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Tunetracker: Tensions In The Surveillance Of Traditional Music, Bryan Duggan, Norman M. Su

Conference papers

We describe the design and deployment of the first system ever to dynamically track and publish records of folk music playing. TuneTracker is a software system that has been, at time of writing, deployed at a pub in Dublin, Ireland for five months. It captures, stores, and posts the names of tunes played in Irish traditional music sessions on a public website. This paper makes two contributions: (1) drawing from a two year ethnographic study of trad musicians, it details the design and development of a system to track and publish traditional musicians’ practices while respecting the ethos of tradition, …

Fiesole: The Hillsides Of Tuscany, A Musical Work For The Classical Guitar And A Study Of The Compositional Process, Matthew Goodman

Music

Fiesole: The Hillsides of Tuscany

This piece of music is composed for 4 guitars, and it includes all of the right and left-hand fingerings for all notes. The individual parts are printed out so it can be distributed easily.

Concert Recording 2014-09-14, Moon-Sook Park

Concert Recordings & Programs

Viens! Une flute invisible / Andre Caplet -- Elegie / Jules Massenet -- Cello sonata in E minor, opus 38. Allegro non troppo ; Allegretto quasi menuetto ; Allegro / Johannes Brahms -- Ah, ga-eu-rin-ga (Ah, autumn) / Un-Young Na -- Dongshim cho (One-heart flower) / Seong-Tae Kim -- Chu-eok (Reminiscence) / Young-Seop Choi -- Naemame gangmul (The river of my heart) / Su-In Lee -- Piano trio no.2 in C minor, op.66. Allegro energico e con fuoco / Felix Mendelssohn -- Vocalise / Andre Previn -- Bachianas Brasileiras no.5. Aria / Heitor Villa-Lobos -- Ari arirang / Jeong-Jun An

Concert Recording 2014-01-29a, Michael Hanna, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata for E flat alto saxophone and piano / Wolfgang Jacobi

Concert Recording 2014-02-20, Olga Greenhut, Hannah Mindeman Shuman, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Women's Chorus, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Concert Choir

Concert Recordings & Programs

Niska banja / [arr.] Nick Page -- She tells her love / Stephen Caldwell -- Requiem acternam - mode 6 / Gregorian chant -- Sam was a man / Vincent Persichetti -- Beautiful winter / Amy F. Bernon -- This is the day / [arr.] Gerald Smith -- Loch Lomond / [arr.] Gail Kubik -- Elegischer gesang, op. 118 / L. van Beethoven -- If I got my ticket / [arr.] Roy L. Bellfield, Jr

Concert Recording 2014-02-24, Maurizio Moretti

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata kv 281 / W.A. Mozart -- Notturno op postuma in do minore ; Notturno op. postuma in do diesis minore ; Polonaise op 26 n 1 ; Tre mazurche op 67 / F. Chopin -- Arabesque op 18 / R. Schumann -- Musica callada (book 1) ; Recitativo ; Improvvisando ; Melodie / F. Mompou -- Preludes livre I. Voiles ; Serenade interrompue / C. Debussy -- Les Annees de pelerinage: Suisse. Vallee d'Obermann / F. Liszt -- Allegro barbaro / B. Bartok

Concert Recording 2014-03-13, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Schola Cantorum, S. Michael Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

Star spangled banner / Key ; Smith ; [arr.] Caldwell -- La Borinquena / Juncos ; Ramirez ; [arr.] Caldwell -- Ave verum corpus / William Byrd -- Ave Maria / Plainchant -- Ave Maria / Stephen Caldwell -- Christus factus est / Anton Bruckner -- Geistliches Lied, op 30 / J. Brahms -- Dos Espanoles coral himnos. Ayl Santa Maria / Anon. -- Dos Espanoles coral himnos. Alabado sea el Santisimo / J.B. Comes -- Malograda fuentecilla / [arr.] J.T. Wilkes -- Mata del Anima Sola / [arr.] Antonio Estevez -- Soneto de la noche / Morten Lauridsen -- …

Concert Recording 2014-04-10a, Joel Head

Concert Recordings & Programs

Funeral music for Queen Mary. March ; Man that is born of a woman ; Canzona ; In the midst of life ; Thou knowest the Lord ; March / Henry Purcell -- Serenade in c minor / W.A. Mozart -- Divertimento / Karel Husa -- Masquerade / Joshua Reed

