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Article: Phrasing...Speaking In Musical Sentences.Blue Grass News, Official Journal Of The Ky Music Educators Association, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

Tips on the necessary skills for musicians to learn to play convincing phrases.

Article: Pedagogy Of Master Clarinet And Saxophone Teacher, Joe Allard: A Panel Discussion, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

This is an edited transcription of a panel discussion held at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri about the pedagogy of clarinet/saxophone master teacher, Joe Allard. I participated in the panel, along with another former student of Joe Allard, as well as with an author of a dissertation written about Allard.

Article: Pedagogy Of Master Clarinet And Saxophone Teacher, Joe Allard: A Panel Discussion, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

This is an edited transcription of a panel discussion held at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri about the pedagogy of clarinet/saxophone master teacher, Joe Allard. I participated in the panel, along with another former student of Joe Allard, as well as with an author of a dissertation written about Allard.

"Korean Psalm (Psalm 23)" For Tenor Voice And Piano, Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by Sang-In Han (tenor) and Dominic Dousa (piano). The work is a setting of selected verses of Psalm 23 in Korean. It was composed for Dr. Han's lecture recital of Korean Art Song.

Highlights In Jazz Concert 296- Voices Of Jazz, Jack Kleinsinger, Danny Gottlieb

Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz

Jack Kleinsinger presents Highlights in Jazz. The concert was held at The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Jack served as producer and master of ceremonies for the series of concerts. Artists for the concert include Kevin Mahogany, James Weidman, Melissa Slocum, JT Lewis, Bill Easley, Daryl Sherman, James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Marion Felder, and surprise guest Carol Fredette.

"Departed Days" For Satb Choir And Piano, Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by the UTEP University Chorale, conducted by William McMillan.

"Hymn Of Trust" For Satb Choir And Piano, Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by the UTEP University Chorale, conducted by William McMillan.

Highlights In Jazz Concert 295- Living Jazz Saxophone Legends, Jack Kleinsinger, Danny Gottlieb

Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz

Jack Kleinsinger presents Highlights in Jazz. The concert was held at The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Jack served as producer and master of ceremonies for the series of concerts. Artists for the concert include Phil Woods, Lou Donaldson, Michael Weiss, John Webber, and Bill Goodwin with special guest Lew Tabakin.

The Contributions Of Axel Jørgensen To The Solo Trombone Repertoire Of Denmark In The Twentieth Century, Andrew H. Converse

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performances

Axel Jørgensen is one of a few Danish composers who has contributed compositions to the solo trombone repertoire that gained an international and lasting reputation in the twentieth century. Jørgensen, like many Danish composers from the first part of the twentieth century, is often overlooked due to the imposing figure of Carl Nielsen. Jørgensen’s compositions, while not overly patriotic, give the trombonist a sense of the Danish Nationalistic Romantic style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Jørgensen was one of the first composers to write for the emerging slide trombone idiom in Denmark at the beginning of the …

"Mountain Song" For Viola And Piano (Lubbock, Tx), Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by Renee Skerik (viola, Texas Tech University) and Susan Wass (piano, Texas Tech University).

Recital, Utep Faculty Recital Series (April 4, 2009), Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A faculty recital presentation by Melissa Colgin-Abeln (flute), Orit Eylon (mezzo soprano), Michael Way (graduate student, cello) and Dominic Dousa (piano).

Conductor's Guide To Mark Camphouse's "To Build A Fire", Amanda L. Kastner

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis is a guide to understanding and performing Mark Camphouse’s composition, To Build A Fire. The thesis includes a biography of Jack London and a literary analysis of London’s short story “To Build A Fire,” upon which the composition is based. Musical analysis of the Camphouse composition, rehearsal considerations, and performance considerations are also discussed. The literary analysis provides background for the composition and a starting platform for the musical analysis. The musical analysis parallels the composition with the short story. This analysis also provides some technical considerations of the instrumental parts. The rehearsal considerations include a rehearsal plan, …

"Mountain Song" For Viola And Piano (Cleveland, Oh), Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by Renee Skerik (viola, Texas Tech University) and James Housman (piano, Oberlin College).

A Hybrid Curriculum Of Private And Group Lessons For College Clarinet & Saxophone Studio Instruction, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

This model of teaching presents a curriculum that blends traditional one-on-one private college studio instruction on the clarinet and saxophone with small group lessons. Each student receives a weekly forty-minute private lesson and a twenty-minute group lesson. This hybrid model of teaching is an approach that, for the administrator, (1) increases student credit hour production because more students can be taught in fewer hours (2) addresses the increasing state pressure to reduce degree credit hours by including chamber music in the studio curriculum (3) supports retention efforts by helping freshmen acclimate to college through camaraderie developed in groups. And for …

A Hybrid Curriculum Of Private And Group Lessons For College Clarinet & Saxophone Studio Instruction, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

This model of teaching presents a curriculum that blends traditional one-on-one private college studio instruction on the clarinet and saxophone with small group lessons. Each student receives a weekly forty-minute private lesson and a twenty-minute group lesson. This hybrid model of teaching is an approach that, for the administrator, (1) increases student credit hour production because more students can be taught in fewer hours (2) addresses the increasing state pressure to reduce degree credit hours by including chamber music in the studio curriculum (3) supports retention efforts by helping freshmen acclimate to college through camaraderie developed in groups. And for …

Highlights In Jazz Concert 294- I Love A Piano, Jack Kleinsinger, Danny Gottlieb

Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz

Jack Kleinsinger presents Highlights in Jazz. The concert was held at The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Jack served as producer and master of ceremonies for the series of concerts. Artists for the concert include Cyrus Chestnut, Michael Wolff, Dezron Douglas, Neal Smith, Chip Jackson, and Mike Clark. Surprise Guest Rachel Price.

