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In Search Of Ubuntu: An Examination Of Enslaved African Domestic And Labor Environments On St. Eustatius, Deanna Lynn Byrd

Theses and Dissertations

The discovery of dry stone rock features in the northern hills on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius presented a unique opportunity to investigate an enslaved African environment during the time of enslavement. Abandoned after emancipation, the area has remained virtually undisturbed by eco-tourism, making it an archaeological gem. The intact nature of the sites held potential to add significantly to our understanding of choices enslaved Africans made in slave village design, orientation, and the construction of their dwellings, as well as the labor activities of daily life. In doing so, this investigation attempted to detect whether higher levels of …

School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, May 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Accomplishments and news from the faculty and staff of the School of Music at Illinois State University.

Senior Recital: Mitchell Rogalla, Saxophone; May 1, 2014, Mitchell Rogalla

School of Music Programs

First Methodist Church
May 1, 2014
Thursday Evening
5:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Amanda Mendez, Cello; April 27, 2014, Amanda Mendez

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Wind Symphony, April 27, 2014, Daniel A. Belongia

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 27, 2014
Sunday Evening
5:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Aaron Washington, Trumpet; April 27, 2014, Aaron Washington

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
4:30 p.m.

Junior Recital: Wm. Riley Leitch, Trombone; Nancy Pounds, Piano; April 27, 2014, Riley Leitch, Nancy Pounds

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Evening
9:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Ian Phillips, Bassoon; April 27, 2014, Ian Phillips

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Morning
11:00 a.m.

Student Ensemble: Choral Collage Concert, April 27, 2014, John Koch, Karyl Carlson, Leslie Manfredo, Mark Grizzard

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 27, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
1:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Yu Ling Cheng, Percussion; April 27, 2014, Yu Ling Cheng

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Matt Foster, Trumpet; April 27, 2014, Matt Foster

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 27, 2014
Sunday Morning
10:00 a.m.

Senior Recital: Joshua Zuo, Cello; April 26, 2014, Joshua Zuo

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 26, 2014
Saturday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Cultural Identity And Heritage Language Learners, Lydia Reitz

Theses and Dissertations

Heritage language learners (HLLs) in college are studied more than other groups of students with differences, and they are becoming more prevalent in the foreign language (FL) classroom. For the purpose of this study, HLL is defined as; an individual who has parents from a Spanish-speaking country, but was born in the United States and has an almost complete speaking proficiency and any range of grammatical dominance of Spanish (Valdés 2001). This definition eliminates those students who were born in Spanish-speaking countries and those who have little to no dominance of either speaking proficiency and grammatical dominance of the language. …

The Story Of Don Rabbit And Sexy Carrot, Lisa Eleazarian

Theses and Dissertations

THE STORY OF DON RABBIT AND SEXY CARROT

FOR VARIETY ORCHESTRA

Lisa M. Eleazarian

58 Pages May 2014

This thesis project follows the form and model of a tone poem using a compositional style of cartoon music.

The piece acts as a musical representation of a cartoon, in which a rabbit falls in love with a carrot, chases the carrot, and finally catches the carrot only to eat it and die at the end of his meal. The plot line fits well into sonata form, a common western classical music form. The piece is divided into three movements based on …

Recital: Collaborative Piano Area, April 24, 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 24, 2014
Thursday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Symphonic Winds, April 24, 2014, Daniel A. Belongia, Philip A. Obado, Will Brocker

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2014
Thursday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Recital: Freshman Percussion, April 23, 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Cook Hall
April 23, 2014
Wednesday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Ensemble Concert: University Band And Symphonic Band, April 23, 2014, Jacob Klingbeil, Amy Mikalauskas, Philip A. Obado, Joseph Manfredo, Kyle Johnson

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 23, 2014
Wednesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Recital: Guitar Studio, April 23, 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 23, 2014
Wednesday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Zachary Hilligoss, Saxophone; April 22, 2014, Zachary Hilligoss

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 22, 2014
Tuesday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Ensemble Concert: Symphony Orchestra Concerto, April 22, 2014, Glenn Block, Enrique Garcia-Asensio

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 22, 2014
Tuesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Patrick Kelly, Saxophone; April 21, 2014, Patrick Kelly

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 21, 2014
Monday Evening
6:00 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Chamber Winds, April 21, 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 21, 2014
Monday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Sophomore And Junior Recital, Viola Trio: Kathryn Brown, Viola; Eileen Wronkiewicz, Viola; Abigail Dreher, Viola; April 19, 2014, Kathryn Brown, Eileen Wronkiewicz, Abigail Dreher

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 19, 2014
Saturday Evening
7:30 p.m.

False Enthusiasms: Pacifist Plays In The Pre-World War Ii Theater, Robert L. Mclaughlin

Faculty Publications – English

No abstract provided.

Ensemble Concerts: Jazz Ensembles I And Ii, April 15, 2014, Tom Marko

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 15, 2014
Tuesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Convocation Recital, April 15, 2014, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 15, 2014
Tuesday Morning
11:00 a.m.

Gettin' Weird Together: The Performance Of Identity And Community Through Cultural Artifacts Of Electronic Dance Music Culture, Andrew Matthew Wagner

Theses and Dissertations

The growing popularity of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) on nearly every continent has given rise to the transition of EDM music from underground raves to large scale, multiple-day music festivals. Attendance at EDM events, whether at concerts or festivals, is primarily dominated by today's youth generation. The number of youth attending these events continues to grow as elements of EDM are being mixed into other mainstream music genres. This increase in the popularity of EDM has been an area of research interest in the past decades for a variety of disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, marketing, and tourism. The present …

This Wall Speaks: Graffiti And The Location Of Transnational Space Palestine, Ashley Toenjes

Theses and Dissertations

Extant literature on the Palestinian-Israeli separation wall privileges the wall's function in border-making, while ignoring other discursive and spacial functions it fulfills. My thesis reaches beyond the border-making function of the wall, resituating it as a node among different spacial networks of activism, tourism, and electronic media. My paper argues that Palestinian tactical use of graffiti on the separation wall traverses these spatial networks and provides a case for us to consider graffiti not only as a process which links these networks, but also as a discursive tool through which Palestinians appeal to transnational actors, particularly those who are complicit …

Modernism On Trial: An Analysis Of Historic Preservation Debates In Chicago, Stephen M. Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores preservation issues regarding modernist architecture in Chicago. As urban and public history research, the project examines the new questions brought to the forefront by recent controversies over the preservation of modernist architecture. Modernism, and an "all concrete" variant known as "Brutalism," popular in the mid-twentieth century, aimed to remove ornament and historical references common in neoclassical, neo-Gothic, Beaux Arts, and Art Deco architecture and replace them with minimal, clean, glass-and-steel buildings. Modernists who, on principle, did not believe in preservation of past forms are now in the unlikely position of making such an argument for their own …