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A Performer’S Guide To Six Song Cycles Composed Between 1959 And 2010 By Mississippi Composers, Sarah Hogrefe Mabary

Dissertations

This dissertation offers a performer’s guide to six song cycles by Mississippi composers, including the structure and form of the songs, possible poetic interpretations, and performance practice techniques. The song cycles addressed are Samuel Jones’s Four Haiku, Howard Keever's Dreams, Raymond Liebau's Song Set I and Song Set II, and James Sclater's Three Songs on Texts of Emily Dickinson and Songs from “Telephone Poles.” For the purposes of this study, a Mississippi composer is defined as one who has a significant connection to Mississippi, either by birth or by having worked as a musician in the state for many years. …

A Conductor’S Guide To The Poetic And Musical Style Of The Cante Jondo Based On The Work Of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’S Romancero Gitano, Op.152, For Choir And Guitar With Selected Poems Of Federico Garcia Lorca’S Poema Del Cante Jondo, Elsa Patricia Ramierz-Hacker

Dissertations

Composers around the world have found the poetry of Federico García Lorca a source of inspiration for solo and choral works. Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco used seven texts from Lorca’s Poema del Cante Jondo (Deep Song Poems) in his work Romancero Gitano, op. 152, for choir and guitar.

The purpose of this study is to provide a conductor’s guide to the poetic, historical, and musical structure of the cante jondo. Cante jondo or “deep song” is considered the most serious and profound collection of songs in Flamenco music. These songs express the history and landscape of the Andalucían region. Donn Phoren …

An Introductory Guide To Vibraphone: Four Idiomatic Practices And A Survey Of Pedagogical Material And Solo Literature, Brian Scott Cheesman

Dissertations

The Vibraphone is the most recent addition to the mallet percussion family. In the last sixty to seventy years, the vibraphone has emerged as a legitimate jazz, concert, and solo percussion instrument. The wealth of literature, both solo and pedagogical, is a testament to the instrument’s gain in popularity whether in a solo or ensemble setting. Since its creation in the early 1920s, composers, performers, and pedagogues within the jazz, classical, and percussion genres have contributed to the instrument’s rapid gain in popularity.

The physical characteristics unique to the vibraphone require the performer to use techniques often not applicable to …

Unlv String Chamber Music, Unlv Cello Ensemble

Chamber Music Programs

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Junior Recital, Lindsay Testai, Albina Asryan, Serhiy Labo

Junior Recitals

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Senior Recital, Mycah Krason, Daniel Alameda, Tyler Mckusick, Stephen Shapiro

Senior Recitals

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2011-2012 Ppc Recital - Dan Yi (Collaborative Piano), Dan Yi, Kelley Barnett, Jared Cooper, Miranda Scoma

PPC/PSDP Recitals

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A Model Of An Effective Approach To Studio Voice At The Undergraduate Level: The Vocal Method Of Dr. Raquel Cortina, Kathleen Gorman Westfall

Dissertations

In her forty years of teaching voice at the college level at the University of New Orleans, Dr. Raquel Cortina has developed a method and process of teaching that yields exemplary results in her students. This study will provide a detailed description of her methods, her process of teaching, and the way she communicates information to her students. It will also provide a model for teachers of classical voice at the undergraduate level. The aspects of her method included in this study are limited to breath and support, resonance, issues with register, articulation, and musicality. A context of Cortina’s methods …

Joseph Kreines: A Biographical Sketch, An Analysis Of American Song Set For Band And A Descriptive Catalogue Of His Original Compositions And Transcriptions For Wind Band, Paul Eugene Weikle Jr.

