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Concert Recording 2017-04-12a, Barrick R. Stees

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata in C Major. I. Largo ; II. Allegro ; III. Andante ; IV. Allegro assai / Johann Friedrich Fasch -- [10:01.] Sonata in G minor, op. 24, no. 5. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Adagio ; III. Rondeau (allegro) / Francois Devienne -- [18:20]. Five virtuoso inventions for bassoon (1966). I. Recitativo, molto rubato ; II. Sostenuto - Allegro giocoso ; III. Seriosamente, pensieroso ; IV. Molto allegro, adiratamente ; V. Recitativo, molto inquieto e rubato / Zdenĕk Šesták -- [33:15]. Récit, Siciliene et rondo / Eugène Bozza -- [38:08]. Malambo, op. 115 / Miguel del Aguila.

Concert Recording 2017-04-22, Alaina Tuberville, Tomoko Kashiwagi, Carly Sigurdson

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Flute concerto in D major, op. 283. I. Allegro molto moderato / Carl Reinecke -- [08:12]. Elégie / Joseph Jongen -- [13:35]. Nocturne et allegro scherznado / Philippe Gaubert -- [19:15]. "Syrinx" for solo flute / Claude Debussy -- [22:04]. La flûte de Pan, op. 15. 1. Pan et les bergers ; Pan et les oiseux ; Pan et les nymphes / Jules Mouquet.

Concert Recording 2017-04-29b, Molly Magouyrk, Hannah Mindeman Shuman

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Nymphs and shepherds / Henry Purcell -- [01:58]. Cosi fan tutte. In uomini, in soldati / W.A. Mozart -- [04:10]. Le nozze di Figaro. Deh vieni non tardar / W.A. Mozart -- [07:20] Colombine / Poldowski: a pseudonym for Regina Wieniawski -- [09:15]. Cantique / Nadia Boulanger -- [10:58] Grease. There are worse things I could do / Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs -- [12:57]. Jekyll and Hyde. In his eyes / Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse -- [16:12]. Annie get your gun. You can't get a man with a gun / Irving Berlin -- [19:20] In the heights. …

Concert Recording 2017-05-03a, Benjamin Hay, Ann Raphael

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Concerto in D major. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Andante ; III. Allegro grazioso / Giuseppe Tartini -- [10:10] Elegy in memoriam Gustav Mahler / Miroslaw Gasieniec -- [16:04] Variations on a theme from ""Norma"" / Jean-Baptiste Arban -- [22:16] The adventures of / Kevin McKee -- [25:51] Cantus / Eric Nathan -- [32:47] Talking --[35:33] The lightning fields. III. Marfa lights / Michael Daugherty -- [39:48] Farewell to Stromness / Peter Maxwell Davies.

Concert Recording 2017-05-15, Ammi Lopez

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Histoire du tango. I. Bordel 1900 ; II. Café 1930 / Astor Piazzolla -- [11:20] Sonatine for flute and piano / Henry Dutelleux -- [20:58] Duo for flute and piano / Aaron Copland -- [34:55] Flute concerto in D minor/ C.P.E. Bach -- [59:23] Solo de Pajarillo / O. Acosta.

Concert Recording 2017-09-13, Er-Gene Kahng, Rachel Phillippe, Eun Seo Park, Dominic K. Na

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. String quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [22:06]. String quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Concert Recording 2017-09-14, Er-Gene Kahng, Dominic K. Na, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Piano trio in G major / Claude Debussy -- [20:37]. Piano trio in D minor, op. 120 / Gabriel Fauré -- [51:35]. Piano trio in E minor / Saint-Saëns.

Concert Recording 2017-09-27, Catalina Ortega, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Aria, op. 48, no. 1 / Ernst von Dohnány -- [05:53]. Sonata for flute and piano. I Allegro moderato; II Scherzo; III. Aria; IV. Rondo-finale / Erwin Schulhoff -- [19:22]. Clarita / Rafael Antonio Aponte -- [22:18]. A la kasbah. Morceau de concert pour flûte et piano / Alexandre Georges -- [29:44]. El sotareño (Bambuco caucano) / Francisco Eduardo Diago -- [33:03]. Sonata no. 1 for flute and piano. I. Allegro moderato ; II. Andante ; III. Allegro moderato / Eugénie R. Rocherolle.

