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Creating Talent: The Effect Of Environment On The Development Of Musical Skill, Nathan Jeffrey Herfindahl

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite literature investigating the effects of ecology on student development, very little research has been conducted concerning the influence of the adolescent living environment on the development of musical skills related to music performance. Gaining a clear understanding of adolescent environmental factors' influence on musical skill development will afford more students the opportunity to participate in music education and performance. Through a qualitative research approach, this study aims to investigate the effect of adolescent living environment on musical skill development by interviewing eight professional opera singers. In exploring the findings from this research, similarities in adolescent living environment have been …

Elementary Music Teacher Preparation Gaps In Cultural Diversity: Exceptional Populations, Joshua Learn

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Despite the extensive coursework and training in teacher preparation programs focusing on diverse populations, many teachers feel underprepared to meet the needs of emerging subcultures in the elementary music classroom. Over the years, the term diversity has grown beyond ethnicity and requires continued study and attention. This qualitative study explores the perspectives of elementary music educators about diverse populations of exceptional students with Other Health Impairments (OHI), defined as asthma, ADD, ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, sickle cell anemia, and Tourette syndrome, in their classrooms. The results of this study identify the existing …

The Online Member’S Experience Of Pastoral Care Through Worship, Ryan Michael Loche

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Online church services are normative for many churches. Given the relentless nature of creating a service every Sunday, church and worship leaders often do not consider how the online participant experiences the service they are viewing. Virtual reality church services are not yet as ubiquitous as online services but also warrant study. Careful attention must be given to how and why a church provides online and virtual services for its members. To not do so is a disservice to congregants and potentially a waste of time and resources for a church. This phenomenological qualitative study through the lens of a …

Faculty Recital: Mark Callahan And Janet Kao, Marc Callahan, Janet Kao

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

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Collage Concert, September 17, 2023, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
September 17, 2023
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Dr. Geanina Salagean Organ Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2023-2024

Dr. Geanina Salagean gives an organ concert.

2023-2024 Performance Forum - September 15, 2023, Ana-Maria Uzunova, Yu-Hsuan Feng, Caroline Drantal, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Trumpet Directivity From A Rotating Semicircular Array, Samuel D. Bellows, Joseph E. Avila, Timothy W. Leishman

Directivity

The directivity function of a played musical instrument describes the angular dependence of its acoustic radiation and diffraction about the instrument, musician, and musician’s chair. Directivity influences sound in rehearsal, performance, and recording environments and signals in audio systems. Because high-resolution, spherically comprehensive measurements of played musical instruments have been unavailable in the past, the authors have undertaken research to produce and share such data for studies of musical instruments, simulations of acoustical environments, optimizations of microphone placements, and other applications. The authors acquired the data from repeated chromatic scales produced by a trumpet played at mezzo-forte in an anechoic …

Elissa Kana Faculty Recital, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Guest Artist Recital Series: Daniel Adam Maltz, Fortepiano; September 14, 2023, Daniel Adam Maltz

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
September 14, 2023
Thursday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Recital Series: Cory Mixdorf, Trombone; Miroslava Panayotova, Piano; September 13, 2023, Cory Mixdorf, Miroslava Panayotova

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
September 13, 2023
Wednesday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Guest Artist Recital Series: David Zerkel, Tuba; Liz Ames, Piano; September 12, 2023, David Zerkel, Liz Ames

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
September 12, 2023
Tuesday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Faculty & Guest Artist Recital: Mary Palchak And Phillip Matsuura With László Mező, Mary Palchak, Phillip Matsuura, László Mező

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Philharmonia No. 1, Lynn University Philharmonia, Jon Robertson, Carol Cole, David Cole, Roberta Rust

Philharmonia

Philharmonia No. 1

• September 9, 2023 at 7:30 PM and September 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM
• Dr. Jon Robertson, conductor; Carol Cole, violin; David Cole, cello; Dr. Roberta Rust, piano
• Concerto in C Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano ("Triple"), op. 56 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 43 / Jean Sibelius

2023-2024 Performance Forum - September 8, 2023, Aneliya Novikova, Brenda Lorenzo, Fabiola Parra, Miguelangel Garcia Marquez, Ryan Barrett, Patrick Hengstler, Jeremy Jefferson, Gabrielle Malaniak, Lauren Swartz, Lillian Platte, Nia Morgan, Paola Garcia, Jose Ignacio Diaz

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

David Esleck Trio, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

2023-2024 Faculty Series No. 1, Sheila Browne, Lisa Leonard

Faculty Recitals

No abstract provided.

Anthony Williams, Trombone, September 7, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

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

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Anne Mcnamara, Trumpet; David Collier, Timpani; Angelo Favis, Guitar; Benjamin Stiers, Congas; Lu Witzig, Piano; September 3, 2023, Anne Mcnamara, David Collier, Angelo Favis, Benjamin Stiers, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
September 3, 2023
Sunday Afternoon
1:00 p.m.

