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Music And The Brain, Kimberly D. Madison

Graduate Research Papers

A great deal of literature focuses on the subject of music and the brain and how music can affect learning. Music stimulates brain patterns, and therefore should be considered essential in an academic setting. This review was written to provide an analysis of the published literature and studies in the area of music and cognitive development, to examine how the brain is wired for music, and to determine whether music is an effective tool in enhancing environmental and cognitive learning conditions in classrooms.

Concert Recording 2008-04-09, Allison Rasche, Kristin Harwell, Brady Hurlburt, Sierra Schauer, Kalvin Henderson, Travis Chilton, Michael Lutz, Katie Smith, Kelsey Crawford, Oliver Molina

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata Latino. Salsa Montunate / Mike Mower -- Suite Bergamasque ; Syrinx / Claude Debussy -- Furiuso and valse in d-minor / Earl Hatch -- Six metamorphoses after Ovid. Pan ; Bacchus / Benjamin Britten -- Serenata I / Saverio Mercaduate -- Mr. Hi-Hat / Papa Jo Jones

Concert Recording 2008-11-23, Emily Nelson, Travis Chilton, Kalyn Cavalier, Buffy Trent, Richard Bobo, Quintessentials Woodwind Quintet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Aires tropicales / Paquito D'Rivera -- Fantasia pour quintette a vent / Pierre Max Dubois -- Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon / Carl Nielsen

Concert Recording 2008-04-08, Will Huff, Caleb Pond, Nattapon Banjatammanon, Amy Mayes, Stephanie Skahan, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Razorbrass Quintet, Michael Bollero, Garrett Jones, Kris Still, Patrick Oliverio, Lance Grigsby, Jason Tacker, C. J. Morris, Ryan Cockerham, Jessica Middleton, Tara Mueller, Erica Mueller, Catherine Becker, Noel Runyan, Drew Packard

Concert Recordings & Programs

Canon in the style of Fur Alina ; A moment's peace ; The monomyth ; Extinguishing of the light ; Death and rebirth / Will Huff

Concert Recording 2008-09-10, Jennica White, S. Michael Shuman, Garrett Jones, Claudia Burson, Leandro Bizama, Drew Osborn, Idra Green, Kristin Harwell

Concert Recordings & Programs

Un' ombra di pace / Giovanni Bononcini -- Encounters of the dreamers / Garrett A. Jones -- Aimons-nous / Camille Saint-Saens -- Le nozzi di Figaro. Non piu andrai / W.A. Mozart -- Por una cabeza / Carlos Gardel -- Summertime / George Gershwin

Concert Recording 2008-03-29a, Maryse Carlin, Seth Carlin

Concert Recordings & Programs

Disc one -- Sonata in F Major kv497 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Preludes, book I (complete) / Claude Debussy -- Disc 2 -- Souvenirs (ballet suite, opus 28) / Samuel Barber

Concert Recording 2008-02-27, Heather Atwood, Brad Helton, Henry Runkles, Olga Greenhut, Hyeon-Min Jang, Kristin Harwell, Meisha Stewart, S. Michael Shuman, Jason Rutledge, Tracy Hone, Jessica Carson, Lyndon Meyer

Concert Recordings & Programs

Ah, love, but a day! / Amy Marcy Cheney Beach -- Sonata / Telemann -- Les Nuits d'ete. Villanelle / Hector Berlioz -- I shall not live in vain / Jake Heggie -- It was a lover and his lass / Eric Coates -- Walla Kye / Mana-Zucca -- Sonata no. 2 in b♭ minor, op. 36 (original version) / Sergei Rachmaninoff

Concert Recording 2008-02-17, Erin Bruggeman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in e minor, k. 304 / W.A. Mozart -- Concerto in e minor / Pietro Nardini -- La revue de cuisine / B. Martinu

The Leap From Playing To Performing: Representing The Composer And Performer In Classical Music Performance, Rachel A. Price

Honors Program Theses

The effect of a great musical performance defies description. It is brilliant and memorable, a unique and influential moment in time. But how does a musician achieve this level of performance? What is it that makes any performance special? There are no simple answers, but as musicians we are constantly exploring, trying to find some answers through trial and error. It is this exploration, and the lessons we learn along the way, that make music meaningful and unique to each performer.

