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Concert Recording 2006-04-26, Ryan Williams, Jeannie Lee, Molly Volmer, Henry Runkles, Sarah Mesko, Ashley Baker, Amy Berry-Chiodo, Christopher Davis, Jim Wilson, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Trombone Quartet, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Percussion Quartet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Blow, ye winds / Celius Doughterty -- A simple song / Leonard Bernstein -- Die Walkure. Du bist der Lenz / Richard Wagner -- Inveni David / Anton Bruckner -- Percussion music / Michael Colgrass -- Mes ver fuiraient / Reynaldo Hahn -- Six sonatas. Sonata VI / John Ernest Galliard

Concert Recording 2006-12-04, Jennifer Cunningham, Aquiles Figueroa, Michael Kuhr, William Reyes, Drew Packard, Mike Sorenson, Will Watts, Alex Lewis, Stephen Sisemore, Josh Richardson, Jared Klerekoper, Tim Yarbrough, Ben Harris, James Greeson, John Hysell

Concert Recordings & Programs

Pal Sur / William Reyes -- Estudio in b minor, op. 35, no. 22 / Fernando Sor -- Estudio in A, op. 60, no. 13 / Matteo Carcassi -- Estudio in C, op. 35, no. 13 / Fernando Sor -- Estudio in A, op. 60, no. 3 / Matteo Carcassi -- Capricho Arabe ; Rosita / Francisco Tarrega -- Amor em Paz / Antonio Carlos Jobim -- O choro de Juliana / Marco Pereira -- Blue Bossa / Lee Morgan -- Sweet Georgia Brown / Bernie, Casey, & Pickard -- Ninths / Joe Pass -- All the things you are …

Flamenco In Focus: An Analysis Of A Performance Of Soleares, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

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The Saga Of A Song: Authorship And Ownership In The Case Of ‘Guantanamera’, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

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Solo For Vibraphone, Eric Malmquist

Compositions

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Four Preludes For Piano, Luke Gullickson

Compositions

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Musical Pattern Design Using Contour Icons, Charlie Cullen, Eugene Coyle

Conference papers

This paper considers the use of Contour Icons in the design and implementation of musical patterns, for the purposes of detection and recognition. Research work had endeavoured to deliver musical patterns that were both distinct and memorable, and to this end a set of basic melodic shapes were introduced using a Sonification application called TrioSon that had been designed for the purpose. Existing work in the field (such as that concerning Earcon design) has considered the mechanisms by which patterns may be made distinctive, but it is argued that separate consideration must be given to the method of making such …

A Graduate Recital In Voice, Celeste Lea Bembry

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Celeste Lea Bembry, soprano, presented a Graduate Voice Recital on Monday, March 21, 2005, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Northern Iowa. The recital was held in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center's Jebe Hall. The program consisted of art songs (Joy and My People by Ricky Ian Gordon, Dry Bones by Terell Izzard, and L'Invitation au Voyage by Henri Duparc), a chamber work (Der Hirt auf dem Felsen by Franz Schubert), and a piece for voice with orchestra reduction (Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber). Additionally, …

Graduate Recital In Voice, Nicole Birkland

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Nicole Birkland, mezzo-soprano, presented her graduate voice recital on Friday, September 23, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The recital was given in collaboration with pianist Kirstin Dyer, and included two opera arias and three sets of songs.

George Frideric Handel's St. John Passion, Boe Tanner Hodnefield

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The Master of Music in Conducting (Choral) recital by Boe Tanner Hodnefield was presented on Saturday, April 8, 2006, in Davis Hall on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. The vocal performing forces included Chorale Midwest Chamber Singers (Cedar Rapids, IA). The instrumental forces consisted of a piano, and continuo complement.

Master's Recital In Piano, Kyungsun Choi

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Kyungsun Choi presented his graduate recital in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa at 6:00 in the evening, on Friday, April 7, 2006. This recital was in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music degree requirements in Piano Performance. This recital consisted of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, and Dmitri Kabalevsky. This abstract will discuss the backgrounds, musical issues, and practical performance aspects of the recital works.

