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Byron Janis, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Byron Janis is a pianist and composer, and whose performing career was interrupted by the effects of psoriatic arthritis. Janis was Vladimir Horowitz's first student.

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Stanisław Skrowaczewski is an orchestral conductor and composer.

The Devil In The Belfry A Rhapsody For Viola And Orchestra & Edgar Allan Poe, Claude Debussy, And "The Fall Of The House Of Usher", Maíra Cimbleris

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is in two parts. The first is an original composition, The Devil in the Belfry, while the second is a discussion of Claude Debussy’s unfinished opera, La Chute de la Maison Usher. The Devil in the Belfry is a rhapsody for viola and orchestra based on Edgar Allan Poe’s tale of the same title. It contains quotations from the few sketches that Debussy left for his unfinished work, Le diable dans le beffroi. Quoting Debussy’s sketches was the sensible course of action, since they have the same literary basis as my work, and because I wish to pay …

Exploration, Language And Application: An Approach To Teaching Beginning Instrumental Jazz Improvisation, Jeremy Todd Pownall

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide preservice and inservice teachers with an alternative approach to teaching beginning jazz improvisation to instrumentalists in a classroom setting. It was determined that there exists a need for an accessible (to both teacher and student) method for teaching beginning jazz improvisation to instrumentalists. This is due to the lack of emphasis on jazz improvisation at both the public school and university level, as well as the inclusion of improvisation in both the national and Georgia state standards for music performance. The teaching method presented in this study is based on previous research, …

An Examination Of College Flute Professors' Approaches To Improving Students' Intonation Skills, Kelly Theresa Cato

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine what methods college flute professors use to improve their students intonation skills and to highlight resources to aid future practices on the subject of intonation. The research questions guiding this study were (a) Do college flute professors teach students how to improve intonation skills? (b) What methods do college flute professors use to improve students' intonation skills? (c) What resources do college flute professors use in conjunction with teaching intonation? Research was conducted using a researcher-created online survey that was distributed to college flute professors throughout the United States. Findings suggested a …

Red Note New Music Festival Program, 2011, School Of Music

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.

Jazz Language In Bernstein Song: Recital Analysis, Pamela Teicher Machala

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of Japanese Percussion Composers Through Performance And Analysis, Patrick James Rheingruber

Masters Theses

Concentration in Percussion Performance

The analyses presented looks into contemporary Japanese percussion repertoire and selected composers. Through discussion and research, the following pieces were selected due to their relevance to Japanese Percussion repertoire:

• Concertina For Xylophone and Orchestra - Tashiro Mayuzumi
• Thirteen Drums, Op. 66 - Maki Ishii
• Time for Marimba - Minoru Miki
• Rhapsody for marimba, flute, clarinet, contrabass and drums - Takayoshi Yoshioka
• Perspectives II - Toshi Ichiyanagi
• Marimba Spiritual - Minoru Miki
• Universe - Shiryu, Arranged by Nanae Mimura & Patrick Rheingruber

These works are representative of standard Japanese Percussion Repertoire, and have influenced the way contemporary …

May We Strive To Be Saints, Howard Hughes S.M.

Musical Compositions about the Marianist Charism

Prayer of Father Chaminade

Xenakis' Combination Of Music And Mathematics, Janelle Anderson

The Journal of Undergraduate Research

My interest in using mathematics in music composition stems from the works of the contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. As a physics and music education major I am able to combine both fields of study for this topic. Although Xenakis wrote many orchestral compositions it is his vocal music that I have concentrated on as I too am a singer. Graphic representation and new music notation are among the methods used to analyze his music. I found that his first choral work was called “Nuits,” which I proceeded to analyze. I also found myself interested in the analysis of a more …

The History And Perception Of Music Education In Kuwait, Youssif Abdullah Al Hassan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study sought to provide a detailed examination of the history and development of music education in Kuwait. The history of the four teacher-training institutions and music education in schools are discussed. That includes the history of the Music General Supervision Department and its music activities. Additionally, the study examined the perception of music education in Kuwait historically, and surveyed parents and students' perceptions of music and music education in Kuwait public schools. There were 244 students and 169 parents responses to 260 questionnaires. Parents were asked about their knowledge of the music education curriculum and students were asked …