The life of a musician would be much easier if one could answer the question, "How does one perform …

A Study Of Harmony And Form In J. S. Bach's Sonata In G Minor For Solo Violin Bwv 1001, Rebecca Leigh Homard

Honors Program Theses

My thesis project combines a traditional research subject with a creative element. My desired project was to create a study accompaniment for the Sonata in G minor by J. S. Bach (see Appendix 1 ), with the written research portion providing the justification for the creation of that accompaniment. I chose this project for several reasons. J. S. Bach is a favorite composer of mine, and I love playing his works on both the violin and the viola. Partially because of my love for his music, I feel like I am on my way to having a fairly firm understanding …

Concert Recording 2008-04-28, Kirstie Vanfleet, Emily Nelson, Kalyn Butler, Blaine Cunningham, Jason Tacker, Debbie Aulerich, Lee Larry, Meisha Stewart, Sigma Alpha Iota. Sigma Omicron Chapter (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville)

Concert Recordings & Programs

Kokopeli / Katherine Hoover -- The whistle song / Beta Chapter -- So near, so dear / Youse -- Duets for flute and clarinet / Robert Muczynski -- What a wonderful world / Bob Thiele -- Benediction / Mueller -- SAI chorale / Blackburn

Concert Recording 2008-03-25, Blaine Cunningham, Kristin Harwell, Keith Wood, Katy Luker, Susan Franklin, Bob Shaw, Jim Robinson, Naturally Brass Quintet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concertino, op. 77 for tuba and piano / Jan Koetsier -- Concerto for tuba and piano / Arild Plau -- Salve venere, salve marte / John Stevens -- Elegie / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- My spirit be joyful / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Fred's u-fix-it / Vince Gassi

A Master's Recital In Cello, Philipp Gulidov

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

On October 23, 2007 at 8:00 pm, Philipp Gulidov presented a recital in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa. It was presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music degree in performance. The program consisted of J.S. Bach 's Suite No. 3 for Cello Solo in C major, BWV 1009, Brahms' Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, op. 38, Bach 's Aria from Orchestral Suite in D major, BWV 1068, Minuet by Guiseppe Valentini, Vocalise by Rachmaninoff, op. 34, No. 14, Prokofiev's March from Opera "The Love for Three Oranges" arranged by Mstislav Rostropovich, and …

The Roles Of Invariance And Analogy In The Linear Design Of Stravinsky’S “Musick To Heare”, David Carson Berry

Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic

A list of contributing author biographies

The Mise En Scène Of Rossini's Le Siège De Corinthe And The Conventions Of Staging At The Paris Opéra In The 1820s, Tina Huettenrauch

LSU Master's Theses

Shortly before 1800, the publication of livrets de mise en scène, short manuals including information regarding costumes, set designs, and blocking (i.e., the movement of characters on stage), became increasingly popular in France. While theater scholars (Gösta M. Bergman, Marvin Carlson, Hellmuth Christian Wolff) have recognized the value of these documents for the history of staging (and blocking in particular), musicologists have tended to focus on their impact on visual aspects and realization of drama. Those who have looked at staging (H. Robert Cohen, Rebecca S. Wilberg, M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet) have largely ignored the period prior to 1827, …

Concert Recording 2008-11-02a, Joel Schisler, Chris Wylie, Brandon Robold, Alex Lewis

Concert Recordings & Programs

Prelude #3 / H. Villa-Lobos -- Triste / Antonio Carlos Jobim -- Cats and kittens / Peter Erskine -- Billie's bounce / Charlie Parker -- All the things you are / Jerome Kern ; Oscar Hammerstein II -- Stompin' at the Savoy / Benny Goodman -- The chicken / Pee Wee Ellis -- Is this America? / Pat Metheny

Concert Recording 2008-11-02, Guy Wilcox, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Recit: Frondi tenere; Aria: Ombra mai fu / George F. Handel -- O del mio amato ben / Stefano Donaudy -- La stella / Saverio Mercadante -- Extase / Henri Duparc -- Plaisir d'amour / Jean Paul Egide Martini -- En fermant les yeux / Jules Massenet -- Weep you no more! / Roger Quilter -- There will be stars / John Duke -- Liederkreis, op. 39 / Robert Schumann