Music Reviews, Volume 80, No. 1, Kathleen Roland-Silverstein

Voice - All Scholarship

Contains reviews of Walker, Gwyneth (b. 1947.) No Ordinary Woman!; Piesni zebrane na glos i fortepian (Collected Songs for voice and piano); OperAria: Das Repertoire für all Stimmgattungen in 16 Bänden, Volume I: Tenor Lyrisch.

User Education, Z. Sylvia Yang, Angela Pratesi

Library Faculty publications

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Sonorous Movement: Cellistic Corporealities In Works By Helmut Lachenmann, Simon Steen-Andersen, And Johan Svensson, John Popham

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In Sonorous Movement: Cellistic Corporealities in Works by Lachenmann, Steen-Andersen, and Svensson, I analyze three compositions that foreground the cellist-body, its physical gestures, and instrumental interactions: Helmut Lachemann’s Pression für einen Cellisten (1969/2010), Simon Steen-Andersen’s Study for String Instrument #3 (2011), and Johan Svensson’s marionette for string instrument, electro-mechanical devices and lights (2018). These works center sound production and the performing body as sites of ontological and creative exploration. Their physical gestures serve multiple sensorial functions, heightening the visual and kinesthetic dimensions of a traditionally aurally oriented practice. For each work, I develop a corresponding analytical method based on …

Konohana, Jean-Patrick Besingrand

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Konohana is a concerto for clarinet and ensemble written for the ensemble Court-Circuit in the context of the Composition Academy Philippe Manoury and the Musica Festival in Strasbourg. Konohana (Konohanasakuya-hime) is the goddess of Mount Fuji and the princess of cherry blossoms. She is associated with the sakura and the ephemeral beauty of its blooming. This piece is inspired by the symbolism of the cherry blossom as well as the socio-cultural aspect of the blooming flowers. From the clarinet, contrapuntal lines emerge and progressively densify the instrumental texture like rhizomes. This densification is interrupted by the presence of « inserts …

André Mocquereau's Theory Of Rhythm, Charles Weaver

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examines the theory of rhythm developed by Dom André Mocquereau (1849–1930), a French Benedictine monk. Mocquereau’s theory was originally conceived as a method for performing Gregorian chant and has been the source for numerous publications and recordings since the beginning of the twentieth century. This dissertation places Mocquereau’s theory in the context of both the evolving performance practice of medieval monophony and the history of music theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapter 1 surveys the history of the notation of Gregorian chant, introducing the problem of constructing a rhythmic practice from historical sources. Chapter 2 examines …

Form In Hip-Hop Music: Sections, Songs, And History, Stephen M. Gomez

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores musical form in recorded hip-hop music from 1979–present. Form, defined as the large-scale organization of songs, is a parameter that artists consider in the creative process and fans experience while listening. Hip-hop’s historical foundation as a live, improvised, party-oriented genre influenced formal functions and patterning from the earliest days of its popular recorded life, beginning with the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. While many of the section and song form labels used by scholars of pop-rock music are transferable to the analysis of hip-hop, the latter genre conveys a unique sense of time rooted in …

Ways Of Silence And Other Absences In The Music Of George Crumb, Jean-Patrick Besingrand

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The music of American composer George Crumb (1929-2022) is undeniably singular in the musical landscape. His aesthetic is often characterized by his exploration of timbre, his graphic scores, his use of quotation, his theatricality, and his interest in unusual instruments. This study proposes to take a different approach to Crumb’s aesthetic through the spectrum of silences and other absences. The concept of silence will be broken down and reconstructed through the Japanese concept of ma (間) and of empty spaces. Multiple types of silences and absences will be considered throughout this dissertation, expanding thus the concept of silence not only …

Iwu Music Professor Logan Campbell Is Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony's Next Director, Lauren Warnecke

Interviews for WGLT

The Bloomington-Normal Youth Symphony (BNYS) will have a new director this fall. Illinois Wesleyan University music professor Logan Campbell will be just the third director to ascend the podium after Deanne Bryant steps down.

Randy Grabowski, Trumpet, With Sean Botkin, Piano, August 29, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

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

Introduction To Music, Mus 10100, Daniel Beliavsky

Open Educational Resources

This course examines musical works, composers, and aesthetics from antiquity to the present. Central to our curriculum are the questions, “what are music’s meanings?” and “how can music communicate meaning?” Through the process of discovering the varied answers to these questions, we will learn about music history, music philosophy, composer biographies, and how aesthetic concerns change across time and place. As a result of our work, you will develop the critical skills needed to understand the socio-historical events that inspire musical compositions and styles.

Recital: Jury Recognition, August 28, 2023, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
August 28, 2023
Monday Evening
7:30 p.m.