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Getting To The Heart Of Matters: Applying Appropriate Performance Practices To Period Music, Bryson Mortensen, Dr. Ronald Staheli
Getting To The Heart Of Matters: Applying Appropriate Performance Practices To Period Music, Bryson Mortensen, Dr. Ronald Staheli
Journal of Undergraduate Research
There is nothing worse than singing a boring piece. Often, when conductors decide to perform works from periods such as the Renaissance, Baroque, or even Classical periods, they find that it is difficult to make the piece exciting. The choir is quickly frustrated because of the difficulty of a virtuosic Baroque passage or a particularly enigmatic polyphonic Renaissance piece. When the piece is finally coaxed into a performance, the audience quickly loses interest because the choir is so focused on the notes instead of the meaning of the words. As a result of challenging experiences like these, many conductors give …
Sheet Music Buying Trends Of Classically Trained Musicians, Stephen Fairbanks, Dr. Andrew Dabcynski
Sheet Music Buying Trends Of Classically Trained Musicians, Stephen Fairbanks, Dr. Andrew Dabcynski
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Classically trained musicians have yet to discover how computing advances can transform the sheet music industry. Through the internet, it is possible to transmit information instantly and inexpensively. By utilizing this, musicians could access the vast stores of music literature for a fraction of the cost. This study has (1) evaluated music publishing software, (2) assessed the buying trends of musicians, and (3) submitted a proposal to the Marriott School’s Business Plan Competition.
Native To Settler And Back: Video Installation, Jethro Gillespie, Joseph Ostraff
Native To Settler And Back: Video Installation, Jethro Gillespie, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I traveled to New Zealand with a group of BYU visual arts students on an International Field Studies program in the spring term of 2004. As part of this exchange, we were all engaged in an ongoing relationship with an all-Maori art university, Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi in Whakatane, in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island.
Brigham Young University Compliance With The Jeanne Clery Act, Marissa A. Widdison, Joel Campbell
Brigham Young University Compliance With The Jeanne Clery Act, Marissa A. Widdison, Joel Campbell
Journal of Undergraduate Research
On April 5, 1986, 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her residence hall room at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The crime was opportunistic and random; Clery’s bedroom was unlocked and the perpetrator was another student whom she didn’t know. After her murder, Jeanne’s parents discovered that students and parents hadn’t been told about nearly 40 violent crimes that happened at Lehigh in the three years before the murder. Disturbed by the ignorance that contributed to their daughter’s death, the Clery’s — along with other campus crime victims — persuaded Congress to create the “Crime Awareness and Campus Security …
Preserving Artistic Tradition, Trilea Minson, Richard Hull
Preserving Artistic Tradition, Trilea Minson, Richard Hull
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Several great painters in art history used a certain kind of technique on their paintings. They used thin glazes rather then opaque layers of oil paint. Layers upon layers of translucent glazes created a luminous quality in their painting that added a richness and depth still admired and appreciated today. Unfortunately, this process is also very time consuming, and as such has been abandoned by many artists and art instructors. By learning this traditional process, I felt that I could not only increase my abilities as a painter and enhance my portfolio work, but also preserve the magnificent tradition and …
Summary Of Activities, Melinda Richards
Summary Of Activities, Melinda Richards
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As a music/Honors Russian major, I had hoped to write an honors thesis that would combine both of these interests. I also wanted to spend some time living and studying in Russia to augment the year and a half that I spent in the Ukraine on a mission. I was able to line up living arrangements in St. Petersburg and also to arrange for some studies and private organ lessons at the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In September 1995, I left to spend a year in Russia. An additional goal was to do research for my thesis. I selected the …
Architectural Expressions Of Faith, Sarah Osmond, Peggy Honey, Mark Hamilton
Architectural Expressions Of Faith, Sarah Osmond, Peggy Honey, Mark Hamilton
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The temple is a widely recognized symbol of the LDS faith; however, more accessible to members and non-members around the world, in humble or elaborate form, is the basis of our weekly worship, the chapel. This research, completed as my senior project in Interior Design, analyzes the architectural and interior design of our chapels in three-parts.
