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Opera/Musical Theatre Scenes Workshop Class Performance, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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Senior Recital: Paris Roake, Cello; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 1, 2023, Paris Roake, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Anna Woods, Violin; Somlee Lee, Piano; April 1, 2023, Anna Woods, Somlee Lee

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
3:30 p.m.

Junior Recital: Brian Hershey, Cello; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 1, 2023, Brian Hershey, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
2:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: London Duszynski, Saxophone; Kendall Carter, Guitar; Jameel Stephens, Drums; John St. Cyr, Bass; Trevor Gould, Trumpet; April 1, 2023, London Duszynski, Kendall Carter, Jameel Stephens, John St. Cyr, Trevor Gould

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1st, 2023
Saturday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Satomi Radostits, Violin; Antonia Tapias, Violin; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 1, 2023, Satomi Radostits, Antonia Tapias, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday Afternoon
5:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Peyton Miles, Cello; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 1, 2023, Peyton Miles, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Katherine Freimuth, Trumpet; Lu Witzig, Piano, Katherine Freimuth, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 1, 2023
Saturday
Noon

Morriah Hernandez Violin Junior Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2022-2023

Morriah Hernandez, violin

Rose Eide-Altman, piano

The Headbangers Of The Himalaya: An Investigation Of Nepal’S Rock And Metal Scene, Samuel White

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The goal of this research endeavor was to generate findings which unveil information about the culture, the bands, and the lives of the musicians and fans who make up the Nepali rock and metal scene. The community is rather esoteric and information regarding certain bands and their musicians’ background is limited to broad, outdated articles published online. Thus, most of the information regarding the scene can only be obtained if one truly immerses themselves within it. I was fortunate enough to make friends which granted me a firsthand look into the Nepali rock and metal scene. The general questions which …

How Do They Do It: A Narrative Of Disabled Public School Instrumental Ensemble Conductors And Their Positive Working Relationships With Their Administrators, Lia Alexandria Patterson Snead

Theses and Dissertations

As the leader of the instrumental ensemble, the conductor’s role is important on and off the stage. Public school conductors have especially demanding jobs because they must act as a conduit between composer and ensemble as well as handle all administrative duties pertaining to running a music program. Subsequently, this results in a heavier workload than the average teacher. The demanding workload can add to any preexisting issues for disabled ensemble conductors who struggle at work due to insufficient support from their administrators. The lack of strong administrative support for disabled or impaired faculty and staff may be due to …

A Conductor’S Guide To Lucrecia Roces Kasilag’S Misang Pilipino (1965), Denise Ysabel Ellis

Theses and Dissertations

Composer Lucrecia Roces Kasilag (1918-2008) is a National Artist for the Philippines and a UNESCO International Artist of the World. Though she has many more accolades and triumphs to note, both national and international, Kasilag is not well known outside of her native Philippines. One factor that obscures this composer from the world is that much of her work is unpublished, as are other historical Filipino composers’ works.

Kasilag composed her first Misang Pilipino in 1965 to commemorate the 400^th year of Christianization in the Philippines, but multiple editions of the work were written and used for different occasions. …

A Comparative Analysis Of Samuel Barber’S Third Essay For Orchestra, Op. 47, David Abrams Gordon

Theses and Dissertations

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) was an American composer who lived and worked during the twentieth-century. His list of works includes forty-eight published pieces that span virtually every major genre of western art music. One of Barber’s most unique contributions is the invention of a new orchestral genre: the essay for orchestra. Borrowing the term from literature, Barber is credited with composing the first musical essays. Today, musical essays are understood to be single-movement instrumental works that are non-programmatic in nature.

Barber composed three essays for orchestra during his lifetime. His First Essay, Op. 12, was composed in 1937; his Second …

A Pedagogical And Analytical Study Of The Carnatic Saxophone Performance Tradition Of Kadri Gopalnath, Caleb James Carpenter

Theses and Dissertations

Kadri Gopalnath is a musician who achieved an exceptional level of mastery in the Carnatic musical tradition of South India, and he accomplished this playing the saxophone, a uniquely Western instrument. He was the first person to fully integrate the saxophone to the Carnatic style and was held in high esteem as a classical Indian musician. This document examines the Carnatic tradition, Kadri Gopalnath’s life and work, and the modifications he made to the saxophone. Selected analyses of his performances are reviewed in the context of Carnatic pedagogy, and the significance of learning this tradition for the musicianship of a …

Piano Studio Recital, Spring, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2022-2023

Performances by students from the Piano Studio.

Trynchuk, Braslavsky Recital, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2022-2023

Violinist Carla Trynchuk has performed internationally as soloist with orchestra and recitalist in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Brazil, and India, including solo performances with the Calgary Philharmonic (Alberta, Canada), the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Croatia), Orquestra Filarmônica da PUCRS (Brazil), Iaşi Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra (Timisoara, Romania), the National Philharmonic Orchestra (Moldova), the Bacau Philharmonic (Romania), Bostani Philharmonic (Romania), and Oltenia Philharmonic (Craiova, Romania). She performed the Brazilian premiere of the American Barber Violin Concerto, with the National Theater Symphony Orchestra of Brazil in a concert commemorating 200 years of …

The Film Score Music Of John Williams: A Guide To Selected Works For The Principal Percussionist, Andrew Charles Crozier Patzig

Theses and Dissertations

John Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. As one of the most well-known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, Williams has scored some of the most iconic films of all time. Of note, he has scored more than one hundred films, many of which were directed by Steven Spielberg.

