Thesiss

If crime stories continually pass before the public eye, a subset of those crimes become social dramas, upsetting and even transfixing a community for weeks and months at a time. Centered upon a series of murder cases in Virginia, this project charts the evolution of crime sensa…

This research paper will examine William Bolcom’s compositional style and performance challenges related to Three Popular Rags (1967-1968), Knockout: A Rag (2008), Estela: Rag Latino (2010), and Contentment - A Rag (2015). The aim is to reveal some of his contributions to the re…