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A Conductor’S Analysis Of Veljo Tormis’ Looduspildid, John David Frizzell

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Estonian composer Veljo Tormis (1930-2017) is one of the most prolific in his country’s history. A significant portion of his writing has been for choirs. Tormis composed most of his works under Soviet rule. During this communist reign of Estonia, Tormis turned to using traditional music. The source material for a large portion of Tormis’ choral output is regilaul, a type of ancient Estonian folk song. In 1991, Estonia gained their independence, thereby allowing Tormis’ compositions to be more easily seen, heard, and performed around the world.

This dissertation presents a conductor’s analysis of a set of choral cycles …

The Search For Consistent Intonation: An Exploration And Guide For Violoncellists, Daniel Hoppe

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This paper provides a system that helps diagnose and address the specific challenge to cellists of intonation in any passage. Learning to play consistently in tune is essential for every cellist. In the over three hundred years of cello history, teachers have tried approaching the topic from a variety of perspectives. While each technique is useful in its own right, there is scant attention to how they work together. Viewing intonation through its component sub-skills is the first step toward integrating existing exercises and paving the way for further advances in pedagogy. The following paper categorizes training techniques according to …

A History, Analysis, And Performance Guide To Samuel Barber’S Canzonetta For Oboe And String Orchestra, Angela C. Sallas

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This dissertation examines Samuel Barber’s Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra, which was intended to be the central movement of an oboe concerto commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. The Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra is representative of Barber’s tendency towards vocal lyricism and neo-romantic tonality, serving as a representation of his compositional style. This document will explore the technical and expressive demands found in Barber’s writing for the oboe and will offer solutions for any problematic elements—including those specific to the oboe itself. It will also suggest practice techniques for the execution of these difficulties. This dissertation …

Singing Portuguese Nasal Vowels: Practical Strategies For Managing Nasality In Brazilian Art Songs, André Campelo

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The articulation of Portuguese nasalized vowels poses some articulatory problems accompanied by negative acoustic effects for the performance of Brazilian art songs. The main objective was to find strategies that permit the singer to conciliate an idiomatic pronunciation of these vowels with a well-balanced resonance, a desirable quality in classical singing. In order to devise these strategies, the author examined sources dealing with nasalized vowels from varied perspectives: acoustic properties of vowel nasalization, phonetic and phonological aspects ofBrazilian Portuguese (BP), historical views on nasality in singing, and recent vocal pedagogy research. In addition to the overall loss of sonority, the …

The Cadenzas Of The First Modern Guitar Concertos, Carlos Ricardo Saeb Valenzuela

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This research project explores the resources employed in the cadenzas of the first four distinguished guitar concertos of the twentieth-century. The purpose of this research is to establish the influence and impact of these works in the development of a new idiomatic guitar language. Although the first known twentieth-century guitar concerto is Rafael Adame’s Concierto Clásico (1930), it has been largely ignored and has had no significant influence on subsequent generations. Therefore, the focus of this study is on the following concertos: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto in Re for Guitar and Orchestra Op. 99 (1939), Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (1939), …

When Unexpected Beauty Burns Like Sunlight On The Sea: Songs Of Wintter Watts, Composer And Sara Teasdale, Poet, Casey A. Huggins

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This document is an overview of Wintter Watts’ song settings of Sara Teasdale poems. Watts set 15 Teasdale poems as a part of his repertoire of approximately 200 art songs, both published and unpublished. Included are a thorough investigation of the culture of the period of American history of which Watts and Teasdale emerged as artists, biographies of each artist, with particular emphasis placed on Watts’ life and work, and theoretical and poetic analyses of each piece. Additionally, teachers of singing will find the appendix useful to explore options for student repertoire.

The Wind Music Of Steve Danyew: A Discussion And Analysis Of Three Significant Wind Compositions, Michael C. Black

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Despite being active as a composer for a little less than a decade, Steve Danyew has established himself as a successful composer of wind music. Danyew has produced a surprisingly large amount of significant works for various music ensembles in a relatively short span of time. Danyew’s compositions for winds are some of his most frequently performed for any medium.

