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Jazz Small Groups (Combos 4, 5 & 6), May 31, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Jazz Small Groups (Combos 1, 2 & 3), May 30, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Music Is The "Noise Of Remembering" Tracing The Origins, Influences, And Connectivities Of West African Music, Adam Friedman

Lawrence University Honors Projects

The popularity and universal reach of music genres such as Jazz and Hip Hop attest to the idea that these forms have been long established as a vital part of global musical culture. For people who are familiar with Afrocentric music, it is clear that styles such as Jazz and Hip Hop are rooted in, and inextricably linked with, African culture and history. What is more difficult to make sense of, however, is how and why transplanted African culture came to have such wide reaching impact in the new contexts in which it was taken up – because the stories …

Electronics And The Music Of Miles Davis, Darren E. Shekailo

Theses and Dissertations

Miles Davis produced a wealth of music relying on the use of electronic instruments and new technology. With their adoption, the famous trumpeter began his “electric” period. Examining the electric period of Davis’s career helps us trace the profound impact of electronic instruments and technological advances on his music.

Lupé (Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble) With Tambo Toké And Sambistas, May 27, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

String Chamber Music Recital, May 27, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Oh, The Places You'll Go!, Lawrence University Symphonic Band, May 26, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Guest-Faculty Recital, Dis N’ Tat Improv, May 25, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Spring Choral Concert, May 25, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Spring Term Keyboard Department Area Recital, May 25, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Music Video Creation And Auteurism, Dylan Paris

University Honors Theses

My thesis project is a music video for a song I wrote and recorded called “Mad King”. The themes of the song revolve around my fears and anger towards our current presidential administration and the constant threat of death from nuclear war. The video combines footage of myself playing multiple characters in a near future based on my fears and anxieties. Along with the footage of myself, additional found footage is overlaid into the piece. This footage includes rallies, North Korean military parades, the inauguration of Donald Trump, test footage of the “Mother Of All Bombs”, and lastly alpha footage …

Transformations Of Chant In Marcel Grandjany's Rhapsodie Pour La Harpe, Caitlin A. Thom

Celebration of Learning

Marcel Grandjany’s Rhapsodie pour la Harpe is a standard in pedal harp literature. This essay explores Grandjany’s use of the Gregorian Easter Chant Salve festa dies.

"Lehadlik": Radical Jewish Music, Gender And Disidentification In Aviva Endean’S Work, Shoshana Rosenberg

Directions of New Music

This paper undertakes a hermeneutic analysis of Aviva Endean’s “Lehadlik”, exploring the complex relationship between the player, a Jewish woman living in Australia, and traditional Jewish culture and rituals. This analysis connects Endean’s work to the larger body of Radical Jewish Music, a movement which seeks to diversify and expand the meaning of contemporary Jewish music beyond the confines of Klezmer and religious hymns. The analysis includes an exploration of the relationship between Endean’s womanhood, Orthodox Jewish traditions, and women’s historical place in Judaism.

Luje (Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble), May 23, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Mari Folk Music Influences On Andrei Eshpai's Viola Concerto, Vengerskie Napevy (Hungarian Tunes), And A Transcription Of Hungarian Tunes For Viola In The Viola Repertoire, Anna Petrovna Ivanova

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Andrei Eshpai was one of the most renown composers who drew on the Mari folk music traditions, within the confines of Western classical music. One of the main purposes of the research is to show how the Mari folk music was applied in Eshpai’s compositions for the viola. In the current research, I will explain the similarity between folk music of Mari and Hungary because the researched composition Hungarian Tunes by Eshpai is based on Mari tunes, however is called Hungarian Tunes. Another purpose of this research is to provide musical analysis and a performance guide for the compositions, where …

Iglu (Improvisation Group Of Lawrence University), Improvised Hip Hop And Beyond, May 21, 2018, Lawrence University

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Shattuck Hall

New Music Series, Coming Together, May 20, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Viking Bassoon Ensemble (Vibe), May 20, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Spring Concert, Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, May 19, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Lawrence Horn Studio, Horn Ensemble & Friends, May 19, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Student Recital: Lynne German, Composition (Phase 2), Lynne German

Student Recitals

No abstract provided.

Spring Opera Scenes, May 17, 2018, Lawrence University

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Stansbury Theatre

Lawrence University Jazz Band, Monk And Mingus, May 16, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Faculty Recital, Howard Niblock, Oboe, May 13, 2018, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Classical Guitar Studio Recital, May 13, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Composition Studio Recital, May 13, 2018, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Graduate Percussion Recital Of Works By Carter, Glentworth, Hollinden, Deane, And Koshinski, Michael G. Walker

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The aim of this thesis is to offer further information on the six different pieces that were performed on April 10^th, 2018 in the McCray Recital Hall on the campus of Pittsburg State University, in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music degree. Included in this program were works for marimba, vibraphone, timpani, and multiple percussion. These pieces were predominantly chosen because of their prominence in the canon of percussion literature. This is to say that each of the pieces performed have interesting and challenging musical ideas that have inspired percussionists over many years to perform them.

This …

A Graduate Recital In Conducting, Daniel W. Mcdill

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an understanding of the works conducted on the author’s graduate conducting recital at Pittsburg State University. Biographical information of the composer, historical context of the pieces, program notes, and performance considerations will be included for each piece conducted.

Thesis For Graduate Study In Tuba Performance, Allen Parrish

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

A document in support of the graduate tuba recital given on April 1, 2017. A description of composer biographies for each work performed as well as performance considerations and how those specific performance considerations were addressed in preparation for the recital. Submitted as part of the requirements for the Master of Music in Tuba Performance.

2017-2018 Performance Forum - May 10, 2018, Meiyu Wu, David Brill, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Sonya Nanos, Guzal Isametdinova, Emilio Rutllant, Olga Konovalova, Tamas Markovics

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.