Bozza -- [31:52]. Introduction, theme and variations / Carl Maria von Weber -- [37:01]. Five Bagatelles. IV. Forlana / Gerald Finzi …

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.

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 2022-11-11, Theresa Delaplain, Michael Lindsey, Hyun Kim, Wesley Becherer, Anna Bisbee, Robert Mueller, Chloe Tucker, Lime Whitlow, Madeleine Amox, Hannah Myers, Carla Summers

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]: Sonata in C minor, HWV 366. I. Adagio ; II. Bourrée / Georg Frideric Handel -- [02:58]. Sonata in G Major. I. Andante / Giovanni Sammartini -- [05:43]. Sonata in E minor Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) -- [08:18]. Sonata in A minor. I. Siciliana ; II. Sprirtuoso / Georg Phillipp Telemann -- [10:46]: Trois pieces, Op. 31. II. Mélodie / Arthur Foote -- [14:17]: Souvenir de Madrid / Pedro Soler -- [22:27]: Concerto for oboe and strings. I. Pastorale / Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Concert Recording 2022-11-08, Moon-Sook Park, Emma Scott, Lisa Auten, Garrett Cash, Ariel Simson, Debbie Oliver, Andrew Neff, Ethan Sevigny, Campbell Leiterman, Edwin Soto, Narcedalia Isabel Fuentes, Sungkun Jung, Nathan Edwards, Drew Daniel, Kevin Wills, Kalista Brown, Talina Wood, Juan Garcia, Carla Summers, Dalton Jones

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Beau soir / Claude Debussy -- The lass from the Low Countree / John Jacob Niles – [04:57]. Into the night / Clara Edwards -- [07:34]. An Silvia / Franz Schubert -- [10:45]. Se tu m’ami, se sospiri / Alessandro Parisotti -- [13:33]. Erlafsee / Franz Schubert -- [17:12]. Vittoria, mio core / Giacomo Carissimi -- [20:07]. Aufenthalt / Franz Schubert -- [23:36]. Amarilli, mia bella / Giulio Caccini -- [26:14]. Avenue Q. There’s a Fine, Fine Line / Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx -- [28:58]. Go, lovely rose / Roger Quilter -- [31:39]. Vagabond / Ralph Vaughan Williams …

Concert Recording 2022-02-07, Keven Kraus, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Psychedelia / Bertrand Moren -- [07:58]. Elegy / Joe Buono -- [17:18]. Tetra ergon. Mvt. 1, For van ; Mvt. 2, In memory of the boss ; Mvt. 3, In memory of the chief ; Mvt. 4, In memory of Dottie / Donald White -- [32:14]. Vier emste Gesãnge (Four Serious Songs). Mvt. 1, Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh ; Mvt. 4, Wenn ich mit Menschen, und mit Engelszungen / Johannes Brahms -- [41:15]. Blackhawk / Michael Davis -- [49:17]. Fantaisie concertante / Jacques Casterede.

Concert Recording 2022-11-13, Adelynn Franklin, Traci Hall

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Per la più vaga e bella / Francesca Caccini -- [02:28]. Nachtwanderer / Fanny Mendelssohn -- [04:20]. Mein Stern / Clara Schumann -- [06:08]. Three Browning songs. I. The years at the spring ; II. Ah, love but a day / Amy Beach -- [10:36]. La Belle au Bois / Jane Vieu -- [14:00]. Bei dir ist es traut / Alma Mahler -- [15:44]. Bewilderment / Florence B. Price -- [18:40]. In the springtime / Betty Jackson King -- [20:58]. At long last / Edie Brickell -- [23:51]. She used to be mine / Sara Bareilles.

Concert Recording 2022-01-30, Theresa Delaplain, Katey J. Halbert, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Ballade Normande / Yvonne Desportes -- [05:20]. umurangi-kikorangi (Red sky blue sky 2) / Jennifer Margaret -- [11:41]. Sherwood legend. I. The swashbuckling hero ; II. The pensive romantic ; The pensive romantic 2 ; III. The unabashed scoundrel / Elizabeth Raum.

Concert Recording 2022-03-15, Richard Rulli, Tlaloc Perales, Katey J. Halbert, Cory Mixdorf, Benjamin Pierce, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Arkansas Brassworks

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Three Venetian cazoni. Canzon 22 / Batian Chilese -- Ricercar del sesto tuono / Andrea Gabrielli -- Canzon / Giosefo Guami -- [08:05]. Legends of Olympus. Helios ; Aphrodite ; Hermies ; Apolloa ; Dionysus / Stacy Garrop -- [35:56]. West side story. Prologue ; Something's coming ; Maria ; Tonight ; America ; One hand, one heart ; I feel pretty ; Somewhere / Leonard Bernstein.

Concert Recording 2022-10-25, Katey J. Halbert, Lenora Green-Turner, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Hyperion in the Red Forest / Karen Walwyn -- [09:37]. Enchanted Forest for horn and piano. 1. In the woods ; 2. Whispers in the wind ; 3. Enchanted Forest / Karen Tanaka -- [23:06]. To the seasons. 2. To autumn ; 4. To spring / Gina Gillie -- [33:39]. Songs of the season. Young love in spring ; Summer storm / Margaret Bonds -- [41:06]. Frost cycle. 1. October ; 2. To the thawing wind / Lydia Busler-Blais.

Concert Recording 2022-11-17, Katey J. Halbert, Jeffrey Summers, David Slutsky, Chris Dorner, Hudson Martin, Andrew Mccord, Lauren Zygmont, Miroslava Panayotova, Rachael Breitenstein, Macy Jones, Tri-State Trio, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Horn Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Viking horn trio, No. 8, “The Sacred Oak Tree” / Robert Martin -- [04:16]. Dorn horn trio. 1. Maestoso ; 3. Moving right along / Fred W. Teuber -- [06:42]. Concerto in C minor, op. 8. Allegro molto / Franz Strauss -- [12:46]. Selected duets for horn. Moderato ; Cantabile / Voxman -- [17:32]. Romance, op. 67 / Camille Saint-Saëns -- [25:35]. Four duets for horn. 1. Introduction ; 2. Watlz ; 4. Intermezzo / Kerry Turner -- [32:27]. Three for five. 1-3 / James Naigus -- [37:27]. Benedixti / Giovanni Gabrielli -- [39:16.]. Let me fly / arranged …

Guide To The Charles 'Chuck' Suber Collection, Charles Suber

CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids

The Charles 'Chuck' Suber collection reflects his activities as the First Chorus columnist for Down Beat magazine, his work toward restoring funding to Chicago Public Schools for music and arts programs, and his interview by Richard Wang recalling memories and musicians from his life.