Three of Danyew’s compositions for winds stand out as artistically significant, namely Lauda, Alcott Songs, and Magnolia Star. One of his first compositions for wind band, Lauda, is an award-winning work that has been performed by …

March Performance Practices Of Henry Fillmore With Style Guides And Historical Editions Of Selected Works, James Robert Daughters

Theses and Dissertations--Music

With a career spanning over four decades, Henry Fillmore earned wide recognition as an important and prolific composer of marches and trombone smears in the wind band medium. While he contributed significantly to chamber music, solo literature, vocal settings, and arrangements for band, his compositions for wind band have arguably provided his most universal acclaim. Fillmore’s published marches are unique in that scores rarely had performance markings and contained little more than notes and repeat signs. Fillmore conducted most of his marches and altered march strains, changed orchestration, and added stylistic markings that were not indicated in the original printed …

A Master's Recital In Voice, Haley L. Steele

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Haley Steele presented a graduate voice recital on March 30th, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Davis Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. The recital was presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Music degree in voice performance. The program included selections by Hugo Wolf, Joaquín Rodrigo, and early songs by Claude Debussy, in addition to a chamber piece for horn and soprano by Otto Nicolai and selections from a contemporary song cycle titled The Wild Iris by Forrest Pierce. This recital abstract surveys this repertoire with regard to relevant, …

Master's Recital In Jazz Pedagogy: A Demonstration Of Proficiency On Rhythm Section Instruments, Compositions, And Arrangements By Sam Stranz, Sam Stranz

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this recital is to demonstrate a practical competency in playing techniques on the rhythm section instruments piano, bass, and drum set in addition to presenting arrangements and compositions by the performer. The study of rhythm section instruments provides the solid understanding of jazz rhythm and harmony necessary for any jazz educator endeavoring to provide adequate instruction for his or her students. The study of jazz arranging and composition also aids in instructing students of jazz at any level of proficiency. Although not a complete representation of the studies required of a student studying jazz pedagogy, this recital …

A Master's Recital In Flute, Azeem Zakiyy Ward

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Azeem Zakiyy Ward performed a graduate flute recital at six o’clock in the evening of Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Davis Hall in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Collaborating with Mr. Ward on selected works were pianist Mariya Akhadjanova, trumpeter Ryan Garmoe, and guitarist Tanner O’Connor. The recital was presented in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music in flute performance. The program opened with the Sonata in A Minor for solo flute by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, followed by three movements of Astor Piazzolla’s Historie du Tango for flute and guitar. The first portion of the program concluded …

Giacomo Puccini, La Fanciulla Del West Nina Stemme (Minnie) Soprano, Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson) Tenor, Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance) Baritone, Norbert Ernst (Nick) Tenor, Boaz Daniel (Sonora) Baritone Orchestra And Chorus Of The Vienna State Opera, Franz Welser-Möst Cond Marco Arturo Marelli, Stage Director Sony Classical 88875064069, 2015 (1 Dvd: 138 Minutes) (Music Review), Linda B. Fairtile

University Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Review of the DVD performance, Giacomo Puccini, La fanciulla del West Nina Stemme (Minnie) soprano, Jonas Kaufmann (Dick Johnson) tenor, Tomasz Konieczny (Jack Rance) baritone, Norbert Ernst (Nick) tenor, Boaz Daniel (Sonora) baritone Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Franz Welser-Möst cond Marco Arturo Marelli, stage director in Nineteenth-Century Music Review, 2017, 1–3. doi:10.1017/S1479409817000416.

Concert Recording 2017-11-12, Kelby Taylor, Kolby Palmore, Chris Scherer, Jesse Warren, Megan Dobbs, Paxton Taylor

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Extremes / Jason Treauting -- [04:30]. Kaleïduoscope / Eric Sammut -- [15:31]. Ogre ballet / Casey Cangelosi -- [23:03]. Cloud forest / Blake Tyson -- [29:47]. Dialogue / Garwood Whaley -- [32:56]. Anthem / Ivan Trevino.

Concert Recording 2017-04-18, Fernando Valencia, Cali Alexander, Ammi Lopez, Rosabelle Zhou, Mitch Yeager, Danny Lopez, Andrew Thompson, Mauricellis Diaz, Asher Perkins, Florencia Zuloaga, Evan Norris, Gustavo Samudio, Jacob Arnold, Durgan Maxey, E. Scott Sewell

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00].Fresa y chocolate / Rebeca Mauleon -- [04:40] Philly mambo / Cal Tjader ; arranged by Fernando Valencia -- [08:27] Sabor / Joao Donato; arranged by Valencia -- [12:51]. Guachi guara / Cal Tjader ; arranged by Valencia -- [18:35]. Machito's blues / Oscar Hernandez -- [25:37]. Cuidate compay / Poncho Sanchez ; arranged by Valencia -- [31:48]. No te vayas todavia / Andres Cepeda ; arranged by Valencia -- [35:11]. Viaje / Doug Beavers -- [40:45]. Bemba colora / Jose Fumero ; arranged by Valencia.