Concert Recording 2017-09-29, Patrick Dailey, Wing Lau

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Qui sedes as dexteram Patris from Gloria / Antonio Vivaldi -- [1:52]. Pompe vane di mortel!...dove sei from Rodelinda [06:18]. Di speranza un bel raggio...Venti turbini from Rinaldo / George Frederic Handel -- [09:31]. An Chloe. Als luise die briefe. Das Veilchen / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [15:18]. Mandoline, op. 58, no. 1 [17:01]. Clair de lune, op. 46, no. 2 / Gabriel Fauré -- [19:48]. Sympathy [21:52]. Fantasy in purple / Florence Price -- [24:15]. Oh, wasn't dat a wide ribber / Harry T. Burleigh -- [26:37]. There's a man goin' round / Dave Ragland -- [30:20]. I …

Concert Recording 2017-10-10, Er-Gene Kahng, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Violin sonata no.4, op. 23 in A minor / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [18:17]. Violin sonata no. 2, op. 12 / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Concert Recording 2017-10-18a, Joseph Rulli, Broc Hite, Richard Rulli

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Caprice, op. 80 / Jean Baptiste Singelée -- [04:11]. Syrinx / Claude Debussy ; translated by J. Rulli -- [07:18]. Dialogue / Jean-Marie Depelsenaire -- [13:11]. Pieces of sanity. I. Rage ; II. Despair ; III. Euphoria ; IV. Possessed ; V. Stoic / Stacy Garrop -- [Tracks 9-13]. Five Ozark folk songs. I. Black is the color (of my true love's hair) ; II. Red River Valley ; III. Idumea (Amazing grace) ; IV. Wayfaring pilgrim ; V. Froggy went a-courtin' / Travis Herd.

Concert Recording 2017-10-27, Phil Markowitz, Zach Brock

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Color of my true love's hair / John Jacob Niles -- [10:11]. Schizophrenic scherzo / Dave Brubeck -- [20:27]. In a sentimental mood / Duke Ellington -- [30:21]. Burning lake / Zach Brock -- [38:33]. Lamentation / Phil Markowitz -- [47:11]. Lumiere / Phil Markowitz -- [53:38]. Come Sunday / Duke Ellington -- [01:01:58]. Triple Dutch / Phil Markowitz and Zach Brock.

Concert Recording 2017-11-05a, Er-Gene Kahng, Miroslava Panayotova

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata for violin and piano in G major op. 30, no. 3 [17:53]. Sonata for violin and piano in G major, op. 96 / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Concert Recording 2017-11-05c, Josh Hannon, Tomoko Kashiwagi

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Bagatelle for low horn and piano / Herman Neuling -- [05:45]. Horn concerto no. 4 in E♭major K. 495. Allegro moderato ; Romanza andante ; Rondo allegro / W.A. Mozart -- [21:40]. Soundings for horn and fixed media / James Naigus -- [25:10]. Villanelle / Paul Dukas.

Concert Recording 2017-11-13c, Corey Swann, Ann Rye

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Flow, my tears / John Dowland -- [03:34]. An Chloë, K. 524 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [06:02]. Der Kuss, op. 128 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [08:10]. Sept mélodies, op. 2. III. Les Papillons ; VI. Le Colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [12:11]. Sogno / Francesco Totti -- [14:51]. Five Shakespeare songs, op. 23. I. Fear no more the heat o' the sun ; IV. Take, o take those lips away ; V. Hey, ho, the wind and the rain / Roger Quilter.

Concert Recording 2017-11-19a, Laura Frederickson, Yoko Fukuda

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Neun Deutsche Arien. IV. Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle HWV 206 ; VIII. In den angenehmen Büschen HMV 210 / George Frideric Handel -- [08:01]. Six Elizabethan songs. I. Spring ; IV. Dirge; V. Diaphenia / Dominick Argento -- [12:08]. Liederkreis, op. 39. I. In der Fremde ; IV. Die Stille ; V. Mondnacht ; XII. Frülingsnacht / Robert Schumann -- [19:34]. Abendempfindung an Laura K. 523. Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia, K. 582 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [27:17]. Les Roses D'Ispahan / Gabriel Fauré -- [30:19]. Si mes vers avaient des ailes / Reynaldo Hahn -- [38:18]. …

Concert Recording 2017-11-21, Fernando Valencia, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Latin American Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Besame Mama / Poncho Sanchez -- [05:56]. Calle loca / Rick Davies -- [10:32]. Mambo diablo / Tito Puente -- [16:42]. Good vibes / Oscar Hernandez -- [22:14]. Bien sabroso / Poncho Sanchez -- [28:45]. Como me duele / Gusy & Beto -- [32:45]. Contigo en la distancia / Cesar Portillo de La Luz -- [36:29]. Rico vacilon / Rosendo Ruiz -- [41:03]. Todo tiene su final / Hector Lavoe -- [46:21]. Afro-blue / Mongo Santamaria.

