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THE PROGRAMMING OF WOMEN COMPOSERS: PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF OKLAHOMA SECONDARY SCHOOL BAND DIRECTORS
(2020-06)
The purpose of this study was to investigate Oklahoma secondary school band directors’ perceptions and programming of women composers. Specifically, I measured Oklahoma secondary school band directors’ (a) familiarity with ...
Catching Up With Cabaret: Finding Deeper Meaning in a Never-Ending Adaptation
(2022-05-13)
Cabaret, a 1966 Broadway musical with book by Joe Masteroff and music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, and the 1972 film of the same name, directed by Bob Fosse, have been subjects of considerable scholarly research ...
Teaching Music Theory Through Musical Theatre Repertoire
(2020-05)
This document uses musical theatre repertoire to both reinforce and extend music-theoretical concepts typically taught in undergraduate theory sequences. Three such concepts—modulation, form, and counterpoint—are examined ...
Sounds of Native Oklahoma: The Significance of Fred Cardin, Jack F. Kilpatrick, and Tessie Mobley for the Musical Culture of America
(2021-05-14)
By showcasing three biographies of notable twentieth-century Native American musicians, this project provides a cultural context for debating issues of inclusion in the development of American classical music life. The ...
Symphony No. 4 "Immortal"
(2016-05)
My fourth symphony, Immortal, was conceived as I viewed the busts of Roman Emperors on display at the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Museum of Art. All of the figures are representative of people who are remembered ...
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 ...
The Performer-Audience Connection: An Exploration of the Performative Power of Drag Queens in Oklahoma City
(2016-08)
This thesis explores the potential for empowerment that drag performance has on the lives of drag performers and their audience members. I have attended over one hundred drag performances in Oklahoma City from January 2015 ...
Metaschemata and Working Memory: The Effect of Musical Knowledge on the Acquisition of Aural Skills
(2017-05-12)
In the undergraduate music theory curriculum, aural skills are often regarded as more physical than cognitive, which I suspect is partially due to a lack of understanding as to which cognitive processes and tools are used ...
Symphony No. 1
(2020-05)
Symphony No. 1 is a symphony in four movements consisting of movement 1, which is an ABCAD allegro with an introduction; Movement 2, which is an ABA largo; movement 3, which is a Minuet & Trio; and Movement 4, a third rondo ...