Tan Dun's Eight Memories In Watercolor: Insights Into Performance, Zhen Zeng

Theses : Honours

"Shostakovich, as· a composer also living under a dictatorship, taught me to express deep humanity. From Takemitsu, I learned that Western and Eastern instruments can be part of the same color palette. John Cage led me to discover structures and sounds as yet unknown, by always keeping an open mind. I owe deepest thanks to these three composers, whose contributions to music have also helped me develop myself---as a composer from a·. traditional culture, growing up in a high-pressure society, living in a now international world." (Tan Dun) The global reach of Tan Dun's music reached its zenith recently at …

Bob Brookmeyer: Composer, Performer, Pedagogue, Mace Francis

Theses : Honours

Before my California stay (1968-1978) I considered myself a player first and a writer second, although I did a lot of writing, from Ray Charles to Thad [Jones] and Mel [Lewis].1 Since 1979 I have come to view myself as a composer who also plays trombone; add conducting and teaching and that gives me 4 hats to wear. I do not have a swollen head, so they all fit nicely. (Brookmeyer, 1997, n.p.)

Although acknowledged as one of the pivotal figures in twentieth-century jazz, the career and the music of Bob Brookmeyer has received scant attention in secondary literature. This …

Thai Popular Music: The Representation Of National Identities And Ideologies Within A Culture In Transition, Lamnao Eamsa-Ard

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Thai popular music always reflects and reproduces the concerns of Thai people in changing times especially in regard to issues relating to identity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preservation of Thai identity and the ideologies surrounding it and the adoption of Western innovation in Thai popular music. The issues surrounding the identity and ideology of Thais, such as class, gender and ethnicity are explored within the area of Thai popular music. I use ethnography as the major tool for gathering and analysing the research data. Using triangulated ethnographic techniques, involved in-depth interviews, focus …

Background Conglomerates In Alkan's Quasi-Faust, Op. 33, No. 2, Matthew James Steinbron

LSU Master's Theses

Various approaches have been used over the past 50 years to describe and analyze works that exhibit tonality but have more than one tonic. This paper focuses solely on a subcategory of such works: those that begin in one key and end in another, the first key being permanently replaced by the second. The most prominent systems of terminology and analysis for such works include “progressive tonality,” “directional tonality,” “interlocking structures,” and “background conglomerates.” After examining these systems, “background conglomerates” is determined to best suit works that permanently change tonics. This approach, which was introduced by Harald Krebs, employs a …

A Conductor's Study Of Ruth Watson Henderson's Voices Of Earth, Ryan Jeffrey Hebert

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) has become one of Canada’s most prolific composers. She began her music study at a very early age and her career as a performer prospered as she received many awards and honors throughout her life. Her accomplishments as a performer and composer are numerous. Her work as the accompanist for the Toronto Children’s Choir has led to many pieces for children’s voices, and her involvement in church music as an organist has resulted in many sacred compositions for mixed choir. This research presents a brief biographical introduction of Ruth Watson Henderson and a conductor’s analysis …

The Choral Music Of Anthony Burgess And A Conductor's Study Of Four Anthony Burgess Choral Pieces, Randall L. Hooper

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Anthony Burgess, primarily known for his literary career, was also a prolific composer. Composition and music was his first love and passion. At the present time, there is no study specifically on the choral music of Anthony Burgess and there have been only a few performances of his music. The primary goal of this paper is to consider the choral compositions of Anthony Burgess. In a comparison of the works list produced by Anthony Burgess in This Man and Music, a works list complied by Paul Phillips and the inventory of holdings in the Burgess collection at the Ransom Center, …

An Introduction To The Music Of Tania León And A Conductor's Analysis Of Indígena, James Spinazzola

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to provide an introduction to the living American composer, Tania Leon, and a detailed analysis of Indigena, her work for large chamber ensemble. Chapter One includes Leon’s biographical information, focusing on her cultural heritage and her dual careers as a composer and conductor. Chapter Two details her compositional style, illustrated by examples from selected works. Subsections focus on her compositional practices with regard to rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, and form, as well as the prevalence of jazz and Latin American influences in her work. Chapter Three analyzes Indígena from a theoretical perspective and makes …