Truth In Traditions: An Ethnographic Study Of The Participation Of Bolivians In The Annual Urkupiña Celebration, Angela Rosales Challis, Catherine Black
Truth In Traditions: An Ethnographic Study Of The Participation Of Bolivians In The Annual Urkupiña Celebration, Angela Rosales Challis, Catherine Black
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Urkupiña is one the most important religious festivities in Quillacollo, Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is a colorful festival with folkloric dancing, a large religious mass, processions, typical food, and the sale of miniature handicrafts. People of all ages participate in this celebration. The festivity consists of different activities during four full days, folkloric dances being fundamental among them. The origin of this festivity comes from a legend. In Quillacollo lived a little shepherd girl that met the Virgin Mary on the hill while taking care of her sheep. The Virgin told the girl that she should bring rocks from the mountain. …
“I No Longer Tremble.” A Choreographic Exploration Of Identity, Jeffrey Jacobs, Caroline Prohosky
“I No Longer Tremble.” A Choreographic Exploration Of Identity, Jeffrey Jacobs, Caroline Prohosky
Journal of Undergraduate Research
“How can I tell her I am thinking that transformations are not forever?” From the first time I read the final line of Susan Mitchell’s From the Journals of the Frog Prince, I knew I was in trouble. The imagery, the cadences, and the ideas it presented became such a part of me that I knew I had to create a dance based on the poem. Thus began my ORCA experience. The grant I received from the BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities provided the means for me to explore through modern dance ideas significant to the LDS community.
Last Judgment: Understanding The Iconography In Hans Memling’S Painting, Richard V. Thomas
Last Judgment: Understanding The Iconography In Hans Memling’S Painting, Richard V. Thomas
Journal of Undergraduate Research
I started this project with the hopes of uncovering the true reason behind some specific iconography in the Last Judgment Triptych by Hans Memling. Prior to proposing this project, I had done a bit of preliminary research, which did not touch on the interesting iconography used by Memling in this painting. I felt that the icons in question were unique and significant enough that more research was in order to understand why Memling put them in his painting. The icons in question include a specific handclasp used by St. Peter to welcome the souls of the Righteous to heaven, and …
Database Software Development For Ballet, Kristy Parkinson, Jan Dijkwel
Database Software Development For Ballet, Kristy Parkinson, Jan Dijkwel
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Ballet is a technically demanding performance art. About 500 students take ballet classes each semester at Brigham Young University, and one of the most difficult parts of each ballet class is memorizing all the French terms that each step is known by. In order to facilitate this process, the head of the Ballet Division of the Dance Department, Sandra Allen, as well as Theatre Ballet director Jan Dijkwel, asked that I develop a tutorial that would present the terms, their definitions, and multimedia so that students could easily connect terms to movement. This in turn would help students as they …
Silent Release An Investigation Into Collaborative Choreography, Emmy Paiser, Kelby Anne Debenham Ellis, Patrick Debenham
Silent Release An Investigation Into Collaborative Choreography, Emmy Paiser, Kelby Anne Debenham Ellis, Patrick Debenham
Journal of Undergraduate Research
“Interaction, the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, any of four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational (www.dictionary.com).” Our interest in interaction and collaboration began the semester before we started our ORCA research. We took a movement analysis class and partnered together on several assignments. We had the opportunity to ‘people watch’ or to analyze personal movement and come to conclusions about what movement can really tell us. Many times in the analysis process, we found our conclusions to be contradictory. This inspired …
Discovering A Lost Composer: Vilma Webenau And Her Music, Carolyn Dehdari, Dr. Harrison Powley
Discovering A Lost Composer: Vilma Webenau And Her Music, Carolyn Dehdari, Dr. Harrison Powley
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Walking down the streets of Vienna, my eyes pass over new faces and names, wondering if I will ever find something familiar. I think of all those that would be familiar in a different time: Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Schoenberg. But there is one face I am looking for that few others would recognize; it is a woman’s face, a woman who composed, taught music, and worked with Schoenberg. This woman was Vilma Weber von Webenau, who saw many decades of progress and destruction in her life from 1875 to 1953.
Icons Of Death In Mexican Folk Art, Rodrigo Suarez, Linda A. Sullivan
Icons Of Death In Mexican Folk Art, Rodrigo Suarez, Linda A. Sullivan
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Death has always remained a mystery to humanity. Nearly every culture and religion has its theories regarding the afterlife; some believing in the afterlife and others in the continuity of life through reincarnation. However, there are probably very few events of human life that at the same time are so unknown and yet so ritualized as death is. Almost every nation has a holiday to honor the faithful departed, celebrate the continuity of life or simply reflect on the mysticism of death. And the Mexican tradition is one of the most ancient rituals still alive and celebrated as it has …
Peer Recordings, J. S. Bergman, R. T. Lee, Dr. David Brown
Peer Recordings, J. S. Bergman, R. T. Lee, Dr. David Brown
Journal of Undergraduate Research
“Peer Recordings” is a pilot project designed to build an archive of student recorded etudes for use as a pedagogical resource to teach style and musicianship. This project provides advanced trumpet students with valuable recording experience as they perform and record etudes at a high level. These peer recordings will be an invaluable tool in motivating other students to perform on similarly high levels.
