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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Comprehensive Method for Clarinet Latin American Music Heritage Case Study – Venezuela , Carmen Teresa Borregales

Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy in the Choral Ensemble Rehearsal: A Guide for Secondary Educators , Luke Lee Browder

A Pedagogical and Analytical Study of the Carnatic Saxophone Performance Tradition of Kadri Gopalnath , Caleb James Carpenter

Symphony No. V: Elements (Julie Giroux, 2018); An Overview Of Programmatic Elements and Performance Devices , Zackery Augustus Deininger

A Conductor’s Guide to Lucrecia Roces Kasilag’s Misang Pilipino (1965) , Denise Ysabel Ellis

The Theory of Intonation: Boris Asafiev and the Russian Piano School Tradition , Polina Golubkova

A Comparative Analysis of Samuel Barber’s Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 , David Abrams Gordon

Injury Prevention Exercise Guidelines for Flutists , Ziqing Guan

Luis Abraham Delgadillo: A Rediscovery of His Piano Music , Fanarelia Auxiliadora Guerrero López

A Holistic Approach for Neurodivergent Learners In the High School Choral Classroom , Peter Allen Haley

Creative Insights on the Commissioning, Analysis, and Performance of Four New Works for Saxophone , Andrew Joseph Hutchens

An Analysis of Selected Vocal Works by George Walker , Ginger Sharnell Jones-Robinson

Bohuslav Martinů’s Eight Preludes For Piano H. 181: Style Analysis and Pedagogical Approaches In Piano Performance , Jinkyung Kim

An Investigative Analysis of Fernando Sor’s Introduction and Variations on “O Cara Armonia” From Mozart’s The Magic Flute , Luke James Nolan

The Film Score Music of John Williams: A Guide to Selected Works for the Principal Percussionist , Andrew Charles Crozier Patzig

Appalachian Dreams: Traditional Folk Songs in Concert Literature for Classical Guitar , Jackson Douglas Roberson

“Everything Old Is New Again”: The Rise of Interpolation in Popular Music , Grayson M. Saylor

How Do They Do It: A Narrative of Disabled Public School Instrumental Ensemble Conductors and Their Positive Working Relationships With Their Administrators , Lia Alexandria Patterson Snead

The Impact Of Incorporating Self-myofascial Release Into Voice Lessons: A Six-week Study , Benjamin Stogner

The Post-Tonal Evolution of David Diamond: A Theoretic-Analytical Perspective , William John Ton

Fourth-Grade and Fifth-Grade Cover-Band Classes: An Action-Research Project Inspired By Popular Music Education and Music Learning Theory , Julia Turner

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Social Music Interactions and Vocal Music Improvisations in a Serve and Return Music Community , Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

Comfort Food for the Ears: Exploring Nostalgic Trends in Popular Music of the Twenty-First Century , April K. Balay

A Performance Guide to “Four Piano Pieces, Opus 1” By Evgeny Kissin , Andrew Choi

Timeless Light: A Singer’s Compendium of Art Songs for Tenor By Black Composers , Johnnie J. Felder

Negotiating Nationalism: Camille Saint-Saëns, Neoclassicism, and the Early Music Renaissance in France , Joshua Arin Harton

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures Of Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Sonata No. 6, Opus 62 , Hyun Jung Im

Adapting North American Fiddle Bow Technique to the Double Bass , Spencer Jensen

Approaches to Teaching Music Counting to Piano Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Sunghun Kim

Redefining Ornamentation as Formal Functions in 21 st -Century Popular Music , Matthew Kolar

Lost in Translation: The Largely Unknown Life and Contributions of Johann Joachim Quantz , Kayla Ann Low

Broadway Quodlibets as Hybrid Music , Spencer Ann Martin

Redistributing Cultural Capital: Graduate Programs In Wind Conducting at Historically Black Universities; Toward an Alternate Future , Jamaal William Nicholas

Analysis of Selected Pieces Influenced by Taiwanese Aboriginal Music for Solo Violin and String Quartet , Isabel Hsin-Yi Ong

Margaret Rowell: Pedagogical Approach and Teaching Style , Robert-Christian Sanchez

A Performance Guide to Hyo-Geun Kim’s Art Pop for Korean Art Songs , Taeyoung Seon

Examining Sixth-Grade Students’ Music Agency Through Rhythm Composition , Robert Zagaroli Spearman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Pedagogical Solo Piano Nocturnes: A Progressive Leveling With Annotations on Stylistic, Technical, and Musical Challenges and Benefits , Michaela Anne Boros

Disparities in Programming African American Solo Vocal Music On College Campuses Across the United States , Ramelle Brooks

Quantitative Data Collection on the Fundamental Components Of Saxophone Tone Production , Matthew Troy Castner

Music as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy: An Exploratory Literature Review , Amy Arlene Clary

The Music Festival: A Case Study on the Establishment, Development, and Long-Term Success of an Instrumental Music Education Event From a Logistical Perspective , Dakota Corbliss

An Orchestral Conductor’s Guide to the James/Daehler Edition Of The Hinrichs and Winkler Compilation Score to the 1925 Silent Film The Phantom of the Opera , Hayden Richard Denesha

An Annotated Bibliography of Flute Repertoire by Iranian Female Composers , Roya Farzaneh

Composers and Publishers of Parlor Songs and Spirituals from Civil War Richmond: 1861 – 1867 , Michael Gray

A Comparison of Approaches to Pianoforte Technique in the Treatises of Lhevinne, Leimer, and Neuhaus , Louis S. Hehman

The History and Influence of Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass , Eric Tyler Henson

A Stylistic Analysis of Edvard Grieg’s Slåtter , Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72 , Zhiyuan He

Transcribing Baroque Lute to Marimba: Viability, Techniques, and Pedagogical Possibilities , Cory James High

One Elementary General Music Teacher’s Uses of and Experiences With Gordon’s Music Learning Theory: A Case Study , Allison Elizabeth Johnson

Cancion Y Danza, Fetes Lointaines, Paisajes By Federico Mompou: A Stylistic Analysis , Qiaoni Liu

The Apprenticeship Structure and the Applied Pedagogical Methods Of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Trumpeters’ Guild During The 17 th and 18 th Centuries , Noa Miller

Survey of Four North American and Malaysian Theory Methods for Young Pianists , Wen Bin Ong

A Conductor’s Guide to J. N. Hummel’s Forgotten Oratorio: Der Durchzug Durchs Rote Meer , Rebecca J. Ostermann

A Practical Approach for the Applied Voice Instructor Utilizing Limited Piano Skills in the Studio Setting , Lee Whittington Ousley

