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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 …

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 Composition, Joseph Carey

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This graduate composition recital was a compilation recital of two separate events. The first was a public recital which took place on 29 March 2013. This recital included three main pieces: in the day, cloak + dagger, and Fib. The second event was a reading session of Corpus Loci by UNI Concert Chorale, which took place on 14 November 2013. This abstract will summarize the structural, rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic components of each of these pieces, and will recognize and acknowledge the many musicians who donated their time to make this recital possible.

Concert Recording 2014-04-05, Matt Land, Nick Rhodes, Emily Willis, Christie Onzol

Concert Recordings & Programs

Fantasie op 2 / Franz Strauss -- Songs of sorrow. Chanson ; Valse ; Elegy / James Naigus -- Fanfare for horn and timpani op 33 / Susan Salminen -- Just desserts (frippery style). 1 allegro swing ; 2 allegro swing ; 4 andante bluesy ; 7 allegro swing / Lowell Shaw

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

Concert Recording 2014-11-12, Mycah Kettner, Jared Guinn, Nick Hanstrom, Jake Pearlman, Felipe Antonio, Jordan Brown, Olga Greenhut, Vordie Mathis, Kristine Mezines, Lauren Suchy, Yulia Orlova, Baron Lyle, Grant D'Aubin, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Aquarela Do Brasil

Concert Recordings & Programs

Una limosna por el amor de Dios / Augustin Barrios Mangore -- Pas de deux / Steve Erquiaga -- Bluesette / Jean "Toots" Thielemans -- Electric counterpoint. Movement I (Fast) / Steve Reich -- Into the night / Clara Edwards -- Suite for tuba. Allegro maestoso ; Andante espressivo / Don Haddad -- Les berceaux / Gabriel Faure -- Black orpheus (Manha de carnaval) / Luiz Bonfa -- Lucky southern / Keith Jarrett

Concert Recording 2014-11-12, Mycah Kettner, Jared Guinn, Nick Hanstrom, Jake Pearlman, Felipe Antonio, Jordan Brown, Olga Greenhut, Vordie Mathis, Kristine Mezines, Lauren Suchy, Yulia Orlova, Baron Lyle, Grant D'Aubin, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Aquarela Do Brasil

Concert Recordings & Programs

Una limosna por el amor de Dios / Augustin Barrios Mangore -- Pas de deux / Steve Erquiaga -- Bluesette / Jean "Toots" Thielemans -- Electric counterpoint. Movement I (Fast) / Steve Reich -- Into the night / Clara Edwards -- Suite for tuba. Allegro maestoso ; Andante espressivo / Don Haddad -- Les berceaux / Gabriel Faure -- Black orpheus (Manha de carnaval) / Luiz Bonfa -- Lucky southern / Keith Jarrett

Concert Recording 2014-02-07, Norma Horner, Ann Raphael, Jacob Lee, Jared Isaac Aragón, Susan Nigro

Concert Recordings & Programs

Bassoon sonata ; ...afterglow / Jared Isaac Aragon -- Three new Mexican legends. Ck'o'yo ; El Cucuy ; La Chupacabra / Jared Isaac Aragon -- Little suite for big bassoon. Scherzo ; Berceuse ; Folk dance ; Aria ; Finale / Jared Isaac Aragon

Concert Recording 2014-04-16a, Amy Mayes, Jamie Stuckey, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Jessica Watkins, Hannah Craig, Tori Bingham, Corrie Gibson, Christine Hsu, Johan Botes, Ashley Baty, Rosabelle Zhou, Whitney Campbell, Jacob Lee, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Manchusa Loungsangroong

Concert Recordings & Programs

Barn dances for flute, clarinet, and piano. Forward six and fall back eight ; Divide the ring / Libby Larsen -- Rhapsody for clarinet / Wilson Osborne -- Three pieces for clarinet solo. Sempre p e molto tranquillo ; Eight note = 168 ; Eighth note = 160 / Igor Stravinsky -- Sonata no 3 in f major for clarinet and violoncello, book 2, part 1 / Francois Devienne ; [arr.] Jacob Lee -- Three miniatures for clarinet and piano / Krzysztof Penderecki -- Three pieces. Arabesque / Claude Debussy -- Divertimento. Allegro energico ; Languido ; Piacevole ; Maestoso …

