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Concert Recording 2021-04-12, Aaron Smelley, Miroslava Panayotova, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Nightsongs / Richard Peaslee -- [11:25]. Cascades / Allen Vizzutti -- [15:22]. Concertino in E-flat / Ernest Sachse -- [22:45]. Rose Variations. Intro, The garden gate ; Theme, Carolina (wild) rose ; Var I, Dorothy Perkins (rambler) rose ; Var II, Frau Karl Druschki (white) rose ; Var III, Cinnamon rose (with humming birds) ; Var IV, American beauty (red) rose / Robert Russell Bennett.

Concert Recording 2021-04-22a, Jenelle Edwards, Sophie Lopez

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sicilienne and rigaudon in the style of Francoeur / Kriesler -- [06:13]. Suite for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 10. I. Presto ; II. Adadio / Sinding -- [13:41]. Concerto for violin no. 1 in A minor. I. Allegro ; II. Adagio / J.S. Bach -- [24:56]. Violin concerto in B minor opus 35. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Andante ; III. Alegro moderato / Rieding.

Concert Recording 2021-04-22b, Harrison Goertz, Miroslava Panayotova, Lisa Auten

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata for horn and piano. I. Massig bewegt ; II. Ruhig bewegt ; III. Lebhalf / Paul Hindemith -- [18:25]. Sonata no. 3 for horn and piano. I. Moderately fast ; III. With a solid beat and a jazz feeling / Alec Wilder-- [25:49]. Concerto no. 2 in E♭ major for horn and piano. I. Allegro ; II. Andante con moto ; [39:17]. III. Rondo, Allegro molto / Richard Strauss.

Concert Recording 2021-10-17, Er-Gene Kahng, Tim Macduff, Dominic K. Na, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Violin sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 75. I. Alegro agitato, Adagio ; II. Allegretto moderato, Allegro molto / Camille Saint-Saëns -- [10:20]. Suite Hebraique. I. Rapsodie ; II. Processional ; III. Affirmation / Ernst Bloch -- [24:50]. Cello sonata in D minor, op. 40. III. Largo ; IV. Allegro / Dmitri Shostakovich -- [36:29]. Piano quartet no. 2. I. Allegretto ; II. Andante maestoso ma con moto ; III. Poco allegro più tosto moderato ; IV. Allegro / Saint-Saëns.

Concert Recording 2021-10-18, Moon-Sook Park, Hyun Kim, Dominic K. Na, Chris Scherer, Jeffrey A. Murdock

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. lo song pur solo, H. 344, Solo cantata for soprano and basso continuo. I. Recitiative, lo son pur solo ; II. Aria, Sono amante / Alessandro Scarlatti - Szene aus Goethe's Faust. Gretchens Bitte, D. 564 / Franz Schubert -- Deh pietoso, oh addolorata / Giuseppe Verdi -- Song of Almah. I. Rose of Sharon ; III. Cedar Lebanon / Andrew Beall -- [44:48]. Duet.Les chansons des roses. Dirait-on / Morten Lauridsen -- Puisqu'ici bas toute âme, Op. 10, No. 1 / Gabriel Fauré -- Korean art song collection. Ihwau (Pear blossom rain) ; Betle Norae (Loom song) / …

Concert Recording 2021-10-29a, Er-Gene Kahng, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Violin sonata no. 2 in D minor. I. Ziemlich langsam, Lebhaft ; II. Sehr labhaft ; III. Leise, einfach ; IV. Bewegt / Robert Schumann -- [32:22]. Violin sonata no. 1 in D minor. I. Allegro agitato ; II. Adagio ; III. Allegretto moderato ; IV. Allegro molto / Camille Saint-Saëns.

Concert Recording 2021-10-29b, Megan Park, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Maestoso from Heroic Music / Georg Philipp Telemann -- [02:54]. Triptyque. I. Scherzo ; II. Largo ; III. Saltarelle / Henri Tomasi-- [07:21]. Concerto for trumpet and orchestra / Alexandra Pakhmutova.

Concert Recording 2021-11-10a, Richard Rulli, Tlaloc Perales, Katey J. Halbert, Cory Mixdorf, Benjamin Pierce, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Arkansas Brassworks

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. when a body meets a body / Bruce Broughton -- [06:03]. Quintet / Michael Kamen -- [10:25]. Quintet no. 3. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Intermezzo ; III. Andante ; IV. Vivo / Victor Ewald -- [31:30]. Mini overture / Witold Lutoslawski -- [34:59]. Brass quintet no. 1, “Circus.” I. Entry ; II. Clowns ; III. The ringleader ; IV. The contortionist ; V. Finale / Clint Needham.