Dissertations

Joseph Kreines is a well-respected composer, conductor and educator who has maintained an illustrious musical career in Florida and elsewhere. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Kreines came to Florida in the 1960s as the Associate Conductor of the Florida Symphony Orchestra. Other professional conducting appointments with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, The Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra and appointments as the conductor of the Florida Symphony Orchestra Youth Symphony, Pinellas Youth Symphony Orchestra and Brevard Youth Symphony Orchestra proved to be the launching of a successful free-lance career as guest conductor for hundreds of Secondary programs in Florida and elsewhere including band, orchestra …

A Pedagogical Guide And Argument For Using The Harmonic Series In Teaching Beginning And Intermediate Level Horn Students, Patrick James Richards

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An awareness of the harmonic series and its attributes is a crucial part of learning how to play the horn well, not to mention how the instrument works. Numerous undergraduates enter their career as music majors without understanding this important concept. This implies that students are not learning the harmonic series earlier in their development. Horn method books that instruct the student to use one harmonic series at a time often do not explicitly define the harmonic series, or the exercises are too difficult for developing horn students. Collecting existing and developing original exercises and other teaching tools will provide …

The Spirit Of Triumph, James Anderson Depreist: The Life, Career And Music Of An American Conductor, Darryl Eric Harris Sr.

Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to present an organized account of the life, career and music of this prominent American symphonic conductor. James Anderson DePreist is an African American conductor/composer, educator and spokesman for the Americans with Disabilities who has achieved prominence in the symphonic field while overcoming many obstacles, both physical and social. In addition to having have conducted orchestras all over the world, this maternal nephew of famed contralto Marian Anderson is best known as the arranger/composer of Theme For The Cosby Show, the 1988–1989 season, as recorded by the Oregon Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to a …

Unlv Horn Choir, Bill Bernatis, Daniel Schantol

Chamber Music Programs

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Junior Recital, Jihye Kim, Halsey Harkins, Min Hyuk Kyung, Nick Schmitt, Andrew Silva, Nick Veslany, Keaton Martin

Junior Recitals

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Senior Recital, C. Edward Cotton, Randy Preston, Keith Pratt, Martin Judd

Senior Recitals

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Master's Recital, Pier Lamia Porter, Cecilia Violetta Lopez, Kanako Yamazaki

Graduate Student Recitals

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Master's Recital, Shane Jensen, David Chavez, Demytro Nehrych, Brian Myer, Zhu Sun

Graduate Student Recitals

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Student Ensemble: Wind Symphony, April 29, 2012, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 29, 2012
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Anna Von Ohlen, Double Bass; April 29, 2012, Anna Von Ohlen

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 29, 2012
Sunday Afternoon
1:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Kyle Pieczynski, Guitar; April 29, 2012, Kyle Pieczynski

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 29, 2012
Sunday Afternoon
5:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Jeff Schaller, String Bass; April 29, 2012, Jeff Schaller

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 29, 2012
Sunday Morning
10:30 a.m.

Junior Recital: Mitchell Evans, Baritone; April 29, 2012, Mitchell Evans

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 29, 2012
Sunday Noon

Senior Recital: Brett Thole, Saxophone; April 29, 2012, Brett Thole

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 29, 2012
Sunday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Student Ensemble: Choral Collage, April 29, 2012, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 29, 2012
Sunday Evening
6:00 p.m.

Doctoral Recital, Pei Ning Ku, Karen J. Mccann, Chang Yue

Graduate Student Recitals

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Senior Recital, Marla Huizar, Albina Asryan

Senior Recitals

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2011-2012 Philharmonia At Mizner - A Symphonic Tribute To Jazz, Jon Robertson, Lynn University Philharmonia, Peter Pirotte

Philharmonia

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Marshall University Department Of Music Presents A Senior Recital Jennifer Lynn Billups, Soprano, Jennifer Lynn Billups

All Performances

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Junior Recital, Chad Cruea, Jamaal Howard, Joe Kilen, Adam Spyhalski, Carl Collison

Junior Recitals

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Senior Recital: Ellen Broen, Mezzo Soprano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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"Grand Finale" Spring Concert, David B. Weiller, Jocelyn K. Jensen, Amy Homer-Smith, Barbara Buer

Choral Ensembles

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