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Finding The “Tech” In Technique: A Pedagogical Approach To Electroacoustic Concert Percussion Performance Practice, William Brady Harrison Ii

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Premise and Objectives

In our increasingly technology driven society, the impact of technology touches nearly every aspect of our lives in some form or another. This has been acutely felt within the world of percussion, with electroacoustic works representing perhaps the most rapidly expanding area of concert percussion over the last twenty years. Electroacoustic music couples electronic technology with traditional acoustic instruments and/or performance practices.

Broadly, this paper outlines a systematic approach to teaching electroacoustic performance practice, based on elements found in a cross-section of percussion literature. In using such an approach, not only does each student become more capable …

Teresa Carreño’S Early Years In Caracas: Cultural Intersections Of Piano Virtuosity, Gender, And Nation-Building In The Nineteenth Century, Laura Pita

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This dissertation studies the musical activities of the Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) during her formative years in Caracas. It examines the sources that pertain to her musical environment, early piano training, and first compositions in the context of the growth in Caracas of the practices of recreational sociability, the increasing influence of virtuosic music, and the tradition of private concert-making sponsored by devoted music amateurs. This study argues that Teresa Carreño’s musical upbringing occurred in a social and cultural context in which Enlightenment-framed ideologies of civilization and social progress, shaped in fundamental ways the perceptions of the …

Theoretical Study And Performing Edition Of Sonata Iii By Javier G. Compeán, José Mario Ortiz Sánchez

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Mexican composer Javier G. Compeán finished Sonata III, his most recent composition for solo guitar, in December 2015. Since the composition of his first such work in 2003, the composer has been experimenting with texture, register, dynamic range, extended techniques, harmonic possibilities, timbre, and form in his solo guitar music. In Sonata III, Compeán applied the experience he gained in previous compositions for guitar.

This work represents the composer’s current style, in which he returns to a more traditional language but continues to experiment with the technical capabilities of the instrument. Sonata III is Compeán’s most ambitious guitar composition and …

John Mackey’S Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony For Band A Discourse And Analysis Of John Mackey’S Symphony For Band, Jonathan C. Sweet

Theses and Dissertations--Music

John Mackey’s Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band(2014) is a work of epic proportions and was the winner of the William D. Revelli Composition Contest of the National Band Association in 2015. Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Bandhas received much acclaim and many performances including a recording by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble in 2016.

The purposes of this dissertation are 1) to provide historical information on the genesis of the work through interviews with its composer, John Mackey, and commissioning director, Jerry Junkin; 2) to provide an analysis of how the programmatic elements of Homer’s Odysseyinteract with …

A Singer’S Stress: Yoga And Meditation Techniques In The Collegiate Voice Studio, Zackery David Morris

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Often neglected in voice study is the understanding that a singer’s instrument lives in his/her body and therefore cannot be packed away like other musical objects. Yoga and mindfulness compliment the belief of a whole body instrument. Data gathered on college campuses report that stress and anxiety are on the rise, thus reinforcing the need for MBSR and yoga as beneficial and proven tools for stress relief. The current state of research in the realm of mental health in colleges merits the study of a cohesive layout of these exercises and their expected outcomes in singing as well as stress …

Postminimalist Choral Music: A Pedagogical Perspective, Joshua John Chai

Theses and Dissertations--Music

After the strict processes of mid-twentieth-century minimalism, a new musical style has emerged which retains extensive use of repetition, but is generally more aurally accessible, based in non-functional triadic harmony, and flexible in its compositional structure. Frequent use of non-minimalist resources, musical resources from multiple styles in a single composition, and quotation from previous historical periods define this flexibility.

