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This ethnography of recording studio work shows both the importance of the non-musical in shaping systems of musical practice, and the extent to which traditional music practices (including Anatolian ethnic, Turkish folk, Karadeniz, and Ottoman art musics) now exist within and a…

Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a very common health problem. Nurses in clinical practice collect large volumes of PU data every day, which must be recorded and used appropriately. With this in mind, this research explored how PU data is recorded and used in clinical settings. In addi…

There exists a gap in the electroacoustic flute repertoire: tonal, melodically-based flute music which utilizes the technology and innovative synthesized sounds available today. At the same time, many flutists are not taught how to perform with synthesized sound or work with mus…

Professional musicians have become increasingly independent of record companies and other investors that would seek to make a financial gain from the artist’s success. With the availability of relatively inexpensive professional recording equipment, musicians can now purchase an…

The aim of this dissertation is to help assimilate the solo piano works of Robert Muczynski into the active 20th century piano repertoire, by providing pianists, musicologists, and listeners with the composer’s complete solo piano output on CD, for the first time. Of the fifteen…