Browsing Composition, Music Theory and Musicology Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Mobberley, James"
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Nidra for chamber orchestra
(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
(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 ... -
Pictures of strangers
(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 ... -
Quaerere Sententias I
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)Quaerere Sententias (“search for meaning”) is a collection of pieces composed for soloists, digital audio, and video. The first set, Quaerere Sententias I, is comprised of three pieces: Introit, for trumpet; Hiram, for ... -
Queen of Heaven for piano and electronics
(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 ... -
Shatter and spin again
(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
(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 ... -
Things unseen
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)This piece began as my reaction to a series of personal losses during my final year of graduate school. The most intense of these losses was a rapid decline in my father's health, which brought many changes to my family. ... -
Till Coffee Do Us Part
(2016)Till Coffee Do Us Part is a chamber opera scored for two violins, cello, electronics, soprano, and tenor. The opera was written as a part of Black House Collective’s and the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alli ... -
Tsuki no Shirabe for flute and koto
(2015)Tsuki no Shirabe was composed at the request of Jun Aita-san to commemorate her 60th birthday of her mother, Michiko Saito-san. I asked to compose music that is both reminiscent of Japanese music and aesthetics, and also ...