Musical Time And Revealed Timelessness, Michael Vincent Blandino

LSU Master's Theses

Scholarship on musical time recognizes the depiction of timelessness in music as a possibility. However, many theories of musical timelessness center around total stasis as the ideal method for creation of the effect, tolerating relative motion only out of necessity and viewing such motion as a weakening force in this regard. There is little investigation of the interaction between other modes of musical time and the mode of timelessness. Hence, no theory offers a comprehensive expansion of scope to include more complex depictions of timelessness in relation to time. This paper addresses these points, offering a framework for understanding musical …

The Effect Of Music Tempo On Movement Responses Of Preschool Children, Melanie Woods Alexander

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of tempo on movement responses of children ages one to three. For two weeks, 17 children between the ages of 22 and 36 months were videotaped twice per week to observe and measure their movement responses to fast and slow musical stimuli. During these sessions, the children were videotaped in their classrooms, engaged in either free play or in a quiet group activity. The videotaped sessions were then analyzed using a Motor Observation Form. Once all of the tapes had been viewed and scored, overall percentages of movement and no …

The Effects Of Contextual Interference On The Acquisition, Retention, And Transfer Of A Music Motor Skill Among University Musicians, Leslie Paige Rose

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The contextual interference hypothesis holds that simple motor skill tasks are best learned when practiced under blocked, or repetitive conditions, but that retention and transfer are best accomplished when the skill has been practiced in varied conditions. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of contextual interference practice conditions on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a complex task—right hand lead percussion sticking technique among university musicians. All participants (N = 120) demonstrated rhythmic competency for the task, and were necessarily unable to perform the sticking technique with accuracy at the start of treatment. Three treatment groups …

Symphony No.1, Jessica Mahan

LSU Master's Theses

Symphony No. 1 is a programmatic piece based on the sabbat holidays of the traditional Celtic calendar. The holidays of the Celtic year celebrate the human spirit in context with the changes of the earth during the course of a year. Beginning with autumn, Samhain celebrates death and the preparation for the darkness of the winter months. Yule is the longest night of the year, and the time the Goddess is crowned. Signs of spring come at Imbolg. Ostara is the Spring Equinox, and an equal relationship exists between the Goddess and the God. Beltane is celebrated by wrapping ribbons …

A Performer's And Conductor's Analysis Of Ingolf Dahl's For Alto Saxophone And Wind Orchestra, Christopher Scott Rettie

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra was written in 1949 for the famous concert saxophonist, Sigurd Rascher and was then revised to its present state in 1953. The concerto, widely known by saxophonists and wind band conductors alike, is considered among the finest of repertoire for band as well as for saxophone. Although Dahl’s concerto is one of the most frequently performed saxophone concerti, there has been surprisingly little written about it. Available published sources deal directly with the concerto, but do not address harmonic implications, the saxophone solo part, or the published wind band score. This …

The Transcription For Two Double Basses Of Selections From Pièces De Violes, Quatrème Livre, Deuxiême Partie: Suitte D'Un Goût Etranger By Marin Marais, Yong Hao Pan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Marin Marais (1656-1728) was one of the most celebrated bass viol composer-performers of the French school from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century. The purpose of this project is to introduce some of his music to double bass players through transcriptions. The monograph starts with an overview on the importance of transcriptions in double bass literature. A historical background of the viol and its relation to the double bass are discussed in the second chapter. The third chapter reviews Marin Marais’s biographical sketch, and some of his most significant compositions. The transcription process of eight selected bass …

Review Of Elevator To The Gallows, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/06/elevator-to-the-gallows.html

Review Of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Taylor Hackford's Chuck Berry documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n'Roll: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/08/chuck-berry-hail-hail-rock-n-roll.html

Symphony Iii, Michael Berthelot

LSU Master's Theses

In the summer of 2003 in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, inspiration was found, and Symphony III is the result. It was here that two conflicting ideas became clear. The juxtaposition of these two ideas is evident throughout this work. Symphony III is a one-movement piece of twenty minutes in duration that consists of five different sections in the arch form ABCBA. One idea is very lyrical, as in Section A, while the other is very rhythmic, as in Section B. The lyrical inspiration can be heard in the opening flutes, and in the piccolo trio, which perfectly reflects the …