Adele Aus Der Ohe: Pioneering Through Recital Programming At Carnegie Hall, 1895 , Grace Shepard

Ten Years of Japanese Piano Pedagogy (2009-2018) Through a Survey of Educational Resources , Natsumi Takai

A Comparative Analysis of Selected Works by Chen Qigang: Wu Xing, L’éLoignement, and Luan Tan , Isaac Ormaza Vera

A Pedagogical Analysis of Henglu Yao’s Microkosmos From Chinese Nationalities , Yanting Wang

A Stylistic and Pedagogical Analysis of Select Classical Pieces In Alicia’s Piano Books by Ananda Sukarlan , Karen Kai Yuan Yong

Co-Constructive Music Improvisers: An Ethnographic Case Study , Emma Elizabeth Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Performance History of Mahler’s Das Lied Von Der Erde Focusing on Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein , Nisan Ak

The Mathematics of Rubato: Analyzing Expressivetiming in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Performances of Hisown Music , Meilun An

Electronic Learning: An Educator’s Guide to Navigating Online Learning in a Collegiate Horn Studio , Michelle Beck

The Clarinet Music of Dr. Austin Jaquith: A Performance Guide , Zachary Aaron Bond

Young Children’s Behaviors During Favorite-Music Repertoire And Other-Music Repertoire , Vanessa Caswell

Five Pieces for Piano by Isang Yun and Piano Etude No.1 by Unsuk Chin: An Analysis , Inhye Cho

Natural Reed Enhancement: Establishing the First Universal Reed Break-In Process Through Hydro-Stabilization , Steven Isaac Christ

Performance Edition of Franz Simandl’s 30 Etudes for the String Bass With Critical Commentary , Austin Gaboriau

A Legacy Preserved: A Comparison of the Careers and Recordings of Stanley Drucker and Karl Leister , Peter M. Geldrich

An Index of Choral Music Performed During the National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (1991-2019) , Jonathan Randall Hall

A Stylistic Analysis of Reinhold Glière’s 25 Preludes for Piano, Op. 30 , Sunjoo Lee

The Singing Voice Specialist: An Essential Bridge Between Two Worlds , Rebecca Holbrook Loar

A Pedagogical Analysis of DvořáK’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 , Nathan MacAvoy

Focal Dystonia Causes and Treatments: A Guide for Pianists , Juan Nicolás Morales Espitia

Cultivating Socially Just Concert Programming Perspectives through Preservice Music Teachers' Band Experiences: A Multiple Case Study , Christian Matthew Noon

The Clarinet Repertoire of Puerto Rico: An Annotated Bibliography of Compositions Written for the Clarinet During the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries , María Ivelisse Ortiz-Laboy

A Stylistic Analysis of Alexander Tcherepnin's Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 78, With an Emphasis on Eurasian Influences , Qin Ouyang

Time’s Up: How Opera Is Facing Its Own Me Too Reckoning , Craig Price

A Trumpet Player’s Performance Guide of Three Selected Works for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano , Justin Wayne Robinson

The Early Piano Music of Richard Wagner , Annie Rose Tindall-Gibson

A Conductor’s Guide to the Da Vinci Requiem by Cecilia McDowall , Jantsen Blake Touchstone

Composition of Musical and Visual Devices to Create Moments of Resolution in Marching Arts Production Design , Ryan John Williams

Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Russian Nationalistic Music: Case Studies of Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila and Cui’s Mystic Chorus , Jeffrey Crayton Yelverton Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Communicative Language in the Compositional Output of Kirke Mechem , Kirstina Rasmussen Collins

Vladimir Pleshakov: A Historiography And Analysis of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom , Andrew Cameron Pittman

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 22 “Nordic” , Eunseok Seo

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Serial Techniques in Works for Unaccompanied Trumpet , William Anonie

Examining Professional Music Teacher Identity: A Mixed Methods Approach with Stringed Instrument Teachers , Elizabeth A. Reed

Guided Music Play Between 2-Year-Old Children and a Music Play Facilitator: A Case Study , Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

Parents’ Observations Of Their Young Children’s Music Behaviors During Music Classes After Completing The Children’s Music Behavior Inventory , Julia Beck

A Theoretical and Stylistic Analysis of Paul Ben-Haim’s Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata, Op. 49 , Rachel Bletstein

The Influence Of Mindful Movement On Elementary Students’ Music Listening Enjoyment And Comprehension , Jean Louise Boiteau

Delphine Ugalde: Defying Gender Norms Both On And Off The Stage In 19th Century Paris , Michael T. Brown

A Guide for Playing the Viola Without a Shoulder Rest , Chin Wei Chang

Tertian Relationships In Three Choral Selections By Dan Forrest: A Conductor’s Analysis , Lindsey Cope

Translucent Voices: Creating Sound Pedagogy And Safe Spaces For Transgender Singers In The Choral Rehearsal , Gerald Dorsey Gurss

Seventeen Waltzes For Piano By Leo Ornstein: A Stylistic Analysis , Jared Jones

The Kingma System Flute: Redesigning The Nineteenth-Century Flute For The Twenty-First Century , Diane Elise Kessel

The Effects Of Learning By Rote With La-Based Minor Solmization On Memory Retention For Pre-College Piano Students , Duong Khuc

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Music Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

A Novel Jazz Music Curriculum for Young Children: Results of A Pilot Study , Jazmin D. Ghent

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Where We Live and Learn to Know: An Oral History of the Rochelle High School Music Program , John Sargeant

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

School Music Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trauma, Loss, Meaning, Change, and Innovation , Christopher Burns

Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Songwriting Self-Efficacy (SSES) with Secondary Music Students , Patrick K. Cooper

Measuring Parental Involvement as Parental Actions in Children’s Private Music Lessons in China , Cancan Cui

Instrumental Music Instruction and Executive Functions: A Cross-Sectional Study of Romanian Children (10-12 Years) , Adrian Sorin Iordache

Racial and Ethnic Difference in Music Performance Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students , George W. Shannon Ii

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Vocal Health of Choral Singers from Kenya and the United States: Dysphonia and Vocal Fatigue in Relation to Musical Genres , Morgan Jolley Burburan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Two Phenomena in Contemporary Music Education: Mental Toughness and the Law , Jason R. Sivill

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Making of a Nationally Recognized Band in a Small, Private Liberal Arts University: The Historical Significance of the Bobby L. Adams Years, 1987-2012 , Joshua David Blair

The Effects of a Self-Regulated Learning Music Practice Strategy Curriculum on Music Performance, Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, and Cognition , Kimberly N. Mieder

