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Teaching choral repertoire through score study and performance practice.
(2002)
The purpose of this study is to propose an alternative approach to teaching an undergraduate choral literature course that embraces a diversity of learning styles in helping students arrive at a meaningful, personalized, ...
A survey of undergraduate piano pedagogy core course content.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to identify the content of undergraduate piano pedagogy core courses at four-year, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)-accredited colleges and universities. Data were collected ...
Carlisle Floyd's "Cold Sassy Tree".
(2002)
A transcript of the interview with Carlisle Floyd offering his unique insight into both the opera and his work as a composer appears in Appendix 2 of the study.
A reinvestigation of early Mozart: The three keyboard concertos, K. 107.
(2002)
This study reveals Mozart's developmental process in building the concerto structure through a comparison of J. C. Bach's sonata version and Mozart's concerto version. Through the cultivation of his unique stylistic ...
An Arabian Night: A one-act chamber opera.
(2002)
This document consists of a complete musical score of a one-act chamber opera based on an original libretto entitled An Arabian Night. The light story is loosely derived from a supplementary tale to 1001 Arabian Nights. ...
Joan Tower's "Fascinating Ribbons" for band: Genesis and analysis.
(2002)
The commission story was compiled primarily through interviews between the author and Joan Tower, and between the author and Jack Stamp, a pivotal figure in leading the project to fruition. Tower's compositional procedures ...
Michael Head: His contributions as composer, performer, educator with an analysis of selected solo songs.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the life and work of Michael Head and to document his contributions to music education. During the course of the study, answers were sought to the following questions: (1) What ...
Karel Husa's "Music for Prague 1968": An exploration of compositional process and historical background.
(2002)
Karel Husa's Music for Prague 1968 is a composition for wind ensemble, written immediately after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. This study examines compositional elements in Music for Prague 1968, ...
The acoustic interaction of voices in ensemble: An inquiry into the phenomenon of voice matching and the perception of unaltered vocal process.
(2002)
For Group 2, acoustic placement alone provided the best alliance of acoustic analysis and auditor/singer preference, at a rate of 50% each for close and lateral spacing. Attention to acoustic placement alone was shown to ...
The art of tenor/bass trombone doubling: An examination of the performance philosophies and practices of three selected trombonists.
(2002)
In conclusion, each of the participants interviewed had his own unique and individual approach to the art of tenor/bass trombone doubling. Responses to the questionnaire ranged from almost complete agreement with all three ...