Seeing England: Responding To The English Landscape With Writing And Visual Art, Amy Bennion, Joseph Ostraff
Seeing England: Responding To The English Landscape With Writing And Visual Art, Amy Bennion, Joseph Ostraff
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Artists have been exploring the connections between the visual image and the written word for centuries. Often these explorations result in self discovery. For my project I continued this tradition of artistic exploration and my results were indeed personal in nature and furthered the discovery of my art.
Historic Syria, Sally A. Mcdonald, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
Historic Syria, Sally A. Mcdonald, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
It is hard to know where one will be taken when researching an obscure topic. It is the exhilaration of the mysterious as well as the frustration of the unexpected that takes the researcher on a journey into the unknown, leading them to an unforeseen destination. This was what happened to me during the past year as I researched the costuming of the Ottoman Empire for exhibition purposes at the Azem Palace in Damascus Syria. Being one of the few remaining palaces from the Ottoman Era, the Azem Palace has been turned into a museum that houses valuable artifacts from …
The Collections Of The ‘Azm Palace In Damascus: Men’S Costume And Embroidery, Danielle Hurd, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
The Collections Of The ‘Azm Palace In Damascus: Men’S Costume And Embroidery, Danielle Hurd, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
From the outside the ‘Azm Palace is almost indiscernible amongst a maze of souqs, restaurants, offices and homes in the old city in Damascus. Much more than a building, it is an icon of the political and cultural heritage of the Syrian people. Constructed in 1749 by As’ad Pasha Al ‘Azm, the Syrian governor appointed by the Ottoman court, the palace took three years to build, and occupied the majority of the craftsmen from the guilds in Damascus and the united provinces of Sidon, Tripoli and Hama. The palace itself is a juxtaposition of the traditional oriental customs and the …
What I Know About Heaven, Robert M. Gardner, Robert Marshall
What I Know About Heaven, Robert M. Gardner, Robert Marshall
Journal of Undergraduate Research
King David the Psalmist, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Abraham on his journey to Egypt—These illustrious men hold something in common with most of humanity; for they, like many unnamed, have found solace and inspiration in the twinkling of a distant star or the majestic swell of billowing clouds in the sunset. I am among them.
Covering The Once And Future King: An Exercise In Book Jacket Illustration, Meghan S. Flint, Bethanne Andersen
Covering The Once And Future King: An Exercise In Book Jacket Illustration, Meghan S. Flint, Bethanne Andersen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The legend of King Arthur is unmatched in valor and glory as well as tragedy. Because of this, Arthurian works are continually created in every media. I have joined in this effort by illustrating a series of book jackets for T. H. White’s literary series The Once and Future King. The five books in this series are titled: The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind, and The Book of Merlyn. Together they introduce a myriad of themes, moods, and characters that create a complex story.
Tapa Cloth: Creating A Tongan Treasure, Kesseli Carmichael, Paul Adams
Tapa Cloth: Creating A Tongan Treasure, Kesseli Carmichael, Paul Adams
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Tapa cloth is one of Tonga’s most treasured possessions. Each design painted on the surface of the pounded bark contains cultural value and significance. The process of making a full piece of tapa is long and rigorous, which adds to the value of the piece. Tapa cloth is traditionally given at two major life events: weddings and funerals. Before a wedding takes place, the family of the bride presents a large amount of tapa to the family of the groom. In a funeral setting, it is given to the family of the deceased.
Lds Journalists: Key To Establish A Unique Model For Moral Reporting At Byu, Heather C. Bowser, Dr. Kevin L. Stoker
Lds Journalists: Key To Establish A Unique Model For Moral Reporting At Byu, Heather C. Bowser, Dr. Kevin L. Stoker
Journal of Undergraduate Research
One challenge for LDS journalists is finding a way to combine gospel principles with the mission of journalism to; according to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics, seek truth, “promote the flow of information,” and “stimulate high standards and ethical behavior in the practice of journalism.” Contemporary journalism has done a good job of seeking truth and promoting information flow, but has endured one scandal after another in which journalists have violated ethical standards.
