In his Longwood Sketches: Suite for Organ in Four Parts (Theodore Presser, 1927), Belgian-American organist Firmin Swinnen provides the vicarious traveler with an aural t[...]

Towards the end of the 1950s, about halfway through its nearly 100-year history, jazz evolution and innovation increased at a faster pace than ever before. By 1959, it wa[...]

In my previous column, I endeavored to talk about the future by looking to the past to chronicle the many efforts that had been made to move music education and music tea[...]

Vibrato is an essential musical element in string instrument playing that enhances and facilitates expressive performance. However, the acquisition of a beautiful vibrato[...]

Pedro Humberto Allende (1885-1959), a pioneer in the development of contemporary music in Chile, was one of the most significant Chilean composers and a distinguished ped[...]

This document addresses the settings of several letters written during wartime by American service men. The author examines how the prose affects phrase length, style of [...]

This paper presents an analysis of Charles Wuorinen's Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano in four parts: an analysis of the work's form, a study of pitch-class and [...]

Sydney Hodkinson has written over 280 pieces in a wide variety of genres, including 20 works for wind ensemble. "Duae cantatae breves" is the second of three pieces writt[...]

Two research questions were formulated for the present study: (1) Are there significant differences (p < .05) among sixth-grade participants' selective attention to mu[...]

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine influences on choral music adjudicators' rating decisions of choral performance quality and (b) to see if differences existed[...]

The primary purposes of the study were to determine the extent to which secondary school instrumental music educators consistently use culturally responsive teaching appr[...]

The author demonstrates through musical analysis of the written score and observations of a YouTube performance, personal performance, and preparation for performance, th[...]

The playing of overtones on the saxophone helps in acquiring the altissimo register and improves clarity, definition, intonation, control, resonance, dynamics, timbre, an[...]

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the relationship between North Carolina pre-service music teachers’ perceived preparedness to teach online, Technologic[...]

This document is an annotated bibliography of published, original compositions for horn, tuba and piano. There have been a consistent output of works for the trio that ar[...]

The purpose of this study is to develop an annotated bibliography of pedagogical materials, appropriate for the pre-college level saxophonist. Publications selected for t[...]

The purpose of this study was to create an annotated bibliography of works for solo marimba and electronics published from 1978-2012. Thirty-four compositions were includ[...]

I. Solo Recital: Monday, April 6, 2015, 5:30 p.m., Recital Hall. Sonata (Henry Eccels); Sonatine (Jaques Casterede); Three Furies (James Grant); Adagio from the Limpid St[...]

The purpose of this study was to create an annotated catalog of the twenty-four commissioned works published in the Ithaca College Choral Series by the Theodore Presser C[...]

This document presents a collection of letters by German Modernist composer Max Reger (1873–1916) translated from German to English, many of them for the first time. The [...]

China is renowned globally for its illustrious civilization, encompassing a rich tapestry of music, dance, calligraphy, drama, sculpture, and paper-cutting. However, the [...]

This document applies the concept of a fixed vs. growth mindset to music performance in order to promote awareness among classical musicians. As first outlined by Carol S[...]

This project was intended to provide applied bassoon teachers with an overview of the foundational concepts of Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory and to provide example[...]

"Current literature in clarinet pedagogy does not accurately and sufficiently describe the coordinated use of the body in the act of clarinet playing. Some sources are da[...]

Ekaterinoslav: One Family's Passage to America is a one-act dramatic musical composition based on a 2012 collection of poems by the critically acclaimed, bestselling auth[...]