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Student Pianists In Recital, Bella Lucareli, Nate Brown, Adrienne Lee, Niki Black, Julia Dwyer, Christie Hendel, Andrew Siles, Ashley Shahbazi, Brian Clemens, Scott Stedman, Michael Fleming, Kyla Mccarrel, Ryan Tan, Savannah Wade, Cody Bursch, Janice Park

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Student Piano Showcase, Michael Bianco, Brittany Buendia, Jovan Majano, Gina Kouyoumdjian, Christiane Moon, Stella Monshaw, Rachel Danielson, Emily Dyer, Alayne Hsieh, Kristi Mckinley, Heather Moore, Gloria Cho, Arsen Jamkotchian

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Folk/Traditional Music Of West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

Music Faculty Research

My motivation for writing this book grew from my desire to better understand the people and the music heritage of West Virginia and to share the findings of my experience, with the guitar community, in the form of guitar ensemble arrangements.

An Examination Of The Requirements And Preparation Required Fortubists Desiring A Career In The Military, With Emphasis On Premier Band Auditions, Patrick Charles Rettger

Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to explore the differences between the various military bands in the United States with respect to tuba players. Fourteen military tuba players were interviewed. Based on their responses, each branch’s similarities and differences are presented. The research then focuses specifically on the audition process for premier band tuba players. These positions are highly coveted; yet they are not ideal for everyone. A survey was sent to all of the current and a number of prior service premier band tuba players asking them to list important band excerpts for tubists to know for military band …

Congruent And Incongruent Effects Of Ethnic Music On Ethnic Menu Item Selection, Ryan David Muniz

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated what impact ethnic music had on ethnic menu item selection. College students were randomly divided into three groups and listened to one randomly assigned sound treatment in sensory booths. Three hundred and five participants completed the questionnaire with measures of expected price value and willingness to pay value. One of the groups listened to an Italian folk music, the second group listened to a Thai folk music, and the third group listened to a restaurant background noise in order to examine if the music will impact each participant menu items selection and perceived price values. The result …

Evaluation Of Alternate Mouthpiece Material Types To Minimize Vibrations And Heat Loss - The Research And Execution Of Prototypes, Kristen Bobuk

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This paper is based on the idea of current horn mouthpieces being made solely out of brass with a limited market of stainless steel and titanium with plating being silver or gold. This is an opportunity to explore alternate materials; specifically steel, cast iron and aluminum for the base material and chrome, copper and nickel for plating materials. Readers will learn about metal properties such as hardness, thermal conductivity and specific heat and learn why certain materials are more beneficial than others.

Instrumental Chamber Music: Woodwind & Brass, Chapman Woodwind Ensemble, Chapman Brass Ensemble

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Vocal Jazz In Concert, Samantha Dominguez, Jesse Denny, Hannah Pachman, Jordan Lemay, Erin Theodorakis, Megan Sola-Guinto, Ben Finer, Kyla Mccarrel, Janet Orsi, Wyatt Miller, Donner Hanson, Preston Kennedy, Shana Munson

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Big Band & Jazz Combos, Chapman Big Band, Chapman Jazz Combo

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Second Lines, Story Circles, And Freedom Songs: A Call And Response, Ann-Meredith Wootton

Capstone Collection

Community Is Survival

In New Orleans, all the grandmothers tell the story about the live oaks. Our roots don't grow deep into the swamp, but they grow wide – weaving, growing, and binding together with all of the surrounding trees, so that when the hurricane winds come, we will not fall. Together we can stand up against the strongest Gulf force winds (and the many faces of the Cradle to Prison Pipeline) – pushing, pulling, and leaning on one another when we need – and survive to see another day.

