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Graduate Recital: Aj Nemsick, Trombone; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 25, 2021, Aj Nemsick, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
2:00 p.m.

String Orchestra, April 25, 2021, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
7:00 p.m.

Stanley M. Hall

African American Funeral Programs

Stanley_M_Hall.pdf - Funeral program for Stanley M. Hall

Orpheus In The Underworld, Dallas Heaton, Usu Opera

All Music Department Programs

Spring 2021 broadcast production of Offenbach's "Orphée aux enters" in English translation.

Don’T Die A Woman If You Want Your Own Way: Idealization Of Florentine Noblewomen Through Posthumous Renaissance Portraiture, Asha Fletcher-Irwin

Art History Senior Papers

Renaissance women’s portraiture served a narrative purpose for the patron, always informed by whether the painting’s subject was alive at the time of painting. My own interest in posthumous portraiture came from a single sentence in renowned Renaissance scholar Patricia Simons’ article on the identification of Tornabuoni women in the Santa Maria Novella. She wrote of Ghirlandaio’s fresco of Giovanna Tornabouni, painted after her death, in which he copied a profile portrait done during her lifetime but decided to further idealize it.^[1] Renaissance portraiture was never accidental, and female Florentine portraiture of the era was particularly riddled with symbolism. …

The Tempest 2021, Otterbein Theatre And Dance Department

2020-2021 Season

Abducted and set adrift to die by her power-hungry sister and a jealous king, Prospera and her daughter, Miranda have survived 12 long years shipwrecked on a lonely island. When Prospera learns though her magical arts that those whose sought her child’s death are within her reach, she is consumed by rage. Conjuring the greatest of storms to break their ship upon her shores, Prospera brings her enemies to her feet. But when the opportunity to wreak her final vengeance is upon her, Prospera can no longer recognize the thing she has become, and she is forced to choose between …

Racism Is Still Alive And Well In The Usa, Gregg Lee Carter

History and Social Sciences Faculty Journal Articles

English translation is on the last page.

Musical Theatre Showcase: A Performance Journey And Reflection, Alyssa Zamora

Honors Theses

For her senior musical theatre showcase, Alyssa Zamora attended and in person showcase with agents and theatre professionals in Detroit. Later, she recorded videos of her performing “Thrills” by Donna Missal and “I Want Them...” by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler. In addition to videos of her performance, she reflects on her growth in her time as a student at Western Michigan University and looks at how she has grown as an artist and how her showcase experience set her up for success in the professional theatre industry.

Life Along The Color Line In Little Rock: An Archeological Investigation Of Two Sites On South Arch Street, Devin Sorrows

Theses and Dissertations

The recent unearthing of two archeological sites in Little Rock, Arkansas revealed objects imbued with symbolism, complexity, and memory. The people who left these objects behind were residents of the West Ninth Street neighborhood, an epicenter of African American social and economic activity in central Arkansas from the middle nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries. Utilizing multidisciplinary avenues, including W.E.B. Du Bois’ metaphor of the color line, archeology, and extensive archival research, this thesis investigated the material culture of the two sites. The historic record provided important contextual elements to the stories of the Arch Street residents, while the archeological …

Teaching The Lessons Of The Vietnam War And Applying Them To The War In Afghanistan: Lesson Plans For A Sophomore Us History Class, Zoe Bond

Honors Projects

This project is a series of lesson plans for a 10^th grade US History class detailing the lessons of the Vietnam War and how they have and haven’t been used by President Obama in his decisions during the War in Afghanistan. The lesson plan uses Differentiation and Universal Design for Learning to accommodate every student in the class. The goal of this project was to teach original research in a way that promotes inquiry even if there is no correct answer at that time.

Wind Symphony, April 24, 2021, Anthony C. Marinello Iii, Lauren Bobarsky

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2021
Saturday Evening
5:00 p.m.

"The Hounds Of Spring", Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2020-2021

Wind Symphony presents their Spring concert entitled "The Hounds of Spring". Featuring undergraduate conductor Jason Marquez, and works by Reed, Holst, Shostakovich, and others.

Junior Recital: Qingyang Yu, Piano; April 24, 2021, Qingyang Yu Piano

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 24, 2021
Saturday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Metamorphosis: An Exploration Of Transformation In Artmaking, Scarlet Sevits

Honors Projects

My creative project begins with wanting to know how the art making process relates to the process of metamorphosis and the extent to which this process can achieve realism. To explore this question, I chose related subject matter that is the female mythological figures of Ovid’s epic poem Metamorphoses who undergo transformation of the human body. I also chose a methodology that relates to my question. The acts of painting and writing can be explored as processes of transformation and both processes attempt to convince the viewer or reader of reality: the reality of a living figure or the emotional …

Willie Paul Jaudon

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Symphonic Winds, April 24, 2021, F. Mack Wood

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2021
Saturday
Noon

Senior Recital: Rhiannon Cosper, Viola; Vicky Nyder, Viola; Grace Eom, Piano; April 24, 2021, Rhiannon Cosper, Vicky Nyder, Grace Eom

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 24, 2021
Saturday Afternoon
5:30 p.m.

A Feminist History Of The Roland Mc-505, Cameron Davis

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

A Feminist History of the Roland MC-505

Abstract

Roland’s MC 505 is a small portable music production instrument also known as agroovebox that functions as a programmable sixty-four note polyphonic synthesizer and drummachine with twenty-six interchangeable drum kits to use in various combinations. (1) The groovebox is equipped for both audio recording and live performance, both of which are analyzed in this research. The machine has many innovative elements that have carried over into modern music technology as well as some limitations that have since been left behind. This study acts as a historical evaluation of the growth and improvements …

Long Trail South To Cowles Cove Shelter, Parker Towle

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

The Veil, Wally Swist

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Bully Raven, John Smelcer

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Waterfall, Sounding, Chris Hoffman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Birding Sabah, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Bucks, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

On Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Russ Capaldi

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

A Peak Ahead: Mountains In A Pandemic, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The Unlikely Thru-Hiker by Derick Lugo. New Hampshire’s 52 with a View: A Hiker’s Guide by Ken MacGray. Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson by Jeffrey Cramer. Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches, and Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail by Sarah Kaizar. Outpost by Dan Richards. End of the Rope by Jan Redford. The Sharp End of Life by Dierdre Wolownick.

Research

Appalachia

A loon researcher describes his encounters with two very old loons in Maine.

News And Notes

Appalachia

A tribute to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s senior vice president, Walter Graff, who retired after 45 years. A ramble in the Alps.

Alpina

Appalachia

Nirmal Purja of Nepal climbs all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in under seven months. Climate change alters routes in the Alps. David Lama summits Lunag Ri in October 2018 but dies in Canada six months later. And more.