Concert Recording 2014-12-03, Madeleine Hogue, Tazonio Anderson, Miranda Baker, Aya Rave, Emily Willis, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Brena Lackey, Shumann Robert, Kim Oehlert, Hannah Mindeman Shuman, Ashlyn Berry, Helena Aung, Emily Burris, Olga Greenhut, Imane Mcdonald

Concert Recordings & Programs

Quartet no.12 in F major, opus 96 "American". Allegro ma non troppo ; Lento / Antonin Dvorak -- Sonata in F. Ruhig bewegt / Paul Hindemith -- Divertimento no.2 / Friedrich Kuhlau -- Apres un reve (After a dream) / Gabriel Faure -- Lucy's aria from The telephone / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Per la gloria d'adorarvi / Giovanni Bononcini -- O del mio dolce ardor / Christoph Willibald Gluck

Concert Recording 2014-12-03, Madeleine Hogue, Tazonio Anderson, Miranda Baker, Aya Rave, Emily Willis, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Brena Lackey, Shumann Robert, Kim Oehlert, Hannah Mindeman Shuman, Ashlyn Berry, Helena Aung, Emily Burris, Olga Greenhut, Imane Mcdonald

Concert Recordings & Programs

Quartet no.12 in F major, opus 96 "American". Allegro ma non troppo ; Lento / Antonin Dvorak -- Sonata in F. Ruhig bewegt / Paul Hindemith -- Divertimento no.2 / Friedrich Kuhlau -- Apres un reve (After a dream) / Gabriel Faure -- Lucy's aria from The telephone / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Per la gloria d'adorarvi / Giovanni Bononcini -- O del mio dolce ardor / Christoph Willibald Gluck

Dolce Stil Novo, Timothy W. Mcdunn

Compositions

Dolce Stil Novo is a slightly unconventional kind of tone poem. As the title suggests, the main inspiration for the piece is the poetry of Dante Alighieri, especially that subset of it which belongs to his so-called "Sweet New Style." While the three successive intermezzi are tied only obliquely to this subject, the first and final movements make direct reference to Dante's Sweet New Style as found in the Vita Nuova, an autobiographical compilation of prose and verse. In this way, the piece is a reflection on Dante's writings from two perspectives: that of the author (in the first and …

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, …

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. …

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 Master's Recital In Piano, Min Jeong Kim

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

On March 14, 2014, Min Jeong Kim presented a recital in completion of her Master’s degree in Piano Performance. The recital was held at 6 p.m. in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music. Pieces on the program included: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Klavierstücke, Op. 118 by Johannes Brahms, Rain Tree Sketch II by Toru Takemitsu, and Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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.

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 …

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 …

Jonathan Green, Charlie Schlenker

Interviews for WGLT

"How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Write - As Well As Practice"

An Illinois Wesleyan University composer recently had a work of his debut at Carnegie Hall. WGLT's Charlie Schlenker has more.

Darkness Is Your Candle, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2013-2014 Raise the Bar

World music supergroup East of the River has a very different type of holiday concert in store this upcoming season. With a focus on the winter solstice, family, and new beginnings, Darkness Is Your Candle explores music of the Mediterranean, Balkans, Armenia, and the Middle East, presenting the earliest songs of those extraordinary cultures. Taking its name from the work of Persian poet Rumi, the program shifts from a lunar atmosphere in the first half of the program into rebirth and daylight in the second half, creating a unique and unforgettable musical journey for the New Year.

Faculty Recital, Tianna Harjo, Jae Ahn-Benton

Faculty Recitals

Program listing performers and works performed

Doctoral Lecture-Recital, Barron Coleman, David Skouson

Graduate Student Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Doctoral Recital, Jonathan Baltera, Spencer Baker, Jena Tracey, Winston Canilao, Noemi Luna, Jonnie Jo Williams

Graduate Student Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Chimes Of Christmas, December 10, 2013 [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.

Nextet, Virko Baley, Chris Arrell

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed.

Uni Clarinet Studio Recital, December 9, 2013 [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.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Laura Nichole Campbell, Soprano, Laura Nichole Campbell

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Joshua Blair, Clarinet, Joshua Blair

All Performances

No abstract provided.