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I Play For Togetherness: Impacts of Audio-Visual Asynchrony on Feelings of Social Closeness in Adult Community Wind Band Musicians
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the effects of audio-visual asynchrony on feelings of social closeness in adult community band musicians. This study is situated within the fields of music cognition and ... -
A Comprehensive Guide for Learning Cello Vibrato
Vibrato has become such a critical technique in today’s instrumental performance that it is surprising to find it only lightly recorded in pedagogical literature, especially with respects to systematic teaching. The learning ... -
The Pursuit of Modernity: The Evolution of Korean Popular Music in the Age of Globalization
This dissertation examines the various meanings of modernity in the history of Korean pop music, focusing on several crucial turning points in the development of K-pop. Since the late 1980s, Korean pop music has aspired ... -
Recognizing Fear in the Voice Studio and Applying Strategies for Redirection
This document is a compilation of teaching strategies to inform teachers of singing or singing teachers, and choral conductors about the negative impact fear and anxiety may have on the voice student. It catalogues the ... -
The Everlasting Folia: A Violinist's Guide to Folias through Context, Catalog, Analysis, and Practice
Arcangelo Corelli’s Follia was the last of his 12 Violin Sonatas Op. 5, published in 1700. The work is a theme and variations based on the later folia, a musical form from the late 17th century. Corelli’s Follia was highly ... -
Degenerate
Degenerate is a composition for voice, bass clarinet, double bass, ruler, percussion, electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. The piece draws inspiration from the genre of metal but doesn’t directly adhere to the structural ... -
A Voice in the Choir: Modernizing the Language and Practice of Voice Pedagogy in the Choral Culture
Advancement and language in contemporary voice pedagogy have shifted significantly in the twenty-first century, and practitioners have raised concerns about updated understanding and application in the choral setting. ... -
A Comparative Study of Four American Professional Wind Bands
This study compares the repertoire, business models, and philosophies of four American professional wind bands; Dallas Winds, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, San Diego Winds, and the Royal Hawaiian Band. For the purposes of this ... -
A Visit to the Sky-mother Mountain
University of Washington Abstract A Visit to the Sky-mother Mountain Lu Yin Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Joël-François Durand School of Music “Would you have me bow my head before mighty prices, forgetting all the ... -
The Gould Standard: An Examination of the Pedagogical Philosophies of Mark Gould
The purpose of this dissertation is to elaborate upon the teaching methods and pedagogical philosophies of renowned trumpeter, Mark Gould. Gould was co-principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1974-2003, ... -
THE LIFE AND WORK OF ROELOF TEMMINGH (1946-2012): A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO SELECTED CHORAL WORKS
Roelof Temmingh (1946-2012) was one of the most important composers and pedagogues of music composition in South Africa in the twentieth century. Temmingh, an immigrant from the Netherlands, dedicated his life to teaching ... -
Analyzing Perceived Time: A Husserlian Study of Temporal-Consciousness in Gérard Grisey's Vortex Temporum and Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories
This essay explores the varying effects of music on the temporal perception of listeners by closely analyzing two 20th century works: Gérard Grisey’s Vortex Temporum and Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories. Although ... -
Max Reger’s Adaptations of Bach Keyboard Works for the Organ
The history and performance of transcriptions of works by other composers is vast, largely stemming from the Romantic period and forward, though there are examples of such practices in earlier musical periods. In particular, ... -
"YOU JUST GOTTA BE GREAT": NARRATIVES OF EXPERIENCE FROM TWO WOMEN CONDUCTING IN THE LUTHERAN COLLEGIATE CHORAL CONTEXT
Many quantitative studies have shown that there is gender disparity in higher education. In college music programs, for example, women make up just 32% of music faculty (Music Data Summaries 2017-2018, Chart 7), even though ... -
Shape-note and Bluegrass Music in the Choral Curriculum: An Experiment in Implementation of Potential New Genres
University of Washington Abstract Shape-note and Bluegrass Music in the Choral Curriculum: An Experiment in Implementation of Potential New Genres John Eric Rutherford Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Giselle Wyers ... -
The Increasing Expressivities in Slow Movements of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas: Op. 2 No. 2, Op. 13, Op. 53, Op. 57, Op. 101 and Op. 110
Ludwig van Beethoven’s influential status is not only seen in the keyboard literature but also in the entire music world. The thirty-two piano sonatas are especially representative of his unique and creative compositional ... -
Unity in György Ligeti’s First Book of Etudes for Piano
This dissertation analyzes the six etudes in György Ligeti’s first book of etudes for piano. Each etude is examined, both individually and within the context of the entire group of six. There are allusions to a wide variety ... -
Six Quintets for Flute and Strings Attributed to Luigi Boccherini (G 437-442): A Critical Edition
The Six Quintets for flute, violin, viola, and two cellos, G 437-442, attributed to the Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) have been recorded twice, but, surprisingly, they have never been published. ... -
Wind Chamber Music by Women Composers - The Biographies, Compositional Techniques, and Perspectives of Jocelyn Morlock, Elizabeth Raum, Marilyn Shrude, and Augusta Read Thomas
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the perspectives of four women composers to address the need for visibility of women composers and their wind chamber music. Interviews with Jocelyn Morlock, Elizabeth Raum, ... -
A Heritage of Songs: The Folk Song Collections of Carrie Grover
Carrie Grover, a homemaker and folk singer from Gorham, Maine via Nova Scotia, Canada, preserved, in her head, over 200 folk songs that she learned from her parents and other family members, passed down through the ...
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