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Bloom: A 21st Century Mandolin Concerto, Ashley Hoyer
Bloom: A 21st Century Mandolin Concerto, Ashley Hoyer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
I have created a career performing various types of music on the mandolin. Very little of the concert repertoire, however, includes music originally written for the mandolin with most of it consisting of rearrangements of violin, cello, or piano music. This observation has led me down a path to learn why there is a lack of mandolin concert repertoire as well as to create new music specifically written for the instrument. In this thesis, an original mandolin concerto, Bloom, aims not only to add to the instrument’s repertoire, but bring it into the twenty-first century using contemporary compositional techniques. I …
Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition Announcement, 2023, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel
Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition Announcement, 2023, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel
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.