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Tones: An analysis of Atli Heimir Sveinsson's "21 Sounding Minutes" for solo flute with interpretive implications
(2013-05)
Among the most significant and prolific Icelandic composers, Atli Heimir Sveinsson (b. 1938) has created music in virtually every style and genre. He has composed a diverse assortment of works for flute, and his formally ...
An Analysis of John Adams' Grand Pianola Music
(2010)
Grand Pianola Music, composed in 1982 by John Adams, was written for pairs of winds, extended percussion, three female vocalists, and two pianos. Due to critic and audience disapproval, by way of booing after its 1983 ...
Allison Nelson: Pianist, Teacher and Editor
(2015)
This study documents the varied and significant contributions of Allison Nelson (b. 1927) to the field of piano through her work as a solo and collaborative pianist as part of the piano duo Nelson and Neal and teacher, ...
Votteler To Holtkamp (1855-1934): The Stylistic Evolution Of An American Organ Building Company, Explained
(2015)
The purpose of this study is to examine the early years of the Holtkamp Organ Company and show how the design philosophy of Walter Holtkamp, Sr., had its roots in these early instruments. The study will track the evolution ...
An Interpretive Analysis Of The Historia Di Jephte By Giacomo Carissimi
(2016-12)
The purpose of this study is to explore two aspects of the oratorio Jephte by Giacomo Carissimi: first is the manner in which Carissimi used The Doctrine of the Affections to organize the music textually, and second is the ...
Carter Pann's Four Factories for Wind Symphony: An Analysis and Discussion
(2010)
Carter Pann is an award-winning composer of music for a variety of mediums and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Pann's Four Factories, commissioned ...
Prologue to Sounden Horn: A Phonetic Composition for Chamber Orchestra
(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 ...
The Trumpet Design and Production Techniques of Clifford Blackburn
(2018-05)
Through interviews with Clifford Blackburn and his small staff, this document will discuss not only the design and production techniques of Blackburn Trumpets, but also biographical information about the man himself and ...
Symphony No. 1 for Band
(2018-05)
The impetus for this piece was twofold; to serve as a pedagogical tool for the student wind ensemble, as well as expanding the repertoire of large-scale band pieces. Each movement has a programmatic relationship to a town ...
James Chambers: His Life, Career, and Pedagogy
(2011)
This study documents the life, career, and pedagogy of James Chambers. James Chambers (1920-1989) performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He taught ...