Concert Recording 2017-03-02, Eva Martin, Yoko Fukuda

Concert Recordings & Programs

Tenebrae factae sunt / G.P. Palestrina -- Crucifixus from B-minor mass / J.S. Bach -- Missa brevis in D, K. 194. I. Kyrie ; II. Gloria / W.A. Mozart -- Ave verum corpus, K. 618 / W.A. Mozart -- Waldesnacht, op. 62, no.3 / Johannes Brahms -- Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11 / Gabriel Fauré -- Just as the tide was flowing / R.V. Williams -- Ain'a that good news! / William Dawson.

The First Three Guitar Sonatas Of David Del Puerto, Jeremy Andrew Bass

Theses and Dissertations--Music

David del Puerto’s first three sonatas for solo guitar are large-scale, multi-movement works in a style that is at once strongly guitaristic, and highly refined with regard to harmony, melody, rhythm, and form. Del Puerto completed all three sonatas in 2015, a considerable milestone for a composer who had never before published works in this form for solo guitar. The sonatas represent a consolidation of the composer's recent style: the synthesis of modal, pandiatonic, and twelve-tone harmony; references to folkloric, popular, and classical musics; and a lucid, immediate approach to both surface rhythm and larger formal structures.

Since the development …

A Performer's Guide To Works For Trumpet And Synthesizer By Meg Bowles, Steven Siegel

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The trumpet and electronics genre of music has been in existence since 1965. While various dissertations have discussed other composers and their works in this field, there is still a need for a treatise exploring appropriate performance practice for the electroacoustic trumpet music of Meg Bowles. There has been no study of the compositional process nor trumpet techniques required for performance of these works and other electronic compositions.

This dissertation will study the compositions for trumpet and electronics by Bowles, develop strategies for performing these works, and explore compositional techniques used to create them. Interviews have been conducted between the …

Earl Kim 12 Caprices For Solo Violin: Survey Of His Innovative Solo Violin Writing Via His Twelve Love Letters, Chi Young Song

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The purpose of this project is to bring Kim’s caprices into the mainstream violin literature through a three-prong approach by examining each caprice via musical analysis, technical analysis, and by investigating its pedagogical merit. After inspecting each caprice through three different lenses mentioned above, the paper will organize the twelve caprices around a tripartite structure; serial, atonal, and free tonal.

The work opens with a six-measure Motto. While the relationship between the Motto and the rest of the work is not immediately clear, thorough musical and formal analysis will provide insight into the work’s cohesion.

This project will also …

Harvest Festival By Yann-Jong Hwang: A Piano Duet Inspired By Taiwanese Folk Tunes, Wei-Sian Chen

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The purpose of this study is to provide an introduction and analysis of Harvest Festival, a work for piano four hands by Taiwanese composer Yann-Jong Hwang. This work incorporates elements of traditional Taiwanese music that is largely unfamiliar to performers and listeners beyond the border of Taiwan.

With the exception of Professor Hwang’s own journal article on this piece, this project is the only study of Harvest Festival available in the United States or Taiwan. This research will be meaningful to both performers and piano teachers as an encouragement to include Yann-Jong Hwang’s work within their concert repertory.

This …

Duende: Four Preludes For Symphonic Wind Ensemble By Luis Serrano Alarcón: Conductor’S Guide, Spanish Historical Background And Influence, Kenneth Javier Iyescas

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Luis Serrano Alarcón is one of the most important and relevant composers of our time. He is sought after as a composer, lecturer, and conductor throughout the world. His works have been performed in over 30 countries worldwide by some of the leading musical ensembles in the United States, Europe, and Asia, as well as being highly decorated by winning many prestigious composition contests including the International Band Competition Contest of Corciano, Italy.

