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The Influence Of Romantic Poetry On The Career And Music Of Nicolas Medtner, Denise Rudell

Theses and Dissertations

Nicolas Medtner was a composer born out of his time. He was a true Romantic in the Russian Silver Age and his creative ideology owes much to the Romantic poetry that he was devoted to all his life. This poetry put a decisive stamp on his music and influenced his career decisions. Medtner was exposed to the most renowned literature from an early age. Influenced by his father, and his oldest brother Emil, he developed a lifelong love for literature and especially poetry. Literary connections are apparent throughout Medtner’s music, including (and not limited to) references to Goethe, Pushkin, Lermontov, …

Concert Recording 2016-12-03, Brena Lackey, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata in E major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [10:11]. Suite for flute and piano, op. 24 / Charles Marie-Widor -- [16:09]. Hypnosis / Ian Clarke -- [20:27]. Lovebirds for 2 flutes / Gary Schocker -- [24:50]. Sonata for flute and piano, op. 14 / Robert Muczynski.

Concert Recording 2016-11-15a, Cali Alexander, Brena Lackey, Rosabelle Zhou, Danny Lopez, Stephan Mitchell, Mitch Yeager, Andrew Thompson, Kristine Mezines, Asher Perkins, Mauricellis Diaz, Jacob Arnold, Matt Beach, Durgan Maxey, Fernando Valencia, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Latin American Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Oriente / Rick Faulkner -- [06:00]. La flauta magica / Antonio Maria Rameu -- [10:24]. Linda mañana / Oscar Hernandez -- [15:28]. Jack's tune / Hilton Ruiz -- [20:56]. Frenesi / Alberto Dominguez -- [24:48]. Que manera de quererte / Albita Rodriguez -- [31:04]. Blues for COS / Ruiz -- [35:36]. Fiesta de negritos / Lucho Bermudez -- [39:28]. A night in Tunisia / Dizzy Gillespie -- [44:48]. Tico tico / Zequinha de Abreu.

Concert Recording 2016-11-29, Rosabelle Zhou, Cali Alexander, Brena Lackey, Danny Lopez, Stephan Mitchell, Mitch Yeager, Andrew Thompson, Kristine Mezines, Asher Perkins, Jacob Arnold, Matt Beach, Durgan Maxey, Fernando Valencia

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Concerto 2 in Eb major. Allegro / Carl Maria von Weber -- [07:54]. Dance preludes. Allegro molto ; Andantino ; Allegro giocoso Andante ; Allegro molto / Witold Lutoslawski -- [18:47]. 3 miniatures / Krzysztof Penderecki -- [22:35]. Three pieces / Igor Stravinsky -- [27:24]. Irish spirit / Bill Douglas -- [34:23]. Fiesta de negritos / Lucho Bermudez -- [38:03]. Tico tico / Zequinha de Abreu.

Concert Recording 2016-11-15, Jacob Arnold, Megan Beard, Tim Clifford, Caleb Evans, Dakota Larey, Durgan Maxey, Cali Alexander, Maigen Anderson, Sandy Nieves, Phillip Sais, Maddi Campbell, Marissa Johnson, Hayen Bradberry, Codashti Mcallister, Luke Snyder, Michael Hallock, Vordie Mathis, Anna-Claire Butler, Elizabeth Gschwend, Charles Hartman, Nick Irby, Ron Juzeler, Aya Rowe, Christian Serrano, Michael Warrick, Allyssa Riley, Miranda Baker, A. J. Carson, Joshua Bland, Amanda Davis, Emily Thompson, Zachariah Davis, Edrei Cerda, Jayme Amonsen, Mckay Clarke, Sandy Nieves, Erin Horner, Prashant Anand, Josh Hannon, Bryce Owens, Elizabeth Greener, Natalia Karnes, Alisha Jones, Eva Martin, Kailey Miller Erwin, Jake Harris, Chase Mcclure, Lance Nix, Charles Robinson, Taylor Wilson, Kristine Mezines, E. Scott Sewell, Chris Scherer, Anthony Graham

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Subjugation. Connection ; Captivation / Durgan Maxey -- [07:32]. Fight / Bryce Owens -- [09:23]. Overture to "Stay" / Joshua Bland -- [12:24]. A cellist's legacy. Part I ; Part II / Eric Dreggors -- [21:39]. Evening prayer / Robbie Baker -- [25:22]. Elegy / Brandon Wade -- [31:45]. The grotesques trio. Gargoyles ; Chimera ; Grotesques / Marissa Johnson -- [42:33]. Crosshair / Joshua Bland -- [43:59]. Nightwind sings / L. Coley Pitchford -- [52:55]. Six reflections through poetry. Memories (Walt Whitman) [55:59]. The musician's wife (Weldon Kees) ; The road not taken (Robert Frost) ; Lessons (Whitman) …

Concert Recording 2016-10-20a, Laurissa Backlin, Christopher Macrae, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. A questo seno deh vieni, K. 374 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [09:10]. Alma del core / Antonio Caldara -- [11:38]. Amarilli / Giulio Caccini -- [14:20]. Se floridna è fedele / Alessandro Scarlatti -- [16:32]. Già il sole dal gange / Scarlatti -- [18:32]. On this island, op. 11 / Benjamin Britten -- [33:18]. Selection from Acht Lieder aud letzte Blätter, op. 10 / Richard Strauss -- [40:57]. Vier duette, op. 78 / Robert Schumann -- [51:40]. Deux duos, op. 10 / Gabriel Faure.

