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Guide To The Jean Stor Collection, Columbia College Chicago

CBMR Collection Guides / Finding Aids

Jean Stor was the pseudonym of William Astor Morgan (1890-1961). He was a composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, publisher, and teacher who lived and worked primarily in New York City. The collection consists of the handwritten and reproduced manuscripts of most of Stor’s major compositions, as well as a limited number of personal papers, published scores, writings, correspondence, photographs, and recordings.

Sight-Singing Requirements Of Choral Festivals: A Fifty-State Comparison Of The Methods Used To Adjudicate Ensemble Literacy, William Griswold Jr

Dissertations

Standardized testing in the United States has permeated all levels of education including the choral music classroom. Across the country, state music organizations have implemented yearly evaluations of high school choral ensembles in which directors prepare choirs to be judged against a particular standard. While many organizations utilize similar methods of evaluating performances at adjudicated choral festivals, the methods used for evaluating sight-singing vary greatly from state to state. Throughout the country, various types of rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic exercises are used to evaluate an ensemble’s ability to sight-sing, however in certain states no form of sight-singing is required for …

Means Of Evangelization In The Catholic Church Through Music, Patrice Metcalf

Masters Theses

There are numerous resources for Catholic churches today to encourage a congregation’s full involvement in musical participation, but there is little guidance or information on how these practices help with evangelization. The evangelization process is essential to the healthy growth of the church on Earth and for the salvation of believers. Musical resources give an eclectic variety of music, all of which is methodically written by its composers. After the COVID-19 pandemic, many church choirs have struggled to return, with some churches abandoning the use of large choirs and opting for a single soloist to lead the congregation. This leads …

Brighter Days, Erich J. Eastman

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Brighter Days is a musical composition for choir, solo voice, and guitar, depicting the stages of an emotional journey through five separate movements. Each movement represents a different set of feelings, exploring themes of frustration, perseverance, hope, elation, and other sentiments. The movements are interconnected, employing key relationships and cross-references throughout the work. Musical styles vary, and genres are blended to create tonal landscapes that are both unique and accessible. Brighter Days is an expressive new work about finding light in darkness and coming to terms with oneself.

Beyond The Score: Interdisciplinary Connections In The High School Choral Ensemble, Kellie Clark

Theses and Dissertations--Music

An interest in interdisciplinary instruction, generally and within the arts, can be traced through numerous progressive educational movements extending back to the earliest philosophers. There has, however, been limited discussion regarding an interdisciplinary approach in high school ensemble classrooms. If a holistic teaching approach, one which examines a musical work from multiple angles while inviting and encouraging student curiosity and agency, can benefit music students in profound ways, why are secondary choral educators hesitant to employ such methods?

This monograph presents a concrete and practical application for the inclusion of interdisciplinary instruction in the high school choral classroom developed through …

Annunciation And The Cross: The Marian Theology Of Incarnation In James Macmillan’S Music And Public Discourse, Joel Clarkson

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Many of Scottish composer James MacMillan’s most essential works are influenced by his Catholic faith, and thematically focused on a theological expression of Incarnation and suffering worked out through a dissonant musical style. MacMillan has developed a robust public discourse that includes statements about his faith and the way it informs his music, and his forthright demeanor has often provoked tension with various figures and groups. This article suggests that these two forms of conflict—discordance in his composition, and elements of conflict in his public dialogue—are both driven by a Marian theology of Incarnation that provides the impetus both for …

Choral Repertoire: Promising New Directions For Music Theory Teaching, Meghan Hatfield

Music Student Research

Choirs are an integral part of music departments and schools, particularly at institutions with large choral education programs. In its standards for music education, the 2022 NASM handbook states that “Teachers should be prepared to relate their understanding of music… both in general and as related to their area(s) of specialization.” Yet despite the large number of students participating and/or specializing in choir, choral music is nearly absent from music theory textbooks. Perhaps as a result, research has shown that high school choir directors struggle with harmonic score study (Rowher et al. 2014) and, anecdotally, choir students and teachers are …

What Defines A Runestad Work? The Evolution Of Choral Music In The Twenty-First Century, Nora Cullinan

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

Choral music has undergone a number of changes through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, thanks in part to technological advances that offered composers a wealth of music traditions from which to draw inspiration. This led to what some have called the “neoimpressionist” style of choral composition: a new approach that combines historical traditions such as impressionism and early polyphony with forward-thinking sonorities and harmonic progressions, as well as a strict focus on text. In defining this style, musicologists often turned to the works of Eric Whitacre, who is well-known for his text-driven pieces laden with clustered harmonies. In …

