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Effects of Literal and Metaphorical Language Use on Acoustic and Perceptual Measures of Choral Tone (University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Researchers have demonstrated that imagery and odorants can influence the physiological and psychological state of humans (Dayme, 2009; Hongratanaworakit, 2009; Song et al., 2014). Singers’ “physiological state and concept ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on flow state and self-compassion in musicians while practicing. Specifically, the following research questions were addressed: ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)The Elements: Period 2, for Large Orchestra is a 44-minute-long cycle of eight orchestral "tone images", each one based upon an individual element from the second period of the Periodic Table of Elements: Lithium, Beryllium, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-04-10)This piece is an exploration of tango music. Having played, arranged, composed, and performed this music since 2011, I consider myself steeped and well-versed in the culture and musical language of tango, and this piece ...
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Enmity (University of Oregon, 2011-06)Enmity was conceived in collaboration with choreographer Liana Conyers and was premiered on May 17, 2011 in Dougherty Dance Theater at the University of Oregon, School of Music and Dance. This piece was born out of my ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)Essay for Orchestra is a one-movement concert piece scored for full orchestra. Since the definition of the genre "orchestral essay" is unclear, the composer has considerable latitude while still claiming a connection to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)Everything That Rises Must Converge is a work for piano and orchestra in one movement. It is structured in three main sections preceded by an introduction, which resembles a traditional three-movement concerto reduced ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-09)The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) to uncover, describe, compare, and contrast the personal stories and experiences of dance in the lives of the four cancer survivors who volunteered to participate in this research ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)In this dissertation, I examine Stevie Wonder's compositional style from his celebrated "classic period," (1972-1976) focusing specifically on the concentrated two-year time span from 1972-1974 marked by his unparalleled ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-06)This study explores the intersection of the individual's imagery ability, imagery use in dance training and performance, and learning style. Thirty-four intermediate-level ballet and modem dance students at the University ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)Descartes’ Compendium musicae and Lamy’s La Rhétorique ou l’art de parler, both published in English translation in London in the late seventeenth century, suggest approaches to period performance practice that support ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-04-10)Fais de Beaux Rêves is a single-movement atonal string quartet for a duration of approximately 17 minutes. My inspiration for this piece came from my language immersion experience in the French School at Middlebury College. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)Decades of market research have investigated how music can influence consumer purchase, food consumption, and alcoholic drinking. Before market researchers declared music an influencer of atmospheric perception, sociologists ...
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Form and Tonal Spectrum in 12-Tone Music: Approaches to Analysis in Schoenberg, Walker, and Webern (University of Oregon, 2023-03-24)Approaches to analysis in 12-tone music have been predominantly focused around the concept of atonality. Building off of ideas first imagined by theorists such as Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg, I propose that all ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)The last thirty years have seen a resurgence in the research of sonata form. One groundbreaking treatise in this renaissance is James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s 2006 monograph Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)This dissertation investigates the operationalization verse-chorus-bridge form in heavy metal music. Spread by the popular music industry and media, verse-chorus-bridge form became the most prominent form in rock music ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)Sonata form is arguably the most important form to develop in eighteenth-century instrumental music. In their 2006 treatise, Elements of Sonata Theory, James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy identify five sonata types prominent ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)Musical form has undergone a significant revival in the past twenty years, largely due to Caplin’s Classical Form. However, most of this attention has focused on tonal forms in the Classical and Romantic eras. This project ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)This thesis examines evidence of the earliest viols in Italy. In light of recent changes in perspective on the origins of the Italian viola da gamba, a new approach to building historical models of the instrument is ...
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(University of Oregon, 2023-03-24)This programmatic work for chamber orchestra features musical motifs based onthree characters: myself, my father, and my son. Musical transitions evoke these characters transitioning along the cyclical paths of life and ...
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