Return With Us Now... Featured Facsimile: Henry Worrall’S Spanish Retreat, Robert Ferguson

Soundboard Scholar

Ferguson examines Henry Worrall's Spanish Retreat. Its origins go back to London, specifically to two guitar prints published there in the mid-1820s. Though the earliest of these (c.1826) states that the piece was "arranged for guitar" by Alexander Sosson, this does not necessarily indicate that it was originally written for a different instrument, such as piano. "Arranged" could mean the piece was already in circulation among guitarists, or another guitarist created or popularized it, and Sosson merely reworked it (and wrote it down). Moreover, imitating other instruments, at which the guitar proved particularly adroit, constituted the essence and charm of …

Giuliani’S Naples: A Walking Tour, Nicoletta Confalone, Grégory Leclair

Soundboard Scholar

With 430,000 inhabitants in 1800, Naples had become the third most populous European city after London and Paris. The excavation of the site of Pompeii in the eighteenth century gave a special prestige to the city. Its newly unearthed antiquities and frescoes led to a vogue of neoclassicism across the arts. Images of ancient Greek and Roman lyres inspired the creation of the lyre-guitar, an instrument on which Mauro Giuliani performed on various occasions in Naples--probably more for its visual effect than for audibility's sake.

The Guitar In Tudor England: A Social And Musical History, By Christopher Page, Richard Long

Soundboard Scholar

Long reviews The Guitar in Tudor England: A Social and Musical History by Christopher Page.

German Romantic Guitar Duets (Schneiderman, Yamaya), Richard Long

Soundboard Scholar

Long reviews Darr's German Romantic Guitar Duets by John Schneiderman and Hideki Yamaya.

Reshaping The Event Horizon‑ Marketing Utopia At Music Festivals, Justin D. Joffe

Capstones

Imagine a world where every leisure activity is tracked, recorded, and then analyzed as market research according to your age and gender demographic. Imagine the next phase after smartphone payments, when a chip linking your finances isn’t in your phone, but on your wrist. Imagine a vast field of fellow fun-­‐seekers, eating, drinking and dancing in hedonistic, chemically enhanced utopia. Such a scene certainly requires some open-­‐ mindedness and improvisation, sure, a willingness to submit oneself to a vulnerable environment of whimsy. Now imagine being subtly exposed to advertisements in such a mindset. It’s no Orwellian controlled dystopia, really. You’ve …

Archival Enactment, Retelling 'The Big Book': Alison Knowles, Something Else Press And Fluxus, Meghan A. Dellacrosse

Theses and Dissertations

"Archival Enactment, Retelling 'The Big Book': Alison Knowles, Something Else Press and Fluxus," positions Knowles’ Big Book (1966) as a case study of historical methodology and interdisciplinary artistic practice in the post-war period. This comprehensive analysis of Big Book, a work of art no longer extant, contextualizes its publisher, Something Else Press through Dick Higgins’ concept of “intermedia,” and important lesser-known junctures relevant to Fluxus and the group’s leader George Maciunas are illuminated. Knowles' early and lesser-known silkscreen paintings are also examined.

Shanghai Quartet With Wu Man, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2015-2016 Art Between Real and Imagined

Renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique, and distinctive blend of styles, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. The “utterly sublime” (The New York Times) ensemble returns for two enchanting engagements. The Shanghai Quartet is the quartet-in-residence at Montclair State University’s Cali School of Music.

Frank Martin's Arranged Works For Flute: Sonata Da Chiesa And Deuxieme Ballade, Jessica Dixon Leeth

Theses and Dissertations

The Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974) wrote three major works for flute—Ballade for flute and piano, Sonata da Chiesa for flute and organ, and Deuxième Ballade for flute and piano. Of these, both the Sonata da Chiesa and Deuxième Ballade were arrangements of two of his previously written works, Sonata da Chiesa for viola d’amore and organ and Ballade for saxophone and piano (or string orchestra, piano, and percussion), respectively. Martin wrote both works in their original versions in 1938, a time in his career when he realized his true individual style, embracing the chromaticism of twelve-tone serialism while maintaining …

Elliott Carter’S March: An Applicable Analysis, Troy W. Palmer

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This thesis, in summation, can be divided into two parts. The first half focuses on the story of Eight Pieces for Four Timpani, composed by Elliott Carter and published in 1968. Both its compositional and performance history are addressed. The compositional history starts with the writing of the first version of Carter’s music, Six Pieces for Kettledrums, written in 1950; next, the revision process is addressed, including the actual revisions seen in March. The performance history consists of a study done to determine which piece from the Eight Pieces is the most performed piece; to the author’s …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Saxophone Works By Taiwanese Composers, Po-Fang Chang

Theses and Dissertations

Saxophone works by Taiwanese composers are, as yet, rarely researched nor introduced to the Western saxophone community. The purpose of this research paper is to create an annotated bibliography of works by prominent Taiwanese composers as a practical resource for pedagogues, researchers, and performers. Each work is introduced with background information, compositional ideas, performance length, a performance guide, and level of difficulty. In addition, a short biography and contact information for each composer is also included. It is the author’s goal to increase the exposure of these important contemporary works to the wider saxophone community, so that there will be …

Soundboard Scholar No. 1 (Complete)

Soundboard Scholar

No abstract provided.