Concert Recording 2014-04-13, Robert Morris, Jake Pearlman, Felipe Antonio

Concert Recordings & Programs

Don't get around much anymore ; Duke Ellington -- Girl from Ipanema / Antonio Carlos Jobim -- Stompin' at the Savoy / Edgar Sampson -- Isn't she lovely / Stevie Wonder -- All the things you are / Jerome Kern -- Alone together / Arthur Schwartz -- Joy spring / Clifford Brown

Concert Recording 2014-04-25, Diego Plata, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonatina for flute and piano / Eldin Burton -- Fantasia no 2 in a minor / Georg Philipp Telemann -- Concerto for flute and orchestra / Jacques Ibert -- Sequenza I / Luciano Berio -- Suite paysanne hongroise / Bela Bartok

A Study Of J.S. Bach’S Sacred And Secular Vocal Works Influenced By Popular Stylized Dance Of The French Baroque Court: A Performer’S Guide, Dione J. Napier

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Among the existing body of literature on J.S. Bach’s massive compositional output, a scarce percentage of this research is dedicated specifically to the study of French Baroque court dances and their influence on Bach’s solo vocal repertoire. This study presents secular and sacred solo vocal works by J.S. Bach that were influenced by popular French court dances of the eighteenth century. The study explores musical and dance traits extracted from some of the most popular French Baroque court dances and incorporated into solo vocal repertoire. The intent of this paper is to provide a resource from a performer’s perspective that …

A Performance Guide To Glenn Kotche's "Monkey Chant", Jonathan Sharp

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Solo percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche has achieved international fame with his experimental percussion-based music, collaborating with and composing for renowned contemporary music ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, Band on a Can All-Stars, So Percussion, and Eighth Blackbird. One of his most celebrated compositions in recent years is Monkey Chant, which combines acoustic and electronic elements in a solo multiple percussion setting. Written and premiered in 2006, Kotche was inspired to compose Monkey Chant after listening to original field recordings in Bali from the Nonesuch Explorer Series. Found in these recordings is the popular Balinese music and dance …

Italian And Spanish Influence On Selected Works Of Mexican Composers: María Grever, Ignacio Fernández Esperón “Tata Nacho,” And Agustín Lara, Manuel M. Castillo

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The last decades of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century encompass a revolutionary movement worldwide. The growth and advances throughout all disciplines of study and especially the collaboration across Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Culture and Politics became stronger and more evident than ever before.

As the Mexican Revolution (1910) developed in frightening fights, the country became increasingly insecure and violent. It was the duty of the living artist to create pathways to escape reality, embellishing the surroundings with its music, paintings and poetry. This climate is what paved the way to the bohemian living-style that …

An Examination Of A Conductor’S Performance Preparation Of The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto In E Minor, Robert J. Seebacher

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The music of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-47) has earned a prominent position in the orchestral repertoire. One of his greatest works, and certainly one of the most performed, is his Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. The work enjoys much popularity with, and recognition by, soloists, orchestras, and conductors alike. Even with its fame and familiarity, it remains a work that must be carefully studied and prepared by the conductor. This document presents an examination of a conductor’s performance preparation of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. The purpose of this examination is to equip the conductor with a depth of knowledge …

Beverly, “Music Misses You”: A Biographical And Performance Guide To American Mezzo-Soprano Beverly Wolff’S Career And Her Subsequent Impact On American Opera And Art Song, Sarah C. Downs Trail

Theses and Dissertations--Music

American mezzo-soprano, Beverly Wolff has not received the credit or respect that she deserves in operatic history. Her career began in 1952 and flourished until her retirement from the stage in 1981. Her intense characterizations, innate musicianship, and intelligence made her one of the most sought-after performers from the 1950s to the 1970s. For thirty years, she worked with some of the operatic world’s finest musicians, including Leonard Bernstein, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, Ned Rorem, Beverly Sills, Norman Triegle, Placido Domingo, among others.

