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• Jazz influence on unaccompanied horn literature: A guide to performing solo works by Douglas Hill, David Amram, and Dana Wilson 

  Pearce, Jessica (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)

  For modern classical hornists wishing to explore a different style, the unaccompanied solo genre is a way of easing into swing and improvisation. Horn solo pieces by Dana Wilson (b.1946), Douglas Hill (b.1946), and ...

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• Kyong Mee Choi’s "The Eternal Tao" interdisciplinary arts: music, choreography, lighting, and videography 

  Chao, Tai-Kuang (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)

  This thesis explores the dimensions and difficulties involved in creating new, interdisciplinary art forms, with its primary focus on Kyong Mee Choi’s one-act multi-media production, The Eternal Tao. The ...

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• Three clarinet pieces by Jörg Widmann from a performer's view: Fantasie for Clarinet Solo, Fünf Bruchstücke for Clarinet and Piano, and Nachtstück for Clarinet, Cello and Piano 

  Choi, Jiyeon (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)

  This project is a comprehensive study of the early clarinet compositions by Jörg Widmann (b. 1973). It includ es Fantasie for Clarinet Solo (1993, rev. 2001), Fünf Bruchstücke for Clarinet and ...

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• A study of selected solo piano works by Tobias Picker 

  Chen, Moye (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)

  Tobias Picker (1954- ), currently the Artistic Director of the Tulsa Opera, has also served as Artistic Consultant of the New York City Opera. As a composer, Picker is noted primarily for his operas. His works ...

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• Harmonic structure and orchestration in Toru Takemitsu's "Dream/Window" 

  Zhang, Zhaoyu (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)

  This thesis analyzes one of the late works by the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, Dream/Window, with a focus on harmonic structure and orchestration use, and introduces the influences, concepts, and compositional ...

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