This paper supports a performance by children's voices using unison and three-part treble music. Folksongs from widely contrasting cultures in their unique native languages was the focus of this masters recital. Unison pieces for this performance included: "Three Yoruba Native s…
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This dissertation provides an introduction to the Turkish genre of instrumental improvisation known as taksim, a mostly untaught and unnotated element within a larger tradition that has both theory and literature. The exposition focusses on the lessons and improvised models of t…
The purpose of this study was to develop a recommended content base for a course of study for a D-4 music methods course to be used in the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. Recommendations are based upon information obtained from the administration of a survey covering curre…
For many years, Africa was referred to as the Dark Continent, because many Westerners could not look into the lifestyles and mysteries that might exist there. Superstitions about Africans were common, causing many outsiders to think of Africans as being somewhat less than human.…
Lennie Tristano was a pioneering jazz musician who, through a succession of innovations, transgressed the boundaries of jazz as well as conventional style categories of jazz history; as a result, his music represents a rare achievement of individuality. For example, in 1949 he m…
Few composers can claim the same level of popularity with the public and in the concert hall as Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Unfortunately, however, many early-twentieth-century scholars, music critics, and music theorists have discussed Tchaikovsky’s music in a manner which reveals their…
The purpose of the study is to examine how professional growth is sustained over time through exploring a teacher’s narrative of personal and professional growth. The central question of this dissertation is: What creates sustainable and continuous positive professional change a…
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) inaugurated new eras of music history with their innovative approaches, although they lived a century apart and pursued different styles of piano composition. Beethoven devoted much of his compositional output to p…
The political, counter-cultural, and artistic movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States gave rise to a new artistic methodology called Social Practice. In Social Practice more value is placed upon the process of creating rather than in the result or product; experien…
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a conductor’s analysis of a specific set of repertoire by African-American composer Lena McLin. The selected works share three common traits: (1) they are all scored for mixed chorus; (2) they are all cantatas; and (3) they explore …
This article examines the history of music and arts integration on childhood-age learning processes, with emphases on the cognitive and educational benefits of music. The researcher proposes the question, “What role does music play in a typical elementary classroom?” and investi…
Music ministry in the Christian tradition engages people in the process of growth, both in regard to their musicianship and in their wider formation as human beings and disciples of Christ. This document focuses on the closely related areas of music education and human formation…
This Commentary contextualises and places within a critical framework, three books on Film Music written by myself.(1) The books, written between 2013 and 2015, are targeted toward students of film music and professional practitioners. This Commentary has given me the opportunit…
The cultural Somali population has been growing within the American education system (Hassan & Smith, 2017), yet this population has largely been absent in secondary music programs. The purpose of this case study was to explore the perceptions of Somali-American community leader…
Between March and November of 2020, I composed my piano cycle, Arcanum Perpetuum, in partial fulfillment of this dissertation. I consider this work to be a significant milestone in my compositional development not only due to its large scale but also because of its personal natu…
There is an extensive body of American compositions for euphonium and wind ensemble that developed in the Golden Age of Bands, came to fruition in the late 20th century, and continues to diversify through the 21st century. This document includes historical discussion of the euph…
Bu araştırmada, Burdur yöresi Türk halk müziği üçtelli bağlamasının çeşitli yönleriyle incelenmesi ve eğitim fakülteleri müzik eğitimi programlarında kullanım durumunun uzman görüşleri doğrultusunda değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada uzman görüşlerinin kapsamı üçtelli …