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The ability to learn and execute extended techniques is not universal among bassoonists, yet the concept of extending technique in general has been fundamental to the development and evolution of the bassoon over the centuries. Many of...
This treatise proposes a narrative approach for analyzing Missy Mazzoli’s solo piano works based on the theory of Byron Almén. The first part of Chapter 1 is devoted to explaining narrative approaches, based on gestures, semiotics, ...
In this treatise, I study four of Kenneth Frazelle’s piano works, Elixir, Appearances, Inventions to Marden and Wildflowers. In composing these works, Frazelle took inspiration from extramusical sources including Paul Cezanne’s artistic...
This study aims to reveal the challenges faced by a qualified English-to-Chinese interpreter, and to provide a practical guide for English-to-Chinese interpreters in piano master classes. Piano master classes at the third Sichuan...
This treatise examines the practical application of the piano technique known as the Taubman Approach to one of Maurice Ravel’s most challenging works, Gaspard de la nuit. The Taubman Approach provides strategies based on physiological...
Contemporary New Zealand Piano Music: Four Selected Works from Twelve Landscape Preludes: Landscape Prelude, the Street Where I Live, Sleeper and the Horizon from Owhiro Bay
Landscape Preludes is a collection of pieces commissioned in 2003 by New Zealand pianist Stephen de Pledge from twelve New Zealand composers. The writing took about four years and the complete set was first performed by de Pledge at the...
Piano literature (or keyboard repertory studies) is commonly included in piano performance and some piano pedagogy degrees in the United States. This single or sequential course is required by the National Association of Schools of Music...
The following treatise is based on content from two separate lecture recitals that I previously delivered at Florida State University. The first lecture recital was presented on April 6, 2016. There, an in-depth analysis of Witold...
The purpose of this treatise is to introduce and discuss Victoria Bond’s keyboard works and to preserve their individual origin stories. As of February 2020, there are two piano concerti, eight unique works featuring keyboard as the only...
This treatise explores selected compositions by the contemporary Russian composers Mikhail Kollontay and Valery Arzoumanov. Each of the two chapters is based on a lecture recital given at Florida State University. The first chapter...
The following treatise is based on content from two separate lecture recitals that the author previously delivered at Florida State University. Followed by performances of the pieces, the first lecture recital featured Shinuh Lee’s...
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 is based on two lecture-recitals that were given as part of the Doctor of Music degree requirements at Florida State University on November 17, 2016 and November 13, 2017. The first lecture recital focused on the Sonate Nr....
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