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Concert Recording 2007-09-28, Margaret Stall, Corderro Baxter, Lindsey Bowlin, Rachel Boyd, Courtney Bradford, Michael Baker Brown, Nathan Cook, Shelby Coplon, Rachel Dake, Idra Green, Emily High, Tracy Hone, Jayne Jackson, Trista Mcvey, Sarah Mesko, Jessica Montgomery, Taylor Moore, Xavier Moore, Jinho Park, Jonathan Perry, Jason Rutledge, Leanne Scaggs, Maja Sevo, Margaret Stall, Meisha Stewart

Concert Recordings & Programs

Disc One -- Don Giovanni. Ho capito ; La ci darem la mano ; Le nozze di Figaro. Non so piu, cosa son ; Cosa sento / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga ; Basta che sol tu chieda / Georg Frideric Handel -- Ifigenia in Tauride. O tu, che in tua pieta crude! / Christoph Willibald von Gluck -- Cosi fan tutte. Il core vi dono / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Cenerentola. Introduzione / Gioachino Rossini -- Les contes d'Hoffman. Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour / Jacques Offenbach -- Lakme. Viens, Mallika / Leo Delibes -- Disc …

Concert Recording 2007-11-08, Will Kimball, Timothy Smith

Concert Recordings & Programs

Three preludes / George Gershwin ; Arr. Will Kimball -- Symphony for trombone, mvt. 1 / Ernest Bloch -- Second sonata / Richard Monaco -- Concerto for alto trombone / Leopold Mozart -- Concerto for Trombone, mvt. 1 / Henri Tomasi -- Wintermute / Bruce Hamilton

Concert Recording 2007-11-09, Blaine Cunningham, Lee Larry, Lyndon Meyer, Debbie Aulerich, Jason Tacker, Kevin Graber

Concert Recordings & Programs

Capriccio / Krzysztof Penderecki -- A walk in the woods / Jiro Censhu -- Song of the brother / Erik Leidzen -- Triumph of the demon gods / John Stevens -- Fantasia di falcone / James Curnow

Concert Recording 2007-11-12, Kenneth Tse, Marian Lee

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata for soprano saxophone and piano (2006-7) / David DeBoor Canfield -- Partita for alto saxophone and piano (1964) / Erwin Dressel -- Sonata no. 1 for alto saxophone and piano (1960) / Pierre-Philippe Bauzin -- La ronde des lutins op. 25 / Antonio Bazzini

Concert Recording 2007-11-17, Brian Glass, Meisha Stewart, Kristin Harwell, Will Nash, Clinton Rhodes, Adam Vanderbush, Gerald Sloan, Jesse Collett, Erin Bruggeman, Michael Bollero, Pilar Navarrete, Kalyn Butler, Richard Rulli

Concert Recordings & Programs

Let the bright seraphim ; Eternal source of light divine / George Frideric Handel -- Trumpet ensemble in four movements / Brian Glass -- Duetto buffo di due gatti / Gioacchino Rossini -- La revue de cuisine / Bohuslav Martinu -- Breakaway. Carving the stone ; A single shot (25 years): prayers and chants ; Awakening / David Sampson

Concert Recording 2007-11-20, Shelby Kifer, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto for bass trombone and orchestra / Thom Ritter-George -- Cello suite no. 5. Sarabande / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sonata for bass trombone and piano / Alec Wilder -- Sterogram no. 7 / Dr. David W. Brubeck -- Trombone institute of technology / Michael Davis -- Mr. Roberts / Ilya Reijngoud

Concert Recording 2007-11-26a, Whitney Adams, Kristin Harwell, Lyndon Meyer, Emily Nelson, Kalyn Butler, Richard Bobo, Buffy Trent

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonate for oboe in g minor BWV 1030b / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sextet for piano and woodwinds / Francis Poulence -- Six metamorphoses after Ovid op. 49. Bacchus ; Niobe ; Arethusa / Benjamin Britten -- Concerto for Oboe / Richard Strauss

Concert Recording 2007-11-28, Blaine Cunningham, Sharon Holloway, Helena Miller, Caleb Pond, Michael Santos, Nattapon Banjatammanon, Kirstie Vanfleet, Jeannie Lee, Justin Schilb, Lyndon Meyer

Concert Recordings & Programs

Capriccio for tuba / Krysztof Penderecki -- Prelude and fugue in d minor, op 87, no. 24 / Dmitri Shostakovich -- Danse de la Chevre / Arthur Honegger -- Concertpiece no. 1 in f minor, op. 113 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Three pieces for flute and piano / Arthur Foote -- Sonata for violin and piano no. 9 "Kreutzer" / Ludwig van Beethoven

