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Senior Recital: Rench, Soprano; November 15, 2025, Abigail Rench, Pepe Guillen-Prados

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-sixth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 15, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

12:30 p.m.

2025-2026 Master Of Music Recital - Nabil Hetman (Collaborative Piano), Nabil Hetman, Li Yang Liu, Aneliya Novikova, Isabella Swalm, Elizaveta Goryunova, Elena Swalm, Peter Pao

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Devin Foster (Tuba), Devin Foster, Rebeca Sierra

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Senior Recital: Miller, Clarinet; November 14, 2025, Charlie Miller, Momoko Gresham

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-fifth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Evening

7:30 p.m.

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Patrick Hengstler (Trombone), Patrick Hengstler, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Convocation Recital: November 14, 2025, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-second program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Afternoon

1:00 p.m.

Piano Studio Recital: Dr. Geoffrey Duce; November 14, 2025, Dr. Geoffrey Duce

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-third program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 14, 2025

Friday Afternoon

5:30 p.m.

Isu Jazz Ensemble I And Ii: Lewis, Conductor And Williams, Conductor; November 14, 2025, Dr. Reginald Lewis, Noah Berkshier, Glenn Williams

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-fourth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Center for the Performing Arts

November 14, 2025

Friday Evening

7:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Performance Forum - November 14, 2025, Ethan Thompson, Aidan Quintana, Emma Joyce, Julia Jacobsen, Christian Curran, Nathaniel Jones, Verse Tomac, Betania Canas, Mia Cotton, Keegan Neely, Ethan Sanchez, Aneliya Novikova, Meixi Zhou, Peicen Qin, Lillian Platte, Anttuan Rios Pelaez, Dina Bikzhanova, Paola Nava

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Music Technology As A Medium To Stem Education, Sophia Grace Moon

Masters Theses

This project researched how music technology programs can be implemented in high schools of low-income communities to act as a medium in teaching STEM education. The point at which students are first introduced to STEM concepts is critical in terms of their interest. The project explored the ways we can help students not only excel in school, but also help to interest them in subjects that have lucrative job markets as well. The number of jobs related to STEM fields continues to grow as our society relies more and more on technology. Getting students interested in STEM almost guarantees a …

2025-2026 Ppc Recital - Dina Bikzhanova (Violin), Dina Bikzhanova, Sheng Yuan Kuan

PPC/PSDP Recitals

No abstract provided.

Come, Heavy Sleep: Motive And Metaphor In Britten’S Nocturnal, Opus 70, Stephen Goss

Soundboard Scholar

"The prevailing melancholy [of Britten’s Nocturnal] is as natural to the guitar’s sonorities as it is appropriate in a tribute to John Dowland."

—Peter Evans, The Music of Benjamin Britten.

Such summary remarks characterise what little has been written about Britten’s Nocturnal outside the guitar world. The reader’s reaction might be one of passive agreement or mild irritation, but there is rarely dialogue because discourse is limited: Nocturnal after John Dowland is often passed over by Britten scholars with scant discussion or no mention at all. In fact, little has been added to Evans’ reliable commentary, written only three …

Chamber Music Recital: November 13, 2025, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the fifty-first program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 13, 2025

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.

A Comparative Analysis Of K–12 Public School Music Teacher Burnout From 1986 To 2025, Veronica A. Rovatti

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This historical comparative analysis assessed five different sources to understand the effect stress and burnout have had on public school music educators over the last fifty years. In the United States, music educators are facing stress and burnout in their teaching careers, which can result in attrition from their profession. In this research study, four studies pertaining to music educator burnout are analyzed through a narrative compilation of research already established. Also analyzed is a supplementary recent article providing contemporary relevance. The criteria for source selection included studies or articles that primarily researched stress and burnout among K-12 public school …

Haydn's Canonic Minuets, James S. Mackay

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

Haydn composed many hundreds of minuets during his long career, enriching the courtly dance with compositional skill and ingenuity. One of the ways in which he sought to elevate the minuet genre was through contrapuntal artifice, including canon. The famous “Hexenmenuett” (“Witches’ Minuet”) from his “Quinten” Quartet, Op. 76 no. 2, dating from 1797, is the most famous of these works, in which the viola and cello duplicate the leading voice of violins I and II at the distance of an octave. Haydn’s interest in canonic minuets dates back to the early 1760s, however. Minuets from three early symphonies (Nos. …

Opera A La Carte: November 12, 2025, Dr. Justin Vickers, Charlie Freudenheim, Daniel Doug, Pepe Prados

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-ninth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 12, 2025

7:30 in the Evening

Jazz & Contemporary Combos, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

"Celebrating African Wisdoms And Community Making Through Storytelling, Music, Play, And Dance": November 11, 2025, Nana Hemaa Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-eighth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 11, 2025

Tuesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Noga, Flute; November 10, 2025, Jess Noga, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-sixth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 10, 2025

Monday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Rules And Rhetoric: Historically Informed Guitar Performance Of Baroque Music, Arash Ahmadzadeh

Soundboard Scholar

Reviews of Interpreting Baroque Music: A Guide for the Modern Classical Guitarist, by Afshin Torabi Ardekani (Bergmann, second corrected edition, 2025) and Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar: A Practical Handbook Based on Historical Sources, by Peter Croton (2015)

The Resonance Of Desire: A Sonic Exploration And Guide To Recreating Disney’S Signature ‘I Want’ Songs, Aiyanna E. Riley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the sonic architecture of Disney’s Renaissance-era “I Want” songs and develops a framework for recreating their signature production style. This study analyzes how vocal timbre, microphone choices, layering, stereo placement, and mixing strategies contribute to the immersive qualities that define the Disney sound. Drawing from historical accounts, interviews with industry professionals, and technical literature, the thesis documents production practices unexamined in scholarly work. Inspired by David Gibson’s The Art of Mixing, my analyses prioritize spatial and textural qualities in Disney mixes, highlighting how sound design shapes narrative impact. The study culminates in two original compositions modeled …

Senior Recital: Mussman, Viola; November 10, 2025, Zeph Mussman, Lu Witzig, Xinyi Li

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-seventh program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 10, 2025

Monday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble: November 9, 2025, David Collier, Ben Stiers

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-fifth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 9, 2025

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Civic Chorale Fall Concert: November 9, 2025, John M. Koch, Dennis Gotkowski, Dan Forrest, Elaine Hagenberg, Morten Laurdsen, John Rutler

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-fourth program of the 2025-2026 season.

November 9, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

2025-2026 Philharmonia No. 2, Lynn Philharmonia, Guillermo Figueroa, Ay Kawasaki, Paola Nava, Li Yang Liu, Hanting Peng

Philharmonia

Concert Date & Time: November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM and November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM

2025 Concerto Competition Winners

• Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, FS 119 / Carl Nielsen - Ay Kawasaki, flute
• Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 / Edouard Lalo - Paola Valentina Nava Romero, violin
• Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - LiYang Liu, violin
• Variations on a Nursery Song (Variationen über ein Kinderleid), Op. 25 / Ernö Dohnányi - Hanting Peng, piano

To view the season program, visit 2025-2026 Philharmonia Season Program

Shame On You, Cultural Appropriation! Rethinking Dvořák’S ‘Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, Ana Molano

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) at UNI

This paper investigates the portrayal of Romani, “gypsy,” people in Western music, with Antonín Dvořák’s song cycle “Gypsy Songs, Op. 55” as a central case study. It explores the view of cultural appropriation as cultural borrowing, examining how this concept intersects with musical exoticism and orientalism, and how these musical traits shaped Dvořák’s portrayal of Bohemian Romani culture. Drawing on historical and socio-musical methodologies, the study analyzes the Bohemian Romani and Hungarian influences in Dvořák’s cycle. It discusses the ecological impact of the Gypsy Songs within its cultural environment and implications for performance reception. By situating Dvořák’s work within broader …

Guest Artist Recital: Block, Cello; November 7, 2025, Mike Block

School of Music Programs

This is the forty-fourth program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

November 7, 2025

Friday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Beyond Distraction: Music Therapy For Chronic Pain Management In People With Advanced Cancer, Joke Bradt, Lynn Gumert, Carrie Cottone, Ming Yuan Low, Clarissa Lacson, Kate Myers-Coffman, Karolina Bryl, Preethi Selvan, Jacelyn Biondo, Allison Millstein, Anna Cephas, Stephenie Sofield, Brooke Worster, Amy Leader

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: Effective, non-pharmacological approaches to pain management for people with advanced cancer that can enhance quality of life while minimizing adverse effects are urgently needed. While music therapy has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing pain and improving pain-related outcomes across various patient populations, it has not been specifically examined in addressing chronic pain among people with advanced cancer. This study aims to enhance understanding of how people with advanced cancer experience music therapy for pain management.

METHODS: As part of a mixed methods intervention trial, we conducted semi-structured interviews with a subsample of 25 outpatients with advanced cancer …

2025-2026 Performance Forum - November 7, 2025, Daniel Cruz, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Rebeca Sierra, Laura Gonzalez, Nia Morgan, Roey Dushi, Verse Tomac, Juan Fernandez Villegas, Rishi Gurnani, Jacob Lomboy, Kade Gordon, Patrick Hengstler, Dj Combs, Amanda Rearden, Chase Hogan, Manuela Wanumen Jiménez, Sarah Conley, Pablo Camacho

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

2025-2026 Junior Recital - Ana Maria Uzunova (Piano), Ana-Maria Uzunova

Junior and Senior Recitals

No abstract provided.