The dissertation consists of a musical, theatrical cycle of five pieces for eleven instrumentalists, six singers and electronics. This work is the outcome of research that first started with the exploration of metaphors and numbers in the framework of matrix representations as a…
This thesis investigates the roles, themes, techniques and contexts of composition in hip-hop. It seeks to explain how hip-hop artists view and define their work, while also taking into consideration the viewpoints of other participants in the marketing pool of hip-hop productio…
I came from the Islamic republic of Iran where only one of everything has the power of speak (one religion, one political view, one educational system and etc.), I found myself in United States, land of freedom as I heard, a place to express oneself openly. It was here that I fi…
Musical theatre is commonly proclaimed to be a uniquely American art form. Yet little has been published to date that attempts to explicate how the American musical represents American patriotism. In dramatic and musical terms, what does it mean to be an American devoted to one'…