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Lawrence Pianist Michael Mizrahi Earns “Best Of 2012″ Honors For His Album “The Bright Motion”, Lawrence University

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Lawrence University Assistant Professor of Music Michael Mizrahi ended the year in style. His album, “The Bright Motion”, was cited by both Time Out New York and Time Out Chicago on their annual list of best albums of 2012.

Released last May on New Amsterdam Records, “The Bright Motion” was listed eighth on Time Out New York’s 2012 list of the best opera and classical music of the past year, while Time Out Chicago included it on its year-end, non-numerical top-10 list of the year’s best opera and classical music albums.

The Bright Motion” features 10-tracks of newly composed works …

Fsu Ovation: 2012-2013 Season Fine Arts Series And Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series, Lamb Earnest

Choir History

The Department of Performing and Fine Arts Building Community through the Arts

Vision: The Department of Performing and Fine Arts will be the cultural and intellectual center for Fayetteville and its environs.

Mission: The primary mission of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts is to produce graduates in the performing and fine arts — music, dance, theater, visual arts — that will be leaders in their respective fields and its advocate. The Department is also committed to building community through the arts by being a resource for performing and fine arts pedagogy, cultivating a climate where creativity flourishes, engaging …

Edgerton Center 2013/14 Season, Edgerton Center For The Performing Arts

Edgerton Center Programs

Program brochure for the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts 2013/14 season.

Ua68/9/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by individual bands and ensembles.

Joe Henderson's Harmonic Approach To Improvisation Within The Duo Setting In His 1992 Quintet Album, Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn, Patrick Van Der Moezel

Theses : Honours

Jazz improvisation can be greatly influenced by the combination of instrumentation, influencing the role of the instruments and the way they relate to each other. Notably, the stripped-back nature of the duo emphasises these differences. Musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Joe Henderson are three of many saxophonists who have employed this particular combination to explore different ways of improvisation.

This paper will draw on Joe Henderson’s 1992 album Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, which uses the duo setting on three tracks. Each of these three tracks has a slightly different combination (saxophone with bass, with …

The Art Of Jazz Guitar, Steve Kaiser

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Recital Analysis Of Sonata For Two Pianos In F Minor, Op. 34b, Allegro Non Troppo, By J. Brahms, Pictures At An Exhibition, By M. Mussorgsky, And Danzas Argentinas, By A. Ginastera, Natalia Cernaianu

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2013-02-27, Casey Bowman, S. Michael Shuman, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. New Music Ensemble, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Wind Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

Hamberg sonata in g / C.P.E. Bach -- Spiel fur blasorchester / Ernst Tock -- Motown metal / Michael Daugherty

Concert Recording 2013-04-14, Olga Greenhut, Madeleine Hogue

Concert Recordings & Programs

Suite in A minor, opus 10 for violin and piano / Christian Sinding -- Concerto No. 22 for Violin / Giovanni B. Viotti

Concert Recording 2013-05-01a, Svetlana Belsky

Concert Recordings & Programs

Cinderella op 102. Amiriso ; Cinderella op 97. Spring fairy ; Summer fairy ; Autumn fairy ; Winter fairy ; Romeo and Juliet op 75. Dance of the girls with lilies ; Montagues and Capulets / Sergei Prokofiev -- Rites of spring. Part one: the adoration of the Earth ; Part two: the sacrifice/ Igor Stravinsky ; [transcribed for piano solo] Vladimir Leyetchkiss

Concert Recording 2013-04-24, S. Michael Shuman, Jamie Porche, Casey Bowman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Danse de la chevre / Arthur Honegger -- Sunstreams / Han Clark

Concert Recording 2013-11-08, Richard Rulli, Chase Teague, Timothy Thompson, Cory Mixdorf, Benjamin Pierce, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Boston Mountain Brassworks

Concert Recordings & Programs

Kleiner Zirkusmarsch, op. 79/A / Jan Koetsier -- Suite for brass / William Lovelock -- Dance suite / Leonard Bernstein -- Mini overture / Witold Lutoslawski -- Four pieces for brass quintet / Paquito D'Rivera

Concert Programs 2013-2014, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department Of Music

Concert Recordings & Programs

This is the annual compilation of music programs from the Department of Music for the time period indicated

Concert Recording 2013-11-14, Benjamin Pierce, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Tuba Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