Born in Valencia, Spain, Alarcón is relatively self-taught in composition, which is a testament to his natural-born gift for composition. His compositional output ranges from the traditional …

Redefining The Performance Degree Curriculum For The Crossover Saxophonist, Ian M. Cruz

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Many collegiate saxophone performance degree programs are overwhelmingly classical, adopting from other performance programs in the Western music tradition. However, there is a growing number of saxophone compositions that are “crossover” in nature. Crossover is a term used to describe the fusion of popular music styles in a classical setting. There is also evidence that collegiate music education as a whole is moving towards a more diverse curriculum, which emphasizes ethnomusicology. Due to this trend in composition and education, it is becoming increasingly important that saxophonists have the training of both classical and jazz disciplines.

The problem is that while …

A Conductor’S Analysis Of Veljo Tormis’ Looduspildid, John David Frizzell

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Estonian composer Veljo Tormis (1930-2017) is one of the most prolific in his country’s history. A significant portion of his writing has been for choirs. Tormis composed most of his works under Soviet rule. During this communist reign of Estonia, Tormis turned to using traditional music. The source material for a large portion of Tormis’ choral output is regilaul, a type of ancient Estonian folk song. In 1991, Estonia gained their independence, thereby allowing Tormis’ compositions to be more easily seen, heard, and performed around the world.

This dissertation presents a conductor’s analysis of a set of choral cycles …

The Search For Consistent Intonation: An Exploration And Guide For Violoncellists, Daniel Hoppe

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This paper provides a system that helps diagnose and address the specific challenge to cellists of intonation in any passage. Learning to play consistently in tune is essential for every cellist. In the over three hundred years of cello history, teachers have tried approaching the topic from a variety of perspectives. While each technique is useful in its own right, there is scant attention to how they work together. Viewing intonation through its component sub-skills is the first step toward integrating existing exercises and paving the way for further advances in pedagogy. The following paper categorizes training techniques according to …

A History, Analysis, And Performance Guide To Samuel Barber’S Canzonetta For Oboe And String Orchestra, Angela C. Sallas

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This dissertation examines Samuel Barber’s Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra, which was intended to be the central movement of an oboe concerto commissioned by the New York Philharmonic. The Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra is representative of Barber’s tendency towards vocal lyricism and neo-romantic tonality, serving as a representation of his compositional style. This document will explore the technical and expressive demands found in Barber’s writing for the oboe and will offer solutions for any problematic elements—including those specific to the oboe itself. It will also suggest practice techniques for the execution of these difficulties. This dissertation …

Singing Portuguese Nasal Vowels: Practical Strategies For Managing Nasality In Brazilian Art Songs, André Campelo

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The articulation of Portuguese nasalized vowels poses some articulatory problems accompanied by negative acoustic effects for the performance of Brazilian art songs. The main objective was to find strategies that permit the singer to conciliate an idiomatic pronunciation of these vowels with a well-balanced resonance, a desirable quality in classical singing. In order to devise these strategies, the author examined sources dealing with nasalized vowels from varied perspectives: acoustic properties of vowel nasalization, phonetic and phonological aspects ofBrazilian Portuguese (BP), historical views on nasality in singing, and recent vocal pedagogy research. In addition to the overall loss of sonority, the …

The Cadenzas Of The First Modern Guitar Concertos, Carlos Ricardo Saeb Valenzuela

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This research project explores the resources employed in the cadenzas of the first four distinguished guitar concertos of the twentieth-century. The purpose of this research is to establish the influence and impact of these works in the development of a new idiomatic guitar language. Although the first known twentieth-century guitar concerto is Rafael Adame’s Concierto Clásico (1930), it has been largely ignored and has had no significant influence on subsequent generations. Therefore, the focus of this study is on the following concertos: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto in Re for Guitar and Orchestra Op. 99 (1939), Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (1939), …

When Unexpected Beauty Burns Like Sunlight On The Sea: Songs Of Wintter Watts, Composer And Sara Teasdale, Poet, Casey A. Huggins

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This document is an overview of Wintter Watts’ song settings of Sara Teasdale poems. Watts set 15 Teasdale poems as a part of his repertoire of approximately 200 art songs, both published and unpublished. Included are a thorough investigation of the culture of the period of American history of which Watts and Teasdale emerged as artists, biographies of each artist, with particular emphasis placed on Watts’ life and work, and theoretical and poetic analyses of each piece. Additionally, teachers of singing will find the appendix useful to explore options for student repertoire.