Music Software in the Compositional Learning Process , Daniel L. Nevels

Behavioral, Affective, and Cognitive Engagement of High School Music Students: Relation to Academic Achievement and Ensemble Performance Ratings , Joel E. Pagán

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Re-envisioning Music Teacher Education: A Comparison of Two Undergraduate Music Education Programs in the U.S. , Jonathan Ross Kladder

Music Ensemble Participation: Personality Traits and Music Experience , Tracy A. Torrance

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Influence of Musical Engagement on Symptoms of Tourette’s Disorder , William Christopher Brown

Motivation of Adult, Auditioned Community Choirs: Implications toward Lifelong Learning , David James Redman

The Effects of Technical and Imagery-based Instruction on Aspiring Performing Artists’ Acquisition of Learning Newly Composed Pieces and Improvisation and on Listeners’ Perceived Expressivity , José Valentino Ruiz-Resto

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Preference of Chinese Undergraduate Music Majors for Chinese Xi-Qu and Western Opera , Hong Chen

Secondary Band Participation and Executive Function , Dakeyan Cha' Dre' Graham

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

An Examination of Cooperating Teachers' Observations of Their Student Teachers in the Areas of Personal, Teaching, and Musical Skills in the Elementary Classroom , Mark Remsen Cole

I Did That Wrong and It Sounded Good: An Ethnographic Study of Vernacular Music Making in Higher Education , Victor Ezquerra

Creativity-Based Music Learning: Modeling the Process and Learning Outcomes in a Massive Open Online Course , Nicholas Michael Stefanic

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

The Relationship between Death Depression and Death Anxiety among Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia , Doaa A. Almostadi

World Percussion Approaches in Collegiate Percussion Programs: A Mixed-methods Study , Patrick Michael Hernly

The Impact of Arranging Music for the Large Ensemble on the Teacher: A Phenomenological Exploration , James Teodor Lindroth

Listening in Action: Students' Mobile Music Experiences in the Digital Age , Rebecca Marie Rinsema

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Performance Production Process of an Outstanding High School Choir , Kathy K. Rolsten

Transitioning from Student to Teacher in the Master-Apprentice Model of Piano Pedagogy: An Exploratory Study of Challenges, Solutions, Resources, Reflections, and Suggestions for the Future , Melissa Maccarelli Slawsky

Self-Efficacy in Music Performance: Measuring the Sources Among Secondary School Music Students , Michael S. Zelenak

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Analytical Perspectives of Thematic Unity: Applications of Reductive Analysis to Selected Fugues by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel , Adam C. Perciballi

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Expanded Tonality: The Treatment of Upper and Lower Leading Tones As Evidenced in Sonata "Undine,” IV by Carl Reinecke , Joshua Blizzard

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

The Compositional Style of Francesco Geminiani: a Reflection of Theory and Practice in His Music and Guida Armonica Treatise , Valerie R. Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

An Application of the Grundgestalt Concept to the First and Second Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1 & No. 2, by Johannes Brahms , Devon Burts

The French Art Song Style in Selected Songs by Charles Ives , Christy Jo Talbott

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Music Programs that Engage Our Communities: Making a Stronger Connection , La Gretta Snowden

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Creativity and Wellbeing in Music Education — philosophy, policy and practice in the context of contemporary Scottish primary education

Kim, Hanah (2020) Creativity and Wellbeing in Music Education — philosophy, policy and practice in the context of contemporary Scottish primary education. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

This is an interdisciplinary study encompassing elements of music, education, and aspects of philosophy and psychology. The principal aim of this research is to investigate ways of fostering musical creativity and wellbeing in primary schools, as well as providing curriculum guidelines and drawing out practical implications for Music Education in the present era.

Contemporary society represents a new wave of development in human affairs. Resting upon rapid technological innovation, it has created greater opportunities for revealing and experiencing creativity in forms that can then underpin enhanced states of human welfare. At the same time, these far-reaching changes have in many places become threats to human wellbeing, resulting from the dislocating social and emotional impact of new styles of living. As a consequence, ‘creativity’ and ‘wellbeing’ have arisen as important themes in the current era, chiefly as assets and attitudes required for human beings: to live, to respond, to cope, to prosper, and to succeed. In this turbulent context, education is tasked with nurturing both ‘creativity’ and ‘wellbeing’. These concepts are especially meaningful to be investigated through Music Education at the present time, since human beings have had an enduring relationship with sound and music in almost all cultures on record, even and especially those moving through great change.

From its basis in musical theory and Music Education, this research also develops a distinctive theoretical foundation in the concepts of ‘Romantic Aesthetics’ and ‘Romantic Irony’––which is a literary, aesthetic, and stylistic term that involves an advanced psychological concept of ‘self’ (e.g. Garber, 2014; Allen, 2007) very apposite to the current age. Specifically, for the present research, I wanted to apply these concepts and theories to the practices of contemporary Music Education, to help devise a useful curriculum for music classes in primary schools consistent with my wider interests in children’s creativity, and children’s wellbeing and resilience, when their lives are often under great pressure. The teaching methods and activities are researched, devised, implemented and evaluated encompassing what is recognised today as the four major components of Music Education: listening to music, singing, playing instruments, and composing.

The hypothesis within this research is that applying insights and approaches derived from ‘Romantic Irony’ to Music Education in modern primary schools can also be empowering in fostering pupils’ creativity and wellbeing. Across a broad cross-section of literature in different research areas––not only education but also philosophy and aesthetics, psychology, sociology––it is possible to set the premise that creativity and Romantic Irony are related in various vital aspects. Moreover, it is also possible, this thesis shows, to fashion and actualise a practice of Music Education in regular primary classrooms responsive not only to the rising emphasis on the concept of creativity but also to the pursuit of emotional resilience as a vital and life-supporting dimension of that creativity. Thus, this thesis will attempt to show that applying Romantic Aesthetics and Romantic Irony to Music Education for the development of pupil creativity and wellbeing may a constructive innovation within the compass of all teachers committed to the place of music in the primary curriculum.

With due reference to the educational environment and surroundings of Scotland, where this project was deliberately targeted and unfolded, the research herein consists of two types of interventions: a conceptual and an empirical strand. The first part of the research is allocated to investigating and critically assessing theories of creativity, emotion, Romantic Aesthetics, Romantic Irony, Health and Wellbeing, and music therapy––alongside the educational practices in that these concepts may be meaningfully applied or manifest. For the empirical part of the research, I adopted a ‘Vignette’ and ‘thematic approach’ partially indebted to both practioner enquiry and Action Research, to craft ways of enhancing creativity and wellbeing through Music Education in a number of classrooms where I had been previously welcome and active as a serving teacher. The classroom interventions were divided into 3 Vignettes to stimulate pupils’ innate musical creativity and to form relationships, to deliever basic theoretical knowledge, and then to provide opportunities to apply skills in relation to certain topics that appear in daily lives. Thereafter, important academic conversations with experts were conducted in order to examine deeper views of the researcher’s philosophy and approaches and to search for the directions that Music Education ought to follow in contemporary society.