American choral music has many popular compositions that exhibit characteristics of this new musical style, in part because of its accessibility relative to earlier minimalist styles, and in part because it adapts easily to the choral setting. At the same time, …

Partita For 8 Voices & Wind Ensemble: A Transcription Process, Kaitlin May Bove

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Partita for 8 Voices (2012) is a groundbreaking a cappella work that earned its composer, Caroline Shaw, the record of youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013. While the work continues to receive performances from its premiere ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, no transcription of the piece to any other ensemble type existed at the beginning of this DMA project. The author sought to transcribe a piece by a living female composer with no work for band into the wind band medium. The resulting transcription, Partita for 8 Voices & Wind Ensemble, adds a new work to …

Concert Recording 2019-11-15, Andres Diaz, Dominic K. Na, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Suite for two cellos and piano. I. Introduction, Andante maestoso ma con moto ; II. Scherzo, Allegro ; III. Arioso, Lento, Rubato ; IV. Finale, Allegro / Gian Carlo Menotti -- [15:15]. Sonata for cello and piano, op. 19 in G minor. I. Lento ; Allegro moderato ; II. Allegro scherzando ; III. Andante ; IV. Allegro mosso / Sergei Rachmaninov -- [56:24]. Additional work not on the program: Fancy on the Bach air / Corigliano.

Uncovering Alice Bag: An Alternative Punk History, Emily Macune

Scripps Senior Theses

The intention of this thesis is to provide an alternative counter-narrative to the mainstream histories of punk that center white men. By focusing on the contributions of fem queer and POC punks, I aim to legitimize punk music as a form of resistance against systems of oppression that are oppositional to the commodified forms of mainstream punk. Using Alice Bag, as my central case study as a fem queer punk that is often left out of punk historical narratives, I contextualize her work through feminist, queer, and media studies lenses to bridge the gap between academia and forgotten personal experience.

Where Do We Go From Here? A Semi-Autobiographical Performance Exploration Into The Therapeutic Benefits Of Theatre, Emma Elliott

Scripps Senior Theses

My intention in this performance is to create a therapeutic theatrical process for myself and engage the audience with intense emotional vulnerability regarding the combination and validation of the nobody and performative self. I utilized both my vocal and acting training to work through emotional trauma that I have experienced and created a musical performance to demonstrate my journey of therapy and emotional reconciliation within myself and my family. I focused my research on using autobiographical performances to solidify and validate the identity of the performer to an audience. In doing so, this allows the performers to become the …

A Musical-Historical Study Of Italian Influences In Three Regina Caeli Of The French Baroque Period, Marie-France Duclos

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The French baroque petit motet was the most prolific genre of seventeenth-century France. In this study, three petits motets, specifically Regina caeli settings of French composers Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Nicolas Bernier and François Couperin are examined with an emphasis on the motets’ historical context in relation to the French monarchy and the Italian concepts that the composers incorporated into each work. All three Regina caeli settings display some Italian compositional techniques of the stile moderno in various degrees and were written in different contextual ecclesiastic milieux.

The intersections of, as well as distinctions between, musical ideas of traditional French style …

A Performance Guide To Arthur Bliss's Sonata For Viola And Piano, Andrew Braddock

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Arthur Bliss’s Sonata for Viola and Piano stands as a significant achievement in early twentieth-century chamber music for viola and is the result of a fruitful collaboration between composer and virtuoso performer. Multiple scholars recognize the sonata as one of Bliss’s finest works. Despite these accolades, the work has failed to attract sustained scholarly investigation. This document provides performers with the necessary tools for a thorough and contextualized presentation of the work. The main body of this study details the technical aspects of performing the sonata: viola technique, expressive challenges, and ensemble concerns. Preceding this, I cover the relevant biographical …

An Approach To Jazz Improvisation For Intermediate Saxophonists, Justin Evangelist

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project is an organization of the author’s thoughts on teaching jazz improvisational concepts to saxophonists at a beginning to intermediate level of playing ability. Firstly, it discusses the skills students should acquire before studying jazz improvisation. It will focus primarily on building good practice habits through the development of desirable jazz tone and technique. Additionally, this project will offer explanations for understanding how jazz standards are constructed in terms of form and how they are performed. Lastly, this project will introduce several basic concepts the student can use to construct improvised melodies, such as modal scales, blues scales, seventh …

The Performer-Composer: A Reimagined Career Pathway For The Modern-Day Saxophonist, Jazmin Ealden

Theses : Honours

The ambiguity of the twenty-first century classical musician career pathway has resulted in a change of professional traditions and opportunities for musicians both within Australia and internationally. The literature discussing the portfolio career model of musicians demonstrates a clear place for this career in the current music industry; one such pathway is that of the performercomposer musician. The aim of this research project was to explore the career pathways of three performer-composer saxophonists. Specifically, this study aimed to identify the change and development of traditional composer-performer roles, explore the fluidity in the spectrum of composer and performer led creative outputs, …

