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A Graduate Recital In Voice, Lauren Elizabeth Hartman

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In our human experience, love seems to be the emotion to which we all relate in some way, making it a universally understood subject well-suited for artistic interpretation. Though it may seem redundant to continue exploring a feeling that has captivated writers, artists, and painters for centuries, the many faces of love never cease to bring wonderment, despair, or bliss to each human being who experiences them afresh. In this recital, myriad aspects of love are presented as interpreted by numerous composers, each one expressing a unique experience.

Graduate Jazz Pedagogy Recital, Cory Healey

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The author presented his graduate jazz pedagogy recital on February 29th 2012 at 6:00 pm in Bengtson Auditorium, Russell Hall, at The University of Northern Iowa. The recital was given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters of Music degree in jazz pedagogy and covered a wide range of repertoire that demonstrated the author's composition and arranging skills as well as his performance skills on drum set, piano, electric bass, and vibraphone. The musicians who assisted the author were New York City-based Tony Barba and Dave Miller and University of Northern Iowa musicians Jon Snell, Riley Scheetz, Sam …

A Master’S Recital In Voice, Kaethe Blue Henning

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Kaethe Blue Henning, soprano, presented her graduate voice recital on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 8:00 in the evening in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The program consisted of four sets of music including works by A. Scarlatti, Handel, Liszt, Sibelius, Stenhammar, and Grieg, in collaboration with Korey Barrett, harpsichord; Liudmila Lebedeva, cello; Randy Grabowski, trumpet; Abigail Coffer, flute;· Andrey Lopatin, viol.in; and Robin Guy, piano. This abstract presents musical and historical features of the recital pieces

John Holloway In Recital, John K. Holloway

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor, D.958, is one of the last three sonatas by the Viennese composer. The last three sonatas are recognized by many music historians as autobiographical.¹ They also represent a different style of composition than Schubert's earlier works. The mature style found in these sonatas differs from his earlier style as evidenced by the use of vivid expression, greater length, and prolonged development of thematic material. The last three sonatas include D.958 in C minor, D.959 in A major, and D.960 in B-flat major. While all three sonatas are performed often, D.960 is the most …

The Crocker Street Ymca: A Legacy Of Leaders, Michael P. Kates

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It is fascinating how African Americans though enslaved and faced with oppression and discrimination were able to prevail over and even thrive in spite of their circumstances. This success has much to do with the previous generation helping the next to be and do better. How the previous generation helped the next is the central question asked when exploring African American achievement. However, much of African American historiography has focused on notable people and events, with little attention being paid to every day African Americans whose stories are equally important and revealing in understanding African Americans as a people. The …

Master's Recital In Piano, Hsueh-Ling Huang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Hsueh-Ling Huang presented a graduate piano recital at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music. This recital was presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music Degree requirements in Piano Performance. This recital program consisted of works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Marita Bonner: Creator Of Frye Street And Environs, Laya Jack

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Lorraine Elena Roses and Ruth Elizabeth Randolph, with their publication, Harlem Renaissance And Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers 1900-1945, embarked on a mission to bring to the forefront of literary scholarship black women who wrote significant works in the early twentieth century, but who have received little or no recognition. Although their research does not provide a comprehensive account on the lives and works of these women, they offer very pertinent information, which "broaden[s] the fields of scholarly inquiry while opening up the possibility of a revised history and tradition in black, women's and American literature." Their …

A Master Of Music Recital In Flute, Abi Coffer

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Abi Coffer performed a Master of Music Flute Recital at six o'clock in the evening on Friday, February 24, 2012 in Davis Hall, Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Ms. Coffer opened the recital with a work from the Baroque era, the melancholy Fantasie no. 12 in g minor for solo flute by Georg Philipp Telemann. For the next piece, Ms. Coffer was joined by faculty pianist Polina Khatsko in a performance of a twentieth-century, three movement Sonata by Jindrich Feld. After a brief intermission, Ms. Coffer resumed the program with an Andalusian folk inspired piece by Cristobal Halffter for solo …

In A Complex Plane, Todd Dralle

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis is a work of fiction. It is a short novel written to entertain and to explore ideas of identity, family, friendship, and what it takes to find a place in the modem world. It follows a young man named Noah through the events of a single summer as he tries to make sense of his life. Its setting and characters are definitively Iowan, but its events and conflicts speak to the human condition at large. The story's overarching metaphor is the Mandlebrot set, a mathematical sequence of infinite complexity. Through the course of the novel the main character …

“Where The Blazed Trail Crosses The Boulevard”: Gear, Fashion, And Outfitting In Early Recreational Wilderness Camping, 1880-1920, Brian Beauvais

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American culture experienced a profound fascination with primitivism, wilderness, and raw nature. Numerous outdoor activities became increasingly popular as Americans sought to revitalize the national vigor they envisioned as inextricably connected to a life close to nature. One of these activities was woodcraft camping; that is, a minimalistic form of wilderness recreation that valued simplicity and self-sufficiency as opposed to luxuriant idleness. Woodcraft campers expressed a deep dissatisfaction with what they considered to be the mind-numbing, spirit-crushing emptiness of modem life. In the wilderness, they beheld one of the remaining vestiges of …

