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Toward A Postmodern Avant-Garde: Labour, Virtuosity, And Aesthetics In An American New Music Ensemble, John R. Pippen Sep 2014

Toward A Postmodern Avant-Garde: Labour, Virtuosity, And Aesthetics In An American New Music Ensemble, John R. Pippen

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This dissertation examines the aesthetic beliefs and labour practices of the American new music ensemble eighth blackbird (lower-case intentional). Drawing on ethnographic research conducted with the ensemble for the past six years, I show how the ensemble responds to specific cultural pressures endemic to the classical music scene, its new music vanguard, and to the contemporary United States. eighth blackbird, I argue, has created an ensemble identity and performance style designed to satisfy numerous audience positions, from experts well-versed in the intricacies of musical techniques to lay-persons unacquainted with the values and practices of new or classical music. This attempt …


Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Four, Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs, Richard Kravchak Jun 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Four, Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs, Richard Kravchak

Ed Bingham

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Lois J. Kaarre, Piano, Ed Bingham, Lois J. Kaarre Jun 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Lois J. Kaarre, Piano, Ed Bingham, Lois J. Kaarre

Ed Bingham

No abstract provided.


Red Note New Music Festival Poster, 2014, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel, Yao Chen Apr 2014

Red Note New Music Festival Poster, 2014, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel, Yao Chen

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.


Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition And Workshop Announcement, 2014, School Of Music, Yao Chen, Carl Schimmel, Martha Horst Apr 2014

Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition And Workshop Announcement, 2014, School Of Music, Yao Chen, Carl Schimmel, Martha Horst

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.


Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Lois J. Kaarre, Piano, Ed Bingham, Lois J. Kaarre Mar 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Lois J. Kaarre, Piano, Ed Bingham, Lois J. Kaarre

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No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Four, Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs, Richard Kravchak Feb 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Four, Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs, Richard Kravchak

All Performances

No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Guest Artist Recital: Made In The U.S.A., Lindsey Goodman, Flute, Mezzo-Soprano, And Electronics, Concert Three, Lindsey Goodman Feb 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Guest Artist Recital: Made In The U.S.A., Lindsey Goodman, Flute, Mezzo-Soprano, And Electronics, Concert Three, Lindsey Goodman

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Soundwalk, Marshall University Feb 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Soundwalk, Marshall University

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No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Two, Marshall University Feb 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Two, Marshall University

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No abstract provided.


Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert One, Marshall University Feb 2014

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert One, Marshall University

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No abstract provided.


Red Note New Music Festival Program, 2014, School Of Music Jan 2014

Red Note New Music Festival Program, 2014, School Of Music

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.