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Clarinet Pedagogy: Common Challenges And Solutions, Robyn King

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

There is no one “perfect” clarinet or clarinetist in the world. There have been masters, yes, however, masters still have to practice and refine their artistry to improve. Professional clarinetists still squeak, and have done so on live recordings or in major concerts. So, if these professionals still have trouble, how can we expect young students to produce characteristic tone on this tube of wood, with a mouthpiece, and a vibrating piece of cane? Students are also faced with the trials of putting down the right fingers and doing so correctly. Yet the clarinet requires cross fingerings and pinky work …

The Touch Of Arvo Pärt, Gabriel Lane

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Honors Project Abstract

My project is on the modern Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt and his work Spiegel im Spiegel. Of all the pieces written by Pärt, this is one of his most popular and revered works. It has a major emotional impact on many people who listen to it, but also on me. Through my research, I have discovered compositional techniques which help the work achieve such a profound effect on a listener.

To help show these techniques to the reader, I include handwritten excerpts in my paper. This is also to avoid copyright issues. In each image presented, …

Fred Waring And The Use Of Technology For Choral Singing, Cristopher Cayari

Library Scholars Grant Program

No abstract provided.

The Same Old Blues Crap: Selling The Blues At Fat Possum Records, Jacqueline Sahagian

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis interrogates the marketing strategies of the Oxford, Mississippi-based record label Fat Possum, which was founded in the early 1990s by Matthew Johnson with the goal of recording obscure hill country blues artists. Fat Possum gained recognition for its raw-sounding recordings of bluesmen, including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, and T-Model Ford, as well as its irreverent marketing techniques. Adopting the tagline “not the same old blues crap,” Fat Possum asserted that its blues were both different from and superior to all other blues music. This thesis argues that while Fat Possum claimed to be a disruptive force …

Down Under Punks And Dixie Rock: Reflections On Making The Documentary Film Chinese Whispers - Southern Roots In The Australian Swampy Sound, Gretchen Labudde Wood

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

High School Choral Students' Perceptions Of Their Use Of Technology In Their Independent Choral Practice Habits, Matthew Kent Johnson

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

This action research was based on an empirical, descriptive design using survey technique. The aim of this investigation was to determine the perceptions of high school choral students taught by the researcher in the Inland Northwest of the USA on their use of technology in their independent choral practice habits. All 45 choral students who provided signed consent forms were given a survey with open- ended questions. Data were analyzed using emergent thematic categories. The researcher asked students to reflect on background questions regarding the general nature of their practicing and, more specifically, on the role technology plays in their …

Concert Recording 2018-10-18a, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Timothy Thompson, Lia Uribe, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Lyrique Quintette

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Tangoescente / Adriana Verdié -- [04:31]. Veni variationes (commissioned work) / Robert Mueller -- [15:39]. Dos tropicos! / Matthieu Lussier -- [ 20:02] Wind quintet no. 3. 3. Finale giocoso / Miguel del Águila -- [25:20] Aires Topicales. Habanera ; Contradanza ; La fleur de Cayenne / Paquito D'Rivera.

Do Different Music Genres Differentially Affect Autonomic Activity? How Music And Sound Affect Autonomic Activity Aroused By Visual Stimuli, Andrew Manson

Online Theses and Dissertations

The primary researcher sought to determine whether different genres of music would differentially influence measures of autonomic nervous system activity (heart rate, galvanic skin response) while viewing visual stimuli in a sample of college students. All participants listened to the same songs and music genres and viewed the same International Affective Picture System (IAPS) images. Autonomic nervous system activity was recorded by attaching electrodes to participants' non-dominant hand and torso. Music order presentation and picture order presentation were randomly determined by E-Prime. Heart rate and skin conductance responses were both significant, with melodic metal music inducing greater intensity of responses …

Analysis Of Vibrational Modes Of Chemically Modified Tone Wood, Madison Flesch

Honors Program Theses

It is generally accepted that every violin has different tone quality in terms of intonation and the depth of the harmonics produced. The best violins are made by experienced luthiers that craft each with precision to produce the best possible tonal quality. The quality of the finished violin is dependent upon both the specific shape and the vibrational response of the wood used in its construction. Because the hard wood used in violin construction is inhomogeneous, the composition and structure of material used is critical to the final product.¹ Luthiers would initially rely on their experience to feel the …

Musical Inclusion And Diversity Through Choral And Piano Arrangements, Kayla Wright

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

No abstract provided.

