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The Contributions Of Earl "Bud" Powell To The Modern Jazz Style, David Joseph Demotta

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This is an analytical study of pianist and composer Bud Powell's contributions to modern jazz (a.k.a. bebop or "bop"), focusing especially on the rhythmic and harmonic implications of Powell's improvisations. The analysis is informed by a series of interviews with professional jazz musicians and is supported by original notated transcriptions of Powell recordings. The aim of this project is to present a cogent technical and theoretical account of Powell's musical style that is grounded in the values of the contemporary jazz community and reflects that community's continued passion for and engagement with Powell.

Chapter One, "Contemporary Pianists and Bud Powell's …

The Finales Of Robert Shumann's Piano Sonatas And Fantasie, Emiko Sato

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation sets out to examine the finales of Robert Schumann's Piano Sonatas (opp. 11, 14, 22 [original finale]), and Fantasie (op. 17), with an especial focus on their form, which can be broadly categorized as parallel form. The introduction examines historical criticisms of Schumann's large-scale works, pointing out some of the idiosyncratic features found in Schumann's finales. Each chapter will present a comprehensive analysis of one of the finales. I make use of color diagrams in the formal analyses, which expeditiously and efficiently elucidate the repeating patterns of thematic and transitional materials; they also visually reflect the actual …

Pagh-Paan's No-Ul: Korean Identity Formation As Synthesis Of Eastern And Western Music, Ji Hyun Son

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In this dissertation, I address a gap in a great many syntheses of Eastern and Western music, including the crucial moment in Korean music history that brought about revival of traditional music, resulting in the international impetus it has today. In addressing this gap, I chose Younghi Pagh-Paan and her music to initiate a deeper discussion of Korean composers contributing toward the golden age of Korean music, a welcome development in Korean society; it has also heightened pride and respect for the culture and resulted in a robust Korean identity in their music.

I have demonstrated ways in which Pagh-Paan …

Performing Blackness In A Mulatto Society: Negotiating Racial Identity Through Music In The Dominican Republic, Angelina Maria Tallaj-García

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

My dissertation analyzes Dominican racial and ethnic identity through an examination of music and music cultures. Previous studies of Dominican identity have focused primarily on the racialized invention of the Dominican nation as white, or non-black, often centering on the building of Dominican identity in (sometimes violent) opposition to the Haitian nation and to Haitian racial identity. I argue that although Dominicans have not developed an explicit verbal discourse of black affirmation, blackness (albeit a contextually contingent articulation) is embedded in popular conceptions of dominicanidad ("Dominicanness") and is enacted through music. My dissertation explores ways in which popular notions of …

Ecological Aspects Of The Music Of John Luther Adams, David Arie Shimoni

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The composer John Luther Adams envisions his role as one who re-imagines and re-creates relationships with other human and non-human beings through music. This dissertation consists of an examination of songbirdsongs, Earth and the Great Weather, In the White Silence, Strange and Sacred Noise, The Place Where You Go to Listen, and Inuksuit to determine whether, and how, Adams succeeds in re-creating these relationships.

In the Introduction various means of connecting music and the natural world are reviewed, a semiotic and ecomusicological framework for analysis is established, and a listening typology is suggested. In the following chapters, analysis of …

Upbeat, Feb. 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

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Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (The Irish Musicians' Association) And The Politics Of Musical Community In Irish Traditional Music, Lauren Weintraub Stoebel

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examines Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (The Irish Musicians' Association) and its role in the politics of Irish traditional music communities. A revivalist organization founded in 1951, Comhaltas today is an educational and activist organization whose mission includes the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music. Its numerous programs--from local music classes to a national festival drawing thousands of participants--intersect at some point with the musical lives of nearly every Irish traditional musician. Because of this widespread activity, Comhaltas interacts, often contentiously, with many of the different musical communities through which Irish traditional musicians define themselves both publically and privately. …

