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Analyses of Organ Etudes Opp. 38, 66 and 72 by Rachel Laurin
Mateva, Silviya (2016)Rachel Laurin (b. 1961) has become a leading female organ composer, and is recognized as such in her native Canada as well as in the United States. Almost half of her compositional output consists of solo organ works, ... -
An Analysis of Three Recital Pieces by William Lloyd Webber
Barkoskie, Alvez, IV (2021-12-17)Born into a family of musicians, William Lloyd Webber (1914-1982), composed numerous pieces for the organ. Many of the pieces were published during his lifetime, but several more were found and published after his death ... -
And the Ocean Taught Me: Where Composition Meets Improvisation
Krumwiede, Nicholette (2022-12-16)This document aims to demonstrate the need for a college-level curriculum that teaches composers to create successful works of improvisational music, to preset a method which helps composition students develop the tools ... -
Approaches to Bartok's Contrasts: A Collection and Comparison by Clarinet Artists
Whitmore, Michael (2013-12-13)The purpose of this study is to broaden the knowledge of an important work in the clarinet repertoire, Contrasts, Sz. 111, for violin, clarinet and piano, by Bela Bartok. The method chosen for this study is the collection ... -
THE ART OF MELD: PITCH ORGANIZATION AND MOTIVIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN JOAN TOWER’S MUSIC FOR CLARINET
Keogh, Cassie (2015-12)Joan Tower is an award-winning American composer, best known for her orchestral and chamber music. Her music is widely performed and is well liked by performers and audiences alike. Her three solo works for clarinet—Wings ... -
Auditory and Musical Experience: Perception, Emotion and Expression
M. Khoshroo, Babak (2023-08-04)In this dissertation, I address two questions about auditory and musical experience: (1) How can music (a set of organized sounds) be heard as expressive of emotions such as sadness or happiness? (2) How are sounds (not ... -
Dave Brubeck's The Light in the Wilderness: A Conductor's Analysis
Graves, Jim (2017)The Light in the Wilderness was the first sacred choral work of renowned jazz legend, Dave Brubeck. At the time of its premier in 1968 he was 47 years old and known only as a jazz pianist. It was the success of this piece ... -
Disorder and Unity in Bruno Mantovani's Bug for Solo Clarinet
Wolz, Rachel (2021-05-14)Bruno Mantovani’s Bug (1999) for solo clarinet is a musical metaphor that depicts the disarray and disorientation caused by an imaginary computer malfunction. Historically, this piece parallels the anxiety surrounding the ... -
English Pastoralism in Ralph Vaughan Williams' Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Bramlett, KaDee (2017-05-12)Few would dispute that the Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto for Oboe and Strings (1944) belongs to the pastoral expressive genre. Fewer, however, are able to explain, in great detail, which characteristics make it pastoral. ... -
Formal Delineation via Modes of Limited Transposition in Ida Gotkovsky's Sonata for Solo Clarinet
Cook, David (2017)French composer Ida Gotkovsky, Professor of Music Theory at the Paris Conservatory, studied composition with both Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. Her Sonata for Solo Clarinet, commissioned by the International ... -
A Guided Approach to Teaching Hand Percussion Instruments in a Collegiate Applied Percussion Curriculum
Shippy, Jordan (2022-12-16)Hand percussion is a broad term that includes many different instruments, techniques, and styles and can be difficult to decide what to include in a collegiate percussion curriculum. Although there are several resources ... -
Love, Loss, and Memory: An Analytic and Hermeneutic Discussion of Clara Schumann’s Drei Romanzen, Op. 21
Gray, Kristina (2023-05-12)One of Clara Wieck-Schumann’s last compositions, Drei Romanzen, Op. 21 is a set of three romances composed in 1853. The analysis which follows discusses the three romances of Op. 21 through the lens of large-scale ternary ... -
Mary Craig Powell's Contributions to Piano Pedagogy
White, Thomas (2021-08-05)The life and career of master teacher Mary Craig Powell (1940–2019) is documented in this study through an investigation of her pedagogical philosophy, teaching techniques, and her contributions to the field of piano ... -
More Than a Key: An Analysis of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
Ritchie, Blake (2016-05-13)This thesis offers an analysis of the fifth movement Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, Op. 65. Although the work has been discussed in relation to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, no thorough analysis of the work ... -
Piano Instructors’ Experiences in and Perceptions Of Preparation, Success, and Confidence Teaching Students with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Ostrosky, Katie (2023-08-03)The purpose of this study was to investigate piano instructors’ perceived levels of confidence, success, and preparation in teaching students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. A secondary purpose of the study was to ... -
Prologue to Sounden Horn: A Phonetic Composition for Chamber Orchestra
McSperitt, Kenneth (2017-05-12)'Prologue to Sounden Horn' is a phonetic composition for chamber orchestra. Phonetic Composition is the orchestration of speech sounds for standard acoustic instruments. Spectrograms of audio recordings are used as a basis ... -
Selected Solo Marimba Music of Raymond Helble: A Guide for Teaching and Performance
Richardson, Andrew (2013-12-13)This document examines the pedagogical and historical importance of Raymond Helble’s solo marimba music. Selected titles include The Well-Tempered Marimbist Books One and Two (1983), Preludes for Marimba Nos. 1-3 (1971), ... -
Semiotic and narrative elements in Franz Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann
Roy, Omar (2020-05)Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann, like many piano works from his Années de Pèlerinage, is explicitly linked to extramusical sources. In this case the inspiration is ostensibly Étienne Pivert de Senancour’s novel Obermann, from ... -
Slowing Down and the Vertical/Horizontal Spectrum in Kaija Saariaho's Duft
Vetter, Kathryn (2018-05-11)Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho moved to Paris in 1982 to work at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique) and GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales). Her research involved slowing down tape ... -
Steve Dobrogosz's 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd': A Conductor's Perspective
George-Twyman, William (2020-08)Swedish composer Steve Dobrogosz (b. 1956) is primarily known for his jazz piano and songwriting career, having been an influential figure in the Stockholm musical scene since the 1980’s. Eventually he began to explore ...