Concert Recording 2021-11-12, Derick Ekekwe, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Mantis dance/Reflections / David Lomotey -- [07:47]. Fantasiestücke, op. 73. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck ; II. Lebhaft, leicht ; III. Rasch und mit Feuer / Robert Schumann -- [17:48]. O mio babbino caro / Giacomo Puccini -- [20:44]. My mountain top / Andy Scott -- [29:29]. Fantasy / Philip Sparke -- [39:08]. Concerto for euphonium, part one. I. Non troppo allegro ; II. Dance. Zeibékikos tempo di allegro barbaro / Philip Wilby -- [50:56]. Abendlied (Evening song) / Robert Schumann.

Concert Recording 2021-11-14b, Tlaloc Perales, Derrick Rassinier, Keven Kraus, Michael Puryear, Juan Santos-Sierra

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. A philharmonic fanfare for brass trio / Eric Ewazen -- [04:12]. Trio for brass. I. Allegro deciso ; II. Berceuse ; III. Vivo / Lauren Bernofsky -- [19:32]. Time capsule. III. Rendezvous ; II. Chorale ; I. Daybreak / Howard J. Buss -- [28:25]. Mexican folklore suite. I. The coyote and the fox ; II. The mermaid of the volcano ; III. The snake / James M. Stephenson.

Concert Recording 2021-11-19b, Amy Gilreath, Susan Rider, Stacie Mickens, Natalie Mannix, Velvet Brown, Stiletto Brass Quintet

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Red stiletto ; Scarpe! / Drew Bonner -- [03:24]. Suite Impromptu. I. Epithalame ; II. Marche ; III. Elegie ; IV. Mouvement / André LaFosse -- [09:26]. A Scent of Paradise / Kenneth Amis -- [14:57]. Dance Renwick / Wilke Renwick -- [15:31]. Boy Meets Horn / Duke Ellington -- [21:11]. Sea Suite. I. Gulls ; II. Sea Urchins ; III. Heron by Moonlight ; IV. Seaweed Dance / Dorothy Gates -- [35:23]. Escape / Kevin McKee.

Concert Recording 2021-12-03, Ethan Andrews, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Tuba concert. I. Allegro ; II. Lento e mesto ; III. Allegro giocoso / Edward Gregon -- [19:55]. Divertissement for solo tuba. I. Statement ; II. Waltz ; III. Chant / Bennie Beach -- [27:46]. Emission nebula . Emission nebula, backing track / Davis Vaughn -- [40:47]. Song for the skies / Paul Lovatt-Cooper.

Concert Recording 2021-12-05a, Max Hinojosa, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Serse. Frondi tenere, ombra mai fu / George Frideric Handel -- [03:33]. Der Lindenbaum. Gefrorne Tränen / Franz Schubert -- [10:20]. Beau soir / Claude Debussy -- [12:48]. Mandoline / Gabriel Fauré -- [14:54]. The crucifixion / Samuel Barber -- [17:07]. Let beauty awake / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [18:59]. Non più andrai, from Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Concert Recording 2021-12-05b, Garrett Vogel, Hyun Kim

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Vagal una / Vincenzo Bellini -- [03:38]. L’ultima canzone / Paolo Tosti -- [07:53]. Ich grolle nicht / Robert Schumann -- [09:31]. Verborgenheit / Hugo Wolf -- [12:13]. Chanson Triste / Henri Duparc -- [15:01]. Fleur jetée / Gabriel Fauré -- [16:48]. Come away death / Roger Quilter -- [19:54]. The lordy Hudson / Ned Rorem -- [22:13]. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, from Die Zauberflöte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Concert Recording 2021-12-08, Emily Lannutti, Mickel Gordon

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Oh! Had I Jubal’s lyre / George Frideric Handel -- [02:58]. Ophelia Lieder. Wie Erkenn’ Ich Dien Treulieb ; Sein Leichenhemd Weiss ; Auf Morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag ; Sie Trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss ; Und konnt er nicht mehr zuruck? / Johannes Brahms -- [07:57]. Le oiseaux dan la charmille / Jacques Offenbach -- [13:22]. La vie en rose / Edith Piaf -- [18:19]. 3 Shakespeare songs. O mistress mine ; Take o take those lips away ; Fairy lullaby / Amy Beach -- [25:03]. Le rossignol et la rose / Camille Saint-Saens -- [28:36]. …

