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• Analyzing musical multimedia through an equalized and holistic lens of media relationships 

  Borcherding, Carolyn (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022)

  This study provides a better understanding of the integration of visual, audio, and performative elements in multimedia. The primary significance of this project is to expose a new perspective for multimedia analysis that ...

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• The development of folk elements in George Enescu's violin works with an emphasis on Violin Sonata no. 3 

  Malaimare, Ion-Alexandru (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  The purpose of my project is to provide an analysis of the usage of folk elements in one of the standard twentieth-century violin sonatas, George Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25. His last work in this ...

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• Adapting and performing big band repertoire with a violist: A discussion and practical demonstration 

  Pellant, Lauren (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  This project presents strategies for adapting and performing repertoire written for jazz big band (i.e. five saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets, guitar, piano, bass, and drum set) to include the viola, focusing ...

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• Isang Yun's String Quartet No. 1: A performance guide 

  Lee, YooBin (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  The first time my quartet read through Isang Yun’s String Quartet No. 1 (1955), my two fellow Korean colleagues and I immediately recognized traditional Korean musical elements. Our colleague with a Western background ...

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• The electric saxophone: An examination of and guide to electroacoustic technology and classical saxophone repertoire 

  Piqué, Gabriel Lamar (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  Throughout history, advances in technology have impacted classical saxophone repertoire. As new electroacoustic tools for composition were created, classical saxophone repertoire showcasing these new creative technologies ...

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