Five dances. La mourisque ; Bransle quatre bransles ; Ronde ; Ronde mon amy ; Pavane battaille / Tylman Susato ; arr. John Stevens -- Village choir / Alexander Borodin ; arr. Tubalate -- Toccata / Girolamo Frescobaldi ; arr. Joe Skillen -- 3 profiles. Mr. P ; The new breed ; T.J. Bozo / Anthony Plog -- Brink / Dan Kramer

Concert Recording 2013-01-30, Wesley Ferreira, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

Blues da "Un Americano a Parigi" / Michele Mangani -- Grooves. Bop ; Hocket and rock-it ; Sultry waltz ; Bulgarian blues / Philip Parker -- Dissonant grooves / Jeff Lambert -- Pocket-size sonata no. 2. Moderato (and mellow) ; Menuetto ; Allegretto / Alec Templeton -- Tango etudes no. 3 / Astor Piazzolla -- Tonada e cueca / Carlos Guastavino -- Zarabandeo / Arturo Marquez -- Three pieces for clarinet and piano. Contradanza ; Habanera ; Vals venezolano / Paquito D'Rivera

Concert Recording 2013-09-03, Olga Greenhut

Concert Recordings & Programs

Impromptu op 90 n 3 ; "Wanderer" fantasy / Franz Schubert -- Ballade op 47 ; Ballade op 52 ; Nocturne op 26 n 2 / Frederic Chopin -- Goyescas (Los majos enamorados). Los requiebros / Enrique Granados

Concert Recording 2013-04-17, Riley Snell, Kristine Mezines, Matt Land, Amy Frenzel, Ryan Key, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Nowbody knows this little rose. 1 / John Duke -- Horn concerto, op.8. Allegro moderato / Franz Strauss -- Sonata. Adagio; Presto / Henri Eccles

Program Notes For A Master's Recital In Choral Conducting, Melissa Ann Williams

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This document is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Music, and submitted in support of a choral concert conducted by the author on April 28, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, Mankato, MN. It presents brief biographical information regarding each composer and a conductor's analysis of their compositions performed in the concert. It includes suggestions on performance practice, appropriate rehearsal techniques, and a rehearsal journal of the progress of the chosen recital pieces. The author conducted Henry Purcell's Come, Ye Sons of Art, performed by the University Chorale and …

Utilizing Classical Saxophone Articulation Techniques In Jazz Performance, Jeremy Trezona

Theses : Honours

No abstract available.

Concert Recording 2013-04-26, Amber Lomolino, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata no. 6 / Antonio Vivaldi -- Vier ernste gesange, op. 121. Ic wandte mich, und sahe un ; O Tod, wie bitter bist du / Johannes Brahms ; [arr.] Don Little -- Concerto / Launy Grondahl -- Svart regn (black rain) / Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen -- Notes from the underground. Existential ballade ; Elegy for nothingness ; The inevitable moto perpetuo / Robert Muelles

Concert Recording 2013-05-30, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Chamber Orchestra

Concert Recordings & Programs

Divertimento in e-flat major for string trio, k. 563 / W. A. Mozart -- String quartet in g minor, op. 10 / Claude Debussy

The Music Of James Reese Europe For Vernon And Irene Castle, Ralph G. Barrett

Theses and Dissertations

James Reese Europe (1881-1919) was one of the leading African American musicians of the first two decades of the twentieth century. He was renowned as a conductor of theater and dance orchestras, a composer of syncopated dance music and popular song, and an advocate for improved opportunities and remuneration for African American professional musicians in New York. From late 1913 until mid-1915, Europe was musical director for the popular exhibition dance team of Vernon (1887-1918) and Irene (1893-1969) Castle. During their brief career, the Castle's were instrumental in changing the sordid image of social dancing during America's 'dance craze' of …

Piano Music Of Elisenda Fábregas: A Stylistic Analysis, Jinha Park

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to present a stylistic analysis of the piano music by American-Spanish composer and pianist Elisenda F├â┬íbregas (b.1955). F├â┬íbregas' compositional output includes more than forty works for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra; her large-scale piano works consist of Mirage (1997), Portraits I (2000), Homenatge a Mompou (2006), and Hommage ├â┬á Mozart (2006). Chapter I consists of an introduction, including the purpose of the investigation and a literature review. Chapter II covers brief biographical information, compositional genre and style, and compositional output of piano, vocal and chamber music. Chapter III provides a stylistic analysis …

Chamber Music In Alternative Venues In The 21st Century U.S.: Investigating The Effect Of New Venues On Concert Culture, Programming And The Business Of Classical Music, Sarah May Robinson

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates chamber music performances outside of traditional concert venues in the 21st-century U.S. The literature review traces the use of non-traditional venues throughout history from Bach's coffee house concerts to the gallery and loft concerts, which first emerged in the 1950s and 60s. The literature review will also look at the business of classical music established in the 20th century.