2015-2016 Gingerbread Holiday Concert, Lynn University Philharmonia, Guillermo Figueroa

Philharmonia

13th Annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert presented by Lynn University and Friends of the Conservatory

Lynn Chamber Music Competition 2015, Daniel Andai, Janet Harris, Joan Kretschmer, Katherine Baloff, Natalia Hidalgo, Hao Chang, Elizabeth Lee, Franz Felkl, Shaquille Southwell, Tatiana Lokhina, Mozhu Yan, Yvonne Lee, Sean Colbert, Alla Sorokoleova, John Weisberg, Jacqueline Gillette, Sebastian Castellanos, Mileidy Gonzales, Chance Israel

Lynn Chamber Music Competition

Judges

• Daniel Andai
• Janet Harris
• Joan Kretschmer

Winners

• Alla Sorokoletova (flute), John Weisberg (oboe), Jackie Gillette (clarinet), Sebastian Castellanos (bassoon), Mileidy Gonzales (French Horn), and Chance Israel (piano)

Instrumental Chamber Music: Woodwinds And Brass, Chapman Brass Ensemble, Chapman Woodwind Ensemble

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Keyboard Collaborative Arts Studio Recital, Varsénik Aslanyan, Rachel Danielson, Evangeline Jodjana, Esther Kim, Yi-Jiao Tian, Elliott Wulff, Tony Baek, Hannah Kidwell, Kimberly Levin, Cynthia Navarette, Kathryn Rock, Andrew Schmitt, Chloé Tardif

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Student Composers' Concert: Students Of Stephen Ferre, Nicholas Scherzinger, And Andrew Waggoner, Stephen Ferre, Nicolas Scherzinger, Andrew Waggoner

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Student Pianists In Recital, Brian Clemens, Alexandra Jones, Tyler Johnson, Dahee Jung, Stephanie Caress, Sophia Bui, Ashley Shahbazi, Janice Park, Cole Jackson, Anzhela Kushnirenko, Olivia Gerns, Ariel Chien, Andrew Siles, Michael Seaman, Janice Park

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2015-12-09, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Latin American Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Beautiful love / Ray Barretto -- [03:50]. In the end / Andrew Thompson -- [10:55]. Danzon for my father / Oscar Hernandez -- [18:35]. Ritmo pa' ti / Oscar Hernandez -- [25:03]. Hoy / Gian Marco -- [29:47]. Contigo en la distancia / Cesar Portillo de La Luz -- [33:29]. Guarare / Victorio Vergara -- [37:24]. Cocinando suave / Ray Barretto -- [44:40]. Cubano chant / Ray Bryant -- [49:28]. Baila plena / Papo Vazquez.

Prodigies On Youtube: Finding The Genuine Artist In Youth, Priscilla Peraza

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

There seem to be more child prodigies today than ever before. This growth can be attributed to the way society contributes to and facilitates young talent. For instance, shows such as “America’s Got Talent”, “American Idol”, and “The X Factor” cultivate the younger generation to desire fame. Though these children are exceptionally talented, they are also discovered and forgotten at such a rapid pace as well, no doubt due to the amount of social medial accessible in the 21st century. YouTube has become a part of the easily accessible social media trend and is often used as a common source …

Diva Diversity: National Vocal Schools And Qualities, Emma Plotnik

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Hearing the term “opera singer” for many triggers an image of a German dramatic soprano bearing viking horns and powerfully bursting into a high C. Yet, what is it that perpetuates this stereotype that German singers possess weighty instruments with dark timbres? Why are classically trained North American vocal students told by their teachers to sing lightly and delicately when performing French mélodie, and not any other genre?

Research in vocal pedagogy has demonstrated that singers from particular regions have been typified by their vocal qualities in terms of size and color. These qualities by nation mainly stem from contrasting …

2015-2016 Brass Chamber Music Concert, Guillermo Garcia Cuesta, Kevin Karabell, Robert Williams, Zongxi Li, Sodienye Finebone, Emily Nichols, Mariana Cisneros, Hallgrimur Hauksson, Luke Schwalbach, Natalie Smith, Shaun Murray, Zackary Brown, Mark Poljak, Hugo Valverde Villalobos, Joseph Guimaraes

Other Student Recitals

No abstract provided.

Syracuse University Baroque Ensemble: Anne Laver, Director; Janet Brown, Director; James Tapia, Director, Syracuse University Baroque Ensemble, Setnor School Of Music, Anne Laver, Janet Brown, James Tapia

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Chimes Of Christmas, December 8, 2015 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Uni Bassoon Studio Recital, December 7, 2015 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.