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The California E.A.R. Unit, The California E.A.R. Unit

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Tokoyo: A Story Of Cultural Movement, Melissa Jessel

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Tokoyo: A Story of Cultural Movement is an exploration of Japanese culture through performance. The piece incorporates stylized, ritualistic, and contemporary movement. The device used to portray our research was a folk tale told solely through physical expression. Music by Japanese composers and projections of the country supported the movement and helped to tell the story of the culture.

We were deep into our research when we embarked on our trip to Japan to observe the specificity of the culture in everyday life and performance. Everything that we read, watched, and took part in manifested itself in the final presentation. …

When You Got It, Bump It: A Lost Showgirl’S Cabaret, Mary Claire King

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

For my Capstone project, I developed an original cabaret entitled “When You Got It, Bump It: A Lost Showgirl’s Cabaret.” The story follows Mazeppa, the lost showgirl, as she travels the vaudeville “circuit” in an attempt to regain her fame. I portray this leading character, while two other women portray her friends and co-stars. All three characters are based on perhaps some of the most famous showgirls on Broadway, Mazeppa, Tessie Tura and Electra of the 1959 musical, Gypsy.

I performed the cabaret twice, on the evenings of April 2^nd and 3^rd, at the First Unitarian …

Annual Concerto Competition, Rebecca Villines, Michael Rushman, Brittany Bethurum, Evan Roth, Kevin Homma, Bella Staav, Ann Marie Kawai, Clara Chung, Tamer Edlebi, Eli Kaynor, Mary Young, James Higgs, Emily Uematsu, Kelsey Steinke, Amy Dabalos

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Bicentennial Liszt Celebration: Music Of Franz Liszt, Jessica Sternfeld, Monica Alfredson, Ruby Cheng, Grace Fong, Lazlo Lak, Jonathan Mack, Louise Thomas

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Die Fledermaus And Other Delicacies, Chapman University

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Guitar Recital, Kira Roden, Charlie Lopez, Jose Varela, Derrek Ho, Daniel Howard, Scott Weller, Henry Allen, William Craig, Tarah Dang, Adam Borecki

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Modern Music Concert, Mark Menzies, Dzovig Markarian, Derek Stein, Elizabeth Vysin, Kristen Ashley, Christina Cheon, Theresa Silveyra, Kelsey Steinke, Tamer Edlebi, Lara Lascoe, Charity Potter, Stephanie Beaver, Amanda Fink

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Instrumental Chamber Music, Tamer Edlebi, Charity Potter, Rebekah Nelson, Jill Marriage, Tanya Dorsey, Eli Kaynor, Molly Iker, Elizabeth Lee, Jake Wiens, Brian Jenkins, Daphne Medina, Katie Kroko, Conrad Ho, Elizabeth Vysin, Tiffany Liu, Maria Myrick, Jarrett Threadgill

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Senior Composition Recital, Daniel De Arakal, Scott Kawai

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Student Pianists In Recital, Ann Marie Kawai, Nathan Campbell, Julie Pajubeshfar, Catherine Brady, Lindy Portin, Phoebe Gildea, Monica Alfredson, Rebekah Nelson, Anna Muhakata, Johannes Leonard Lohner, Elisa Perez-Selsky, Brian Andrews, Adam Borecki, Stephanie Patterson, Kyle Alanis, Hunter Schmidt

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Piano Showcase, Theresa Silveyra, Amira Fulton, Rebekah Nelson, Patrick Gutman, Alphonso Sanchez, Molly Iker, Evan Roth, James Higgs, Arman Keyvanian, Tiffany Liu, Brian Jenkins, David Zedaker

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Sholund Scholarship Concert: Sacred Music Of The Great Italian Opera Composers, Chapman University

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Guitar Recital, Henry Allen, Jose Varela, Mackenzie Robertson, Tarah Dang, Kira Roden, Adam Borecki, Daniel De Arakal

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Winds And Brass Chamber Music Concert, Chapman University

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Junior Recital, Lacey Venanzi, Claire Fortier, Clara Chung

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Woodwind Extension Through The Systematic Use Of Microtonality And Electronic Manipulation Of The Instrument, Seán Mac Erlaine

Conference papers

This research questions how the expressive range of the saxophone / bass clarinet can be extended in new ways by employing both a systematic use of microtonality and electronic manipulation of the instrument.

