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Seven Piano Pieces, Eric Malmquist Jan 2007

Seven Piano Pieces, Eric Malmquist

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No abstract provided.


Symphony For Strings And Percussion (Honors), Eric Malmquist Jan 2007

Symphony For Strings And Percussion (Honors), Eric Malmquist

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No abstract provided.


The Letter, Benjamin Johnson Jan 2006

The Letter, Benjamin Johnson

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No abstract provided.


Solo For Vibraphone, Eric Malmquist Jan 2006

Solo For Vibraphone, Eric Malmquist

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No abstract provided.


Four Preludes For Piano, Luke Gullickson Jan 2006

Four Preludes For Piano, Luke Gullickson

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No abstract provided.


What A Beast Art Thou!, Eric Malmquist Jan 2005

What A Beast Art Thou!, Eric Malmquist

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"What a Beast Art Thou! - Three Shakespeare Songs," for bass voice and piano, explores the depths of the darker side of human nature. Using texts from Titus Andronicus Act 5, Timon of Athens Act 4, and Titus Andronicus Act 5 respectively, the three songs intend to express emotions of hate and anger, while conveying the drama unfolding during each particular scene. "What a Beast Art Thou!" was commissioned by William Roberts III and premiered by him in December 2005. Duration: approximately 10 minutes.


Piano Concerto "Pacific", Luke Gullickson Jan 2005

Piano Concerto "Pacific", Luke Gullickson

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"Pacific" is built in three main sections. Each of the main sections has a signature theme....The themes are placed throughout to suggest a journey from the Midwest to the Pacific: the geographical changes as well as the personal reflections that accompany travel. The epigraph, from historian Frederick Jackson Turner, is a question regarding the fale of American democratic values after the closing of the frontier, a question that we have yet to answer.


Concerto For Violin-- For Mark Portolese, Daniel Vendt Oct 2004

Concerto For Violin-- For Mark Portolese, Daniel Vendt

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No abstract provided.


Dance-- For Chris Davis, Daniel Vendt Apr 2004

Dance-- For Chris Davis, Daniel Vendt

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Antihero, Daniel Vendt Apr 2004

Antihero, Daniel Vendt

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Written and Directed by Amanda Gwyndhar Bratton

Director of photography: Elizabeth Schroeder

Starring: Christopher Ehresman, Timothy Shelton, Amanda Gwyndhar Bratton

Set/costumes/makeup: Stephanie Koets, Amanda Gwyndhar Bratton

Choreography by: Brittany Morgan

Original music by: Daniel Vendt


Music For Clip #3, Daniel Vendt Apr 2004

Music For Clip #3, Daniel Vendt

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No abstract provided.


Paper Due Today: Score For The Original Film, Daniel Vendt Jan 2004

Paper Due Today: Score For The Original Film, Daniel Vendt

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Two Settings: For Clarinet, Viola, And Piano, Daniel Vendt Apr 2003

Two Settings: For Clarinet, Viola, And Piano, Daniel Vendt

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The Meld: The Marriage Of Art And Technology, The Ames Library (Audio And Score), Colin A.D. Borck Jan 2002

The Meld: The Marriage Of Art And Technology, The Ames Library (Audio And Score), Colin A.D. Borck

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This piece, The Meld, consists of five movements, each tailored to specific aspects of the new Ames Library. Through this short journey of music, one can experience what the library embodies itself, a marriage of art and technology. Emotions arise from all different aspects of each movement, may it be mystery of this new building to the dignity and class of the "Great Room" on the fifth floor holding the stained glass windows from Oxford.

From these five short movements, the Ames Library is introduced, stated, and dignified by a piece of music. It is the realization of Ames that …


Lost Horizons, Daniel Vendt Jan 2002

Lost Horizons, Daniel Vendt

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No abstract provided.


Dedication For String Quartet, Dennis Breier Jan 2002

Dedication For String Quartet, Dennis Breier

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No abstract provided.


Me Vs. Myself Vs. I (Honors), Dan Witte Jan 2000

Me Vs. Myself Vs. I (Honors), Dan Witte

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Sigmund Freud, father of modern day psychology had a theory that the mind was divided into three sections. Two of these sections were subconscious, and the other was our conscience. He divided the subconscious into the Super Ego and the Id, and he labeled our conscience the Ego. The Super Ego represents our closed-minded pessimistic side often instilled upon us by our parents and society. This is not necessarily a bad thing; rather it is what makes us do things in a proper, rational, and secure fashion. The Id is our primal side. It is often the drive behind our …