Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is an innovative musician who stands out as perhaps one of the three most influential jazz guitarists since the 1980s, together with John Scofield and Pat Metheny. Frisell was influenced by ...

The purpose of this scholarly essay, in support of two doctoral project lecture recitals, is to provide pedagogical approaches toward development of historically accurate classical pianoforte improvisation, specifically ...

This scholarly essay compares selected cello works of Johannes Brahms (1865, 1886) and Robert Schumann (1849). For Brahms, Schumann was one of the greatest composers as well as his mentor. For Schumann, Brahms was a brilliant ...

The collection of recordings, Charlie Parker with Strings is considered by many to be among his greatest artistic achievements. Approximately 65 years after the creation of these recordings, there is very little scholarly ...

This document examines the artistic collaboration between Mstislav Rostropovich (1927– 2007) and Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953) and provides a comparative study of Prokofiev's use of cello techniques in his Cello Concerto, ...

Among all barriers to a professional pianist’s performance, hand injuries can be the most traumatic. Chronic pain and other debilitating problems can not only cause physical suffering, but severe and emotional turmoil ...

This study is an examination of the British composer David Ellis (b. 1933) and his seven works for solo and chamber music. The study explores the background of the composer and the seven works in general, analyzes the ...

As a vocal coach and accompanist in operatic productions, I utilize piano-vocal scores regularly. The organization of piano-vocal scores within the Nineteenth-Century Italian operatic repertoire varies by publisher and ...

During the “Golden Age” of pianism (1880-1930), virtuosic transcriptions were popular repertoire in concerts. As the waltz became the rage in Vienna, the waltzes of Johann Strauss were the prime subjects for piano ...

Many aspire to excellence in musical performance, yet few performers are able to achieve it, much less raise the standard of excellence. Hubert Laws is one of those rare performers who has been able to raise the level of ...