Night, Nick Hwang

LSU Master's Theses

Night is a work in 2 movements, each depicting different aspects or qualities of night. Several instruments are given solo roles to depict the many parts of a night, from the wind, stars, moon, and the individual observing the night. The first movement, an introduction and prelude, brings forth elements of the overwork. These elements are later developed in the later movements. The second movement uses the solo clarinet as a character trying to escape an enveloping night. The dissonance and darkness seem overwhelming at points and pushing the clamorous clarinet to its extremes.

166 Years Of Verdi Biography, Gregory W. Harwood

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.

Steve Reich's 'Piano Phase' And David Cossin's 'Video Phase' : An Exploration Of David Cossin's Video Phase With Reference To Steve Reich's Original Work Piano Phase, Fiona Digney

Theses : Honours

This paper will investigate Reich's 1967 composition Piano Phase, exploring the work's development from tape loops, the resultant patterns found in the work, the process involved, notation used, and also examples of phasing found in other works. Further, discussions will also take place with regards to both the author's, and David Cossin's adaptations of Piano Phase, including instrument choice and configuration, film and lighting requirements and rehearsal techniques. This project aims to present an adaptation of Piano Phase for solo percussion and multimedia, which provides an accurate visual representation of the process used in Piano Phase as well as taking …

Sound Frames, Maira Cimbleris

LSU Master's Theses

Sound Frames is a one movement piece for orchestra. Its formal structure is free. As the title demonstrates, each section of this composition is “framed” side by side with the next one. The piece is organized in a non-traditional way, with contrasting sections one being followed by another and occasionally they are recollected throughout the work. The music of the well known 20th Century composer György Ligeti was the primary inspiration for this composition, specially his “Zehn Stücke Für Bläserquintett”. One of the techniques used in the first movement of this Ligeti’s work is the disguising of the beat using …

A Pedagogical Analysis Of Selected Pieces From Preludes, Op. 38, By Dmitri Kabalevsky, Sayaka Kanno

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987) is considered one of the composers who made the greatest contribution to the teaching repertoire for the piano. His interest in young people and devotion to music education has resulted in books and articles, as well as widely used pedagogical works including Childrenfs Pieces, Op. 27, Twenty-Four Little Pieces, Op. 39, and Five Sets of Variation, Op. 51. Many teaching materials in beginning to early intermediate levels include Kabalevskyfs accessible and imaginative pieces from these collections. In comparison, his advanced works are rarely performed in concerts or used for teaching among educators.@@ This research focuses on …

The Effects Of Peer Teaching On Undergraduate Music Majors' Achievement And Attitude Toward Sight-Reading In The Group Piano Setting, Nancy Elizabeth Baker

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purposes of this study were: (1) to investigate the effects of peer teaching on students’ achievement in sight-reading at the piano, and (2) to determine whether peer teaching positively affected students’ attitude toward sight-reading at the piano. Participants were undergraduate music majors (N = 85) enrolled in the second or fourth semester of a four-semester group piano sequence. Participants completed a pretest and a posttest that consisted of a video-taped sight-reading performance and an attitudinal questionnaire. Control and experimental groups comprised the treatment groups for each level. Group Piano IV and Group Piano II participants in the experimental group …

A Symphonic Poem On Dante's Inferno And A Study On Karlheinz Stockhausen And His Effect On The Trumpet, Michael Joseph Berthelot

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The first portion of this dissertation is an original composition A Symphonic Poem on Dante’s Inferno. This symphonic poem is in three movements: I. The Dream, depicts Dante falling asleep and describes the beginning of the Inferno, II. The Journey, depicts Virgil and Dante walking towards the Gates of Hell, III. Hell’s Depths; explores Hell’s Gates, the Souls of Limbo and the Nine Circles of Hell. Dante realizes at the age of thirty-five that he has wandered into the Dark Wood of Error. As soon as he realizes his loss, Dante lifts his eyes and sees the first light, lighting …

