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Daniel Pierce Cather, Composition, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This Junior recital features Daniel Pierce Cather (composition).

Daniel Cather, Composition, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This recital featured Sophomore Daniel Cather (composition) with W. David Hobbs (piano), Katrina Kappes, Gwen Weston, and Karli Oblak (sopranos), Lindsey Herza, Melissa Sharpe, altos Lucas Goodrich, Ryan Groff, and Ben Wright (tenors), Matt Walicke, Mark Woolwine, and Nathan Musgrove (basses), Nicholas Grill (trumpet), Scott Clements (trombone), Daniel Pierce Cather (piano), Samantha Phebus (bass), Garrett Kucisnki (percussion), and Judith Ofcarcik (flute).

An Original Composition Symphony No. 1 "Night Symphony" And An Analysis Of Selected Traditional And Non-Traditional Elements Of Harmony In Credo By Krzvsztof Penderecki, Aaron Edward Johnson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The first part of this dissertation is an original composition Symphony No. 1 "Night Symphony." It is a three-movement work scored for large orchestra. Each of the three movements is subtitled with a descriptive aspect of a different part of the night: 1. Twilight, 2. Nocturne, and 3. Waning Darkness. The work is not a musical narrative of the night cycle and does not include night sounds. The subtitles are only meant to suggest the general mood I associate with particular stages of the night. The tempi of the movements fall into a fast-slow-fast arrangement. The outer movements are scored …

An Original Composition, Symphony No. 1, Pollock And An Analysis Of The Evolution Of Frank Zappa's "Be-Bop Tango", William Morris Price

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Part one of this dissertation is an original composition, Symphony No. 1, Pollock. It uses as a conceptual impetus the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock’s paintings from the 1950’s. It employs the following instrumentation: (2-2-2-2, 4-3-3-1, 3 percussion, piano, harp, and strings). The work is composed in one movement, which is divided into four major sections (A-B-A/C-B) that are distinct from each other with respect to style and tempo. The first major section of the composition serves as a slow introduction. The second major section serves as a contrast and is based conceptually on Pollock’s abstract works and formally on …

Wayne Buck, Composition, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This junior recital from December 12, 2003 featured Wayne Buck (composition) with Lucas Goodrich (tenor), Matt Walicke (piano) and Laura Wampler (piano).

Forbidden Planet: Film Score For Full Orchestra, Tim Perrine

Graduate Thesis Collection

The intent of my master's thesis is two-fold. First, I wanted to present a largescale work for orchestra that showcased the skills and craft I have developed as a composer (and orchestrator) to date. Secondly, since my goal as a composer is to work in Hollywood as a film composer, I wanted my large-scale work to function as a film score, providing the emotional backbone and highlighting action for a major motion picture. In order to achieve this, I needed a film that was both larger-than-life and contained, in my opinion, an easily replaceable score (or no score at all). …

Algorithmic Composition In Contrasting Music Styles, Tristan Mcauley, Philip Hingston

Research outputs pre 2011

The aim of this research was to automate the composition of convincingly “real” music in specific musical genres. By “real” music we mean music which is not obviously “machine generated”, is recognizable as being of the selected genre, is perceived as aesthetically pleasing, and is usable in a commercial context. To achieve this goal, various computational techniques were used, including genetic algorithms and finite state automata. The process involves an original, top down approach and a bottom up approach based on previous studies. Student musicians have objectively assessed the resulting compositions.

Elaine Fine Graduate Composition Recital, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

This graduate composition recital from Decmber 10, 2002 features the works of Elaine Fine performed by Jon Siddle (trombone), Tim Gillins (trombone), Brad Wallace (trombone), Brett Evans (bass trombone), W. Parker Melvin (trumpet), Roger Stoner (trumpet), Jeremy Hansen (horn), Joesph Allen (tuba), W. David Hobbs (piano), Tim Schmidt (trumpet), Erin Claxon and Christina Hoegan (sopranos), Heather Kemp, Karli Oblak, and Lisa Wyatt (altos), Andy Jackson and Brandon Ward (tenors), Byron Grimes, Russell Meier, and Jake Stouffer (basses) Derek Weston (conductor), John David Moore (piano), Thomas LeVeck (violin), Elaine Fine (violin), István Szabó (viola), Richard Robert Rossi (countertenor), István Szabó (viola), …

Bryon Grimes, Composition, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

This senior recital from December 6, 2002 features Bryon Grimes (Composition) with James Bradley, Jr. (bass), Daniel Cather (piano), Erin Claxon (alto), Kevin Devany (trombone), Jennifer Dietz (flute), Ryan Groff (tenor), Rachael Harvel (soprano), Jacob Stouffer (bass/trumpet), Brian Warszona (trumpet) and Lisa Wyatt (flute).

Elaine Fine Graduate Composition Recital, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

This graduate composition recital from January 29, 2002 features the works of Elaine Fine performed by Tom Dickey (bassoon), Janet Essary (soprano), Jenny Fagaly (mezzo-soprano), Ryan Groff (tenor), Connie Ignatiou (oboe), Thomas LeVeck (violin), John David Moore (piano), Rachel Shannon (cello), Julie Sheckells (clarinet), Adam Smith (snare drum), Susan Teicher (piano), and Lisa Wyatt (flute).