Concert Recording 2017-08-28, Lia Uribe, Miroslava Panayotova, Fernando Valencia, Matt Brusca, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Timothy Thompson

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. La fleur de Cayenne / Paquito D'Rivera -- [04:10]. Responsorio in memoriam Rodoflo Halffter / Mario Lavista -- [16:47]. El puente / Miho Sasaki -- [23:00]. Sonata for bassoon and piano / Blas Emilio Atehortua -- [36:27]. Ritmos de vuelo / Adina Izarra -- [45:05]. Del barro a la ciudad ; Ojo de Tormenta / Jorge Mockert -- [57:32]. Responsorio.

Concert Recording 2017-03-15, Ratko Delorko

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. The three preludes / George Gershwin -- [16:11]. The complete songbook. The man I love ; Swanee ; Nobody but you ; I'll build a stairway ; Do it again ; Fascinating rhythm ; Oh, lady be good ; Somebody loves me ; Sweet and low down ; Clap yo' hands ; Do do do ; My one and only ; 'S wonderful ; Strike up the band ; Who cares ; That certain feelin! ; Liza ; I got rhythm / George Gershwin -- [32:48]. Porgy & Bess. Opening ; Summertime ; It ain't necessarily so / George …

Concert Recording 2017-05-04a, Amanda Davis, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. "Ma che vi fece, o stelle...sperai vicino il lido", K. 368 / W.A. Mozart -- [08:35]. Walzer-Gesänge, op. 6. I. "Liebe Schwalbe" II. Klagen ist der Mond gekommen ; III. Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu ; IV. Ich geh' des Nachts ; V. Blaues Sternlein ; VI. Briefchen schrieb ich / Alexander Zemlinsky.

On Unaccompanied Horn Music, Jason D. Klinect

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Unaccompanied music provides a host of challenges for solo musicians, and especially for wind players. The performer cannot rely on accompaniment for embouchure rest or for realization of the harmonic content, due to only being able to play one pitch at a time. An unaccompanied musician has to breathe life into the music by themselves, requiring an intimate knowledge of the music, even moreso than is already required. The pacing of the music, the dynamics, phrasing, and articulation need to be clearly conveyed to the audience by the performer alone. Likely due to the horn not having valves until the …

A Newly Discovered Letter Of 1827 By Fernando Sor, Erik Stenstadvold

Soundboard Scholar

This article discusses a hitherto unknown letter, written by Sor in Saint Petersburg in April 1827. It provides new insight into the publishing and personal relationship between Sor and his Paris publisher, Antoine Meissonnier, to whom the letter was addressed. We learn about three airs with variations Sor was busy composing at the time; he was particularly pleased with the variations Meissonnier later published as op. 30. The letter also mentions some unknown Sor works, including a book of drafts at Málaga, and it reveals that Meissonnier had published, without Sor’s knowledge, music that he had received from sources other …

AndréS Segovia’S Unfinished Guitar Method: Placing His “Scales” In Historical Context, Andreas Stevens

Soundboard Scholar

For over sixty years, guitarists of my generation have been familiar with the so-called Segovia Scales—the systematic scale fingerings advocated by the Andalusian maestro. They have been an influential—some might say a definitive—bestseller since their first USA publication in 1953. Countless guitar students have incorporated them into their daily practice routines. For the publisher, Columbia Music, they seem to be the goose that laid the golden egg. Are they everything that Segovia wanted them to be? Two books of recent date on guitar technique attest to their enduring value and relevance. Thomas Offermann wrote in 2015: “The fingerings of the …

NapoléOn Coste: Composer And Guitarist In The Musical Life Of 19th-Century Paris By Ari Van Vliet, Richard Long

Soundboard Scholar

Napoleon Coste: Composer and Guitarist in the Musical Life of 19th-Century Paris, by Van Vliet, Ari is reviewed.

New Voices In Old Bodies: A Study Of “Recycled” Musical Instruments With A Focus On The Hahn Collection In The Deutsches Museum, By Panagiotis Poulopoulos, Richard Long

Soundboard Scholar

New Voices in Old Bodies: A Study of "Recycled" Musical Instruments with a Focus on the Hahn Collection in the Deutsches Museum, album by Poulopoulos, Panagiotis is reviewed.

