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"…we live in an age in which celebrity is often confused with greatness, in which a genius like Anders Eliasson – who lives as an ‘artistic monk' – can fall completely through the cracks of public awareness. In a sane world, Anders...
Eric Mandat: His Musical Life, a Performer's Perspective of "Preludes, Book 1" and "Rrowzer!", and a Descriptive Catalog of His Published Works (1980-2010)
Eric Mandat's contributions to the advancement of the clarinet through pedagogy, performance, and composition are significant. As a respected pedagogue, he has served as Professor of Music and Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois...
This treatise focuses on John Luther Adams's piece Inuksuit, a percussion composition for nine to ninety-nine percussionists to be performed outdoors. A biographical overview of Adams's life and inspiration of Inuksuit will be presented, ...
David Werner Amram III, is a unique figure in American music to whom musical compartments mean nothing. He is a respected composer and conductor of western art-music, having served as composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic...
The purpose of this document is to identify and describe each of the works for flute and piano by Philippe Gaubert. It serves as a resource to flutists to explain the unique and idiomatic way Gaubert wrote for the flute, and will...
The bassoon lacks the substantial concerto repertoire of many of its orchestral counterparts. Although, beyond Mozart, this may pose programming issues for orchestras and chamber ensembles, the dearth of literature may spell opportunity...
The purpose of this research is to provide a foundational collection of activities and basic anatomy for beginning the transfer of concepts and techniques from Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, and Body Mapping into daily clarinet...
Laurence Sherr is a contemporary American composer with his own unique and recognizable compositional voice. His three chamber works for flute, Dhammapada Verses (1990, rev. 2001) for soprano, flute, percussion, and piano; Journeys...
This treatise is a selective annotated bibliography of transcriptions for the solo clarinet alone and solo clarinet with piano. The purpose of the document is to demonstrate the significance and importance of transcriptions and justify...
The Ten Blake Songs helped to establish the unique ensemble combination of voice and oboe and has become a major staple in the chamber music repertoire for both oboists and singers. Vaughan Williams wrote the work in 1958—the last year...
In July 2011, I began to lay the foundation of the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra (TFO) in Branson, Missouri, and we completed our fourth successful concert season in June 2015. The TFO is a two-week classical music festival in Branson, ...
This treatise will introduce the solo piano works of Aaron Jay Kernis to pianists interested in learning his music and show how Kernis' use of musical quotation constructs the musical content of these pieces using musical quotation, ...
This treatise focuses on the chamber music by Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre featuring the flute. Nobre's catalogue contains more than 250 works, twenty of which feature the flute in a solo or chamber context. The flute works include...
The purpose of this document is to present different challenges, issues, and potential complications which have become commonplace in contemporary wind band literature—specifically in percussion parts—with suggested solutions for...
This annotated bibliography is a practical resource for clarinetists, pedagogues, and scholars wishing to familiarize themselves with 21st century 'American' clarinet concerti composed between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2013. While...
This treatise examines the life and teaching of the eminent American flutist Albert Tipton. He studied with William Kincaid at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, was solo flutist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis...
Ulrich Gasser is a contemporary Swiss composer who has written music for nearly every instrument. His compositions for orchestra, chamber winds, choral groups, piano, and organ have been performed throughout Europe. His extensive...
The low flute family–including the alto, bass, contralto, contrabass, subcontrabass, double contrabass, and hyperbass flutes–is experiencing an increase in instrument making, repertoire, and performance opportunities. With growing...
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