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THE ART OF MELD: PITCH ORGANIZATION AND MOTIVIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN JOAN TOWER’S MUSIC FOR CLARINET
(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 ...
BEETHOVEN’S PIANO SONATA, OP. 53 “WALDSTEIN”: A STUDY OF FINGERINGS IN SELECTED EDITIONS
(2015-12-18)
This study collates and compares fingerings in selected significant editions of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53. These selected editions span from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first and include those ...
Betty Johnson, Midwest Pioneer of the Bassoon: Her Life and Legacy
(2015)
Betty Johnson’s career in bassoon performance and education spanned six decades. She was an early pioneer and prominent teacher of the bassoon in the Midwest. She began her tenure as a charter member of the Oklahoma Symphony ...
Something Old, Something New: The Rustic Wedding Symphony of Karl Goldmark
(2010)
While Karl Goldmark was an internationally-known composer and respected teacher in the late nineteenth century, his music is not widely known among performers and audiences today. This document attempts to address this ...
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY AT A SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY
(2016-05)
Music educators today are faced with the challenge of bridging the gap that exists between conventional music curricula and the music with which many students engage on a daily basis. As a result, popular music is being ...
OBSERVATIONS OF PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDERGRADUATE CLARINET STUDENTS IN PRACTICE SESSIONS AND PRECEDING APPLIED LESSONS
(2010)
This study observed practice characteristics demonstrated in the practice sessions of sixteen undergraduate clarinetists, and examined the relationship between those characteristics and the activities each student experienced ...
A Pedagogical Approach to Leo Cornelius Nestor's Magnificat
(2015)
The purpose of this document is to identify the most efficient way to benefit choir directors in the preparation of a performance of Leo Cornelius Nestor’s Magnificat. The document is organized in six chapters as follows: ...
A HISTORY OF THE LONGVIEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONGVIEW, TEXAS FROM 1968-2011
(2012)
The Longview Symphony Orchestra is a regional professional orchestra based in Longview, Texas. The orchestra was founded in 1968 under the direction of James Snowden, a local band director who led the charge to develop a ...
The Contributions of Jane Smisor Bastien to Piano Teaching
(2011)
The impact of Jane Smisor Bastien (b. 1936) on the field of piano teaching is investigated in this document, both in terms of her teaching materials and with respect to her effectiveness as an independent teacher. Bastien ...
An Application of the Principles of Anatomy, Physiology, and Neurology to the Balancing and Playing of the Flute
(2010)
Flutists encounter significant physical problems in the course of their everyday playing of the instrument and frequently are not given the detailed and accurate scientific teaching and training that would prevent the ...