Concert Recording 2007-12-02, Alex Lewis, Joseph Ralston, James Greeson, Bobbie Foster, Don Goetz, Josh Richardson, Jameson Burton, Johnathan Paape, Ben Harris, Joel Schisler, Alex Lewis, Joel Paul, Patrick Sallings, Eric Kern, Mike Sorenson, Trevin Russell, Ryan Ruffing, Reed Faitak, Joe Kane

Concert Recordings & Programs

Disc 1 -- Satin doll / Duke Ellington -- How insensitive / Antonio Carlos Jobim -- Prelude in d minor / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Adelita / Francisco Tarrega -- Estudio no. 7 / Fernando Sor -- Estudio no. 9 ; Andante / Fernando Sor -- Pastorale / Matteo Carcassi -- Estudio, op. 60, no. 3 -- Happychap / Gyan Riley -- Disc 2 -- Four / Miles Davis -- Autumn leaves / Kosma ; Prevert -- Watch what happens / Michel Legrand -- Straight, no chaser / Thelonious Monk -- Bright size life / Pat Methany -- Blue bossa …

The New String Quartet : The Evolution Of The Hyperquartet, Rachael Dease

Theses : Honours

This article explores the phenomenon of the rejuvenation of the string quartet in contemporary musical culture through the use of electronics. I will discuss how recent works; including my own works Spiral (1999) and Seven Ballads til Dawn (2007) have adopted some features of popular music and new technology, while still maintaining the integrity and flavour of their classical heritage. I will use several different examples to show the ways in which a quartet can become a "hyperquartet" through the use of amplification, effects processors and playback.

Electronic Music Compositional Techniques In Instrumental Music: A Study Of Effect In Helmut Lachenmann's 'Pression', Lisa James

Theses : Honours

The ability of new technologies of the early twentieth century to record, copy and manipulate music has permanently changed many of the basic conceptions of musical structure that have held true for centuries. With the development of musique concrete in France (1948) and elektronische musik in Germany (1951), traditional compositional elements of classical music such as melody, harmony and rhythm, which had survived even the drastic revolutions of the serial composers, began to take a secondary role to new structural and developmental techniques. Although there have been many technological and musical advances in the field of electronic music since these …

Rehearsal And Performance Practices Of Minimalist Music, Specifically Related To Music For Eighteen Musicians By Steve Reich, Callum Moncrieff

Theses : Honours

This dissertation serves to give an exposition of the origins, rehearsal and performance practices for minimalist music with particular attention paid to Music for Eighteen Musicians by Steve Reich. It contains interviews with performers of this work and attempts to define the underlying principles of minimalist music with particular reference to concentration and tempo. Rehearsal procedures are discussed as well as issues such as stamina and acoustics. The final section is dedicated to common mistakes and a reflection on the work from those who have performed it.

God's Lonely Men : Bernard Herrmann's Musical Voice For The Lonely And Tortured Men Of Cinema, Clare Nina Norelli

Theses : Honours

Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) has long been regarded as one of the most important composers of film music. Emerging during a time when the majority of film scores worked primarily with the physical action onscreen or what was immediately obvious in the dramatic narrative, Herrmann's innovative compositional style instead focused on the unconscious and the psychological states at work. The following thesis is a discussion of the key elements of Herrmann's unique film score style and, via case studies of the three lonely male protagonists in the films Citizen Kane (Welles, USA, 1941), Vertigo (Hitchcock, USA, 1958) and Taxi Driver (Scorsese, …

Concert Recording 2007-01-18, Benjamin Pierce, Benjamin Pierce, Lyndon Meyer

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concert piece / Joseph Turrin -- By gaslight /Tadeusz Kassatti -- Two insects. Dance of the dragonfly ; Moth in love / Torstein Aagaard-Nilson -- Cyberspace / Peter Graham -- Three Lyric Pieces / Arthur Butterworth -- Fnugg / Øystein Baadsvik -- Concert Variations / Jan Bach

Concert Recording 2007-04-03, Rossitza Jekova-Goza, Nicholas Dieugenio

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata for violin solo, op. 115 (1947) / Sergei Prokofiev -- Partita no. 1 in b minor for solo violin, BWV 1002 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Recitativo and scherzo, op. 6 / Fritz Kriesler -- Selections from 44 duets for two violins / Bela Bartok -- Sonata for two violins , op. 56 / Sergei Prokofiev