The study explores whether new venues have changed the landscape of classical music by interviewing players and concert promoters who present concerts in non-traditional venues as well as owners of popular music venues, which host classical music. Using …

Adjudicated Adolescents, Susan Gardstrom

Department of Music Faculty Publications

This chapter highlights music therapy practice with adjudicated adolescents, also referred to as juvenile offenders or delinquents.

In 2008 alone (the most recent year for which statistics are available), juvenile courts in the U.S. took action on more than 1.6 million petitions of delinquency. Some of these cases were dismissed; some were waived to adult, or criminal, court; still others resulted in adjudication (a determination of guilt) with subsequent dispositions of community service, restitution, fines, probation, and/or mandatory placement in treatment programs of varying levels of security (National Center for Juvenile Justice, 2009).

The Impact Of Group Music Therapy On Negative Affect Of People With Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders And Mental Illnesses, Susan Gardstrom, Jacklyn Bartkowski, Joy Willenbrink, Wiebke S. Diestelkamp

Department of Music Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of group music therapy on levels of self-reported negative affect (NA) among men and women on a residential unit of an integrated dual diagnosis treatment program.

More specifically, we sought to determine if and to what degree engagement in composition, receptive (listening), re-creation (performing), and improvisation experiences would result in a shift—namely, a decrease—in the intensity of self-reported NA.

Participants were adults in residential treatment who had been diagnosed with co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental illnesses (MIs), predominantly mood and anxiety disorders. Twenty group-music-therapy sessions were held on …

Women With Addictions: Music Therapy Clinical Postures And Interventions, Susan Gardstrom, Maria Carlini, Jessica Josefczyk, Amy Love

Department of Music Faculty Publications

Like men, women have been using alcohol and drugs since ancient times; yet we are just beginning to uncover important information about women's unique trajectory to and through addiction. Straussner and Brown (2002) write, “There is little or no denial left today: Women can be and are addicts at alarming rates” (p. 34). Close to 15% of the members of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) report working with clients who have addictions (AMTA, 2011). It is likely that some of these members work with women who struggle with addictions, and it seems feasible that some would work predominantly or …

Concert Recording 2013-02-12, Jacob Hilton, Aaron Colley, Robert Wiser, Sean Breast, Josh Matlock, Kristine Mezines, Amber Lomolino, Benjamin Pierce

Concert Recordings & Programs

Fantasiestucke. Zart und mit ausdruck; Lebhaft, leicht; Rasch und mit feuer / Robert Schumann -- Variations in Olden Style / Thomas Stevens -- Lyric Suite. Andante cantabile; Allegro giusto; Andante sostenuto; Allegro energico / Donald White -- Tuba Suite. Prelude; Hornpipe; Sarabande; Mazurka; Bourree / Gordon Jacob -- Sicilienne / Pietro D. Paradisi -- Jabberwocky / David Gillingham

Concert Recording 2013-04-09, Johan Botes, Peter Hamby

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata for horn and piano / Trygve Madsen -- Nocturno op. 7 / Franz Strauss -- Andante e polacca / Carl Czerny

Concert Recording 2013-11-16, Charles Villarrubia, Johan Botes

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata no. 2 / Luigi Cherubini ; [trans.] Charles Villarrubia -- Four songs. If love's a sweet possion / Henry Purcell ; [trans.] Charles Villarrubia -- Four Songs. Lascia ch'lo pianga ; Where'er you walk / G.F. Handel ; [trans.] Charles Villarrubia -- Four Songs. Whither must I wander? / Ralph Vaughn Williams ; [trans.] Charles Villarrubia -- Sonata / Bruce Broughton -- Two part inventions. No. 1 ; No. 4 ; No. 9 ; No. 14 / J.S. Bach ; [trans.] Benjamin Pierce -- Ballade / Jan Krzywicki -- Saltarella (souvenir de Sorrento / Guido Papini ; [trans.] Charles …