Concert Recording 2011-02-23, Kia-Hui Tan

Concert Recordings & Programs

The stream flows (1990) / Bright Sheng -- Moods (2000) / Chan-Boon Tan -- Li-Na im Garten (1985). Die hungrige Katze (The hungry cat) ; Das Kaninchen (The rabbit) ; Das Eichhornchen (The squirrel) ; Der Boxer von nebenan (The dog from next door) ; Das Vogelchen (The little bird) / Isang Yun -- Sonata op. 27 no. 4 in e minor / Eugene Ysaye -- Caprices. No. 3 in e minor ; No. 7 in a minor ; No. 9 in E Major / Niccolo Paganini

Concert Recording 2011-04-10, Xavier Moore, Nathan Cook, S. Michael Shuman, Brice Smith, Andrew Chu, Tazonio Anderson

Concert Recordings & Programs

Ich habe genung. Schlummert ein ; Mein Gott! Wenn Kömmt das schöne: Nun! ; Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Paride ed Elena. O del mio dolce ardor / Christoph Willibald Gluck -- La triviata. Di provenza il mar, il suol / Guiseppe Verdi -- Mandoline ; En sourdine ; Green ; A clymène / Gabriel Fauré -- Five poems of Walt Whitman. O you whom I often and silently come ; Sometimes with one I love ; Gliding o'er all ; Look down, fair moon ; Gods / Ned Rorem -- The secret garden …

Concert Recording 2011-05-04a, Adriana Rueda Garcia, S. Michael Shuman, Andrea Schenk, Michael Lutz, Yaniv Taubenhouse, Fernando Valencia

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in b minor for flute and harpsichord BWV 1030 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Laconisme de L'aile for flute and electronics (1982) / Kaija Saariaho -- Le merle noir for flute and piano (1952) / Olivier Messiaen -- Sonata in A Major for flute and piano / César Franck -- La lorenza (Porro palitiao) / Colombian traditional -- Arrangement for flute and piano / Juan Guillermo Villareal

Concert Recording 2011-04-07, Timothy Dailey, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Trumpet Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

Dürrenhorn passage (2007) / Kevin McKee -- Fanfare for the uncommon woman (1993) / Joan Tower -- Clouds (1978) / Ge Vrijens -- Suite / Henri Tomasi -- Danny boy / Traditional -- Suite for 6 trumpets / Anthony Plog

Concert Recording 2011-04-06, Jacob Lee, Tazonio Anderson, Brice Smith, Andrew Chu, Andrea Schenk

Concert Recordings & Programs

Trio in E♭ Major ("Kegelstatt"), K. 498 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Three miniatures / Krzysztof Penderecki -- Première rhapsodie / Claude Debussy -- Quintet, op. 115 / Johannes Brahms

Concert Recording 2011-05-02, Joshua Reed, Joshua Reed, Amy Frenzel

Concert Recordings & Programs

Pièce en forme de habañera (1907) / Maurice Ravel -- Carmen. Fantaisie brillante sur des airs / Françis Borne -- Sonata (1970) / Robert Muczynski -- Le danseur (2010) / Joshua Reed

Concert Recording 2011-10-16, Kyung-Won On, American Guild Of Organists. Northwest Arkansas Chapter

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sinfonia from cantata no.29. Wir danken dir, gott, wir danken dir / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Concerto in G major, BWV 592. Allegro ; Grave ; Presto / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Aria / Paul Manz -- Prelude and fugue in G major, BWV 541 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Fantasy in f minor, K. 608 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Three organ solos in jazz style. Our Father's world ; Jesus loves me ; Deep river / Joe Utterback

Concert Recording 2011-11-30a, Amber Lomolino, Sarah Stout, Gretchen Renshaw, Andrew Jones

Concert Recordings & Programs

Fantasy (1990) / Ralph Martino -- Benediction (2003) / John Stevens -- Fantasy movements. Adagio ; Allegro ; Slowly ; Very fast and manic ; Adagio / Anthony Plog -- Study on a theme from "Peter Grimes" / John Ross -- Tba4tet / James Grant

