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GUIDELINES FOR TEACHING THE SOPRANO VOICE AT THE KENYAN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE USE OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC (University of Illinois, 2016)The fundamental reason for this research project is to create an indigenous based music guidelines for individual vocal lessons (soprano) at the high school level in Kenya. The present curriculum neither includes indigenous ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)John Scofield has created a very distinctive guitar sound and style over a long and impressive recording career spanning 40 years. He has played and recorded with many legendary musicians throughout this time. He has been ...
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(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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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017)George Van Eps (1913-1998) is a legendary figure among jazz guitarists, not only for his innovation in developing and performing on a 7-string instrument and the ability to perform unaccompanied, but also for his ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)Online video games are the latest artform of our time and music is key to its thematic unity and narrative momentum. The social demands of online video games are high, and players are significantly engaged by game ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)Harpo Marx, née Arthur Marx, was one of the most important harpists in the twentieth century. Although he began as a self-taught musician and never learned to read music, he introduced the harp to millions of people ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-04)This is a historical study of the hand written part books of the Humboldt, Kansas Brass Band. Critical editions of four selections provide insight into the history of the books as well as the musicians who created and ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)The purpose of this thesis is to explore Iannis Xenakis’ work, Gmeeoorh for organ, based on the use of his compositional technique, arborescence, and also to offer new insights into the performance of avant-garde organ ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)Ronnie Cuber stands out as one of the most notable baritone saxophonists in recent history. Throughout his career he has worked alongside a variety of notable musicians such as Slide Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Eddie ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-05)The titular role of George Enescu’s opera, Oedipe, is one of the most challenging bass-baritone roles in the literature. With a vast scope and a rare level of notational specificity, the part ranges from Wagnerian lyricism ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)This project explores the oboe’s distinct role and capabilities in two microtonal works: L’Espritdes dunes (1994) by Tristan Murail, and The Book (2011) by Toby Twining, originally written for countertenor and cello as ...
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Jamaican Composers in the Classical Tradition: Three Vocal Works by Dexter, Ashbourne, and Marshall (2013-05)Classical music has been present in the Jamaica since the 18 century. The country conquered by Britain in 1655, still bears its European influence in its current culture. With a history of many cultures sharing common ...
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(University of Illinois, 2009)This project is an analysis of the jazz improvisation concepts utilized by tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza. This analysis will be drawn from a series of nine written transcriptions of improvised solos that span from 1986 ...
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Jazz for the cello: Fostering effective expression through historic transcribed brass and reed solos (School of Music. College of Fine and Applied Arts. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2017-04-27)Stringed instruments naturally possess a vocal quality where, similar to the human voice, notes can be modified through bends and slides, lending themselves to numerous styles of music. As jazz, and the blues are America’s ...
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(University of Illinois, 2014-10)The purpose of this document is to introduce a novel way to learn a new piece of classical music by use of a jazz improvisational approach. Within this document, a jazz improvisational approach (JIA) is defined as a method ...
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(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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(School of Music. College of Fine and Applied Arts. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2017-04-18)The goal of this thesis is to examine the contrapuntal jazz piano techniques of several reputable players known for the use of counterpoint in their ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)The goal of this study is to test the practicality and effectiveness of supplementing traditional jazz improvisation pedagogy with a method book that centers around rhetorical devices more commonly associated with the ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)In 2014, Patricia Shehan Campbell convened the College Music Society’s Task Force on the Undergraduate Music Major (TFUMM). The task force, including lead author Ed Sarath, published a report called Transforming Music ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)Jean Xavier Lefèvre wrote his Méthode de Clarinette in 1802 for use at the Paris Conservatoire. This clarinet tutor was influenced by its precursor, the Méthode Nouvelle et Raisonnée pour la Clarinette (1785) ...
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