Live oaks also carry the story tradition of being a …

For The Love Of Music: A Story Of Organizational Culture And Change, Malii Brown

Capstone Collection

For the Love of Music: A Story of Organizational Culture and Change is an examination of culture and possibilities for change at an organization that manages one top-tier, U.S. classical music orchestra. The research was carried out for the purpose of making and refining meaning from collective employee experiences at a canon cultural organization whose practices reflect and influence our society beyond the context of music. The inquiry at the heart of the work is, ‘How does the organizational culture of the subject organization, Orchestra, Inc.[1], affect its readiness for organizational change?’ The research methodology consisted of organizational culture assessments …

A Celebration Of Songs By Benjamin Britten, With The Poetry Of Thomas Hardy And Sara Teasdale, Ashlei Foushee, Tony Baek, Chase Cargill, Nathan Wilen, Jerry Bartucciotto, Duke Kim, Lorenzo Reyes, Louise Thomas, Patrick Goeser, Jenny Kim

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In Process And Practice: The Development Of An Archive Of Explicit Stylistic Data For Irish Traditional Instrumental Music, Martin Tourish

Doctoral

The study of style in Irish traditional music is very much in its infancy. Although current authors locate its beginnings in the 1980s, valuable information can be found from as far back as the eighteenth century. While style is a much-discussed topic, to date it has not been the subject of a major study. Through what is termed ‘the oral tradition’, much of the genre’s stylistic features are transmitted as implicit knowledge. This type of knowledge is difficult to measure, consciously use and share and while these difficulties have been highlighted in one EU-level report, they are also well known …

Composing The Party Line: Music And Politics In Early Cold War Poland And East Germany, David G. Tompkins

Purdue University Press Books

This book examines the exercise of power in the Stalinist music world as well as the ways in which composers and ordinary people responded to it. It presents a comparative inquiry into the relationship between music and politics in the German Democratic Republic and Poland from the aftermath of World War II through Stalin’s death in 1953, concluding with the slow process of de-Stalinization in the mid- to late-1950s. The author explores how the Communist parties in both countries expressed their attitudes to music of all kinds, and how composers, performers, and audiences cooperated with, resisted, and negotiated these suggestions …

Rave Reviews The History Of Akron's Tuesday Musical, Thomas Bacher, Cynthia Harrison, Sharon Cebula

University of Akron Press Publications

The Tuesday Musical Club was founded in 1887 by thirteen young Akron women who had an overwhelming desire to share their love of music. With further support of Gertrude Penfield Seiberling, the wife of industrialist Frank Seiberling, the organization grew like many other musical organizations across the country. Unlike similar clubs, the Akron-based entity continued to expand and is one of a very few that have survived. Among the artists who have appeared as a part of the rich history of Akron's Tuesday Musical Organization are Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Yascha Heifetz, Glenn Gould, Van Cliburn, Isaac Stern, …

Music And Conflict Resolution: Can A Music And Story Centered Workshop Enhance Empathy?, Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé

Dissertations and Theses

The Story and Song Centered Pedagogy (SSCP) is a workshop that uses songs, stories and reflective questioning to increase empathy. This preliminary study tested the prediction that being exposed to the SSCP would increase empathy using, the Emotional Concern (EC) and Perspective Taking (PT) subscales of the renowned Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) (Davis, 1990). Subjects self-reported their answers to the IRI before and after undergoing the SSCP intervention. Comparing their pre and post intervention results, no statistically significant changes were noticed for the EC and PT scales (p-value = 0.7093 for EC; p-value = 0.6328 for PT). These results stand …

The Music Identity Project, Brent C. Talbot

Sunderman Conservatory of Music Faculty Publications

At MayDay Group Colloquium 24 in East Lansing, MI, Sandra Stauffer (2012) charged that: "If we want change, we need to start telling different stories . . . we work with beginning teachers, and we worry about teacher identities. We tell them a story...one that does not serve them well. A story that they will be prepared. Maybe we should tell stories of self-making, of re-making and replacing ourselves. Of preparation as a constantly evolving teacher story. Maybe then transformation can be the norm."

Sandy’s comments of transformation resonated strongly with the very project I was presenting at the same …

Side Show: The Musical Direction, Morgan D. Hurd

Music

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Influences Of Music Genre And Components On Food Perception And Acceptance, Alexandra Jean Fiegel

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Managers of consumer goods companies (i.e., restaurants, grocery stores, and bars) have the potential to effectively utilize environmental factors to stimulate desired consumer behaviors. Background music has been identified as one of the most readily manipulated and influential elements to which a shopper or consumer may be exposed to in a service setting. Nevertheless, little is known about the effect of background sound on food perception and acceptance. This research sought whether background music genre and musical components can alter food perception and acceptance, but also to determine how the effect can vary as a function of food type (i.e., …

University Of Akron Summer Band Camp (Jun 21, 2013), Robert D. Jorgensen

Selected Programs of Robert D. Jorgensen

Mr. Jorgensen's last official involvement at UA, conducting summer band.

