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  • Narong Prangcharoen and Thai cross-cultural fusion in contemporary composition 

    Chucherdwatanasak, Nathinee (2014-07-30)
    Narong Prangcharoen (b.1973) has become one of the leading Asian classical composers since he won a number of international awards and received numerous commissions from major orchestras and individual distinguished ...
  • Naya Jeevan, concerto for double bass and wind ensemble 

    Cole, Andrew Seager (2014-07-17)
    Naya Jeevan, meaning new life in Hindi, is a twenty-four minute, two-movement concerto for double bass and wind ensemble. While the two movements vary drastically in mood, texture, and tone, they both explore intensity ...
  • Nidra for chamber orchestra 

    Ng, Kelvin King Fung (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
    I believe in music as spiritual conveyor. My musical goal is to enhance this function. The current thesis is an attempt, of which the principle is to reach the spiritual through the corporeal, to resonate the mutual ...
  • Pathétique: a tale of two rabbys 

    Padavic, Brian Thomas (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-29)
    My thesis incorporates a variety of contrasting styles and musical material in an attempt to unify them under the same work while maintaining a unique sound. Since I began composing, I've heard this collaboration in my ...
  • Pedagogical literature for violists: selected studies from Lillian Fuchs's 16 Fantasy Études and corresponding orchestral excerpts 

    Chen, Yu-Fang (2013)
    Few colleges and music festivals offer intensive orchestral studies programs as part of the string department curriculum, and those that do focus solely on excerpts and audition preparation. This dissertation proposes a ...
  • Pictures of strangers 

    Baumgardner, Myles Bradford, 1980- (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-10-25)
    Pictures of Strangers is primarily concerned with the differences between perception and reality. These differences are approached both conceptually and musically through a variety of means. The movement titles are drawn ...
  • Plantains in the rain 

    Wang, A Mao (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-12)
    "Plantains in the Rain" is an early masterpiece of Cantonese music (a type of Chinese traditional instrumental ensemble music). The piece depicts the pattering of rain drops on plantains in early summer. My composition ...
  • Pray for the lights to go out: the portrayal of Blacks in Kansas City published sheet music 

    Ogunmola, AnnaMarie Lois, 1982- (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-20)
    This study examines sixteen pieces of sheet music published in Kansas City, Missouri, dating from the 1880s through the 1930s. The pieces are located in the LaBudde Special Collections at the University of Missouri-Kansas ...
  • Principles and Methods of Teaching Foreign Language Pronunciation for Singers 

    Harder, Julia Lane (1982)
    Most college music departments have courses in diction designed to introduce the pronunciation of the three or four languages used in vocal solo repertoire, saving the private voice teacher valuable time in the studio. ...
  • Promoting parent-child secure attachment bonds in adoptive families through community-based family music groups: a heuristic grounded theory study 

    McAlpin, Erin Lyn (2013)
    The purpose of this heuristic grounded theory study was to discover how community-based family music groups could foster bonding development in adoptive families. The subjects were 11 adoptive families with a total of 41 ...
  • Qiuci fantasy for full orchestra 

    Li, Xinyan (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
    Qiuci Fantasy is a two-movement work for full orchestra. Its inspiration comes from the Quici people, who lived about 1,400 years ago in the Kuche region of northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The Quici people ...
  • Queen of Heaven for piano and electronics 

    Blasco, Scott Peter (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-11-04)
    Queen of Heaven is a large-scale composition for piano and electronics, cast as five meditations on the Virgin Mary. Each of the five movements is set in musical materials that both subjectively and symbolically express ...
  • (Re)constructing Johann Sebastian Bach: reception history and performance practice in New York City during the Great War 

    Marks, Thomas Jared (2013)
    The perception of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in New York City during the time of the Great War can be illuminated through two threads: 1) reception history and reputation, and 2) contemporary performance practices. ...
  • Reconsidering George Gershwin and an American in Paris as an extension of the romantic tradition 

    Fowler, Andrea Lynn (2014-07-28)
    George Gershwin's legacy as an American composer is fraught with contradictions. He is classified primarily as a composer of popular music by many despite his relatively successful attempts to enter the classical world. ...
  • Shadow of dew drops for piano trio 

    He, Yuanyuan, 1985- (2013)
    Shadow of Dew Drops for violin, violoncello and piano was inspired by a poetry of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) "Xiao Chi - A little Pond" written by the famous poet Yang Wanli (1127-1206). This poetry depicts: the silent ...
  • Shatter and spin again 

    Copp, Mackenzie Ann (2013)
    There are many reasons for accepting viewpoints that are naîve and uncompromising. Maybe it's the only position to which we've been exposed. Maybe it's easier to accept instead of to question. But it is in the relief of ...
  • Sinfonietta for wind ensemble augmented with string quartet 

    Eichenbaum, Daniel Adam (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-09)
    A small consort of strings joins a full-sized wind ensemble in Sinfonietta. Although it is not a concerto, Sinfonietta flips the classical notion of an orchestra on its head. Whereas the Classical orchestra represented ...
  • Songs from behind the curtain, an opera in three acts 

    Jesperson, Ryan (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-25)
    Songs from Behind the Curtain is the story of Pascal Baur, a damaged composer in 1980's Hartford, who, as the musical director of the Hartford Opera Company, is encoding Soviet messages into his operas. Within the operas ...
  • A study of orchestral audition repertoire for violin 

    Brandolino, Lawrence Anthony (University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-09-26)
    Very few colleges have a career-intensive program of orchestral audition preparation in their applied violin curriculum. This dissertation attempts to satisfy the need for a curriculum of audition repertoire study in the ...
  • Symphony No. 2 (“Brasiliana”) by Walter Burle Marx: an edition and commentary 

    Landi, Marcio Spartaco Nigri (2013)
    This research on the Brazilian composer Walter Burle Marx (b São Paulo, 1902; d Akron, Ohio, 1990) is part of an ambitious project, which aims at publishing a performing edition of all four of Burle Marx's symphonies. ...