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26th Annual Isu Jazz Festival: April 11, 2025, Andy Martin

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

April 11 and 12, 2025

A Graduate Recital In Organ, Devon Turner

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This thesis consists of a Graduate Recital in Organ and accompanying notes. The notes include composer biographical information, basic analysis of each piece to be performed, performance considerations, and relevant historical context.

2024-2025 Performance Forum - April 11, 2025, Patrick Hengstler, Juan Fernandez Villegas, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Maria Savelyeva, Dina Bikzhanova, Manuela Wanumen Jiménez, Nia Morgan, Nathaniel Jones, Meixi Zhou, Virgilio Vazquez, Rosa Ortega Ianelli, Anttuan Rios Pelaez, Aj Meyer, Olivia Oakland, Chase Hogan, Derek Lund

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Sounds Of Battle And Battle Of Sounds: Belliphonic In Tolkien, Ali Mirzabayati

Journal of Tolkien Research

This paper explores the concept of the belliphonic—a term denoting the acoustic dimensions of warfare—within the context of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, focusing on the Battle of the Five Armies. While modern war studies have mainly centered on the mechanized soundscapes of twentieth-century conflict, this study engages with recent scholarly efforts to recover the sonic textures of medieval battle. Drawing on theories of wartime acoustics and examples from medieval literature, the paper examines how Tolkien, informed by his expertise in Old and Middle English texts and his lived experience in World War I, crafts a dynamic and psychologically …

Sobre El Arcoíris: The Queering Of Mariachi, Tyician Charles Knight

Music ETDs

Mariachi is an internationally renowned artform and tradition whose history spans over decades and several continents. However, there are many aspects still embedded in mariachi culture that remain problematic; machismo (toxic masculinity), alcoholism, and homophobia to name a few. While there has been an increase of mariachi scholars who have critically examined these issues, mariachi culture itself has yet to address the challenges brought forth by its history of gender discrimination and homophobia and embrace practical changes that would enable the creation of a more equitable environment and further develop this living tradition. This thesis analyzes the trajectory of queering …

East End Elegy: Leyla Mccalla, Artist-In-Residence, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Megan Bennett, Trumpet, April 10, 2025 [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.

Oboe Studio Recital: April 10, 2025, Garret Kniffin, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 10, 2025

Thursday Morning

11:00 a.m.

Sophomore Recital: April 10, 2025, Brody Macias, Nicole Schmidt, Wes Smith, Kyterra Waters, Phil Denzmore, Sara Eckert, Stella Faux, Ali Jennings

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 10, 2025

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.

A History Of The Valved Horn, Valerie Szerdi

Student Research Symposium

Hunting horns were created in France. Designed for hunting parties for King Lois XIV.

Harmonic Series: Fundamentals, Physics And Sound, Emmarose Santa Maria

Student Research Symposium

• The relationship between math and music has been one of the many wonders of nature (White & White, 2014).
• While the two fields may seem unrelated, physics is the driving force behind the production of music.
• Modern musical systems are based on intervals and ratios that were first discovered by Pythagoras and the production of sound is based on waves (Bain, 2003).

2024-2025 Tanglewood At Boca West: Love Stories By The Lynn Philharmonia, Lynn University Philharmonia, Jon H. Robertson

Philharmonia

No abstract provided.

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

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

The Satyr's Last Lament: April 9, 2025, Joe Sandy

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 9, 2025

Wednesday Evening

9:00 p.m.

Sophomore Recital: April 9, 2025, Quentin Shelato, Amanda Bent, Kendra Chaney, Emma Turner, Wes Smith

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 9, 2025

Wednesday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Memory, Music, Manuscripts: The Ritual Dynamics Of Kōshiki In Japanese Sōtō Zen, Junko Oba

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

A book review is presented for Memory, Music, Manuscripts: The Ritual Dynamics of Kōshiki in Japanese Sōtō Zen, authored by Michaela Mross, by Junko Oba.