Dedication For String Quartet, Dennis Breier

Compositions

No abstract provided.

Text And Structure In Schoenberg's Op. 50, And An Original Composition, Symphony #1, Thomas, Jr. Michael Couvillon

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Part One of this document provides an analytical study of Schoenberg's final opus, Op. 50, three religious choral works written in the serial style: Driemal Tausend Jahre, Op. 50a (1949), De Profundis, Op. 50b (1950), and Modern Psalm, Op. 50c (1951). This study is divided into five chapters: an introduction, a conclusion, and a chapter of analysis for each of the three pieces. Analysis of these pieces reveals three significant conclusions: 1) Schoenberg consistently incorporates areas of relative consonance and pitch emphasis into his serial structures; 2) these areas of pitch emphasis, together with other musical devices are used to …

Tonik, Cindy Ollis

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Once upon a time, in the beautiful land of Bohemia, there was a peaceful village on the bank of the Vltava river named Nelahozeves. It was about forty-five miles north of Prague, in what is now known as the Czech Republic. Nelahozeves was like most all of the Bohemian villages. It had a quaint church, a simple school, a whitewashed inn, a plain butcher shop, and the other shops of a normal village. Also, like many Bohemian villages of the time, Nelahozeves rested in the protective shadow of a noble castle.

Analysis, Interpretation And Performance Of The Concerto For Violin And Orchestra By Samuel Barber, Elizabeth Ruth Flood

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

In the twentieth century there has been much diversity and multiplicity in the musical world. Tonal and rhythmic realms have been redefined by many composers, some who were concerned with preserving beauty in their aural landscapes and some who deemed it an inessential part of the musical experience. In this compositional sphere, Samuel Barber was a composer who continued the Romantic tradition handed down to him, while adding to it aspects of contemporary musical culture. In all of his writing, Barber's highest musical aim was expression of emotion, and the variety of compositional techniques he employed were used to serve …

The Passion Of Doctor Voke, Luke W. Reese

Graduate Thesis Collection

Score of tragic opera

Music For Strings I, Ii, Iii, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom Music Collection

A symphonic piece for string orchestra. the first and second movements were composed in 1977 and the third movement and refashioning of the piece was completed in 1981. The accompanying audio recording is performed by the Russian String Orchestra in 2021, conducted by Misha Rachlevsky, Score is 27 pages and recording is 13:20 minutes.

Paul Hindmith's Sonata For Clarinet And Piano: A Lecture Recital, Chang-Su Yi

Theses and Dissertations

Paul Hindemith was one of the most distinguished composers of the twentieth century. This thesis will begin with biographical information, highlighting important events in his life. Then, in an effort to understand his compositional style and his philosophy of Gebrauchsmusik, his mastery of classical form, the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano is chosen for a detailed stylistic analysis. Treated in the analysis chapter are form, melody, harmony, rhythm, dynamic, and the technically problematic areas involved such as fingering and ensemble with piano. Hindemith's musical style is conservative in form and tonality. Tonality and melodic motives constitute the dominant force throughout …

A Performer's Analysis Of Eight Piano Sonatas Of Nicholas Medtner, Sarah Louise Kinley

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The piano sonatas of Nicholas Medtner are only a portion of the great heritage bequeathed to the piano by one of the most unique and significant, although relatively unknown, modern Russian composers. Medtner's personality penetrates his compositions but can be truly discovered only through considerable study of and acquaintance with his music. "But to the earnest and sincere student approaching with goodwill and sympathetic spirit, this music will yield treasures of grave and sad, but great and most moving, beauty.

A History Of The Violin Étude To About 1800 Volume Ii, K. Marie Stolba

Fort Hays Studies Series

The purpose of this study is to investigate and ascertain the history and development of the étude as a specific form of didactic literature for the violin. All influential factors, both non-musical and musical, are considered; in a study of this type, however, more space is devoted to the musical than to the non-musical elements. This being the case, an investigation of instructional materials for the violin comprises the major portion of this writing. The period covered is form 1523 to around 1800.

A History Of The Violin Étude To About 1800 Volume I, K. Marie Stolba

Fort Hays Studies Series

The purpose of this study is to investigate and ascertain the history and development of the étude as a specific form of didactic literature for the violin. All influential factors, both non-musical and musical, are considered; in a study of this type, however, more space is devoted to the musical than to the non-musical elements. This being the case, an investigation of instructional materials for the violin comprises the major portion of this writing. The period covered is form 1523 to around 1800.

Symphony No. 1, C Major, James D. Crawford

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A musical score prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree.

Symphony No. 1, Danys Jemison

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A musical score prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree.

The work was begun in September of 1951, and was completed in April of 1962. It is cast in three movements: fast, fugal style; slow, a variation-rondo; fast, sonata form. A closely knit structure is achieved through melodic and rhythmic relationships throughout. Thus, the second theme of the last movement is derived from the opening theme of the first movement; subsidiary material from movement one appears again as developmental material in movement two; the first phrase of the opening these in movement one is …