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Spring Music
This piece explores the sonic possibilities of a simple wooden box with springs attached. The electronic component is described in regard to performance specifications and instructions are included which detail how ... -
Staging of Musical Drama in Italy at the Turn of Seventeenth Century A History of Theatrical Production
(2014-02-24)Abstract Seventeenth-century musical drama is a product of the humanist preoccupation with the revival of the cultural ideals of the antiquity. Italian critics of the sixteenth century, after studying the classical texts ... -
The story of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet
(2000)The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet has been the wind quintet-in-residence at the University of Washington School of Music since 1968. Officially founded in 1962, when its members were on the faculty of the Conservatory of Music ... -
"Strange Interludes?": Carnivalesque Inversions and the Humorous Music of the Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers are known as iconic comedians, and much of the literature on them focuses on the humorous content of their films. Many scholars describe the Marx Brothers as iconoclasts, aiming negative satire at elite ... -
String Quartet
The motivating idea behind this string quartet is to explore the ways and methods of multi-layered musical material development, starting from the four independent instrumental parts and coming to a complete diffusion of ... -
String Quartet
(2013-04-17)The motivating idea behind this string quartet was to examine the extent to which a given contour—in this quartet, a curve abstracted from a short melodic line—could structure a piece of music at every level of its ... -
String quartet no. 2: by-products of mass media
(2006)As early as 1996, I began envisioning a string quartet in which the ensemble intersected with various dimensions of popular culture in an organic way. I sought to re-imagine the historic ensemble as descendant from 20th ... -
Stripping the Veneer and Exposing a Symbol in Mendes's Cabaret
The 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret, conceived and directed by Sam Mendes, exemplifies the versatility of the American musical. Arguably, the most iconic role in Cabaret is that of the Master of Ceremonies (Emcee), who ... -
A survey of flutists and flute activities in eighteenth-century America
(1991)The purpose of this study is to chronicle the activities of early American flutists and to provide new evidence to establish the flute's important role during America's musical nascence. Records of concert events, teaching ... -
Symmetry, Thematic Transformation, and Quotation in George Crumb's Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik
This dissertation examines George Crumb’s use of symmetry and asymmetry, thematic transformation, and quotation in his 2001 solo piano work, Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik. The paper reviews these compositional hallmarks ... -
Symphony By Numbers
(2009-11-06)Symphony By Numbers is an intermedia work of art, or perhaps visual music. The composer developed software for sound synthesis and abstract animation that was used to create the work. The artist also developed a XML schema ... -
Task-Based Variability in Children's Singing Accuracy
(2013-07-25)The purpose of this study was to explore task-based variability in children's singing accuracy performance. The research questions were: Does children's singing accuracy vary based on the nature of the singing assessment ... -
Teaching Transgender Singers
The goal of this paper is to provide an accessible resource for voice teachers teaching transgender singers. In order to best serve the students, teachers must be aware of obstacles facing transgender singers, including ... -
That is to say
An original composition for full orchestra. Premiered by the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra on March 9, 2018, David Rahbee conducting. -
The Cornfield’s Monster Diva: CeWEBrity Leslie Hall Takes Midwest Stereotypes to Camp
This dissertation analyzes the music videos and persona of internet celebrity Leslie Hall. I demonstrate how the widely circulated narrative that any ordinary person can become famous on YouTube created the ideal setting ... -
THE ECONOMIC, AESTHETIC, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL VOCAL ENSEMBLES: TOWARD A THEORY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
Professional vocal ensembles have few published resources to assist their managers in navigating the economic and societal currents of the performing arts. Yet, professional choral performance is growing across America. ... -
The Education of Musical Thinking Through the Hand according to Marie Jaëll (1846-1925)
Marie Jaëll’s (1846-1925) remarkable career and unique contribution to music deserves far more attention than it currently receives. Jaëll was an acclaimed pianist and a prolific composer, who Liszt rightly described as ... -
The Effect of Selective Attention on Error-Detection Abilities
This study evaluated the error-detection abilities of choral conductors while attending to variable quantities of simultaneously played vocal lines. The participants (n = 55) were provided 16 8-measure musical excerpts and ...