The Russian Guitar 1800-1850 (Timofeyev And Schneiderman), Stanley Yates

Soundboard Scholar

The Russian Guitar 1800-1850, album by Oleg Timofeyev and John Schneiderman is reviewed.

Graduate Recital In Saxophone, Cehuai Zhang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Cehuai Zhang performed his graduate recital on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in Davis Hall at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. This recital was given in partial fulfillment of the requirement for his Master of Music degree, with an emphasis in saxophone performance. The recital program consisted of Concertino da Camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments (transcribed for piano) by Jacques Ibert, Mai for alto saxophone solo by Ryo Noda, Fantaisie Sur un Theme Original for alto saxophone and piano by Jules Demersseman, and Buku for saxophone solo …

A Graduate's Recital In Piano, Huajun Zhang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

On March 22, 2017, Huajun Zhang presented a full graduate piano recital in completion of her Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. The recital was held at 8 p.m. in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. Pieces on the program included: Sonatas in F minor, K. 466 and F minor, K. 239 by Domenico Scarlatti; Sonata in A Major, K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Opus 14 by Felix Mendelssohn; and Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16 by Edvard Grieg. This abstract contains further discussion …

Graduate Voice Recital: Rachel Storlie, Soprano & Robin Guy, Piano, Rachel Storlie

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

At 6:00 p.m. on April 14, 2017, soprano Rachel Storlie and pianist Dr. Robin Guy presented a recital of song literature in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Voice Performance degree. Selections performed included songs from Grieg’s Haugtussa, Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder, selections from Pâque’s Sept mélodies pour Chant et Piano, and Rorem’s Ariel with faculty artist/clarinetist Dr. Amanda McCandless. This document serves as a guide for the recital program through: exploration of poetic meaning and text setting style, observation of musical texture and melody, and illumination of …

Graduate Recital In Violin, Hannah Rae Howland

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Hannah Howland performed a graduate recital on March 23, 2017 in Graham Chamber Hall. She was assisted by pianist Polina Khatsko. The program included Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 3, Op. 27, “Ballade,” by Eugène Ysayë, and Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 by Gabriel Fauré. These three pieces were selected for this performance because they are seminal works of the violin repertoire that represent three distinct styles and require a wide variety of technical and expressive elements for performance.

An Exploration Of Musical Theatre Vocal Technique And Style 1950 - Present, Emily Slomovits

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

My Honors Thesis Recital is the culmination of my study of how singing techniques and styles have changed in musical theatre since its Golden Age in the 1940's and 50's from a semi-classical, operatic style and technique, to a sound much more infused with jazz, pop, rock, and other contemporary music styles. This recital explores works by some of the greatest musical theatre composers and lyricists, starting with giants like Rodgers and Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein, and working up to present day with modern greats like Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Jason Robert Brown. I will demonstrate the evolution of …

Concert Recording 2017-03-30, Ronda Mains, Catalina Ortega, Ammi Lopez, Alaina Tuberville, Elizabeth Perry, Hannah Martin, Jeffrey Wright, Maggie Matheny, Kaitlyn Craven, Allison Risner, Dominique Phillips, Ruby Espinoza, Jordan Barnes, Donna Vickers

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Canon / Johan Pachelbel -- [04:48]. Danse de la chèvre / Arthur Honegger -- [08:54]. Sixth grand trio, Op. 86, No. 3. II. Adagio ; III. Rondo / Frederic Kuhlau -- [17:04]. Londonderry Air / Percy Grainger arranged by Robert Webb -- [20:09] Eine kleine Nachtmusik. I. Serenade ; II. Romanze ; III. Menuetto ; IV. Rondo / W.A. Mozart -- [Track 10]. 34:39:0 Oblivion / Astor Piazzola arranged by M. Orris -- [Track 11]. 39:04:0 ""William Tell"" overture. Finale / Gioachino Rossini arranged by R. Thurston.

The Development Of Contemporary Music By Korean Composers: Analyses Of Piano Works By Isang Yun, Young Jo Lee And U Zong Choe, Song E. Kim

Theses and Dissertations

This study concerns the development of contemporary music by three generations of Korean composers, including Isang Yun, Young Jo Lee, and U Zong Choe, focusing on stylistic analyses of selected piano works by each composer: Fünf Stücke für Klavier by Isang Yun, Korean Dance Suite by Young Jo Lee, and 12 Preludes pour piano by U Zong Choe. The study provides an overview of the history of Western contemporary music in Korea and biographical information of each composer. It also describes and analyzes the style influences and characteristics of these composers‟ output. The analyses include examinations of Western techniques and …