American Pop Culture: A Thai Perspective, Chris Coy, Linda Sullivan
American Pop Culture: A Thai Perspective, Chris Coy, Linda Sullivan
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The construction of national identity amidst an ever-increasing influx of external ideas and foreign ideologies is an interesting phenomenon. In what ways does the popular culture of a country with access to all forms of media, such as the United States of America, influence smaller communities of individuals in other parts of the world? Questions of a similar nature were posed as I prepared to travel to Thailand in the summer of 2004 with fellow Media Arts student Scott Christopherson. It was our intent to document the influence of American pop culture on the ordinary Thai individuals that we came …
Transcription Project Of Composition Suite No. 5 By Marin Marais, Eric Lew, Dr. Claudine Bigelow
Transcription Project Of Composition Suite No. 5 By Marin Marais, Eric Lew, Dr. Claudine Bigelow
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In 1889, a revival of early instruments no longer used (then and now) was undertaken by the Société des Instruments Anciens. The purpose of this revival was to study and practice instruments once preferred but now almost completely unused and unknown in practice and performance. Among these instruments were the clavicembalo, the viola da gamba, and the viol d’amore. These instruments are still almost unknown to our concert rooms today. Because of this, much of the music literature for viola da gamba is rarely performed and studied. The purpose of this project is to continue the efforts of the Société …
Re-Establishing And Developing The Byu Chapter Of The American String Teachers’ Association, Melissa Warr, Dr. Andrew Dabczynski
Re-Establishing And Developing The Byu Chapter Of The American String Teachers’ Association, Melissa Warr, Dr. Andrew Dabczynski
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Part of the mission of BYU is to gain skills that can be used to serve others in the community. In the School of Music, one of the best ways to both gain these skills and serve others is through professional organizations. My mentor, Andrew Dabczynski, and I recently re-established the BYU chapter of the American String Teachers’ Association (ASTA). Involvement in this professional organization provides students educational and service opportunities while still in school and encourages students to continue activity in the organization when they begin their careers.
Restoring Gänseliesel: A Piece Of Music History Reborn, Michelle Clements Flowers, Dr. E. Harrison Powley
Restoring Gänseliesel: A Piece Of Music History Reborn, Michelle Clements Flowers, Dr. E. Harrison Powley
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The history of the melodrama Gänseliesel by Luise Greger and Emilie Riedel combines two of the most prevalent images of Germany: folklore and the shadow of World War II. Premiered at the Baden Baden Stadttheater on December 10, 1933 it features a host of fairy tale characters including dwarves, a frog prince, and – like the Grimm’s fairy tales – a little goose girl in an enchanted forest. Unfortunately Germany during the 1930s was not at all like Gänseliesel’s idyllic world and within a few short years of Gänseliesel’s premiere World War II had erupted in full force. During the …
Home, Family, And Nation – Inventory Of The Manuscript Collections Of Lucy Broadwood’S And Alice Gomme’S Pioneering Folksong Research In Great Britain, Sarah Perry, Jerry Jaccard
Home, Family, And Nation – Inventory Of The Manuscript Collections Of Lucy Broadwood’S And Alice Gomme’S Pioneering Folksong Research In Great Britain, Sarah Perry, Jerry Jaccard
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Lucy Broadwood was a researcher with a specific interest in English folk song, including children’s singing games. She was at the forefront of the English folk song, folk dance, and folk art revival that set the stage for widespread reform in school music, serious musical composition, and music publishing in the British Isles. She was a charter investigator and member of the English Folk Song Society, an organization chartered in 1899 that is still supported by the Crown under the modern title of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. From such seemingly simple circumstances, this woman exercised great influence …
Two Approaches To The Inclusion Of Jazz In The Western European Musical Tradition, Spencer L. Layton, Dr. Stephan D. Lindeman
Two Approaches To The Inclusion Of Jazz In The Western European Musical Tradition, Spencer L. Layton, Dr. Stephan D. Lindeman
Journal of Undergraduate Research
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the sounds that emerged from Europe differed greatly from the music produced in Africa and the Far East.
Sharing Cultures: Destination Zambia, Erica Williams, Dr. Dale Cressman
Sharing Cultures: Destination Zambia, Erica Williams, Dr. Dale Cressman
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My project began with a flight to Lusaka, Zambia with a non-profit organization based in America Fork, Mothers Without Borders. The program consisted of daily service activities, nightly dinners with a Zambian family, and lodging in a hostel in Lusaka. Every morning we rode a bus to a government school in Lusaka, where we taught classes in nutrition, first aid, hygiene, HIV/AIDS prevention, arts and crafts, and recreation. I personally taught hygiene, using glitter transferred from hand to hand to show how germs move and demonstrating washing hands removes germs. It was amazing how minimal their understanding was about basic …
The Factors That Generate A Response To Newspaper Advertising, Tara J. V. Flake, Russell Mouritsen
The Factors That Generate A Response To Newspaper Advertising, Tara J. V. Flake, Russell Mouritsen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Advertising departments worldwide face difficult and costly decisions every day. Their decisions include things like how to portray their product in the best way, what their advertisement should look and/or sound like and where their advertisement should be placed, just to name a few. Once their decisions are made and the ad is publicized, all a company can do is hope that it generates the results they want from the audience. Ideally, it will be well received and the audience responds positively and takes some sort of action. However, an ad that fails for any reason makes advertising a great …