Ua Feature Twirler For A Day, Amy Mellinger

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This analysis includes a description of the first UA Twirler for a Day Event, the preliminary research done on the best practices for planning events such as this, and the process that took place to plan the event. It then goes into an analysis of the planning process, communication, registration, and execution of the event, as well as suggestions for planning similar events.

My Eyes Due See, Johannes J. Barfield

Theses and Dissertations

My Eyes Due See is a multidimensional examination of the “black experience” in America. The installation is composed of a single-channel video, a music composition that utilizes music samples and live instrumentation, and sculptures made up of car parts and broomsedge grass. Each of these elements arranged in space share a nuanced and complicated view of blackness through the lens of a black man decoding personal history and American history simultaneously. Autonomy is the overarching theme throughout the work as it pertains to race, identity, urban and rural environments, and the relationship between generational trauma and nostalgia.

Master's Recital: Chase Pebworth, Tuba, Chase Pebworth

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This recital is divided into two parts; two pieces prior to intermission and three afterwards. The first two pieces From Jewish Life and Concerto for Bass Tuba have more traditional connotations. From Jewish Life is originally a cello piece and has been adapted for tuba. The Concerto for Bass Tuba is one of the most standard pieces in the tuba repertoire. For the purposes of this recital, both are accompanied by piano. The last three pieces are more contemporary and personal. Polka.com is a short, high-energy work for unaccompanied tuba. Cuba and That’s a Plenty feature solo tuba with CD …

A Master's Recital In Conducting, Logan Scott Vander Wiel

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Logan Scott Vander Wiel conducted on three recitals which took place on the evenings of Thursday, November 9, 2017; Wednesday, February 21, 2018; and Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in the Great Hall at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The recitals were presented in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music in conducting. The full program consisted of five contrasting pieces from the standard repertoire: Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music for wind band, Gordon Jacob’s An Original Suite for wind band and his Old Wine in New Bottles for thirteen winds, Michael Daugherty’s Alligator Alley for wind band, and Guy …

Master's Recital In Jazz Pedagogy: A Performance-Demonstration Of Rhythm Section Instruments, Compositions And Arrangements By Nicholas Leo, Nicholas Leo

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The recital is presented to demonstrate skills and facility on the rhythm section instruments as well as to provide opportunity for the recitalist to present original compositions and arrangements. Proficiency on rhythm section instruments is necessary in that it offers, among other things, an understanding of the technical components and how they relate to the application of musical concepts of performance and education.

The curation of the recital program also functions as a representation of the recitalist’s artistic aesthetic, specifically in how it relates to pedagogy. The influential jazz educator and pianist Ran Blake asserts that an artist’s primary arsenal …

Graduate Recital In Violin, Naima Burrs

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Naima Burrs performed her Master of Music Recital in violin on April 2, 2018, at 8:00 pm in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Art Center’s Davis Hall. She was assisted by pianist Mariya Akhadjanova. The program selected included César Franck’s Sonata in A Major for piano and violin (1886), Keith Jarrett’s Elegy for violin and string orchestra (2000), Three Pieces for Violin and Piano (1967) by Dorothy Rudd Moore, and Song (2002) from Tango, Song and Dance by Andre Previn.

The Kingma System Flute: Redesigning The Nineteenth-Century Flute For The Twenty-First Century, Diane Elise Kessel

Theses and Dissertations

This project investigates the development and reception of the Kingma System flute, designed by Dutch flutemaker Eva Kingma. For some time now, flutists have been honing creative techniques to provide imperfect approximations of what composers have specified, but the Kingma mechanism achieves the exact effects desired with ease. Through her close work with composers and performers, Eva Kingma was able to create a mechanism that is comfortable to play, versatile in performance, and beautifully suited for contemporary repertoire. The Kingma flute is an invaluable tool for performers and an exciting new voice for composers, offering unprecedented musical possibilities and yet …

A Theoretical And Stylistic Analysis Of Paul Ben-Haim’S Five Pieces For Piano, Op. 34 And Piano Sonata, Op. 49, Rachel Bletstein

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical and stylistic analysis of Paul Ben-Haim’s Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata, Op. 49. The study consists of an analysis of form, meter, rhythm, harmony, melody, keyboard usage, and stylistic elements.