This study explores Williams’ writing for pitched and non-pitched percussion, particularly in his scores for E.T the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Hook, The Cowboys Overture, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

John Williams’ film music is often scored for an extensive inventory of percussion …

Appalachian Dreams: Traditional Folk Songs In Concert Literature For Classical Guitar, Jackson Douglas Roberson

Theses and Dissertations

Transcriptions and arrangements of works for other instruments make up a substantial portion of the concert literature for the classical guitar. Additionally, the classical guitar’s connections with folk music traditions from around the world are undeniable. While much of the folk-inspired repertoire for guitar engages with the musical traditions of Spain and Latin America, this document will examine a work for solo guitar that uses traditional Appalachian folk music as source material: John Duarte’s Appalachian Dreams.

Appalachian folk music is a primarily oral tradition, and documentation of the music did not appear until the late nineteenth century. This project …

A Holistic Approach For Neurodivergent Learners In The High School Choral Classroom, Peter Allen Haley

Theses and Dissertations

There is a wealth of literature in the fields of music education, music therapy, and psychology regarding neurodivergent people, but next to no pedagogical material relating to large-group practices, particularly within the choral rehearsal. Many, if not most high school choir directors will encounter neurodivergent students in their programs at some point and will likely not know which strategies effectively include their neurodivergent learners in their classrooms. This paper includes a survey of existing research and literature related to music education (particularly secondary choral music education) and Universal Design for Learning, and offers rehearsal techniques, classroom management strategies, and repertoire …

Symphony No. V: Elements (Julie Giroux, 2018); An Overview Of Programmatic Elements And Performance Devices, Zackery Augustus Deininger

Theses and Dissertations

Julie Giroux is a multi-faceted composer who has been writing for the wind band since the 1980s. Having composed and arranged over 125 works for wind band, Giroux has dedicated her compositional career to furthering the development of the wind band repertoire while simultaneously working to establish the wind band genre as an area of serious artistic merit. Giroux is in constant demand as a commissioned composer. Her projects are often commissioned by distinguished ensembles, both in the United States and around the world, and many of her pieces receive performances at significant events such as The Midwest Clinic Band …

An Analysis Of Selected Vocal Works By George Walker, Ginger Sharnell Jones-Robinson

Theses and Dissertations

George Theophilus Walker (1922–2018), a prolific composer, pianist, and educator, was born on June 27, 1922, in Washington, D.C. He received degrees in music from Oberlin College, Curtis Institute of Music, and Eastman School of Music. His faculty appointments included Dillard University, Smith College, the University of Colorado, the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and Rutgers University.

In 1998, Walker received a Letter of Distinction from the American Music Center for his significant contributions to the field of contemporary American music, and in 1999 he was elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters. Perhaps most significantly, Walker holds …

Chapman University Choir And University Singers, Chapman University Choir, Chapman University Singers

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

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2022-2023 Master Of Music Recital - Robert Luke Benedict (Composition), Luke Benedict, Colin Holloway, Gioia Gedicks, Clair Ives, Luis Pulido, Flavio Rapalo, Keegan Neely, Ava Figliuzzi, Rosa Zoraida Ortega Iannelli, Frederic Renaud

Master of Music Recitals

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Student Recital: Brian Cortes-Bofill, Cello, Brian Cortes-Bofill, Rebecca Willett

Student Recitals

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James Mons, Trumpet, With Serena Hou, Piano, March 31, 2023 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

An Examination Of Relationships Between Ear-Playing Skills And Intonation Skills Of High School And College-Aged Wind Instrumentalists, Ben Michael Herrick

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Playing by ear and the ability to play in tune are components of musicianship that rely heavily on the ability to successfully discriminate musical pitches. Connections between ear-playing and intonation performance have rarely been addressed. The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between intonation performance and ear-playing skills of high school and college-aged wind instrumentalists. Research questions were: (1) What is the relationship between the ability to play by ear and intonation performance? (2) How does intonation ability differ when the participants sightread notation compared to performing music that was learned by ear? (3) Do differences appear in …

Graduate Recital: Somlee Lee, Collaborative Piano; March 31, 2023, Somlee Lee

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
March 31, 2023
Friday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Lottie Heckman, Voice; Olesia Pupina, Piano; March 31, 2023, Lottie Heckman, Olesia Pupina

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
March 31, 2023
Friday Evening
6:00 p.m.

Ensemble Concerts: Symphonic Winds, March 31, 2023, Mack Wood, Jeason Lopez, Allison Isely

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
March 31st, 2023
Friday Evening
8:00 p.m.

2022-2023 Performance Forum - March 31, 2023, Kari Jenks, Olivia Oakland, Lauren Washburn, Nataniel Farrar, Sutton Fransen, Graydon Howard, Clair Ives, Paula Mora Alfaro, Jonathan Dills, William Penn, Weizhen Lai, Aneliya Novikova, Zhanbota Balgabekov, Madison Miller, Shuqi Yang, Juan Diaz Quijano, Sergei Skobin, Isaiah Obey, Manuel Mendes Escobar, Lauren Swartz

Performance Forum

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