A Graduate Choral Conducting Recital, Brock Willard

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This graduate thesis consists of a choral conducting recital performed by members of Chorale and recruited community singers, and accompanying program notes. Repertoire included on the recital was selected according to the music or texts’ proximity to conflicts throughout history. Composers represented on the program include Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Heinrich Schütz, Stephen Foster, Shawn Kirchner, Ethan McGrath, Kim André Arnesen, Brock Willard, Z. Randall Stroope, Craig Courtney, Austin Hunt, Frank Ticheli, and Fredrik Sixten. The program notes for each composition will consist of biographical information, music analysis, performance considerations, and other relevant information

Rejuvenating France’S Choir School Tradition: An Interview With Mark Opstad Artistic Director Of La Maîtrise De Toulouse, C. Michael Porter

Music Faculty Publications and Presentations

The article presents an interview with Mark Opstad, founder of La Maîtrise de Toulouse, a choir school in France associated with the Toulouse conservatoire and partly based upon the English choir school model. He discusses his primary musical influences, financia l structure and the government assistance given to Maîtrise de Toulouse, and guidelines that can be shared from the English choral tradition to be instituted in the American choral education structure.

Singing Out: Gala Choruses And Social Change, Heather Maclachlan

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

Can you change the world through song? This appealing idea has long been the professed aim of singers who are part of choruses affiliated with the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA). Theses choruses first emerged in the 1970s, and grew out of a very American tradition of (often gender-segregated) choral singing that explicitly presents itself as a community-based activity. By taking a close look at these choruses and their mission, Heather MacLachlan unpacks the fascinating historical and cultural dynamics behind groups that seek to change society for the better by encouraging acceptance of LGBT-identified people and promoting diversity …

"Leave All That You Have, That You May Take All:" What Hugo Distler's Totentanz Reveals About His Life And Music, Alison Elizabeth Allerton

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Hugo Distler (1908-1942) has been described as the most important composer of Protestant Church music in Germany in the early twentieth century—a remarkable epithet given that he was a professional church musician and composer for only about twelve years before his life was abruptly ended with his suicide in 1942. Though he is more well-known in Germany, in the United States public perception of Distler is often limited to two basic “facts:” (1) he is a neo-Baroque composer whose works emulate Heinrich Schütz, and (2) his suicide was an act of resistance against the hated National Socialist regime. This study …

Earth Songs: Choral Music From Around The Globe, Usu Women's Choir, Usu Chorale, Usu Chamber Singers, Cory Evans

All Music Department Programs

As part of today 's Earth Day observation, we hope that our singing will inspire you to remember all that this world has to offer through music. This printed program is HALF of the paper we normally use, so you can enjoy this concert TWICE as much. Happy Earth Day!

Sonority And Linear Structure In Three Early Works Of Olivier Messiaen, Krista Lenore Beckman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this study I examine three early works of Olivier Messiaen: the motet O sacrum convivium (1937), "La colombe" from the eight piano preludes (1928-9), and the closing passage of "La fiancée perdue" from the song cycle Trois méodies (1930). All three works exhibit varying degrees of tonal behavior in combination with a foreground focus on harmonic sonority. As such, I approach each of them with two contrasting analytic methods: modified Schenkerian linear-reductive analysis, informed by the interaction of diatonic and octatonic collections, and set-class analysis. The latter approach incorporates the harmonic complexity index (HCI) as an innovative harmonic measure …

Tu Lo Sai | 10-96190, James Q. Mulholland

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Tu Lo Sai

Part Number: 10-96190

Price: $1.80

Voicing: TTBB

Transcription By: Piero Floridia

Music By: Giuseppe Torelli

Arranged By: James Q. Mulholland

Commissioned by the "Singing Statesmen"University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireGary Schwartkoff, director

And I Will Sing A Lullaby | 20-95750, Robert I. Hugh, Henry Leck

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And I Will Sing a Lullaby

Part Number:
20-95750

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
Two-Part Treble

Lyrics By:
William Blake & Thomas Dekker

Music By:
Robert I. Hugh

Edited By:
Henry Leck

Featured at:
2016 TCDA Convention
2016 KCDA Summer Conference

Branch Of May, A - Ttbb | 41-96550, James Q. Mulholland

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A Branch of May (I Brought You Here)

