Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Palmer, Allison"
Now showing items 1-19 of 19
-
Artistic Score Study: Conductors' Approaches to Discovering and Communicating the Composer's Intent
Rudy, Hannah (2022-05-13)By interviewing master conductors in the field, through this study I aim to find promising practices and approaches for conductors to create more meaningful and powerful emotional connections with the score to communicate ... -
As the Crone Flies: The Imagery of Women as Flying Witches in Early Modern Europe
St. Clare, Lisa (2016)Early modern European images of women as flying witches present fantastical scenes that were initially associated with the Waldensian heresy. Originally these subjects featured both men and women, but they came increasingly ... -
Bowing Drills: Highly Adaptable Exercises for All Ages
Barnaby, Nicholas (2024-05-11)In the orchestral string world, the left-hand is primarily responsible for pitch while the right-hand is accountable for much of the remaining elements of music including tone, dynamics, articulations, and phrasing. While ... -
Choosing Repertoire for the Percussion Methods Course
Boudreaux, Vivienne (2024-05-11)This document serves as a guide to finding band literature that is relevant and pedagogically beneficial for beginning percussion students. It can be an essential tool for the collegiate percussion methods instructor. In ... -
An examination of flex scoring as a means to provide quality literature to small bands with limited instrumentation
Pardue, Timothy (2021-12-17)Small bands are limited in terms of repertoire. Incomplete or unbalanced instrumentation prevents small bands from accessing quality repertoire and or music of higher-grade levels. This in turn can have an effect on student ... -
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 ... -
ISSUES IN LATE CLASSICAL VIOLIN CONCERTO LITERATURE: HISTORICALLY INFORMED CADENZAS, THE CONCERTO IN E-FLAT, K. 268 ATTRIBUTED TO MOZART, AND BEETHOVEN’S UNFINISHED CONCERTO MOVEMENT IN C, WOO5
Oyenard, Geronimo (2019-05-10)Teaching the stylistic aspects of Classical era violin literature in a systematic way is a relatively recent endeavor in drastic need for readily accessible material. One of the goals of this document is to propose applicable ... -
A Missing Piece of a "Fine" Puzzle: Filling a Gap in American Music History Through the Oboe Music of Vivian Fine
Sweeden, Robin Michelle (2022-08-04)Vivian Fine (1913-2000) was an American composer of avant-garde music. With a nearly 70-year-long career and 140 compositions, Vivian Fine deserves to be a celebrated figure in American music history. Fine’s name is hardly ... -
Moonyeen Albrecht: A Biography of an American Twentieth-Century Composer and a Performance Guide to Four Psalms for Flute and Organ
Kellogg, Laura (2016-05)This document consists of a biography of American twentieth-century female composer Moonyeen Albrecht (b. 1936), a performance guide to her piece Four Psalms for Flute and Organ, and a discussion of the performance challenges ... -
Narrative and Allusion in Friedrich Kuhlau's Introduction and Variations on Euryanthe for Flute and Piano, Op. 63
Hughes, Lauren (2018-12-14)During his lifetime, Friedrich Kuhlau was a successful composer of opera and incidental music for the stage. Additionally, Kuhlau’s wealth of woodwind chamber music earned him the moniker “Beethoven of the Flute.” Kuhlau’s ... -
Pictographic Motifs: Memory and Mobility on the Upper Missouri
Minor, Kimberly (2022-12-16)In “Pictographic Motifs: Memory and Mobility on the Upper Missouri” I investigate a small surviving body of Indigenous painted robes, shirts, and drawings that represent mediated images of intratribal conflict. Indigenous ... -
A Resource for Composition Pedagogy Within the University Percussion Curriculum
Whitmarsh, Jamie (2021-05-14)Percussionists are accustomed to utilizing a variety of musical skills in their professional endeavors, composition being one of the most prominent auxiliary skills. This guide provides multiple modular and flexible curricula ... -
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), ... -
Survey of wind ensemble repertoire with double bass
Yang, Sungmo (2024-05-10)The study of the use of the double bass in wind ensemble literature is limited. The double bass itself is a unique color instrument in wind bands, sometimes doubling with either the low brass section or low woodwind ... -
Symphony No. 2, Op. 24, By Robert F. Kurka (1921-1957): A Band Transcription
Schrader, George Jr (2019-05-10)The need for this project stems from the lack of published compositions and biographical material on Robert Kurka. Given his short life it is no surprise that a lack of information exists; however, based on numerous awards ... -
UNLOCKING THE AFFECTIONS IN J.S. BACH’S FLUTE SONATA IN E MINOR, BWV 1034
Peck, Jennifer R. (2011-05)This document explores the affects of—or the use of emotions in—J. S. Bach’s Sonata for Flute in E minor, BWV 1034, by examining for potential connections Bach’s cantatas that were written contemporaneously. In the fall ... -
Using Iyengar Yoga to Enhance Violin Playing
Murray, Hannah (2017-12)Yehudi Menuhin was the first famous musician to use yoga as a way to address pain and the physical issues related to his career as a concert violinist. Iyengar Yoga is the original form of alignment based yoga and was ... -
The Value of Aesthetic Experience
Schurtz, Landon (2014-08-15)In this dissertation, I argue that aesthetic experience is a kind of valuing experience that has certain, objective features not dependent on the psychological state of the subject. Accounts of aesthetic experience can ... -
Willette, Steinlen, and the Interiors and Exteriors of Montmartre
Gavaghan, Erinn (2023-12-15)This dissertation examines artworks by Adolphe Willette and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen in fin-de-siècle Montmartre, a neighborhood in Paris. Both artists were associated with the Chat Noir cabaret and its eponymous ...