Concert Recording 2007-03-29a, Maja Sevo, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Samson. Let the bright seraphim / George Friedrich Handel -- La buona figliuola. Furie di donna irata / Niccolo Piccinni -- Il mistero ; Ad una stella ; Brindisi / Guiseppe Verdi -- Verschwiegene Liebe / Hugo Wolf -- Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten ; Ich trage meine Minne ; Cacilie / Richard Strauss -- Die Tote Stadt. Gluck, das mir verblieb / Erich Wolfgang Kornhold -- Seguidille / Manuel de Falla -- Le colibri / Ernest Chausson -- Chansons du clair tamis / Francis Poulenc -- Harmonie du soir / Claude Debussy -- El pano moruno ; Seguidilla …

From Sonata And Fantasy To Sonata-Fantasy: Charting A Musical Evolution, Mami Hayashida

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Part One of this project examines a group of piano pieces that bear the title sonata-fantasy or fantasy-sonata. While much has been written about quasi-sonata fantasies and quasi-fantasies of the Romantic period, the sonata/fantasy hybrid works of the following era have largely been a neglected area in music research. The purpose of this document is to fill this void and provide an introductory study of these works. The introductory chapter includes a list of sonata-fantasies and fantasy-sonatas I have found in U.S. libraries. The next two chapters outline the history of the fantasy as a genre and its relationship to …

Quintet For Two Violins, Viola, Cello And Piano, And String Quartet No. 1 By Lazar Nikolov, Alexandra Dotcheva

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Lazar Nikolov (1922-2005) was a representative of the so-called third generation of Bulgarian composers. Together with his closest friend, composer and conductor Konstantin Iliev, Nikolov founded the postwar avant garde in Bulgaria. He was among the first composers in Eastern Europe to abandon the influence of musical folklore and employ non-tonal techniques. Shortly before graduating from the State Academy of Music in 1946, Nikolov felt that the masters from the previous two generations had already used all the successful means to incorporate neo-Romantic features and Bulgarian folk material into art music. He was perceptive enough to recognize the danger of …

The Formation Of A Style: Selected Early Works By Hugo Wolf, Jure Rozman

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Hugo Wolf’s (1860–1903) most pronounced talent was in marrying music and poetry in novel ways, which is clearly demonstrated by his more than 240 art songs. In his early years Wolf composed a series of works for piano solo, published for the first time in 1974 by the Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag in Vienna. This paper explores these and other formative works in detail, focusing on music-theoretical issues, but also placing them in historical context by means of a brief biography which includes recent discoveries regarding Wolf’s Slovene lineage.

Narratives In Music: Schelmo, Hebraic Rhapsody For Cello And Orchestra, Asu Perihan Karadut

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Born in July 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland, Ernest Bloch became one of the leading composers of the 20th century. He wrote series of works, which he called “The Jewish Cycle.” They represented a new, distinctive musical language, in which Bloch combined eastern and western music traits. Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra (1915-16) was the last composition from the cycle. It showed mastery of a style Bloch had been developing since his earlier compositions. This project will show Schelomo’s place in “The Jewish Cycle” and its importance on Bloch’s departure from the popular trends of the early 20th century. …

A Conductor's Theoretical And Performance Analysis Of Nicholas Maw's "American Games" For Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Adam Corey Spurlin

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this document is to provide information pertaining to the instrumental music of the living British composer Nicholas Maw and a detailed analysis of American Games, his only work for symphonic wind ensemble. The document is divided into four chapters, the first of which contains introductory, biographical, and repertoire information. Chapter Two explores Maw’s primary influences and provides a description of his late instrumental style, including references to three orchestral works completed in the last twenty years (Odyssey, Violin Concerto, and Dance Scenes). The third chapter includes pertinent historical information on American Games paired with a detailed theoretical …

African Art Music For Flute: A Study Of Selected Works By African Composers, Wendy Kristin Hymes Onovwerosuoke

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Recent years have witnessed an increase in the number of Western classical music performers actively programming works employing multi-cultural musical idioms. Though there exist many compositions by African composers, African art music is not often programmed by Western performers because of the lack of exposure these compositions have received, lack of commercially-available recordings, and the difficulties of obtaining information about African musical styles. The information presented in this research aims to aid performers in their preparation and approach to performing African art music compositions, specifically those for the western flute. This research includes biographical information and compositional philosophies of five …