Crouching Tiger Cello Concerto - A Melding Of Form And Content For The Concert Stage, Xiaohang Yu

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra is not only one of the most frequently performed cello concerto of the recent past; it also demonstrates Tan’s masterful synthesis of artistic forms from the Chinese and the Western art music traditions with visual media that extends beyond the concert-hall. The music for this concerto was initially composed as part of the score for Ang Lee’s film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, itself a landmark blend of Chinese cinema with Western technique. The score broke boundaries, combining Western orchestral music with traditional Chinese instruments and thematic material. This melding …

The Clarinet And Piano Works Of Ernst Mahle: A Collaborative Pianist’S Perspective, Edgar Augusto Gonsales

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Ernst Mahle is a German-Brazilian composer who not only became a Brazilian citizen but also a reference for Brazilian classical music. His vast list of compositions includes works for all major genres, as well as containing instrument combinations that are not mainstream. In addition to being a composer, Mahle dedicated a big part of his life as a pedagogue, as a teacher and as the director of the Escola de Música de Piracicaba (Piracicaba Music School).

Through research on Mahle’s biography, compositional styles, and an interview with the composer, the purpose of this paper is to study his four clarinet …

A Study Of Language And Its Uses In Flute Performance And Pedagogy, Sarah Tuley

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Various tone colors can be produced on the flute in part by altering the shape of the lips, jaw and tongue movement, and air speed. As these actions are similar to those in the production of speech, flutists and flute teachers often associate aspects of playing with consonants and vowels. However, the shape of the oral cavity can vary depending on the spoken language of the flute-player. By becoming familiar with the pronunciations of different sounds from various languages, the flutist may discover a wider variety of tone colors at his/her disposal. This document will investigate the use of vowels …

Chimurenga Chepfungwa: A Liberated Cultural Curriculum For The Madzimbabwe Singer, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Chimurenga ChePfungwa is the self-liberation of the mind. Education can either be an instrument for liberation or a tool for colonial indoctrination, brainwashing, and enslavement — the European colonization of Africa in the late-nineteenth century and the continent's epic efforts at self-liberation have amply taught us this.

Chimurenga ChePfungwa calls for the centering of ChiVanhu knowledge systems such as Ngano, Tsumo neNziyo. ChiVanhu encapsulates Madzimbabwe indigenous knowledge systems, cosmologies, and ways of being, and this paper insists on the primacy of these ChiVanhu epistemologies for the construction of knowledge and knowing.

Amagama ayadala. Words create. So much of the language …

Songs For High Voice: An Annotated Guide To African Romances, Op. 17 By Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Makeda Danielle Hampton

Theses and Dissertations--Music

African Romances, Op. 17, composed in 1897 by African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), is a collection of seven songs for high voice that is uniquely both African and American. The lyrics of this song cycle were first published in the book Majors and Minors, a collection of poems published in 1895 by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).

An analysis of resources supports that academic discourse in Black vocal music has been underrepresented due to the absence of centralized information, such as published scores, recorded materials, catalogs, and guides for study and performance. While in depth research focusing on the art …

Shining A Spotlight On Female African American Composer Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, Iris E. Fordjour-Hankins

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Those who are interested in learning more about Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (b. 1953) will find it challenging to find scholarly material on her life and music. She is best known for her arrangements of spirituals that were sang and recorded by Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman (whose concert recording Spirituals in Concert was released in 1991). Simpson-Curenton is also known for her choral work, “Psalm 91,” made famous by Oakwood University’s Aeolians. Though she is self-published, her absence from compilations, volumes, and anthologies for solo voice and piano is regrettable. This dissertation provides well researched scholarly information about her musical life …

A Glimpse Into Chinese Piano Education And Performance Through An Influential Professor, Xin Zhang

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Although China traditionally did not have keyboard instruments of its own origin, the country has taken to the modern piano exceedingly well. In the past decades, piano performance and education have progressed at an impressive rate, its popularity reaching unprecedented heights. The virtuosity of Chinese pianists has earned them prizes at renowned international competitions. These developments have sparked the interest of scholars as well as the general public.

First introduced to China around 1840, the piano was slow to be accepted, but interest grew steadily in the twentieth century. Missionaries and foreigners were the first piano teachers, with figures like …

Orchestral Excerpts For Trombone From Villa-Lobos’S “Chôros”– Performance Considerations And Collected Edition, Hugo Eustáquio De Faria Pinheiro Sr.