The thesis concludes with the conviction that Music Education preserves a rich potential for realising and expressing the core values of progressive education today: promoting for the children in our schools the experiences of creativity, health, resilience and wellbeing which matter so much for surviving and attaining the good life in our protean 21st century society.

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

A Case Study Analysis of the Experiences and Perceived Learning Outcomes of Former Non-Music Majors in Applied Horn Lessons , Jordan Bennett

Unconventional Wisdom in Resonating Echoes of the Past: A Memoir on the Life and Music of royal hartigan , Joseph Elias Boulos

Composers at War: A Study of Composers Who Fought in World War I and World War II , Jason T. Hoffmann

Adventures in Flute Playing: A Literature Survey and Anticipated Beginning Flute Method , Sammy Holloman

American Art Songs in the 21st Century: A Catalogue of Selected Works , Islei Mariano Correa Hammer

Pedagogical Piano Works by Four Contemporary Composers: Emma Lou Diemer, Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, Karen Tanaka and Chee-Hwa Tan , Manuel Alejandro Molina Flores

A Selective Guide to Solo Bass Trombone Repertoire from 1961 to Present , Andrew Amadeus Ortega

Analysis and Performance of Osvaldo Golijov’s Hebreische Milonga , Gerardo Sanchez Pastrana

Challenges and Solutions for Native Mandarin-Chinese Speakers in Singing German Lieder , Fei Xia

Developing Collaborative Skills in Piano Students , Linxi Yang

A Guide to Chinese Art Songs from 1970 to 2010 , Tingyu Yan

A Study of Six Selected Piano Variations by Czerny , Hao Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Investigating the Marketing Language among Online Retailers of Violin Strings to Determine the Implied Aesthetic , Kira Kay Browning

Stylistic Changes in the Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger , Xinlei Chu

The Most Common Vocal Fault in the Baritone Voice , Matthew Derek Cyphert

Diversifying Piano Literature: East Asian Music for Piano Study and Performance in the United States , Akina Kondoh

Playing-Related Medical Injuries and Health Conditions in Collegiate Saxophonists: A Survey of Saxophonists in North American Universities , Michael Anne Tolan

The Purpose and Process of Commissioning New Music for Low Brass Instruments: A Guide , Michael Kennard Waddell

Evocations of Nature in Selected Piano Works by Debussy , Heah Zi-Ling

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A Survey of Musical Expectations in the Marine Forces Reserve Band stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana , Brandon Paul Carbonari

A Selected Analytical Bibliography of Works for Saxophone by Composers Associated with the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music: 1946-2021 , Christopher Mark DeLouis

"A Long Life in Music:" The Career and Legacy of Ann Schein , Anthony William Gray

Jerome Franke’s “Architectural Practice” Exercises for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 62 and Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 , Yaniv Gutman

Fostering Music Performers in the 21st Century: A Contemporary Professional Perspective toward a New Curricular Agenda for Graduate Study in Music , Andre Januario

Francis Poulenc: The Compositional Influences of Les Six and Sergei Prokofiev on the Poulenc Oboe Sonata (1962) , Evan Klein

The Three Piano Sonatas by José de Almeida Penalva , Heron Alvim Moreira

Chamber Music Fundamentals and Rehearsal Techniques for Advancing String Students , Gabrielle Padilla

Touching Light: A Framework for the Facilitation of Music-Making in Mixed Reality , Ian Thomas Riley

The Joyful Path of Lifelong Mastery of the Piano , John Alan Rose

Hearing Ourselves Speak: Finding the Trans Sound in the Ohio River Valley , Gwendolyn Patricia Saporito-Emler

#Canceled: Positionality and Authenticity in Country Music’s Cancel Culture , Gabriella Saporito

The Memorization, Preparation, and Performance of Piano Music: Cognitive Foundations and Current Neuro-Music Research , Amy M. Simpson

Selected Principles of Practicing for Security in Performance , Hsing-Yi Tsai

An Analysis of Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 , Yiwen Zhang

A Foundation for Collaboration: An Analysis of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Op. 48 , Kailang Zhan

A Selective Study on Chinese Art Songs after 1950 , Gehui Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

It’s Just Muzak: Music, Activism, and Advertising. , Avery Brzobohaty

A Survey of Selected Classical Chinese Art Songs for Solo Voice and Piano from 1920 to 1950 , Tingting Chang

A Multifaceted Performance Model for the Multiple Percussion Performance Practice: Performance Analysis of Select Works toward Developing a Graduate Curriculum , Mitchell Joseph Greco

The Roman Catholic Ordinary Mass from circa 1750 to circa 1820: A Selected Bibliography , Letícia Gabriele Grützmann Januario

An Appraisal of the Evolution of Western Art Music in Nigeria , Agatha Onyinye Holland

Types and Causes of Physiological Injury in Piano Playing, with Emphasis on Piano Pedagogy in China , Ruixi Niu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Contemporary Music Notation for the Flute: A Unified Guide to Notational Symbols for Composers and Performers , Ms. Eftihia Victoria Arkoudis

Core Curriculum for Orchestra , Andrew Thomas Aycoth

Hyperscales: Analysis, Historical Uses, and Possible Applications in Contemporary Music Composition , Douglas Wayne Brown

Johannes Brahms’s Fünf Ophelia-Lieder Performance history, cultural context, and character study as it pertains to Johannes Brahms’s Fünf Ophelia-Lieder: A Performer’s Perspective , Caryn Alexis Crozier

The Hard Bop Trombone: An exploration of the improvisational styles of the four trombonist who defined the genre (1955-1964) , Emmett Curtis Goods

A Pedagogical Guide to Kapustin’s Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 , Yanjing Gu

Prizes, Winning, and Identity: Narrative Vocal Music of the Pulitzer Prize, 2008–2018 , Julia K. Kuhlman

Folk-song to formal performance: Interpreting the songs of Jean Ritchie for voice recital , Julianne E. Laird

Contemporary Collaborative Piano Practices in Korea: Five Case Studies , Jiyeon Lee