Concert Recording 2019-04-02, Richard Rulli, Micah Walsh-Levi, Cory Mixdorf, Benjamin Pierce, Benjamin Grief, Blake Manternach, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Boston Mountain Brassworks

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. March from Four pieces, op. 33 / Julius Klengel ; arranged by Jay Lichtmann -- [02:31]. Fugue no. 9 BWV 878 from The well-tempered clavier / Johann Sebastian Bach ; arranged by Jay Lichtman -- [04:52]. Elegy / William Grant Still ; arranged by Cory Mixdorf -- [09:21]. Centone no. 10 / Pieter Hellendael ; arranged by Verne Reynolds -- [20:36]. Être ou ne pas Être (To be or not to be) / Henri Tomasi -- [25:55]. Suite for brass quartet. I. Moderato marziale ; II. Andante ; III. Introduction - moderato -- allegro / James Stabile -- [32:18]. …

Concert Recording 2019-04-14b, Kolby Palmore, Tanna Waltman, Carson Vanduch

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Dis Architecture / Dave Hall -- [13:00]. Adagio / Samuel Barber; arranged by Nancy Zeltman -- [21:50]. Faded lines / Andrea Venet -- [25:06]. Three shells / Christopher Deane -- [36:14]. Pure imagination / Leslie Bricusse ; Anthony Newly ; arranged by Alex Stopa -- [40:17]. Chopstakovich / Jesse Sieff.

A Survey Of The History Of The Concertmaster Through The Baroque, Classical, And Romantic Eras, Leah E. Bonas

Theses and Dissertations

During the evolution of the orchestra from 1600-1900, the concertmaster remained a key leadership figure who held great influence over the ensemble. This paper examines the concertmaster’s changing role in the orchestra throughout the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras and studies the examples of exceptional concertmasters from each era, giving further historical insight into the lives and duties in of these orchestral leaders and musicians. During the Baroque era, when ensembles lacked conductors, the concertmaster shared control of the orchestra with the keyboard-player or time-beater. During the Classical Era, the concertmaster gained a larger role in the orchestra and often …

(Miss) Representation: An Analysis Of The Music Videos And Lyrics Of Janelle Monae As An Expression Of Femininity, Feminism, And Female Rage, Amy Dworsky

Honors College Theses

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2019-04-16, D. J. Talbot, Colton Townsend, Walter Ferguson, Kolby Palmore, Collette Soriano, Kelsey Petet, Catherine Tran, Heather Thompson, Roxee Royd, William Hadley, Kaleb Points, Jordan Strickland, Jordan Tavernaro, Nick Soderquist, Ben Irvin, Kyleigh Pell, Sarah Wheeler, Garrett Naylor, Carson Vanduch, Megan Beard, Tanna Waltman, Fernando Valencia

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Rotation #2 / Eric Sammut -- [04:35]. Pines of Rome mvt 1 / Ottorino Respighi -- [07:35]. Chart #2 / Fernando Valencia -- [10:27 ]. Chopstakovich / Jesse Sieff -- [13:49]. Drei Skizzen mvt. III / Matthias Schmitt -- [17:17]. Sonata no. 1 for G in violoncello. Prelude ; Sarabande ; Courante / J.S. Bach -- [23:36]. #1 from Douze Etudes / Jacques Delecluse -- [25:35]. The offering / Michael Burritt -- [29:09]. Prelude and blues / Ney Rosauro -- [32:07]. Danny boy / traditional ; arranged by Brian Mueller -- [36:59]. Ransom / Mark Ford -- [44:26]. Sonata …

Concert Recording 2019-11-11, Tori Rudolph, Lisa Auten, Katelyn Barry

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Quia respexit from Magnificat / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [02:59]. An Chloe / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [05:45]. Auf dem Wasser zu singen / Franz Schubert -- [09:27]. Le spectre de la rose / Hector Berlioz -- [14:49]. Mandoline / Gabriel Faure -- [16:35]. I carry your heart / John Duke -- [19:14]. Love's philosophy / Roger Quilter -- [20:55]. Les contes d'Hoffmann. Les oiseaux dans la charmille / Jacques Offenbach.