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The daily routine of playing in a professional orchestra can be very challenging. An important and useful tool for students, professors and professional players in the preparation process of playing is the focused study of orchestral excerpts, where one can consciously practice ahead of time the most technically demanding passages, in order to be ready for rehearsals and performances.

The orchestral output of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos is vast, with many technical and musical challenges for low brass musicians. This research will cover Villa-Lobos’s Chôros series, with a special focus on the works that present at least one trombone …

Beyond The Notation: Developing Tools To Guide Artistic Decisions Of Performers In The Wind Ensemble, Brent Johnson

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Music is a subjective art form that is enhanced by emotional connection and understanding of the relationship of line and phrasing to both the performer and the audience. Performers and conductors are charged with making artistic decisions about the expressive qualities of a phrase within moments of seeing the notation for the first time. In the development of wind ensembles, there is often a disconnect between the technique and accuracy of a musician’s performance and the emotional connection and understanding required to perform a lyrical melody or phrase within a piece of music. As musicians progress, often the attention is …

Exploring And Reapplying Wayne Krantz’S Method Of Constructing The Album Greenwich Mean, Christian A. Meares

Theses : Honours

Praised for his non-traditional approach to improvised music, his idiosyncratic chordal voicings and strong sense of time, Wayne Krantz has become a touchstone in modern jazz and a unique voice on the guitar. In 1999, Krantz self-released Greenwich Mean, an album comprising of small vignettes spliced together from a year’s worth of recorded live improvisation from his weekly residency gig at the esteemed 55 Bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. This album marks a fundamental shift in Krantz’s approach to composition from through-composed works to smaller, novel arrangements with a strong emphasis on group improvisation.

Using a practice-led research …

Adapting Barbershop Harmony For The Saxophone Quartet, Jonathon Astbury

Theses : Honours

Barbershop harmony refers to a unique style of arrangement and performance for voice that is strictly in four parts and acapella. There is much untapped potential in this close harmonic genre that could be explored in instruments other than the human voice. This paper set out to explore and establish a method of arranging and performing music of the barbershop style for the saxophone quartet. To achieve this transference of the style from voices to saxophones, the harmonic conventions and arranging rules of barbershop from the existing literature were established, along with a review of the literature pertaining to effective …

Concert Recording 2021-04-08, Bailey Ross

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Jackdaw ; [10:35]. Jackdaw, sax, perf, 2004 / Wayne Siegel -- [21:01]. I will not be sad in this world / Eve Beglarian -- [27:33]. Fragmented spirit / Stacy Garrop -- [35:55]. Pequenña Czarda / Pedro Iturralde.

The G7 Suite: Score And Analysis, Joseph C. Dunn

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The G7 Suite is a multi-movement chamber work that combines elements of European Art Music, Indigenous Music from Latin America, and various representations of American music. The melodic material is derived from the national anthems of the Great Seven nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each melody is re-set to new music genres and aligns itself to the rules and expectations within each idiom. This compilation is more than a series of arrangements or reharmonizations of the anthems; these are new compositions based on melodic elements from previous works.

This analysis of The …

An Analysis Of Kingdom Of The Heart's Content, Op. 11 By Joseph Baber, Sanghee Kim

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Kingdom of the Heart’s Content, Op. 11 is a selection of twelve sketches written between 1952 and 1956. In this work, Joseph Baber draws inspiration from his childhood memories and a variety of locations in Richmond, Virginia, using his unique blend of folk idioms, traditional forms and harmonies, and capricious metric changes to bring these vignettes to life. Kingdom of the Heart’s Content is comprised of twelve movements with the programmatic titles: Introduction: Stick Horses, Walk to Monroe Park, Charlie Short, Tag, Monument Avenue, Battle Abbey, Cycling, Sleighbells, Park Avenue Triangle, Goblins, Spring, and Finale: West End Farewell. …

Michael Daugherty’S Bells For Stokowski: Historical Context & Comparative Analysis For Orchestra And Wind Band, Jeremy Harmon

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Michael Daugherty’s Bells for Stokowski (2001/2003) is an original work for orchestra and wind band. This work has continued to be performed by ensembles around the world including live performances, and studio recordings.

The purposes of this dissertation are to 1) provide historical context of the composer and inspiration for the work, through interviews with its composer, Michael Daugherty, and premiere conductor, Michael Haithcock; 2) provide relationships between the Liberty Bell (architecture), several composers Stokowski worked with and conducted (art), modern and historical compositional styles through pieces like Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (pop culture), how an audience perceives the sound …