Thomas Pereira’S 'Lülü Zuanyao' 律呂纂要 (Ca. 1685): A Jesuit Music Theory Textbook For The Chinese Emperor, Qingfan Jiang

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

Thomas Pereira (1646–1708), a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, arrived in Beijing in 1672 and was appointed by the Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722) as his music tutor. For the emperor's music lessons, Pereira authored Lülü Zuanyao 律呂纂要 [Elements of Music] (ca. 1685), the first known Western music theory treatise written in Chinese. My translation includes the first half of Zuanyao that focuses on Western music notation, solmization, and the hexachordal system. As a product of the global circulation of musical knowledge in the early modern period, Zuanyao is significant in three ways. First, it illustrates the direct influence of the music education Pereira …

Commemorating August Thirteenth: Music And Theology In Eighteenth-Century Moravian Communities, Ryan M. Malone

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

One of the most important memorial days in the Moravian liturgical calendar is August Thirteenth, a commemoration of the communal spiritual awakening that eighteenth-century Moravians experienced on the Saxon estate of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760). While the Moravian church has celebrated this storied event for centuries, complete with music-rich religious services, only a few original compositions were crafted specifically for these services. In light of the importance of August Thirteenth, and given of the abundance of musical works that eighteenth-century Moravian composers wrote for other memorial days and religious holidays, this article employs musicological and theological perspectives to …

"Kol Mekadesh Shevi'i": A Liturgical Melody Sung At Home, Naomi Cohn Zentner

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

This article draws upon the unusual characteristics, origins and prevalence of the melody to the poem "Kol mekadesh shevii" [He who sanctifies the Seventh day] and discusses how it came to be recognized in the past seventy years as a signifier of Ashkenazi pre-Holocaust musical and religious culture and in particular as a sonic marker of liturgical sound, although it was sung at home. The Kol mekadesh melody came over time to represent two vastly different symbolic positions. As a melody adopted from non-Jewish sources bringing new, sometimes controversial sounds into the synagogue, and as a typical synagogal …

Benefit Of Harp Music In A Music Therapy Setting, Emma Christensen

Student Research Symposium

Music therapy is an evidence based form of arts therapy that utilizes music in order to achieve non musical goals. Music therapy is an accessible, personalized form of therapy that utilizes music making in the forms of improvisation, composition, reception, and performance. This often includes, but is not limited to, the use of guitar, piano, and singing.

While not the most common instrument used in music therapy settings, the harp has a reputation for bringing peace and comfort to listeners due to the timbre and resonance of the instrument. With its similarities to the harp, research on the monochord table …

Musical Theatre Nyc Industry Showcase -Senior Capstone, Erica Aubrey

SPARK Symposium Presentations

Musical Theatre BFA candidates put together and perform a 35-minute Senior Showcase for New York City Industry Personnel. This culminating performance was presented in NYC on April 8, 2025 for Casting Directors, Agents, Directors, Choreographers and Managers. Post this performance, students are asked to meetings with talent reps, and are are asked to auditions for projects they are right for, further launching them into their professional careers post graduation.

Isaac Sand, Tuba, April 8, 2025 [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.

Sonnerie's Woodwind Quintet: April 8, 2025, Dr. Kimberly Risinger, Dr. Jillian Kouzel, Dr. David Gresham, Dr. Rachel Hockenberry, Prof. Galina Kiep

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 8, 2025

Tuesday Morning

11:00 a.m.

Graduate Recital: April 8, 2025, Holly Peters, Momoko Gresham, Sara Eckert, Noah Berkshier

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 8, 2025

Tuesday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: April 8, 2025, Lydia Cermak, Grant Cermak

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 8, 2025

Tuesday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Flute Studio Recital: April 7, 2025, Dr. Kimberly Risinger, Gina Russell, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 7, 2025

Monday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Tiny Creatures, Big Lessons: Using Music Education And Ecoliteracy To Impact Young Learners' Perspectives On Bugs And Nature, Paige Burgess '25

Honor Scholar Theses

This thesis aims to demonstrate that relationships between students and nature can be improved through teaching young learners about music and bugs together, potentially leading to a greater overall love for and willingness to protect nature. The thesis features original teacher action research conducted over multiple weeks in a first grade classroom, with observations and data to support the efficacy of the methods discussed. This thesis analyzes literature that supports how increasing empathy toward bugs at a young age can have tangible benefits for the environment, how ecoliteracy as a framework is an effective means of teaching about nature, and …

Global Sounds, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Percussion Ensemble: April 6, 2025, David Colliers, Ben Stiers

School of Music Programs

Center for the performing Arts

April 6, 2025

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: April 6, 2025, Rosalie Truback, Lu Witzig, Kahauri Brown-Givens, Kendra Chaney, Wes Smith, Emma Turner, Seth Berkshier

School of Music Programs

kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.