In this dissertation I argue that the Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM, 1962-1971) accurately exemplifies how the embrace of avant-garde art music by several young Latin American composers is crucial ...

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) developed a sophisticated harmonic system in the 1980s and continues to incorporate and refine this system in more recent works. This dissertation examines the composer's consistent and methodical ...

This is an analytical study of "Burundanga" or "Cantata Antillana" by Jack Délano (1914-1997). One of Délano’s most ambitious choral-orchestral compositions, "Burundanga" was completed in 1989 in response to a commission ...

Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) was one of the most well-known and highly-respected musicians in Italy during the late baroque period, although his music is scarcely known or heard today. In the past twenty years, access ...

Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a widespread epidemic in the world of instrumental and vocal performance. While traditional music education provides a solid training in terms of technical and interpretive execution, ...

The applied lesson is the cornerstone of undergraduate music education. Although this setting has trained musicians for centuries, it remains chronically under-researched. While a growing body of research with regard to ...

Dominick Argento was born on October 27, 1927 in York, Pennsylvania. His oeuvre consists of works in every significant twentieth-century genre, but he is best known for his vocal compositions, in particular for his operas ...