Concert Recording 2019-11-04, Chandler Abbott, Mickel Gordon, Peter Scott, Derick Ekekwe, Brandon Garrett

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata for tuba and piano. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Andante moderato ; III. Allegro leggiero / Bruce Broughton -- [10:03]. Romanzen no. 3, op. 94. I. Nicht schnell / Robert Schumann -- [13:39]. Serenade no. 12. I. Intrada ; II. Arietta ; III. Mascherata ; IV. Capriccio ; V. Intermezzo ; VI. Marcia / Vincent Persichetti -- [21:03]. Suite. I. Allegro marcato ; II. Quasi improvisando ; III. Allegretto ; IV. Slow ; V. Allegro con bravura / Vaclav Nelhybel -- [27:56]. Four pieces for tuba quartet. I. Andante tranquillo ; II. Allegro vivace ; III. Larghetto ; …

Concert Recording 2019-04-23a, Dennese Adkins, Ann Rye

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Samson, HWV 57. Let the bright seraphim / George Frederic Handel -- [00:39].Les nuits d'été, H 81. 1. Villanelle ; 2. Le spectre de la rose / Hector Berlioz -- [08:56]. Auf dem Strom, D 943 / Franz Schubert -- [18:42]. Brentano Lieder, Op. 68. 1. An die Nacht ; 2. Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden ; 3. Säus'le, liebe Myrte! / Richard Strauss -- [29:23]. Genius child. Winter moon ; To be somebody ; Joy / Ricky Ian Gordon --[35:29]. Cowboy songs. 1. Bucking bronco ; 2. Lift me into heaven slowly ; 3. Billy the kid / …

Cover

Soundboard Scholar

The scene of angel musicians on our cover is a detail shot of the topmost portion of the famous “Paradiso” fresco in the Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. It was painted by Luca Signorelli in 1499, at the very time of Columbus’s third voyage, when (as Richard Pinnell explains in this issue) Spanish guitarras and vihuelas were first being introduced to the New World. The Signorelli fresco’s music-historical interest for us lies in the guitar-like instrument depicted in the hands of the highest angel in the heavenly ensemble—a position of no small honor for her or her instrument. It is approximately …

Editor's Letter, Thomas Heck

Soundboard Scholar

An introduction to the contents of this issue.

The Early Guitar In The New World: Its Route From Seville To Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, And Cubagua (1497–1550), Richard T. Pinnell

Soundboard Scholar

Pinnell discusses the history of guitar in the New World. The third voyage of Christopher Columbus was not only the first of the Columbian voyages to reach South America along the Venezuelan coastline; it was also the first that explicitly included musical instruments and trained musicians. "Their Catholic Majesties" (Los Reyes Católicos), so designated by Pope Alexander VI upon their defeat of the Moors, had already been quite disappointed with the lack of stability and growth in the grim encampments established by Columbus, so this time they proposed a unique list of professions and skills among the passengers to ensure …

Los Romeros: Royal Family Of The Spanish Guitar By Walter Aaron Clark, Richard Long

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar by Walter Aaron Clark.

Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle (Elias), Ellwood Colahan

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle, album by Elias, Izhar.

Works From La Guitarre Royalle (1671) And Italian Guitar Music Of The Seventeenth Century, Battuto And Pizzicato (Eisenhardt), Ellwood Colahan

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Works from La guitarre royalle (1671) and Italian Guitar Music of the Seventeenth Century, Battuto and Pizzicato.

Francesco Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle (Carter), Ellwood Colahan

Soundboard Scholar

A review of Francesco Corbetta: La Guitarre Royalle, album by Carter, William.

Mauro Giuliani And Austrian Folk Music, Stefan Hackl

Soundboard Scholar

Mauro Giuliani, one of the most important figures in the growth and development of the guitar in the earlier nineteenth century, spent his most productive years in Vienna from 1806 to 1819. He was well connected with the cultural and social life of the imperial city, at the time a melting pot which welcomed talented artists with diverse backgrounds from throughout the provinces and neighboring states. Here, Hackl discusses Giuliani's folk songs.