Part Number: 41-96550

Voicing: TTBB

Lyrics By: Tradition May-Day Song

Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Branch Of May, A - Satb | 10-96020, James Q. Mulholland

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A Branch of May (I Brought You Here)

Part Number: 10-96020

Voicing: SATB & Treble

Lyrics By: Tradition May-Day Song

Music By: James Q. Mulholland

Jesus Is Born, The Lord Is Born, Myrna J. Layton, Michael Biancardi, O. A. Miller

Faculty Publications

Set to the tune of "I Will Take Care of Thee, My Child," a hymn composed by O.A. Miller (1918).

'More Divine Than Human': Early Tudor Plainchant And Polyphony Of The Lenten Compline Office In The Use Of Salisbury, 1485-1558, Mark Wayland Ardrey-Graves

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Codified at Salisbury Cathedral in southern England during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Use of Salisbury, or Sarum Use, was an influential model of church structure and liturgy across England until the middle of the sixteenth century. Within this model, certain distinctive features are observable, including patterns of ritual observance in such liturgies as the Office of Compline, prayed at the end of the day. This study examines the structure of the Sarum Compline Office, and the phenomenon of polyphonic music created for its observance, during the forty-day penitential season of Lent. This thesis specifically explores ways in which …

May Peace Be With You: Alleluia | 10-96030, James Q. Mulholland

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May Peace Be With You: Alleluia, for SSAA Voices with Violincello and Piano

Part Number:
10-96030

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SSAA

Lyrics By:
Paraphrased from Phillipians 4:8,9

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

with Optional Violincello (part included)

Commissioned by colleagues and students of Nancy Leisl, choral director at Connor High School
To honor all of the things she has taught us.

Sleep, My Loved One | 16-96750, Christopher Matthews

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Sleep, My Loved One (Sleep and Dream of Me)

Part Number:
16-96750

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Nixon Waterman (1859-1944)

Music By:
Christopher Matthews

a cappella

Featured at:
2015 National ACDA Convention
2015 Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute
2015 Rodney Eichenberger Summer Conductor's Clinic
2015 ICDA Summer Conference

Softness Of My Mother's Hands, The - Satb | 20-96235, John Starr Alexander, Henry Leck

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The Softness of My Mother's Hands

Part Number:
20-96235

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
John Starr Alexander

Music By:
John Starr Alexander

Edited By:
Henry Leck

Featured at:
2015 Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute

Snowflakes Fantasy | 20-95760, Hyun Kook, Henry Leck

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Snowflakes Fantasy

Part Number:
20-95760

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Linda Marcus & Julie I. Myers

Music By:
Hyun Kook

Edited By:
Henry Leck

with Optional Triangle and Bell Tree

Snowflakes Fantasy Percussion Part | 20-95761, Hyun Kook, Henry Leck

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Snowflakes Fantasy

Part Number:
20-95760

Price:
$5.50

Voicing:
Percussion Parts

Music By:
Hyun Kook

Edited By:
Henry Leck Triangle and Bell Tree

Honors Project, Bethany R. Sims

A with Honors Projects

In this presentation the student summarizes and reflects upon her experiences teaching, performing, and conducting two pieces of music with two choral groups from Parkland College's Chamber Music Choir.

Marshall University Music Department Presents Messiah, An Oratorio By George Frideric Handel, Marshall University Choral Union, Marshall University Chamber Choir, Marshall University Chorus, Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, Robert Wray, Conductor, Robert Wray, David Castleberry, Elizabeth Reed Smith

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Chamber Choir, In Concert, David Castleberry, Conductor, David Castleberry

All Performances

No abstract provided.

I Shall Not Live In Vain | 16-96760, Christopher Matthews

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I Shall Not Live in Vain (Three Choral Fugues)

Part Number:
16-96760

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Emily Dickinson

Music By:
Christopher Matthews

a cappella

Dear Friends Farewell | 10-96065, James Q. Mulholland

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Dear Friends Farewell, Appalachian Folk Song for SATB Voices with Piano Accompaniment

Part Number:
10-96065

Price:
$1.75

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Traditional

Music By:
Traditional

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Composed for the Berea College Concert Choir, Berea, KY
Stephen C. Bolster, conductor (2014)

Featured at:
2014 Rodney Eichenberger Conductor's Clinic