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Early History And Performance Of The Saxophone, Margo Alibeckoff
Early History And Performance Of The Saxophone, Margo Alibeckoff
Honors Projects
This project explores the early history of the saxophone, including its invention and integration, as well as the inventor, Adolphe Sax, and how this information can inform and enhance performances of relevant pieces from this time period.
Exploring The Relationship Between Music And Art Through Paint And Performance, Anna Eyink
Exploring The Relationship Between Music And Art Through Paint And Performance, Anna Eyink
Honors Projects
This project sought to find methods for translating musical compositions into visual compositions. After thorough analysis of each piece's structure, colors, rhythms, tonality, accompaniment, purpose, and extramusical influences, the goal was to conceptualize appropriate color schemes, shapes, mark making, paint application, and arrangements to create a visual representation of the music. As a result, each painting has elements that make sense from a musician's perspective as well as that of an artist.
It Can't Be! Faked Functionality And Ambiguity In Brahms's F Minor, Kyle Kostenko
It Can't Be! Faked Functionality And Ambiguity In Brahms's F Minor, Kyle Kostenko
Honors Projects
A performance of any piece of music is not complete if the performer has not looked at the piece from historical and analytical perspectives. Having decided to perform the first movement of Johannes Brahms’s Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No.1 on my senior recital, I wanted to analyze the piece so that I had an understanding of how it was composed, hoping that this knowledge would influence my performance. Knowing that Brahms is considered a formalist composer writing in the Romantic era, I hoped to discern how Brahms was able to create a piece that was both Romantic and …
Honors Recital Presentation, David Rutter
Honors Recital Presentation, David Rutter
Honors Projects
The purpose of this project was rooted in the belief that the reception of a piece of music can be altered or enhanced when the audience is given a compelling historical or cultural background of each composition. With sometimes hundreds of years between the audience members and the composers, to deliver an emotionally stirring and relevant performance to a modern audience is an incredible feat. In the spirit of making my senior violin recital more accessible and entertaining to my own audience, I devoted my Honors project to gathering information on the philosophies, personalities, successes and tragedies of each of …