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• A survey of elementary piano repertoire: a piano instructor’s resource 

  Gladden, Matthew (2017-12-08)

  This project opens with the premise that some piano instructors are unaware of or don’t have immediate access to elementary literature written by notable composers over the last few centuries. At times, this can lead to ...

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• The piano sonatas by Harold Shapero: a stylistic synthesis 

  Chan, Chia-Ying (2017-12-06)

  This research project offers an investigation into the stylistic language of the piano sonatas of Harold Shapero (1920-2013)—a twentieth-century American composer who is recognized as a member of the “Stravinsky School,” ...

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• Early-career music teachers’ perceptions of the Facebook Band Directors Group as professional induction 

  Rhodes, Andrew Land (2017-12-07)

  The dissertation investigates how early-stage teachers choose to engage with Facebook Band Directors Group (FBDG) and their perceptions of FBDG as a form of teacher induction. This study will contribute to understanding ...

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• Aesthetics of neoclassicism and populism in chamber works for woodwinds by Charles Koechlin and Francis Poulenc, 1918-1939 

  McCallum, Sara Hailey (2017-12-06)

  The interwar period in France was a time of turmoil and discovery. The end of World War I began a politicizing of the culture that extended to the farthest reaches of the arts. The question of what is authentically French ...

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• Memorization in trumpet pedagogy: a qualitative case study of its integration in the college-level applied studio 

  Reichenbach, Brian W. (2017-11-10)

  Memorization is an important component in the education of many classical musicians, but it is infrequently addressed in pedagogical literature for trumpet players. Furthermore, the area of memorization has undergone very ...

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