Music Technology, Gender, and Sexuality: Case Studies of Women and Queer Electroacoustic Music Composers , Justin Thomas Massey

The Inclusion of Organ Within the Concert Band Instrumentation with an Annotated Listing of Original Works for Concert Band and Organ , Matthew Justin McCurry

The "organ-accompanied solo motet" in in La Maîtrise, 1857–1861 , John David O'Donnell

Musical and Cultural Perspectives of Héctor Campos Parsi: An examination of his influences and analysis of selected vocal works , Cynthia Ortiz-Bartley

Latin American Influences on Selected Piano Pieces by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Darius Milhaud , Hyejeong Seong

A Compendium of Opera in Spain and Latin America , Michelle S. Smith

Pedagogical Thoughts on Album des Six: a piano set by Les Six to represent French Nationalism , Dipendra Sunam

Examining Musical Hybridity and Cultural Influences in Valerie Coleman’s Wish Sonatine and Fanmi Imèn , Brittany Marie Trotter

Discovering the "Finnish Chopin"—Selim Palmgren's 24 Preludes, op. 17, and Tres Piezas para Piano, op. 54 , Sijia Wang

Mindfulness for Musicians: Bringing sport psychology and mindfulness-based therapies to the practice room and the concert stage , Lauretta M. Werner

Listening for the Cosmic Other: Postcolonial Approaches to Music in the Space Age , Paige Zalman

How does the pronunciation of native languages affect beginning singers? A research focusing on native Mandarin Chinese and American English speaking singers , Ruobing Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

An Exploration of Paul Bowles' Piano-Solo Pieces , Juan Carlos Rios Betancur

The Life And Work Of Barbara Nissman , Giuliana Paola Contreras Ampuero

Lynne Ramsey, Violist: Biography, Pedagogical Background, Teaching Techniques, and Career Advice , Ignacio Cuello

Listening for Yes: Consent in the Contemporary Country Love Song , Phoebe E. Hughes

Form in the Music of John Adams , Michael Ridderbusch

Study of the Resonance Spectrums of the Flute and the Effect of Different Stable Vowels on Formant Tuning with Violin and Clarinet , Alyssa M. Schwartz

It Takes a Village: Collaborative Social Justice Through Choral Musicking , Natalie Shaffer

Staying Original: A Case study for Film Composers Working with Temp Tracks , Kyle Maurits Simpson

Chinese Elements and Influence in Tan Dun's Eight Memories in Watercolor , Qian Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

A Study in Songs: Comparative Analyses of 20th century settings of William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience": Selections from Vaughan Williams's "Ten Blake Songs", Britten's "Songs and Proverbs of William Blake", and Rochberg's "Blake Songs: For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble" , Jennifer Berkebile

The Treatment of the Piano in Six Selected Chamber Works by Colombian Composers in the Twenty-First Century , Javier Camacho

The Paganini Variations: A Study of Selected Works by Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Lutoslawski, and Muczynski , Youna Choi

A Survey of Selected Piano Concerti for Elementary, Intermediate, and Early-Advanced Levels , Achareeya Fukiat

Jesus de Monasterio (1836-1903): An Essential Figure in the Artistic and Technical Development of Violin Playing in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century at the Madrid Royal Conservatory , Diego Gabete-Rodriguez

A Transcription for the Viola of Three Violin Works by Amy Beach: A Historical, Theoretical, and Pedagogical Analysis , Courtney Erin Grant

The Piccolo in the 21st Century: History, Construction, and Modern Pedagogical Resources , Keith D. Hanlon

Tear Down the Wall: Long-Form Analytical Techniques and the Music of Pink Floyd , Christopher Everett Jones

Revolutionary Pedagogy: A Historical Perspective on Improvising in Beethoven , Julia Kinderknecht

Philosophical Approaches to Compositional Technique in Isang Yun's Works for Solo Flute , Mirim Lee

Taiwanese Composer Tyzen Hsiao: Pedagogical Aspects of Selected Piano Solo Works , Tzu-Nung Lin

Researching History and Performance Practice Regarding Improvisation and Ornamentation in Mozart's Keyboard Works, with Special Attention to Cadenzas , Josiane Merlino

A Study of Nikolai Kapustin's Sonata No. 12, Op. 102: A Contemporary Jazz Sonata In Two Movements , Mark Peters

Selected Manufacturer's Professional Trumpet Component Specifications: A Compendium of Measurements, Materials, and Playing Characteristics , Kenneth H. Piatt

A Conductor's Perspective on Stravinsky's "Danse sacrale" from "Le Sacre du printemps": Evaluation of Revisions, Analysis and Considerations for Conducting , Hanjin Sa

Hungarian Elements in Selected Piano Compositions of Liszt, Dohnanyi, Bartok, and Kodaly , Helga Scheibert

A Pedagogical Study of Selected Piano Music of Miguel del Aguila , Sornsuang Tangsinmonkong

Performance Practice and Overview of Selected Piano Works of Barbara Kolb , Chiao Su Joyce Wang

A Transcription for Soprano Saxophone and Piano of Chen Yi's "Chinese Folk Dance Suite", Originally for Violin and Orchestra , Tak Chiu Wong

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Listening To Their Voices: An Ethnographic Study of Children's Values and Meaning Ascribed to Learning World Music in Elementary School General Music , Juliana Cantarelli Vita

Pedagogical and Performance Aspects of Three American Compositions for Solo Piano: John Corigliano's Fantasia on an Ostinato, Miguel del Aguila's Conga for Piano, and William Bolcom's Nine New Bagatelles , Tse Wei Chai

Encounters with the Avant-Garde: Four Case Studies in the Reception History of Contemporary Flute Works (1971 to present) , Amanda Cook

Beyond High and Lonesome: A Comparative Analysis of Early Male and Contemporary Female Bluegrass Vocal Styles , Hillary C. Kay

The life and legacy of MieczysLaw Munz , Sora Lee

An Analysis of Narong Prangcharoen's "Three Minds" for Solo Piano , Pawatchai Suwankangka

MIDI Electronic Wind Instrument: A Study of the Instrument and Selected Works , Matthew J. Swallow

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

The Keyboard Works of Alex Shapiro , Elizabeth Mary Etnoyer

Halim El-Dabh's Derabucca Notation and its Implication on Performance Practice , Ryan Joseph Frost

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The offices for the two feasts of Saint Dominic / by Patrick Michael Taylor Bergin Jr. (2019)

Reel-to-real : intimate audio epistolarity during the Vietnam War  / by Matthew Alan Campbell (2019)

From world war to cold war : music in US-Korea relations, 1941-1960 / by Hye-jung Park (2019)

