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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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• Extended techniques for snare drum, with suggestions for the soloist and jazz drummer 

  Busath, Stephen Mitchell (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  Composers and percussionists are always looking for new ways to make sounds. The snare drum is at the forefront of this exploration currently, as it was throughout the twentieth century. There have been many solos ...

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• The significant contributions of the Brecker Brothers bands, 1975-1996 

  Madsen, Christopher Aaron (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  The Brecker Brothers band was a jazz/funk/rock fusion ensemble which began in 1975 in New York City. Originally from Philadelphia, brothers Randy (trumpet, 1945-) and Michael (1949–2007) began their careers in the 1960s ...

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