She was represented by Columbia Artists Management Inc (CAMI), one of New York’s oldest and most prestigious …

A Performance Guide To Gabriel Fauré’S La Chanson D’Ève, Op. 95, Sarah E. Klopfenstine-Wear

Theses and Dissertations--Music

In this study, background information, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations, poetic translations, and musical analyses of the ten songs that comprise Gabriel Fauré’s La Chanson d’Ève, Op. 95 are provided. Included is the relationship between his original poetry and Fauré’s resultant song cycle. Additionally, a portion is dedicated to an overview of the registers of the mezzo-soprano voice, and it specifically addresses who is best suited to perform La Chanson d’Ève. This document looks at the vocal challenges presented for the mezzo-soprano voice within each song, particularly the subject of vowel modification as it relates to the IPA pronunciation …

Explorations In Double-Stops: Three New Pieces For Expanding The Role Of The Double Bass In The Jazz Ensemble, Ashley De Neef

Theses : Honours

This dissertation investigates the potential for using double-stops - the sounding of two or more simultaneous notes - as a means for extending the traditional role of the double bass, within compositions for a small jazz ensemble. It is the contention of this dissertation that it is possible to use double-stops to perform a more advanced function within the jazz ensemble, without compromising the double bass’ primary harmonic and rhythmic duties.

A historical overview of the history of the double bass within western classical and jazz music will be provided, as to outline and define what the double bass’ role …

Claude Debussy: Harmonic Innovations In Historical And Musical Context, Ford Joseph Forqurean

Theses and Dissertations

Claude Debussy's music developed as a product of his environment and culminated in the creation of a unique harmonic vernacular that permeates the twentieth century's tonal language. Through a historical and musical context, his early life through his formative years as a composer will be examined as a natural progression of his environment. The first section of this work will discuss these developments while the second part will analyze the structure and form of the Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano to illustrate the culmination of this trajectory.

Late Romanticism pushed tonality to its breaking point. Composers were forced to …

Eighteenth Century Techniques Of Classical Improvisation On The Violin: Pedagogy, Practice And Decline, Flavia Claudia Todea

Theses : Honours

The art of improvisation flourished in both instrumental and vocal music during the late seventeenth and throughout the eighteenth centuries. The violin techniques of improvisation taught in the eighteenth century (such as ornamentation of melody, decoration of fermatas, extemporization of cadenzas and creation of preludes) formed an integral part of instrumental pedagogy and performance practice at the time, which then declined significantly from the early nineteenth century onwards. It seems that this practice of improvisation has been neglected and its principles almost forgotten in the world of classical Western music today. This paper makes an argument for the re-introduction of …

Concert Recording 2014-10-30, Kristine Mezines, Matthew Hildebrand, Michael Moore, Stephan Mitchell, Chase Teague, Brandon Bahara, Stephen Thorn, Alex Grisos

Concert Recordings & Programs

Oliver's birthday / Bruce Broughton -- Sonata for trumpet and piano. I. Mit Kraft / Paul Hidemith -- Concerto / Alexander Arutunian -- Sonata for trumpet and piano. II. Adagio tenero ; III. Allegro / Halsey Stevens -- Prayer of Saint Gregory / alan Hovhaness -- Concertino / Ennio Porrino -- Arabesque / Joseph Turrin

Concert Recording 2014-04-16, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Trumpet Ensemble, Morgan Aldridge, Michael Hanna, S. Michael Shuman, Ryan Trickey, Paige Tavernaro, Jason Forte

Concert Recordings & Programs

Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune ; Passapied / Claude Debussy -- Piano sonata op 10 no 1 c minor. Molto adagio / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Gavotte / Padre Martini -- The garden of love / Jacob ter Veldhuis -- Vergebliches standchen / Johannes Brahms -- Durreuhorn passage / Kevin McKee

Concert Recording 2014-11-19, Kim Oehlert, Baron Lyle, Grant D'Aubin, Felipe Antonio, Ron Juzeler, Morgan Aldridge, Kristine Mezines, Zachary Winn, Schumann Robert, Coby Anderson, Hannah Mindeman Shuman, Stephanie Murry, Olga Greenhut, Jason Forte, Charles Robinson, Helena Aung, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Horn Choir

Concert Recordings & Programs

Rocky road rag / Lewis Songer -- I saw three ships / Traditional ; arr. Matthew Land -- Courante from Suite no.1 in G major, BWV 1007 / J.S. Bach -- All of me / Gerald Marks ; Seymour Simons -- Mignon / Hugo Wolf -- Ma come potrei / Ottorino Respighi -- The pirate king from The pirates of Penzance / W.S. Gilbert ; Arthur Sullivan -- Dein blaues Auge, op.59, no.8 / Johannes Brahms -- The impossible dream / Mitch Leigh -- Lord God of Abraham from Elijah op.70 / Felix mendelssohn