The study helps to educate musicians about Ben-Haim’s music and conveys how the works are representative of compositional practices that combine Middle Eastern and Western elements. This study also introduces two major works of Ben-Haim’s, including Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 34, and Piano Sonata, Op. 49. This study promotes one of the most significant Israeli …

Psychological Ways Of Expressing Appreciations, Experiences, Thanks And Blessings In The Society, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

ABSTRACT: Research has shown that one of the avenues to make aware of once experiences, appreciations and blessings is through writing a gratitude journal or memoir. By journalizing our thought by hands or electronically, it may help us focus them, according to psychologist Robert Emmons, who says that he does this routinely to remind himself; it makes apple of time to understand the meaning and importance of people and events. It has been found that one should go for a depth in writing rather than breadth, because this will help one to enjoy what one appreciates, and what to keep …

การถ่ายทอดความรู้ด้านดนตรีไทยของครูสำรวย เปรมใจ, นาฏรินทร์ พัฒนเรืองรักษ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเรื่องการถ่ายทอดดนตรีไทยของครูสำรวย เปรมใจ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาประวัติและผลงานของครูสำรวย เปรมใจ กระบวนการถ่ายทอดความรู้ด้านดนตรีไทยของครูสำรวย เปรมใจ และบทบาทการสืบทอดดนตรีไทยของครูสำรวย เปรมใจ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ครูสำรวย เปรมใจได้รับการถ่ายทอดความรู้การเล่นดนตรีไทย การผลิตและการซ่อมแซมเครื่องดนตรีไทยจากบิดาคือ ครูปลั่ง เปรมใจ และได้เรียนดนตรีกับครูผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านดนตรีไทยอีกหลายท่านจนมีความรู้ความสามารถ ต่อมาเป็นเจ้าของวงดนตรีไทย และเปิดบ้านสอนดนตรีไทย "บ้านเปรมใจ" เป็นวิทยาทานโดยไม่มีค่าใช้จ่าย ส่งผลทำให้สภาวัฒนธรรมเขตบางซื่อ กรุงเทพมหานคร ยกย่องให้ครูสำรวย เปรมใจ เป็นบุคคลดีเด่นของสภาวัฒนธรรมเขตบางซื่อ และบ้านเปรมใจได้รับการยกย่องให้เป็นแหล่งวัฒนธรรมด้านศิลปะการแสดงในเขตบางซื่อ ผู้ผ่านการศึกษาตามหลักสูตรการเรียนการสอนจะได้รับวุฒิบัตรจากสภาวัฒนธรรมเขตบางซื่อ ส่งผลทำให้การถ่ายทอดความรู้ดนตรีไทยของบ้านเปรมใจมีแบบแผนขั้นตอนในการถ่ายทอด ซึ่งส่วนใหญ่เป็นไปตามขนบการถ่ายทอดดนตรีไทยนับตั้งแต่การครอบครู วิธีการบรรเลง รวมถึงลำดับเพลงในการถ่ายทอด โดยมีการพัฒนาวิธีการถ่ายทอดความรู้เป็นแบบฉบับของตนเองเรียกว่าดนตรี 3 ภาษา คือ ภาษามือ ภาษาโน้ต ภาษาเสียง ชื่อเสียงจากการสอนดนตรี การผลิตเครื่องดนตรีและซ่อมแซมเครื่องดนตรีทำให้ครูสำรวย เปรมใจมีบทบาทในการเผยแพร่ดนตรีไทยทั้งในการนำวงดนตรีไทยไปบรรเลงและการประชาสัมพันธ์แนะนำดนตรีไทย

การสืบทอดดนตรีไทยของเจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่), รัชดา ขัตติสะ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยเรื่อง การสืบทอดดนตรีไทยของเจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ ศึกษาชีวประวัติและผลงาน การถ่ายทอดดนตรีไทย และสายการสืบทอดดนตรีไทยของ เจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) ผลการวิจัยพบว่า เจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) เกิดในตระกูลเจ้านายฝ่ายเหนือ เมื่อเยาว์วัยได้ตามเสด็จฯ พระราชชายา เจ้าดารารัศมี ไปพำนัก ณ วังสวนสุนันทา กรุงเทพมหานคร ทำให้ได้เรียนจะเข้กับครูสังวาลย์ กุลวัลกี ผู้มีชื่อเสียงและมีฝีมือความสามารถในการบรรเลงจะเข้ นอกจากการเรียนจะเข้แล้ว เจ้าโสภายังเรียนซอเพิ่มเติมกับ ครูเจริญ พาทยโกศล เรียนขับร้องเพิ่มเติมกับคุณหญิงไพฑูรย์ กิตติวรรณ และขุนเสียงเสนาะกรรณ (พัน มุกตวาภัย) เมื่อกลับมาเชียงใหม่ เจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) สอนดนตรีไทยให้กับสถาบันต่าง ๆ โดยมีผลงานด้านการแผยแพร่ดนตรีและการแสดง ผลงานด้านวิชาการ และผลงานด้านการควบคุมการบรรเลงและการแสดง การถ่ายทอดดนตรีไทยพบว่า เจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) ได้ถ่ายทอดความรู้ด้านพื้นฐานดนตรีไทยและการบรรเลงเครื่องสาย ภายในระบบการศึกษาและภายนอกระบบการศึกษา โดยให้ความสำคัญกับพื้นฐานดนตรีไทยและการบรรเลงดนตรีไทยตามขนบ คือ การไหว้ครู บุคลิกการบรรเลง รวมถึงข้อคิดสอนใจในการเป็นนักดนตรี แต่เนื่องจากเจ้าโสภาถ่ายทอดดนตรีไทยภายในและภายนอกระบบการศึกษา ที่มีการเรียนการสอนดนตรีไทยเป็นเพียงรายวิชาพื้นฐานและมีผู้ที่สนใจในจำนวนน้อย มิได้ถ่ายทอดให้กับศิลปินอาชีพหรือสถาบันที่มีการเรียนการสอนดนตรีไทยโดยตรง ทำให้สายการสืบทอดดนตรีไทยของเจ้าโสภา เพ็งพุ่ม (ณ เชียงใหม่) ไม่แพร่หลาย

Concert Recording 2018-04-21a, Brandon Wade, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Suite no. 3 for unaccompanied cello in C major, BWV 1009. I. Prélude ; II. Allemande ; III. Courante ; IV. Sarabande ; V. Bourrée I & II ; VI. Gigue / J.S. Bach -- [18:36]. Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2 / Frédéric Chopin ; transcribed by David Popper -- [23:10]. Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op. 19. I. Lento Allegro moderato / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- [33:21]. Sonata for cello and piano in D minor. I. Prologue: lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto ; II. Sérénade: Modérément animé ; III. Final: Animé, léger et …

Concert Recording 2018-01-22, Allyson Eskitch, Paulo Eskitch, Jeffery Cowen, Krassimira Figg

Concert Recordings & Programs

[ 00:00]. Violin sonata in B-flat major, K. 454. Largo-allegro ; Andante ; Allegretto / W.A. Mozart -- [23:55]. Piano quartet in C minor, Op. 60. Allegro non troppo ; Scherzo: allegro ; Andante ; Finale: allegro comodo / Johannes Brahms.

