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The “Bitter Sweetness” Of Hybridity: Being A Bicultural Greek Australian Musician, Renee Georgoulas, Jane E. Southcott

The Qualitative Report

“Calista” is a bilingual, bicultural Greek-Australian musician in Melbourne, Victoria who explores and enacts her bicultural identity by musicking (making music). This single case study explores the formation and development of hybridized identity which is a complex lifelong process that may generate tensions for an individual that changes across the lifespan. There are strengths and challenges for those traversing different cultures. This study focuses on a bicultural identity formed by personal, musical and cultural contexts. Calista enacts her bimusicality in different musical genres and in different modes of musical engagement. Data were collected by semi-structured interview and by reference to …

Ruth: A Bible Storatorio, Lydia Hu Chaffee

Honors Projects

“Ruth: A Bible Storatorio” is a combination of a narrated bible story and sung oratorio, designed for youth and adults alike to perform and enjoy. It emphasizes the theme of welcoming the stranger into a loving, God-honoring community. The Bible Storatorio contains multicultural folk tunes as well as original songs, arranged and composed for choral and solo songs, set to the charming text of the book of Ruth. It is quite natural that I was inspired to write this Bible Storatorio as an undergraduate honors project at Seattle Pacific University, since it combines several of my interests and passions as …

The Firebird, Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra, June 2, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Gustave Vogt's Musical Album Of Autographs: A Scholarly Edition, Kristin Leitterman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Gustave Vogt (1781–1870) was the most famous oboist in Europe during the mid-nineteenth century. Throughout his career he played with the best orchestras in Paris, toured Europe widely, and also taught the next generation of oboists at the Paris Conservatoire from 1802–1853. Although many of the details of his life have been lost to history, he did leave behind a record of the esteem in which he was held. This is preserved physically in the form of an album of short musical compositions honoring Vogt, collected between 1831 and 1859. The album has never been published, and is in the …

Between Speech & Song: Clarifying The Sprechstimme Of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Sara M. Paar

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Since its creation, the technique of Sprechstimme has fascinated the audiences, performers, and composers of twentieth century music. What is it? How is it done? How should it be notated? At the fore of investigations into these questions has been Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, the work in which Schoenberg debuted this new technique. Much has been written in regard to Schoenberg’s creation and use of Sprechstimme, as well as his own exploration of the speech/song continuum. Composers, conductors, and performers have all tried to make sense of the notation, instructions, and performances Schoenberg left behind. Despite this, confusion, …

"Toccatas And Arias": Analysis And Historical Context Of Vivian Fine’S Last Work For Solo Piano, Manon Hutton-Dewys

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Vivian Fine’s Toccatas and Arias (1987) is an important work both in Fine’s compositional output and in the history of ultramodern music. Through her close associations with Ruth Crawford, Henry Cowell, and others, Vivian Fine was very much a product of the musical scene that developed in New York in the 1920s and early 30s. Toccatas and Arias, Fine’s last piece for solo piano shows that Fine continued to write in the ultramodern/dissonant counterpoint style throughout her life. Its characteristics also demonstrate that, contrary to music-historical writings that suggest such music essentially died out in the mid-twentieth century, Fine …

Jazz Small Groups, (Combos 4 & 5), June 1, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

The Story And The Song: Examining Worship In The Tabernacle In Relation To The Gospel And Postmodern Evangelism, Debra Wilcox

Masters Theses

By examining tabernacle worship and its connection to the Gospel, worship leaders may find effective lyrical contexts for reaching the post-modern unbeliever. The priestly responsibility of the worship leader is to carry out the job description of helping people to worship God. As worship leaders select music for worship, they should take the opportunity to teach context and select songs that have parallels to tabernacle worship. In example, the significance of “entering into” worship is a reference to the high priest entering into the Most Holy Place. Worship pastors can approach the task of connecting postmodernists to God by examining …

My Fair Lady, Otterbein University Department Of Theatre And Dance

2017 Summer Theatre

My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. The original Broadway, London and film versions all starred Rex Harrison.

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Jazz Small Groups (Combos 1, 2 & 3), May 31, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Afro-Cuban Jazz Concert, Lawrence University Jazz Workshop, May 31, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Looking Through The Glass: An Album Of Original Music And Accompanying Artist Book, Sam Genualdi

Lawrence University Honors Projects

“Looking Through the Glass” is a 12 track, 38-minute long album of original songs accompanied by a hand-bound artist book. The book houses the CD as a well as an accordion-structure text block of original prints. The content and form of the work draw upon the experiences of the author to create a unique and personal take on memory as a human experience. Sam Genualdi composed and produced all of the music as well as created all of the art.

Classical Vibe, Viking Bassoon Ensemble, May 28, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Lawrence University Saxophone Studio Recital, May 28, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Lupé (Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble), May 28, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

String Chamber Music Recital, May 28, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Sound Sketches, Lawrence University Symphonic Band, May 27, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Spring Choir Concert, Lawrence University Choirs, May 26, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Generations In Jazz: A Special Tribute To Composer And Pianist John Harmon, May 24, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Spring Term Keyboard Department Area Recital, May 23, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Lawrence Classical Guitar Studio Presents: Songs, Dances And Meditations, May 21, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Flute Studio Recital, May 21, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

Composition Studio Recital, May 21, 2017, Lawrence University

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Harper Hall

World Music Series, Balinese Gamelan Concert, May 21, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Expansions, Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, May 20, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Iglu (Improvisation Group Of Lawrence University), Found Objects And Invented Instruments, May 22, 2017, Lawrence University

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Shattuck Hall 163

Interdisciplinary Arts As An Agent For Community Building In A U.S. Public School, Ida Pappas

Educational Studies Dissertations

The aim of my dissertation research is to understand the relationship between interdisciplinary arts experiences and the establishment of a community culture in a mainstream public high school in northeast United States. With this research, I hope to provide evidence to support the inclusion of interdisciplinary arts projects in the fabric of students’ high school curricular and extra-curricular experiences. Through engagement in design, art, video, music, dance, theater and the close study of a minority culture, high school participants provided regular responses to planned survey questions and open-ended survey questions (Experience Sampling), as well as through interviews, written prompts and …

Spring Opera Scenes '17, May 18, 2017, Lawrence University

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Stansbury Theatre

Lawrence University Jazz Band, Brazilian Jazz Concert, May 17, 2017, Lawrence University

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Memorial Chapel

Piano Studio Recital Of Chi Yong Yun, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2016-2017

Students of Chi Yong Yun featuring works by Chopin, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Chopin, Schumann, Bach and Scriabin.