Analyses Of High School Band Students' And Directors' Perceptions Of Verbal And Nonverbal Teaching Behaviors, Jennifer A. Whitaker

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to document and explore the use and perception of verbal and nonverbal teaching behaviors of selected high school band directors. Participants were six successful high school band directors and members of their top-performing ensembles. Directors were videotaped during rehearsals. Videos were subsequently analyzed. Systematic observation data consisted of frequencies and percentages of conductor magnitude, filler use, and time spent on and off podium; frequency and time of each sequential pattern component; and instructional pacing. Directors and students viewed and rated video excerpts of their directors using 10-point Likert scales. Participants then completed a 22-item …

The Consensual Assessment Technique As A Measure Of Creativity In Children's Musical Compositions Motivated By Visual And Verbal Stimuli, Katie Elizabeth Toups

LSU Master's Theses

ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were: 1) To compare the relationship between the degrees of creativity shown in musical compositions of third grade students (N=163) when they were exposed to either a visual or verbal stimulus, and 2) to examine inter-judge reliability for creativity ratings using the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT) with instrumental group compositions. Throughout a nine-week teaching unit, all subjects participated in regular music classes where they learned compositional techniques and concepts. They worked in small cooperative learning groups of 3 to 6 students throughout the unit to compose several “mini” compositions and two large-scale compositions. For …

A Performer's Guide To Libby Larsen's: Try Me, Good King : Last Words Of The Wives Of Henry Viii, Angela R. Day

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

American composer Libby Larsen has created works in many musical genres. Larsen’s vocal music recordings have featured well-known performers such as Arleen Augér, for which Larsen won a Grammy as producer. Her vocal music employs texts from various sources including Nursery Rhymes and the Bible, as well as numerous others. Larsen works solely on commission, and in 2000 Larsen was approached by the Marilyn Horne Foundation to compose a group of songs for Metropolitan Opera competition winner, soprano Meaghan Miller. Larsen had always been interested in the wives of Henry VIII and the commission request finally gave her the opportunity …

Isang Yun And His Selected Cello Works, Jee Yeoun Ko

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Isang Yun was born in Duksan, in Korea, in 1917, and became one of the leading Korean composers in Germany in the twentieth-century. IsangYun’s Music is frequently performed throughout the world even after his death. His name as a composer was recognized as a mediator of East Asian and Western musical traditions. This thesis will discuss his involvement in political issues during the Japanese occupation in Korea in addition to the background of his controversial extreme penalty and the strong support he received from the North Korean government after his release. The discussion will also include the reconciliation between Isang …

"Shui Diao Ge Tou" From Poems Of The Sung Dynasty, Wennan Wang

LSU Master's Theses

“Shui Diao Ge Tou” from Poems of the Sung Dynasty is a piece for full orchestra. It was suggested by two poems of Su Dong Po. One is “Shui Diao Ge Tou”. The other one is “Jiang Chen Zi”. No movement of this piece has a fixed form, but the whole piece takes on the arch structure. The musical development is analogous to the texts of the poems, and the whole piece is controlled by two principal themes. They can first be found at measures 6 and 15. The materials of this work are drawn from the old traditional Chinese …

Concert Recording 2008-04-27a, Claudia Burson, Bonnie Turner, Bonnie Turner, Stephen Turner, Jeremy Odom, Jeremy Odom, Claire Detels, Claire Detels, Lance Grigsby, Oliver Molina, Tasuku Itoh, John Hysell, Camille Gollon, Mark Gain, Eric Flagg

Concert Recordings & Programs

You're getting to be a habit / Harry Warren ; Lyrics, Al Dubin -- Alone together / Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz -- Too much of a good thing / Jerod Odom -- Embraceable you / George Gershwin -- Just in time / Jule Styne ; Betty Comden ; Adolph Green -- It's you or no one / Jule Styne ; Sammy Cahn -- Impressions / John Coltrane -- Sonata K20 / Domenico Scarlatti -- Blue rondo a la Turk / Dave Brubeck ; trans. Charles Hansen -- "B" minor waltz / Bill Evans -- Epitope / Eric Flagg -- …