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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 ...
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 ...
Rhetoric and Gesture in the Performance of Seventeenth-Century Vocal Music
(2016)
In this document I approach the performance of seventeenth-century vocal music via rhetorically-informed analytical procedures. I draw from primary sources such as Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria and several seventeenth ...
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 ...
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 ...