Diego Pisador's libro de musica (1552) : amateur music-making, printing, and handwritten corrections in sixteenth-century Spain / by Molly Cynthia Reinhoudt (2019)

Music and the Mennonite ethnic imagination / by Austin McCabe Juhnke (2018)

Bodies in play : representations of disability in 8- and 16-bit video game soundscapes / by Dana M. Plank (2018)

"Slightly overlooked professionally" :  popular music in postmillennial romantic comedies / by Elizabeth Kirkendoll (2018)

The role of melodic contour in linguistic processing / by Yun Wang (2017)

Blurred Lines: Musical Expertise in the History of American Copyright Litigation / by Katherine M. Leo  (2016)

Mortal sounds and sacred strains : Ann Radcliffe's incorporation of music in the Mysteries of Udolpho / by Olivia M. Wikle  (2016)

''Acting In'': A Tactical Performance Enables Survival and Religious Piety for Marginalized Christians in Odisha, India / by Douglas Richard Anthony  (2015)

Resistance rooms sound and sociability in the East German church / by Alison M. Furlong  (2015)

Constructing the Russian moral project through the classics : reflections of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, 1833-2014 / by Emily Alane Erken  (2015)

Questioning safeguarding : heritage and capabilities at the Jemaa el Fnaa / by Thomas Barone Beardslee  (2014).

Temporal organization in the masses of Johannes Ockeghem / by Andrew J. Farina  (2014)

Pietro Aaron on musica plana : a translation and commentary on Book I of the Libri tres de institutione harmonica (1516) / by Matthew Joseph Bester  (2013)

Hearing their stories through polyphonic soundtracks : women and music in contemporary Chinese film / by Zhichun Lin  (2013)

Engaging the heart : Orthodoxy and experimentalism in William Gadsby's A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship / by Deborah A. Ruhl  (2013)

Chopin's Cantabile in context / by Stephanie Lynn Frakes  (2013)

Hmong music and language cognition : an interdisciplinary investigation / by Nicholas Frederick Poss  (2012)

The process that is the world : Cage/Deleuze/events/performances / by Joseph Edward Panzner  (2012)

Musica caelestia : hermetic philosophy, astronomy, and music at the court of Rudolf II / by Nicholas Johnson  (2012)

Diasporic p'ungmul in the United States : a journey between Korea and the United States / by Soo-Jin Kim  (2011)

Circles and circuses : carnivalesque tropes in the late 1960s musical and cultural imagination / by Stefan Firca  (2011)

One music? Two musics? How many musics? Cognitive ethnomusicological, behavioral, and fMRI study on vocal and instrumental rhythm processing / by Tsun-Hui Hung  (2011)

Networks of music and history : Vilayat Khan and the emerging sitar / by Hans Fredrick Utter  (2011)

Fashionable innovation : Debussysme in early twentieth-century France / by Jane E. Harrison  (2011)

The Brooklyn Carnival : a site for diasporic consolidation / by Ken Joseph Archer  (2009)

Sheng Guan in the past and present : tradition, adaptation and innovation in Wutai Shan's Buddhist music / by Beth Marie Szczepanski  (2008)

Songs of the Ziegfeld follies / by Ann Ommen  (2007)

Modernism, socialist realism, and identity in the early film music of Dmitry Shostakovich, 1929-1932 / by Joan Marie Titus  (2006)

Music, drama and folklore in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Snegurochka" ("Snowmaiden") / by Gregory A. Halbe  (2004)

The clarinet in early America, 1758-1820 / by Jane Elizabeth Ellsworth  (2004)

Prosody and rhythm in the post-Tridentine reform of plainchant / by Joshua Joel Veltman  (2004)

The musico-dramatic evolution of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" / by James A. Lovensheimer  (2003)

"Singing to another tune" : contrafacture and attribution in troubadour song / by Billee A. Bonse  (2003)

Writing modernist and avant-garde music in Mexico : performativity, transculturation, and identity after the revolution, 1920-1930 / by Alejandro L. Madrid-González  (2003)

Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" : history of a compromise / by Deborah Annette Wilson  (2003)

Devotional music and healing in Badakhshan, Tajikistan : preventive and curative practices / by Benjamin David Koen  (2003)

Savva Mamontov and the Moscow Private Opera : from realism to modernism on the Russian operatic stage / by Olga Haldey  (2002). 

Montage Shostakovich : film, popular culture, and the finale of the Piano Concerto No. 1 / by Joan Marie Titus  (2002)

Defining African American gospel music by tracing its historical and musical development from 1900 to 2000 / by Raymond Wise  (2002)

The late twentieth-century American Organ Chorale : a study of six composers / by Lisa Ann Browne  (2001)

Operatic reform in Turin : aspects of production and stylistic change in the 1760s / by Margaret Ruth Butler  (2000)

Playing panpipes in Southern Russia : history, ethnography, and performance practices / by Olga V. Velichkina  (1998)

"Anything you are shows up in your music:" : Mary Lou Williams and the sanctification of jazz / by Tammy L. Kernodle  (1997)

Percy Aldridge Grainger's "The Warriors" : an historical and analytical study / by David M. Mruzek  (1996)

An historical and musical study of Aaron Copland's first orchestral work : "Grohg, a ballet in one act" / by Roberta Lewise Lindsey  (1996)

The completed symphonic compositions of Alexander Zemlinsky / by Robert L. Taylor  (1995)

Music in the Black and White communities in Petersburg, Virginia, 1865-1900 / by Ethel Maureen Norris  (1994)

Using hypermedia to enrich the learning experience of college students in a music appreciation course / Henry Edgar Duitman  (1993)

Reclaiming a music for England : nationalist concept and controversy in English musical thought and criticism, 1880-1920 / by William Scott Ball  (1993)

"De preceptis artis musicae" of Guilielmus Monachus : a new edition, translation, and commentary / by Eulmee Park  (1993)

The "si placet" voice : an historical and analytical study / by Stephen Daniel Self  (1992)

Tuning, temperament and pedagogy for the vihuela in Juan Bermudo's Declaracion de instrumentos musicales (1555) / by Maria Therese Annoni  (1989)

The Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music 1956-1961 : its goals, structures, programs, and people / by Cynthia E. Bylander  (1989)

Music of the Shakers from Union Village, Ohio : a repertory study and tune index of the manuscripts originating in the 1840's / by Donald Edwin Christenson  (1988)

The offertory trope : origins, transmission, and function / by John Gearey Johnstone  (1984)

The Type II Visitatio Sepulchri : a repertorial study / by Michael Lee Norton  (1983)