The use of digital signal processing (DSP) is well advanced among certain music practitioners, most notably electric guitarists, extending that instrument’s expressive powers considerably. Woodwind instrumentalists have a huge unexplored potential to engage with new technologies, furthering the range, polyphonic voicings, loops, reverbs and general signal manipulation.

The marraige of these two disciplines with conventional woodwind practice greatly deepens the expressive range of the instrument while offering …

Guest Artists In Concert, Tiffany Dumouchelle, Chen-Hui Jen, Jacob David Sudol, Susan Ung, Lynn Vartan

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A Collection Of Original Music, Hanna Van Hemert

Honors Program Theses

The thesis project, 'A Collection of Original Music', is a creative/performative project comprised of composing, rehearsing, performing, recording, and notating original music. Designed to be completed as a collaboration between two musicians, Kelsey and I worked together during each of the tasks of the project. Consisting of four original pieces for piano/voice, and ukulele/voice, the compositions were performed at a live concert/thesis presentation, recorded at a later date, and transcribed for posterity.

A Collection Of Original Music, Kelsey Staudacher

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Woodwind And Brass Chamber Music Concert, Tamer Edlebi, Garrett Smith, Hannah Torrance, Charity Potter, John Campbell, Rebecca Walsh, Stephen Sanders, Andrew King, Clayton Thomas, Brandon Bielagus, Garrett Eastwood, Kyle Chattleton, Bella Staav, Rebecca Newlin, Adam Borecki, Lauren Aghajanian, Rebecca Villines, Kira Roden, Crystal Holtzendorff, Trevor Garcia, Brittany Bethurum, Megan Malloy, Joshua Huihui, Michael Rushman, David Stetson, Zachary Mariano, Christopher Nario, Ryan Jesch, Stephen Sanders, Javier Cerna

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Student Pianists In Recital, Johannes Leonard Lohner, Derek Memechek, Carolyn Kelly, Brian Andrews, Bethany Porter, Lindy Portin, Hunter Schmidt, Cara Lawler, Anna Muhakata, Phoebe Gildea, Andrew Siles, Nathan Campbell, Stephanie Patterson, Ariel May, Stacey Gomez

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Piano Showcase, Matt Connor, Kristen Brown, Amira Fulton, Rebekah Nelson, Monica Alfredson, Theresa Silveyra, Molly Iker, Tiffany Liu, Alphonso Sanchez, Evan Roth, Eileen Regullano, James Higgs, Arman Keyvanian, Patrick Gutman, David Zedaker, Brian Jenkins

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Piano Showcase, Matt Connor, Amira Fulton, Theresa Silveyra, Efrain Solis, Johannes Leonard Lohner, Molly Iker, Evan Roth, Eileen Regullano, James Higgs, Becki Jenkins, Alphonso Sanchez, Patrick Gutman, Brian Jenkins

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A Performance Project With An Historical And Analytical Perspective On The Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra, Op. 31 By Peter Jona Korn, Brian Sanford Ransom

Dissertations

Peter Jona Korn (1922-1998) is not a name immediately recognized in American music circles, yet during the 1940s and '50s he led a successful career as an American composer. His Saxophone Concerto - composed in 1956 for the virtuoso Sigurd Rascher, and revised by Korn in 1982 - is an important contribution to the saxophone repertoire.

Many composers, including Glazounov, Ibert, and Larsson, wrote concertos for Sigurd Rascher. These works, once considered highly virtuosic, are now studied and performed by college level saxophonists. The original version of Korn's Concerto, among the most technically demanding works, has remained in obscurity for …

Guitar Recital, Henry Allen, Tarah Dang, Jose Varela, Kira Roden, Adam Borecki, Daniel De Arakal, Patrick Shiroishi

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Faculty Recital, Albert Alva, Clara Cheng, Janet Kao, Gary Matsuura, Mary Palchak, Griff Rollefson, Jan Jordan, Irving Davis, Yannick Lambrecht

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Senior Piano Recital, Miwa Sugiyama

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Modern Music Concert, Justin Dehart, Lara Dill, Scott Kawai, Julieanne Klein, Louise Thomas, Katie Kroko, Miwa Sugiyama, Mark Buchner, Katie Trimble, Collin Martin, Sam Price-Waldman, Matt Pollard, Craig Shields, Brian Andrews

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New Music Ensemble, Chapman New Music Ensemble

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