The New York Philharmonic Strike Of 1973, Kuan Cheng Lu

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The New York Philharmonic Strike of 1973 is a story waiting to be told. The sole volume to mention it, John Canarina's The New York Philharmonic, devotes less than two pages to it. Until now, the full story has lain buried in archival documents, newspaper articles, and the memories of those who experienced it firsthand. This document represents the first comprehensive examination of this event. The research upon which it is based consists of: interviews with the New York Philharmonic members; research in the New York Philharmonic Archives; newspaper articles and reviews. The results are presented here in three …

James Yuhas, Trumpet, James Yuhas

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• JAMES YUHAS, Trumpet
• assisted by Helen Lukan, Piano Jeremy Larson, Piano Jennifer Kempe, Horn Robert Medd, Trombone

James Yuhas is a graduate student from Lincoln Park majoring in performance. He studies with Professor Scott Thornburg.

Guest Artist Recital, January 31, 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 Reed Day 2015 Opening Concert, January 31, 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.

Guest Artist Recital, January 31, 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.

Heidi Hoffman, Cello, January 30, 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.

Travis Reuter Quartet, January 29, 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.

Rhapsody In Purple, David Cutler, Piano, January 29, 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.

2014-2015 Performance Forum - January 29, 2015, Carol Cole, Nora Lastre, Franz Felkl, Jesse Yukimura, Roberto Henriquez, David Cole, Yuliya Kim, Trace Johnson, Isac Ryu, Hikari Nakamura, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Julia Jakkel, Elizabeth Lee

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents Celebrate Mozart's Birthday!, Faculty Recital, Violauta Duo, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Guitar, Wendell Dobbs, Flute, With Guest Artist, Richard Spece, Clarinet, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Wendell B. Dobbs Dr., Richard Spece

All Performances

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2014-2015 Junior Recital - Kristen Seto (Violin), Kristen Seto, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Junior and Senior Recitals

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2014-2015 Senior Recital - Hsin-Hui Liu (Piano), Hsin Hui Liu

Junior and Senior Recitals

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Anibal Dos Santos, Viola And Sean Botkin, Piano, January 26, 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.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Annual Cello Day, Ms. Lauren Dunseath, Clinician & Soloist, Lauren Dunseath

All Performances

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Concert Recording 2015-01-25, Miroslava Panayotova, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Suite. March ; Soliloquy ; Danza glorica / Margaret Garwood -- [07:52]. Souvenirs, op. 28. Waltz ; Schottische ; Pas de deux ; Two-step ; Hesitation-tango ; Galop / Samuel Barber ; arranged by Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale -- [Track 10]. Three negro dances. Hoe cake ; Rabbit foot ; Ticklin' toes / Florence B. Price -- [29:57]. Recuerdos: Three traditional Latin-American dances. Ch’‚ro - Homage to Nazareth ; Paseo - a la memoire de Louis-Moreau Gottschalk ; Valse Venezolano - a la memoire de Ramon Delgado Palacios / William Bolcom -- [44:10]. Le grand tango / Astor …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Music Alive Faculty & Guest Artist Collaboration Series: "Supreme Duo", Elizabeth Reed Smith, Violin, Henning Vauth, Piano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, Henning Vauth

All Performances

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2014-2015 Ppc Recital - Hyunwook Bae (Bassoon), Hyunwook Bae, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

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2014-2015 Mostly Music: Franz Schubert, Delcho Tenev, Erin David, Felicia Besan, Akmal Irmatov, Joana Rusche, Carina Inoue, Eric Van Der Veer Varner, Lisa Leonard, Carol Cole, David Cole, Jon Robertson, Marshall Turkin, Jay Stuart

Mostly Music Series

No abstract provided.

2014-2015 Ppc Recital - Delcho Tenev (Violin), Delcho Tenev, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

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2014-2015 Senior Recital - Jie Ren (Piano), Jie Ren

Junior and Senior Recitals

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Frederick Halgedahl, Violin And Julia Bullard, Viola, January 20, 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.

Student Recital: Katherine Lape, Soprano, Katherine Lape, Bobbie Kesler-Corleto

Student Recitals

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Concert Recording 2015-01-17, Cody Walter, Phillip Sais

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Tuba suite / Gordon Jacob -- [15:05]. Nocturno op. 7 / Franz Strauss -- [21:28]. Capriccio / Rodney Newton.