The solo cantatas of Emanuele d'Astorga / by Karen Shakley Ladd  (1982)

The "Musica enchiriadis" and "Scholia enchiriadis" : a translation and commentary / by Richard L. Holladay  (1977)

Theme and variation in twentieth-century organ literature: analyses of variations by Alain, Barber, Distler, Dupré, Duruflé, and Sowerby / by Larry Lynn Rhoades  (1973)

The music of Johannes Tinctoris (ca. 1435-1511) : a comparative study of theory and practice / by William Eugene Melin  (1973)

The theatre music of Daniel Purcell / by Robert Squire Barstow  (1968)

The Huguenot psalter in the low countries : a study of its monophonic and polyphonic manifestations in the sixteenth century / by Howard Jay Slenk  (1965)

Improvisation Methods: A Non-Idiomatic Improvisation Course for the Undergraduate Music Curriculum / by Colin Wood (2019)

An investigation into the musical and social benefits of high school marching band participation / by Joseph Daniel Carver (2019)

Enjoyment of music by non-participants in school music / by Aaron K. Yackley (2019)

"It's more than playing music" : perceptions of a concert band program from members of a predominantly Latino school community / by Crystal Lynn Gerrard (2019)

Lead by standards? a historical examination of the guiding principles in the national music standards / by Aaron W. Wilburn (2018)

Find what works best for you : learning to practice in a large ensemble / by Elizabeth Ann Petersen (2018)

An investigation of fourth and fifth year pre-service music teachers' preferences for, familiarity with, and willingness to teach six ethnic music styles in Taiwan / by Chia-Chieh Wu  (2017)

University music unit-sponsored, non-music major orchestras in the United States / by Laura Kerr Hill (2017)

A survey of piano teachers whose students have ADHD : their training, experiences, and best practices / by William David Mullins (2017)

Rural school string/orchestra programs: profile and recommendations / by Blair Ashley Williams  (2016)

What is at stake in jazz education? Creative black music and the twenty-first-century learning environment / by Norman Michael Goecke  (2016)

Singing is elementary : teachers' use of singing in three Kodaly-based elementary general music classrooms / by Megan Maureen Sheridan  (2015)

The effect of a tonic drone accompaniment on the pitch accuracy of scales played by beginner violin and viola students / by Charles Clair Laux, Jr.  (2015)

Surviving set theory : a pedagogical game and cooperative learning approach to undergraduate post-tonal music theory / by Angela N. Ripley  (2015)

Illuminated scores and the architectural design of musical form / by Orlay Alonso  (2015)

Determining criteria for the evaluation of high school band directors : a survey of high school principals and band directors in the State of Ohio / by Marc Samir Parulekar  (2014)

Career intentions and experiences of pre- and in-service female band teachers / by Sarah Hope Fischer  (2013)

The learning communities of exemplary mid-career elementary general music teachers / by Christina Louise Pelletier  (2013)

Does enrollment in Ohio's Urban Arts Magnet High Schools make a difference on OGT scores and the on-time graduation rate? : a descriptive study / by Milton Vaughn Ruffin  (2013)

Factors influencing the programming practices of conductors of mid-level collegiate ensembles / by David McKinley Hedgecoth  (2012)

The perceptions of cooperating teachers regarding the skills and knowledge of student teachers working in beginning and middle school instrumental music classrooms / by Christopher David Hoch  (2012)

Music therapy profession : current status, priorities, and possible future directions / by Alejandra Judith Ferre  (2012)

Music description and expressive performance by middle school instrumentalists / by Elizabeth Longo Braun  (2012)

A Manual for the Learning of Traditional Scottish Fiddling: Design, Development, and Effectiveness / by Melinda Heather Crawford Perttu (2011)

The effects of aural and visual strategies on the memorization of beginning-level string students / by Jacob Michael Dakon  (2011)

An analysis of select beginning band method books and the level to which they address the national standards for music education / by Kie Watkins (2011)

Music composition pedagogy : a history, philosophy and guide / by Benjamin John Williams  (2010)

Factors influencing the teaching of instrumental music in rural Ohio school districts / by Ann Marie Hicks  (2010)

How They Decide: A case study examining the decision-making process for keeping or cutting music education in a K-12 public school district / by Marci L. Major (2010)

The dialectic of modernization : implications for music teacher education / by Malinda Wiard Essex (2010)

Dale Clevenger : performer and teacher / by Margaret Tung  (2009)

​ A music industry program for today's colleges and universities / by David Lancaster Tolley  (2008)

​ Process and product : the sight-singing backgrounds and behaviors of first-year undergraduate students / by Victoria J. Furby  (2008)

​ No child left behind : determining the impact of policy on music education / by Kevin W. Gerrity  (2007)

​ The pedagogical benefits of duet playing : a Vannetelbosch companion / by Pierson Wetzel  (2007)

​ A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic schools of the United States / by Caron L. Collins  (2007)

​ The effects of specific transfer activities on fifth grade orchestra and band students' rhythmic performance / by Andrea Olijnek Scheuzger  (2006)

​ Relationships among folk song preferences of grade five students / by Ibrahim H. Baltagi  (2006). For the audio files associated with this dissertation, click here.

​ Keyboard improvisation characteristics of freshman and sophomore instrumental and vocal music majors / by Susan Lorrainne Chess  (2005)

​Teaching improvisation to piano students of elementary to intermediate levels / by Yawen Eunice Chyu (2004)

​ Student career perception : 6th-11th grade music students' assessment of self-efficacy, social perception, and potential enjoyment for music education and other possible careers / by Kimberly H. Councill  (2004)

​An investigation of the foundational components and skills necessary for a successful first-year string class: a modified delphi technique study / by Erika A. Schulte (2004)

​ The application of different teaching strategies reflective of individual students' learning modalities in the university flute studio class / by Nicole L. Molumby  (2004)

The professional life and pedagogy of Clement Barone / by Emily J. Butterfield  (2003)

Teaching and learning jazz trombone / by Julia M. Gendrich  (2003)

Reflection on practice : a study of five choral educators' reflective journeys / by Marla A. Butke  (2003)

Beyond content integration : multicultural dimensions in the application of music teaching and learning / by Carlos R. Abril  (2003)

Music and quality of life : the status of music in Ohio nursing homes / by Judith Waple Murphy  (2003)

Parent as home teacher of Suzuki cello, violin, and piano students : observation and analysis of Suzuki method practice sessions  / by Alice Ann M. O'Neill, (2003)

Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions : a critique and recommendation  / by David Roy Reimer, (2003)

Group piano instruction for music majors in the United States : a study of instructor training, instructional practice, and values relating to functional keyboard skills / by Huei Li Chin  (2002)

​ Mentoring practices for music teachers in school districts of the northwest states / by Kristin M. Turner  (2002).