Susannah, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Selected Works Temporary Series

Dr. Wilson produced and conducted the UTEP Orchestra and Music Theatre Company in this fully staged performance of Carlisle Floyd's opera. Of special note is the return of student opera to the university's Magoffin Auditiorium after a ten-year hiatus.

Highlights In Jazz Concert 293- Highlights In Jazz 36th Anniversary, Jack Kleinsinger, Danny Gottlieb

Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz

Jack Kleinsinger presents Highlights in Jazz. The concert was held at The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Jack served as producer and master of ceremonies for the series of concerts. Artists for the concert include Dick Hyman, Joe Wilder, David Ostwald, Wycliffe Gordon, Anat Cohen, Job-Erik Kellso, and Kevin Dorn, with surprise guests Mark Shane and Howard Alden.

Solo Composition Recital (February 17, 2009), Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

Faculty Compositon Recital, presented by Renee Skerik (viola, guest artist from Texas Tech University), the Texas Tech University Viola Choir, and Dominic Dousa (piano). Also included performance of Milhaud's "Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano". Performances of the following original compositions: "Mountain Song" "Two Pieces for Viola Choir" Sonata for Viola and Piano, 'From a Land Wild and Free'

You Sing, Youtube: A Hands-On Approach To Using Youtube In The Performance Curriculum, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Selected Works Temporary Series

In September 2007, the University of Texas at El Paso Music Theatre Company embarked on a voyage of on-line discovery: how to utilize YouTube as a tool for self-and peer critique and outside professional review. Music Theatre Company is the Department of Music’s opera/music theatre skills development workshop and production company, presenting two to three scenes and/or full-scale productions each year. As such, its curriculum has traditionally revolved around the preparation and in-class coaching of songs, arias, and scenes, with public concert or production outcomes.

The recent addition of a required textbook has added a necessary written assignment component; however, …

You Sing, Youtube: A Hands-On Approach To Using Youtube In The Performance Curriculum, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Departmental Papers (Music)

In September 2007, the University of Texas at El Paso Music Theatre Company embarked on a voyage of on-line discovery: how to utilize YouTube as a tool for self-and peer critique and outside professional review. Music Theatre Company is the Department of Music’s opera/music theatre skills development workshop and production company, presenting two to three scenes and/or full-scale productions each year. As such, its curriculum has traditionally revolved around the preparation and in-class coaching of songs, arias, and scenes, with public concert or production outcomes. The recent addition of a required textbook has added a necessary written assignment component; however, …

"Evocations From The Plains" For Piano Quintet (El Paso, National Chamber Music Fesitval), Dominic Dousa

Selected Works Temporary Series

A performance of my original composition by the Biava String Quartet and Doris Stevenson (piano).

Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton

Music Faculty Research

Article provides strategies on how to take a new and fresh piece of literature from being completely unknown to performance ready.

An Analysis And Performance Guide To The Tuba Music Of Alice Gomez, George Palton

Music Faculty Research

An analysis and performance guide to selected compositions of Alice Gomez as well as practical insights into the composition and performance of the works. Also includes background information on Gomez and her solo and chamber compositions that feature the tuba, including Bonampak, Latin Jazz Suite, and Highlife.

Review: New American Works For Clarinet, Vol. Ii, Featuring Clarinetists, Richard Stoltzman, Michele Gingras, And Kim Ellis, John M. Cipolla

Music Faculty Publications & Performances

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Modern Performance Trends In Bach's Sacred Music : Changing Tastes In The Performance Of Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium : An Exploration Of The Rhetorical Style, Sam Nester

Theses : Honours

This dissertation investigates changing tastes in the performance practice of Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred music from the second decade of the Twentieth Century to the present day. In particular I focus on the 'rhetorical style', and offer a comparative study of four recordings of Bach's Weihnachtsoratoritmt (Christmas Oratorio) BWV 248 by Harnoncourt (1973), Gardiner (1987), Jacobs (1997), and Suzuki (1998). Though all of these interpretations would be categorised as being in the 'rhetorical style', I attempt to show that within this classification there exists a multiplicity of performance approaches.

An Investigation Of Specific Structural Techniques Used By The Miles Davis Quintet On Selected Live Recordings From 1964-1965, Callum G'Froerer

Theses : Honours

This dissertation intends to deconstruct and analyse specific structural techniques employed by members of Miles Davis' second great quintet, which consisted of Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. The motivation behind the selection of structural techniques as the basis of this dissertation lies in its ability to clearly articulate a large aspect of the group's amazing flexibility as an ensemble. The specific areas of analysis are: tempo feel changes, tempo fluctuations, and texture changes. The recordings in focus are 'Autumn Leaves' from the album 'Miles In Berlin', and three selections from the influential live recording of two …

2009- 2010 Unlv Mcnair Journal, Kathleen Bell, Danetta Bradley, Vacheral M. Carter, Nydia Diaz, Kathryn E. English, Sarah Harrison, Michelle Israel, Christina Macke, Erica Orozco, Pilar Palos, Sandra Ramos, Soraya A. Silverman, Susan Taylor, Sajar Camara, William Mccurdy, Yvonne C. Morris, Maxym V. Myroshnychenko, Ricardo Rios, Monique Sulls, Bremen Vance, Barbara Wallen

McNair Journal

Journal articles based on research conducted by undergraduate students in the McNair Scholars Program

Table of Contents

Biography of Dr. Ronald E. McNair

Statements:

Dr. Neal J. Smatresk, UNLV President

Dr. Juanita P. Fain, Vice President of Student Affairs

Dr. William W. Sullivan, Associate Vice President for Retention and Outreach

Mr. Keith Rogers, Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach

McNair Scholars Institute Staff