Thematic Catalogue For Upright Bass Concerti, Thomas Nickerson

Music

The goal of the Thematic Catalogue for Upright Bass Concerti is to provide a cohesive format for information for 62 bass concerti.

When The Cradle Falls: The Subversion, Secrets, And Sentimentality Of Lullabies, Lauren R. Castro

Music

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Monophonic Pitch Recognition, Nathan Zorndorf, Kristine Carreon

Electrical Engineering

The purpose of this project is to create a system that automatically converts monophonic music into its MIDI equivalent. Automatic pitch recognition allows for numerous commercial applications, including automatic transcription and digital storage of live performances. It is also desirable to be able to take an audio signal as an input and create a MIDI equivalent score because the MIDI information can be used to replace the original audio signal sounds with any sound the user would like. For example, if a piano composition is entered into the system, the resulting MIDI out could be used to trigger guitar samples. …

Developing Depth And Dimension: Instructional Tools And Practices To Facilitate And Encourage The Growth Of Young Jazz Musicians, Shauna E. Mcfaul

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Developing Depth and Dimension: A step-by-step, comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz for young musicians. This work begins with a philosophical discussion of the educational methods that are incorporated into the following games, lesson plans and writings. The project is directed toward students who have little to no experience playing jazz or improvising. It is meant to provide a foundation for continued success and development throughout their musical lives.

Student Pianists In Recital, James Gaskin, Artemis Kakaris, Shaina Hammer, Christina Cheong, Ysobella Lucareli, Nathaniel Cook, Ryan Tan, Michael Fleming, Brian Clemens, Cody Bursch, Janice Park, Adrienne Lee, Kyla Mccarrel, Savannah Wade, Megan Henretta, Julia Dwyer, Johannes Leonard Lohner, Hunter Schmidt, Scott Stedman

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Student Piano Showcase, Amira Fulton, Gloria Cho, Alayne Hsieh, Kristi Mckinley, Elliot Wulff, Heather Moore, Johannes Leonard Lohner, Kylena Parks, Tiffany Liu, Primitivo Cervantes, Molly Iker, Arman Keyvanian, Eileen Regullano, Linda Zhou, Arsen Jamkotchian, Evan Roth

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Instrumental Chamber Music: Winds And Brass, Robert Loustaunau, Johnny Kimbro, Saul Reynoso, Tim Mathiesen, Fred Greene, Matthew Bond, Jenny Kim, Kyle Smith, Ryan Jesch, Zachary Mariano, David Stetson, Jonathan Ballard, Matt Bond, Michael Rushman

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Instrumental Chamber Music: Strings And Piano, Chloe Tardif, Nicholas Kaynor, Elizabeth Lee, Laura Schilbach, Launa Kressin, Nathaniel Cook, Rachel Schouten, Alayne Hsieh, Stephanie Calascione, Elizabeth Murtough, Matt Owensby, Cody Bursch, Javier Chacun, Conner Bogenreif, Suzanne Haitz, Priscilla Peraza, Devin Marcus, Michael Fleming, Marc Rosenfield, Aiden Evens, Kimberly Levin, Gabby Stetz, Sun Green, Chris Defazio, Arsen Jamkotchian, Ben Lambeloitte, Conner Bogenreif, Linda Zhou, Macie Slick, Will Kellogg, Eli Kaynor, Primo Cervantes, Emily Uematsu

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Vocal Jazz In Concert, Graeme Aegerter, Grace Babbes, Marissa Bredice, Cassandra Coffman-Rapini, James Gaskin, Shayda Khorasani, Jordan Lemay, Kyla Mccarrel, Shana Munson, Janet Orsi, Hannah Pachman, Andrew Schmitt, Megan Sola-Guinto, Caroline Hawkins, Albert Alva, Nolan Pethren

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Django's Caravan: The Journey Of The Gypsy King, Patrick Ray Monson

Music

The life and musical contribution of Django Reinhardt including musical and visual examples.