Concert Recording 2011-11-06c, David Frantz, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

Messiah. Thus saith the Lord ; But who may abide / George Frideric Handel -- Vaga luna, che inargenti / Vincenzo Bellini -- Perche dolce, caro bene / Stefano Donaudy -- Seule! / Gabriel Faure -- Chanson de Venise. I. Mandoline / Gabriel Faure -- Die zauberflote. O Isis and Osiris / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Winterreise. I. Gute Nacht ; II. Die Wetterfahne / Franz Schubert -- Songs of travel. III. The roadside fire ; VIII. Bright is the ring of words

"India", In "Classical Aesthetic Traditions Of India, China, And The Middle East", Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2011-04-14, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Tuba Ensemble, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Euphonium Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

Winds (1992). Khamsin ; Zephyrs ; Bora ; Doldrums ; Sirocco / Roger Vaughan -- Morgen music / Paul Hindemith ; arr. John Stevens -- Quartet / Ionel Dmitru -- Pavane / Gabriel Fauré ; arr. Kenyon Wilson -- The thunderer / John Phillip Sousa ; arr. David Werden -- Serenade for strings / Antonín Dvořák ; arr. Sy Brandon -- Pictures at an exhibition. Promenade ; Old caste ; Bydlo ; Catacombs ; Baby Yaga ; Great gate of Kiev / Modest Mussorgsky ; arr. Elizabeth Golas

Concert Recording 2011-04-09b, A. J. Miller, Sarah Stout, Gretchen Renshaw, Justin Stowe, Dallas Tucker, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Tuba Quartet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Toad patrol / Joseph D. Goble -- The village choir / Alexader Borodin ; arr. Tubalaté -- Tuba quartet / Crawford Gates -- Toccata and fugue in d minor / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Wind sketches. Whirlwind ; Fremantle doctor ; White squall ; Vientos y fugas / Brian Balmages

Concert Recording 2011-04-16, C. J. Morris, Dallas Tucker, Nick Ryan, Mary Beth Martin, Lisa Napier, Chalon L. Ragsdale, Jesse Austin

Concert Recordings & Programs

Timeless (1997) / Michael Burritt -- Duettino concertante (1966) / Ingolf Dahl -- Sunset glow (1985) / Dave Samuels -- Prism (1995) / Keiko Abe -- Doomsday machine (2000) / Michael Burritt

Concert Recording 2011-04-27, Jon George, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Suite no. 3, BWV 1009 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Kol Nidrei, op. 47 / Max Bruch

Concert Recording 2011-04-30, Patrick Oliverio, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto in D Major / Johann Friedrich Fasch -- Trumpet concerto / Johann Nepomuk Hummel -- Triptyque / Henri Tomasi -- Nightsongs / Richard Peaslee

Concert Recording 2011-05-01, Kevin Graber, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

Flute sonata in E♭ Major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Concerto for euphonium / David R. Gillingham -- Fantasie Stuecke op. 73 / Robert Schumann -- El moncayo / Jan Hadermann -- As wonderful things drift by / Jiro Censhu

Concert Recording 2011-10-21, Amy Mayes

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonate, opus 167. Allegretto ; Allegro animato / Camille Saint-Saens -- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra. Slowly and expressively ; Rather fast / Aaron Copland -- Sonatina. Tema con variazioni / Miklos Rozsa -- Trio V, opus 114. Allegro ; Adagio ; Andantino grazioso ; Allegro

Concert Recording 2011-11-11, Sarah Stout, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

Notes from the underground. Existential ballade ; Elegy for nothingness ; The inevitable moto perpetuo / Robert Mueller -- Melody / Myroslav Skoryk ; [arr.] Stout -- Three Euphonics / Howard Buss -- Alegro Assai / Vladmir Cosma -- Wondrous Starry Night / David Gillingham -- Dance: Zeibékikos / Philip Wilby

Concert Recording 2011-11-27, Catalina Barraza, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Partita #3 / J. S. Bach -- Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 Op. 105. / R. Schumann