Concert Recording 2014-11-19, Kim Oehlert, Baron Lyle, Grant D'Aubin, Felipe Antonio, Ron Juzeler, Morgan Aldridge, Kristine Mezines, Zachary Winn, Schumann Robert, Coby Anderson, Hannah Mindeman Shuman, Stephanie Murry, Olga Greenhut, Jason Forte, Charles Robinson, Helena Aung, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Horn Choir

Concert Recordings & Programs

Rocky road rag / Lewis Songer -- I saw three ships / Traditional ; arr. Matthew Land -- Courante from Suite no.1 in G major, BWV 1007 / J.S. Bach -- All of me / Gerald Marks ; Seymour Simons -- Mignon / Hugo Wolf -- Ma come potrei / Ottorino Respighi -- The pirate king from The pirates of Penzance / W.S. Gilbert ; Arthur Sullivan -- Dein blaues Auge, op.59, no.8 / Johannes Brahms -- The impossible dream / Mitch Leigh -- Lord God of Abraham from Elijah op.70 / Felix mendelssohn

Muop 356/856: Intermediate/Advanced Opera Techniques—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Inquiry Portfolio, Jamie M. Reimer

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

Intermediate/Advanced Opera Techniques is a two credit elective course offered each spring at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At its genesis, the course was primarily an opera scenes workshop, focused solely on the preparation and performance of an opera scene in a final concert. It is a cross-listed course meaning that students from the first year through advanced graduate study may enroll. Students may or may not have any experience on the music theater stage, nor have they had training in how to prepare a new role from casting to completed performance.

This course is an elective in the School of …

A Master's Recital In Flute, Tara Lynn Meade

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Tara Lynn Meade performed a graduate flute recital at eight o’clock in the evening on Friday, March 7, 2014 in Davis Hall at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Collaborating with Ms. Meade on selected works were pianists Polina Khatsko and Brittany Lensing and flutists Mara Miller and Natalie Neshyba. The recital was presented in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music in flute performance. The program opened with a set of contrasting fantasies — Telemann’s Fantasia No. 3 in B Minor, a baroque work for solo flute, followed by François Borne’s virtuosic Fantasie brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen. …

The Conscious Guitarist: Alexander Technique And Body Mapping For Guitarists, Alma Sehic

Theses and Dissertations

Musicians “move” for a living, yet many guitarists (among other instrumentalists) seem to be unaware of the quality of their movements in playing and teaching the instrument. This may simply be due to the lack of appropriate movement training and body awareness incorporated into current teaching practices, which leaves guitarists vulnerable to playing-related injuries, pain, and frustrating technical limitations. The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce somatic education into guitar pedagogy and performance, as a means of enhancing performing abilities and preventing injury.

After introducing the basis and principles of Alexander Technique and Body Mapping, the author provides practical …

Graduate Recital In Choral Conducting, Alice Reid Pruisner

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Alice Reid Pruisner presented her graduate recital in choral conducting in four parts. The first section, presented on September 20, 2013, was J.S. Bach’s sacred cantata BWV 84, Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, performed by UNI’s Cantorei and members of the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. The featured soprano soloists were Michelle Joy Monroe and Lara Wasserman. The second section, presented on October 24, 2013, included selections from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, performed by UNI’s Women’s Chorus and members of the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. The Varsity Men’s Glee Club, accompanied by Jessica Schick, also performed a set of …

A Graduate Recital In Voice, Brent M. Smith

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Brent Smith presented his graduate recital on March 3, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Perfroming Arts Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The program consisted of four sets of music, in collaboration with pianist Jessica Schick, by the composers Theron Kirk, Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and Tom Lehrer. This abstract discusses musical and historical features of the recital pieces in the order of the program.

A Brief History Of Jazz Drumming, Zachary A. King

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2014-04-23a, Rosabelle Zhou, Melody Schmidt, Megan Dobbs, Kelby Ferguson, Alexis Rizzolo, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Madeleine Hogue, Olga Greenhut, Coby Anderson, Stephan Mitchell, Yulia Orlova, Taylor Wilson, Kristine Mezines, Stephen Thorn, Johan Botes

Concert Recordings & Programs

3 miniature / Krzysztof Penderecki -- Sonata for trumpet and piano / Kent Kennan -- Prison / Gabriel Faure -- Rustiques / Eugene Bozza -- Ho capito / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Violin concerto no 3 in b minor, op 61. Molto moderato e maestoso / Camille Saint-Saens --Ave Maria / Luigi Luzzi -- Sculpture 3 / Rudiger Pawassar