An Original Composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme And Variations For Piano, Harpsichord, Harp And Orchestra And A Comparative Study Between The Pedagogical Methodologies Of Arnold Schoenberg And Nadia Boulanger Regarding Training The Composer, Barrett Ashley Johnson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Part one of this dissertation is an original music composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme and Variations for Piano, Harpsichord, Harp and Orchestra in fantasia variation form. The orchestra is divided into four groups: Strings (8/8/6/6/4), Winds (2/2/2/2/), Brass (4/3/3/1), and Percussion (Percussion I: Celesta, Timpani, Vibraphone, & Snare Drum; Percussion II: Suspended Cymbal, Orchestra Bells, Tam-Tam; Percussion III: Bass Drum, Side Drum, Triangle, & Tam-Tam.) Each solo instrument (Piano, Harpsichord & Harp) is physically associated with a specified group: Piano with Brass; Harpsichord with Strings: Harp with Winds, thus three primary groups. The percussion is employed as a crossover, unifying ensemble. …

Commentary On "Timbre As An Elusive Component Of Imagery For Music" By Freya Bailes, Andrea R. Halpern

Faculty Journal Articles

The study of musical timbre by Bailes (2007) raises important questions concerning the relative ease of imaging complex perceptual attributes such as timbre, compared to more unidimensional attributes. I also raise the issue of individual differences in auditory imagery ability, especially for timbre.

Review: Best Of The South: New Songs From The South: Musical Stories By Sugar Hill Songwriters, Jack Fisher

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the CD "Best of the South: New Songs from the South: Musical Stories by Sugar Hill Songwriters."

To Cite Or Not To Cite? Confronting The Legacy Of (European) Writing On African Music, Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

English Abstract:

The current citational practice in Western scholarship is ideologically loaded, being far more suited to a written economy than a primarily oral culture in which knowledge is preserved in memory and disseminated through repeated performance. The impact of orality on musical scholarship should be more closely investigated; African scholars have all too often become informants rather than theorists of their own traditions. It is therefore proposed that the routine citation of a body of scholarship developed without Africa's historically-specific intellectual needs and ambitions in mind should in fact be discouraged.

German Abstract:

Die heutige Zitierpraxis der westlichen Wissenschaft …

Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga: Innovations Of Character And Virtuosity In Contemporary Opera, Kelly Fiona Lynch

LSU Major Papers

In 1979, Scottish-born composer Judith Weir wrote King Harald’s Saga for the soprano Jane Manning. Although an opera in three acts, the cast consists of one performer unaccompanied, interpreting various characters, including the protagonist, King Harald, two of his wives, and the entire Norwegian Army. The opera presented in its entirety is ten minutes in duration. The scope of this paper is intended to assist the performer as well as those who are interested in contemporary opera. I have provided a brief overview of Weir’s compositional style in opera, chamber opera and song. As King Harald’s Saga was Weir’s first …

A Performer's Guide To Ross Lee Finney's Song Cycle Chamber Music, Joseph Charles Perniciaro

LSU Major Papers

Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997), significant American composer and pedagogue, published five works for solo voice and piano within his catalogue of genres and styles. Though composed in 1951, Finney’s setting of Chamber Music, to James Joyce’s texts by the same title, remained unpublished until 1985. This song cycle, Finney’s last published solo vocal work, will be the focus of this document and subsequent lecture recital. The purpose of this study will be to examine seventeen of the thirty-six songs from the cycle and provide performance suggestions. The written document is comprised of five chapters: Chapter One provides biographical information and …

Blowing East : A Set Of Performance Practice Instructions For A Western Flautist Presenting Japanese And Indian Inspired Works, Asha Henfry

Theses : Honours

In the form of a handbook, this dissertation is predominantly directed at Western flute players interested in world music, the shaktthachi or bansttri, or who may be looking for advice on playing Japanese or Indian inspired works. Performing music that is not in the normal Western classical idiom can sometimes be a daunting experience for a flautist. By looking first at the background musical and cultural aspects relative to each country and then delving deeper into the finer details of characteristic nuances and techniques, the flautist can then take the music to a higher level. In addition, an extensive list …

Concert Recording 2007-03-08, Lisa Hocking, Lyndon Meyer, Scott Corley, S. Michael Shuman, Lee Larry, Henry Runkles, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Wallace

Concert Recordings & Programs

Partita, op. 89 / Arthur Butterworth -- Concerto (1972). Lento ; Moderato / Joseph Horovitz -- Suite for euphonium (1966) / Don Haddad -- Suite no. 4 in E♭ Major for solo cello, BWV 1010 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Southern Cross / Herbert L. Clarke