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Piano Concerto No. 1, "Concert of Sages"
(2018-12-14)
Concert of Sages comes out of the duality of my being a composer and a pianist, and my desire to express this duality. As the orchestra is a prime test of a composers’ mettle, a concerto is a prime test of a concert ...
An Investigation of the Impacts of Combined Classes on Elementary Music Education
(2018-05)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of combined classes on elementary general music education as well as to gather information about how music educators teaching combined classes in elementary general ...
Mildred Andrews Boggess: A Biography
(2017-05)
Mildred Morford Andrews Boggess (1915-1987) was an outstanding twentieth century organ teacher and performer. She was the highest-honored Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma between June 1938 to June 1976. She ...
A Measurement of Self-Efficacy Among Oklahoma Secondary Band Directors in Concert, Marching, and Jazz Ensemble Pedagogy
(2016)
The purpose of this study was to examine Oklahoma secondary band directors’ self-efficacy toward concert, marching, and jazz ensemble pedagogy. A secondary purpose was to investigate potential relationships between ...
Javanese Wayang Kulit Performed in the Classic Palace Style: An Analysis of Rama's Crown as Told by Ki Purbo Asmoro
(2016)
The wayang kulit is the most widespread form of wayang (theatrical play/performance) in Indonesia, and is considered to be one of Indonesia’s highest art forms. In the modern Indonesian language, wayang can be translated ...
Formal Delineation via Modes of Limited Transposition in Ida Gotkovsky's Sonata for Solo Clarinet
(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 ...
More Than a Key: An Analysis of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
(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 ...
A Theoretical and Topical Analysis of Cécile Chaminade's Concertino op. 107 for Flute and Piano
(2023-05-12)
Of her many works, the Concertino, op. 107 for flute and piano has experienced an enduring popularity amongst flutists. This popularity is evident based on its inclusion in Schirmer’s Flute Music by French Composers ...
Prima Donna Culture and the Tulsa Opera, 1954--1968
(2023-05-12)
This thesis explores the role of prima donnas in the Tulsa Opera in the mid-20th century and how women both onstage and offstage were essential to the development of the Tulsa Opera Company and American opera at large. I ...