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The three Americas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This instrumental piece is the result of my attempt to mix principles of modern fine art composition techniques with melodies, rhythms, and harmonies, originated from the popular music of the three Americas. From South ...
Development and validation of a rating scale for wind jazz improvisation performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a rating scale for collegiate wind jazz improvisation performance. The 14-item Wind Jazz Improvisation Evaluation Scale (WJIES) was constructed and refined through a ...
Criteria identified by selected Missouri high school choral directors for placement of concert repertoire in concert order
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This descriptive study was designed to investigate the criteria used by selected Missouri high school choral music educators for sequencing repertoire on concert programs. The purposes were to (a) examine choral music ...
I ain't no size two' : feminist conversations and controversial messages in Meghan Trainor's empowerment songs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Meghan Trainor's brand -- while thoroughly debated among critics and consumers -- provides a gateway to conversations on body acceptance, gender equality, and female empowerment through the use of provocative lyrics, catchy ...
Bellini's Norma: a comparative study of significant leading ladies from Pasta to Callas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In the rich tradition of bel canto opera the surviving details surrounding the performances of the leading role from Norma (1831) of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) provide ample basis for a comparison of seven celebrated ...
When theories of psychology and composition intersect : a case study of Schoenberg, Dutilleux, and Lansky
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Although music had been understood for centuries to affect and even express certain psychological states, the method of observation and study essential to the evolving field of psychology and neuroscience in the twentieth ...
1977-1978 UMC Concert Series
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1977)
Schedule for the University of Missouri Jesse Auditorium Series and Chamber Music Series for 1977-1978. Performances were by Eugene Fodor, Philarmonia Hungarica, Jorge Bolet, St. Louis Symphony, Canadian Brass Quintet, ...
UMC Concert Series, 1978-79
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1978)
Schedule for the University of Missouri Jesse Auditorim Series and Chamber Music Series for 1978-1979. Performances by: Anthony and Joseph Paratore, The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Marily Horne, The Canadian Opera ...
All-Beethoven holiday concert ... Saturday, December 3, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"Some commentators have suggested that Beethoven's music for voices is not as "grateful" to singers as, say, the vocal music of Schubert or Brahms. These observers miss the point. Part of the significance of his legacy is ...
Elegant evening with Mel Torme and George Shearing ... Monday, March 20, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"One of the happiest facts in the history of twentieth-century American music is the chronological coincidence of the glory days of Tin Pan Alley and the emergence and evolution of jazz. Both of these grand musical traditions ...
Hubbard Stret Dance Company ... Wednesday, March 8, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"Chicago's own Hubbard Street Dance Company is entering its second decade of entertaining audiences with its own highly acclaimed style of dance. The original company of four women was formed in late 1977, when Barbara ...
Gerry Mulligan, Saxophonist with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet ... Thursday, October 13, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"For almost four decades Gerry Mulligan has been a leading spirit in the unfolding history of jazz. His reputation is largely based on his skills as a baritone saxophonist and an arranger, but it is unquestionably his ...
Midori, violin with Robert McDonald, piano ... Tuesday, February 11, 1992
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1992)
"Since its ascendancy over the cornetto, the gamba, and other treble instruments in the mid-seventeenth century, the violin has been at the center of fine-art musicmaking in Western civilzation. As a solo instrument, as a ...
Midnight madness in the manner of Mozart
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1991)
A prologue to a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro by The New York City Opera National Company on Friday, 1 March 1991 in Jesse Auditorium
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ... Jesse Auditorium, January 22, 1985
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1985)
Montserrat Cabelle and Marilyn Horne with MU Philharmonic
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1986)
Montserrat Cabelle and Marilyn Horne in Performance, MU Philharmonic in Jesse Hall, University of Missouri, February 5, 1986
Evening of jazz ... April 18, 1989, Missouri Theater
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"The JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM at the University of Missouri - Columbia is designed to develop both performance and writing skills and give students the wide-ranging flexibility necessary to meet the varying demands of today's ...
Evening of jazz ... April 14, 1989, Marceline, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"The JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM at the University of Missouri - Columbia is designed to develop both performance and writing skills and give students the wide-ranging flexibility necessary to meet the varying demands of today's ...
Concert Band and Symphony Band ... Monday, April 10, 1989, 8:00 p.m., Jesse Auditorium
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
Evening of jazz ... March 7, 1989, Jesse Auditorium
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"The JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM at the University of Missouri - Columbia is designed to develop both performance and writing skills and give students the wide-ranging flexibility necessary to meet the varying demands of today's ...