Being In The World : An Existential Inquiry Of Knowing One's Self Through A Personal Project : In The Context Of Dissertation Survival, Tomoe Kitajima

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This study--a philosophical exploration, partly in an autoethnographical account--provides an empirical demonstration that one's personal project has a strong and positive impact on the dissertation process both for endurance to complete the process and for quality of the product. The concept of project is often explained as one's pursuit of his or her most important philosophical issues. This dissertation originated in the very beginning of my doctoral education in summer 2000 when I first encountered the man behind the coffee shop counter. In his life story he expressed a strong question about the problem of knowledge and authentic living. How …

Before Words, There Were Leaves: A Collection Of Poems, Jason Bradford

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The poems in this thesis explore ideas of habitation, animality, humanity, community, and the inevitable disconnection experienced by the lack of communication between the interior and exterior. These poems attempt to construct the in between. The "I" character of these poems lives with several animals and insects throughout the sequence of these poems. The "I" character identifies something valuable in these beings, something unknowable outside the realm of physical coexistence. The same can be said of the animals, who seem to find comfort, sustenance, and kinship with the "I" character. The "house" becomes a blending of the interior and exterior, …

MáS Profundo En El Laberinto Del Fauno: Un AnáLisis De Las Funciones HistóRicas Y ContemporáNeas De Cuentos De Hadas, Catherine M. Brix-Trogdon

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

When Pan's Labyrinth opened in 2006 the Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was relatively unknown among U.S. film connoisseurs and critics. Although the film opened first in Mexico and Spain, it immediately received international attention in spite of the film not being dubbed into English. In this way, the film's success is particularly noteworthy because it overcame the barriers often associated with a non-English international film. Viewers are immediately drawn to the protagonist, Ofelia, beginning with her daydreams and fairy tales before the film becomes a complicated narrative in which reality and fantasy collide. This pushes the viewer to look …

A Wave Frozen In Bone And Flesh, Tiffany L. Bullen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

"A Wave Frozen in Bone and Flesh" is a collection of 43 poems.

Producing Early Modern Space And The Mind In Public And Closet Drama, Megan M. Gallagher

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The construction of space has become such a common process for modernity that its culture would argue spatial experiences as intrinsic in nature. However, it is through the consideration of the experience of space and spatial boundaries one notices the cooperative nature of space. This thesis explores the early modem constructions of space and the development of the modem idea of the mind through the closet dramas of John Milton (Samson Agonistes) and Elizabeth Cary (The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of the Jewry), and the public dramas of William Shakespeare (Measure for Measure and Julius Caesar). Our notions …

Baseball In The Heartland: Semi-Pro Baseball Survives In Iowa, Todd Michael Hospodarsky

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Baseball has been an important part of American popular culture for over one hundred years. In the early part of the twentieth century baseball was the nation's most pervasive sport and symbolized many values and attitudes that Americans held dear. During the late nineteenth century, adult baseball teams were formed within small towns across the nation. The team members were typically considered amateur athletes playing "town team" baseball. Over the years, as they were given opportunities to make money from their play, the term of semi-professional was applied to many of these players.

The decades following World War II were …

Developing Pastors' Understanding And Practice On Biblical Financial Stewardship: The Key To Impacting The Growth Of The Bible Christian Fellowship Church Of Indonesia, Tandi Frederik Randa

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Developing An Effective Preaching Ministry For Urban Pastors In The Philippines, Winston C. Reyes

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Them That Are Without: A Biblical Theology Of Outsiders And Preaching On Outsiders In Churches Of Christ, Van E. Robarts

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Church And Clergy Revitalization Seen Through The Lens Of Luther's Theology Of The Cross, John David Roth

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The Strategy Of Feed My Lamb Ministries: Developing Servant Leadership, Sunil Kumar Samuel

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Mentoring As A Tool For Leadership Development In The Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Nigeria, Oladimeji Babatunde

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Healthier Officers, Healthier Corps: A Study Of Salvation Army Corps Officers' Spiritual Renewal As A Means Of Congregational Renewal, Grant Sandercock-Brown

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Your Next Move: Planning For Clergy Transitions, Robert Alfred Kaylor

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The Challenges Affecting Biblically Based Reconciliation After 2007 Post-Election Violence In Kenya: A Case Study Of Eight Christian Adults Directly Affected By 2007 Post-Election Violence, Matthews Kalola Mwalw'a

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Equipping The Saints Through A Strengths-Based Ministry Process, Christopher Mark Howlett

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Toward A Theology Of Pareo Dei: Exploring A Contextual Theology Of Missio Dei For The Missiological Reconciliation Of The Korean Protestant Church, Musung Jung

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Sustaining Effective Spiritual Leadership Through Spiritual Formation Practice And Self-Care Among United Methodist Ordinands In The Rocky Mountain Conference, Jane Youtz Riecke

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He Loves The Immigrant: Deuteronomy's Theological And Social Vision For The Ger, Mark Abraham Awabdy

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The Adamic Backdrop Of Romans 7, Robert Brian Kidwell

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