Concert Recording 2018-04-21b, Chandler Reid Evans, Jason Burrow

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Gesänge des Harfners op. 12. I. Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt ; II. Wer nie sein Brot mit Thränen ass ; III. An die Türen will ich schleichen / Franz Schubert -- [09:27]. Poème d'avril op. 14. I. Prélude ; II. Sonnet matinal ; III. Voici que les grans lys ; IV. Riezvous ; V. Vous aimerez demain ; VI. Que l'heure est donc brève ; VII. Sur la source ; VIII. Adieu (Complainte) / Jules Massenet -- [26:02]. Clear or cloudy. In darkness let me dwell / John Dowland -- [31:43]. I Canti Della Sera. I. L'assiolo canta …

Concert Recording 2018-03-09a, Wing Lau, Rocio Resendis, Jordan Barnes, Alexis Newman, Sarah Mcphail, Savannah Ellis, Allison Risner, Hannah Martin, Dominique Phillips, Maggie Matheny, Elizabeth Perry, Donald Bohanon, Ammi Lopez

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:01] Sonata in E major, BWV 1035. I. Adagio ma non tanto ; II. Allegro ; III. Siciliano / J.S. Bach -- [06:54]. Madrigal / Philippe Gaubert -- [10:41]. Sonata no. 3 in G major. I. Adagio ; II. Allegro / G.F. Handel -- [14:50]. Sonata for flute and piano. I. Allegro scherzando / Otar Taktakishvili -- [21:14]. Sonata in A minor, WQ 132 for solo flute. I. Poco adagio / C.P.E. Bach --[25:59]. Duo no. 1, op. 80. I. Allegro con gusto / Friedrich Kahlau -- [32:35]. Suite modale. I. Adagio / Ernest Bloch -- [37:52]. Maya / Ian …

Mucp 183-983: Applied Music Composition--A Course Benchmark Portfolio, Gregory Simon

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

MUCP 183-983, Applied Music Composition, is the core of the music composition course curriculum for students at all levels, from freshman to doctoral candidate. Like all applied lesson environments, it is a one-on-one, individualized study that principally involves the instructor giving students feedback on their musical works-in-progress. This time-honored paradigm for teaching composition has produced brilliant artists, but is rife with pitfalls and traps that can tarnish a student’s growth: composition pedagogues can coerce students into writing music like their teachers, or can prescribe a curriculum that makes composition accessible only to students who have already played classical music for …

Journey To L'Amour! An Exploration Of Love And Loss, Ashley Ashmore

Honors Theses

This narrative documents a student's preparation and execution of her voice recital entitled, L'amour! An Exploration of Love and Loss. The author documents experiences, at the University of Mississippi and beyond which influenced the direction of this body of work. The author describes the purpose of her voice recital, and describes the process programming and preparing repertoire for the December recital. The author recounts and reflects upon her performance of L'amour: An Exploration of Love and Loss. The author includes a full copy of the program and notes provided to attendees on the day of the recital. The author includes …

Preparing A Trumpet Recital, William Matthew Pate

Honors Theses

The following thesis presents a discussion of the elements that went into preparing a senior solo trumpet recital. This discussion is divided into eleven sections, of which the first five contain general performance challenges and information about the types of pieces performed on the recital and the instruments used to perform those pieces. The remaining six sections discuss why the performer chose to showcase each composer and their compositions, the specific performance challenges he encountered with each piece, and the techniques he used to overcome these challenges. The historical information used to produce this thesis comes from articles written by …

Elements Of Late Style In Johannes Brahms's Sonata In F Minor For Clarinet And Piano, Op. 120, No. 1, Kimberly Cassisa

Honors Theses

This paper presents various historical, analytical, and performance perspectives of Johannes Brahms's Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F Minor, Op. 120 No., categorizing it as a late style work. It provides a background of Brahms's life and works and places his Op. 120 in an historical context. The first part of this research focuses on late style theory and disability theory as it relates to Brahms and his significant predecessors and contemporaries. The second part of this investigation presents an overview of the sonata's structure as well as analytical perspectives of the F Minor Sonata including musical examples supporting …

An Ecossaise Exercise: Lesson Plan And Materials For A Class In The Second Week On Tonicization, Jonathan Guez

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

This lesson plan and accompanying slide show (PowerPoint and PDF) present secondary functions as energetic, goal-directed chords that contain a leading tone and therefore mimic the voice leading of dominant-to-tonic progressions. It is designed for use in the second week on tonicization, after students have been introduced to secondary functions. In presenting secondary dominants as chords that contain local leading tones that demand upward resolution (onto their local “tonics”), it embodies a pedagogical approach that stresses the importance of identifying a local leading tone and its upwards resolution as a prerequisite for understanding secondary function. Here, secondary leading tones are …