​ Referentialism and musical characteristics in children's keyboard improvisation / by Chao-hui Wang  (2001).

​ An investigation of the process by which elementary and junior high school teachers prepare students to choose a musical instrument / by Jonathan Gardner Bayley  (2000)

​ Marcel Tabuteau : pedagogical concepts and practices for teaching musical expressiveness : an oral history / by Melissa A. Stevens  (1999)

Janice Harsanyi : profile of an artist/teacher / by Eric Hoy Tucker  (1998)

A comparison of self-efficacy and teaching effectiveness in preservice string teachers / by Gail L. VanAernum Barnes (1998)

The quality of repertoire chosen by high school wind band conductors and the resources and criteria used to choose this literature / by Craig S. Young (1998)

Music education as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents : self-perceptions, opinions, and attitudes about inclusion in selected music settings / by Christina Goss-Shields (1997)

A teaching technique to aid the development of vocal accuracy in elementary school students / by Sandra L. Mathias (1997).

The effect of movement instruction on sixth-grade beginning instrumental music students' perception, synchronization, and performance with a steady beat / by Debbie Ann Rohwer (1997).

Music teachers' attitudes, classroom environments, and music activities in multicultural music education / by Sharon M. Young (1996).

Student attitude toward instrumental music education during the first year of instruction / by Mary Janet Brown  (1996)

A survey of Suzuki violin programs in community music schools in the United States / by Suzanne Leslie Blaker  (1995)

​ Opinions, attitudes, music skills, and acquired knowledge of older adults using an adapted version of a technology-assisted music education curriculum / by Kathryn Jo-Anne Keenan  (1995)

​ The piano teaching of Earl Wild : an introduction to his method and style / by Debora Arder  (1995)

​ A study of the aural-diagnostic and prescriptive skills of preservice and expert instrumental music teachers / by Paul Frederic Doerksen  (1994).

​ Establishing and utilizing criteria for selecting and composing appropriate choral literature for middle school mixed ensembles / by Lon S. Beery  (1994)

​Preferred general music classroom activities among low-income, urban-minority middle school students / by Yvonne P. Johnson (1994)

​Audition procedures and advice from concertmasters of American orchestras / by Joan Griffing (1994)

​ Teaching young children compositional concepts to enhance music learning in a computer learning environment / by Derjen Jeney Sun  (1993)

​ An investigation of the relationship between selected personality variables and retention of students in the string orchestra program / by Ward Franklin Mowery  (1993).

​ A descriptive study of the post-secondary musical/cultural behaviors and attitudes of participants and non-participants of instrumental music ensembles from two secondary schools in eastern Massachusetts / by Donald Martin Dregalla  (1993)

​ The status of snare drum instruction in percussion methods programs of selected universities and colleges in Ohio and contiguous states / by Cary Dachtyl  (1992)

​ An investigation of the effects of visual diagnostic skills development on the instruction and acquisition of basic conducting skills for beginning conductors / by David Edmund Scott  (1992)

​ The development of pedagogical-content knowledge : two case studies of exemplary general music teachers / by Edward Burger Duling  (1992)

​ The effectiveness of mnemonics to assist middle school general music students' recognition and retention of musical themes / by Lynda Marie Dunn  (1992).

​ An overview of issues in music student teaching, related research, and a sample study of the effects of classroom characteristics on evaluation of student teaching / by Mark W. Gallant  (1992)

​ Characteristics of in-service urban music teachers and pre-service music teachers in Ohio and their attitudes toward teaching music in urban schools / by Stephen Wade Ausmann  (1991).

​ Selected aspects of curricular pacing in introductory nonmajor music classes / by Kim Franklin Shirey  (1990)

​ The effect of differential choral group instruction on children's vocal and rhythmic performance of taught and transfer patterns / by Amy D. Chivington  (1990)

​ Justifying music in the American public school : a survey of selected Ohio school personnel / by Barbara S. Payne  (1990)

​ An examination of the uses of music in selected licensed preschools in the state of Ohio / by Kimberly Moody Golden  (1989)

​ An investigation of the effects of a researcher-designed string music curriculum on the playing skills of mildly mentally handicapped middle school students grouped in homogeneous and heterogeneous classes / by Diana Jean Van Camp  (1989).

​ The acquisition of basic conducting skills by beginning conductors : a comparison of the effects of guided and unguided videotaped modeling / by David Alan Leppla  (1989)

​ The effects of task order and function pattern on learning harmonic dictation / by Barbara Ann Murphy  (1989)

​The effect of speech rhythm, melody, and movement on song identification and performance of preschool children / by Deborah Dunne-Sousa (1988)

​ Teaching piano skills to handicapped persons through use of systematic instruction : a proposal / by Elva Tice Michal  (1987)

​ Perceived music and music-teaching competencies of classroom teachers in the state of Ohio / by Jerry Lee Goodman  (1985)

​ The differential effects of modeling and discrimination training on selected music teaching skills, confidence level, and achievement among elementary education majors / by Sister Margaret Mary Kelly  (1984)

​ The development and evaluation of a test to assess selected characteristics of prospective music educators / by Christopher Philip Doane  (1981)

​ An investigation of music in the education of mentally and physically handicapped children in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to the course, "Music for Slow Learners," at Dartington College of Arts / by Joan Kimnach Lehr  (1977)

​A study of the effectiveness of competition festivals in the music education process / by Charles Paul Temple (1973)

​ A study of practices in student teaching in selected universities with recommendations for the improvement of the full-time student teaching program in music at the Ohio State University / by Stephen Milburn Clarke  (1973)

​A survey of the opinions of administrators and music teachers in regard to large group music competition / by James Richard Hanshumaker (1956)

​The Function of expressive bodily movement in the teaching of instrumental music / by Marvin Willis Fogt (1952)

A study on audio-visual interaction : how visual temporal cues influence grouping of auditory events / by Yu Fan (2019)

Worlds of musics : cognitive ethnomusicological inquiries on experience of time and space in human music-making / by Yong Jeon Cheong (2019)

Subtle semblances of sorrow : exploring music, emotional theory, and methodology / by Lindsay Alison Warrenburg (2019)

On popular music and media : analyzing changes in compositional practices and music listening choice behavior using attention economy principles / by Hubert Léveillé Gauvin (2018)

Cognitive and theoretical analyses of expressive performance choices / by Caitlyn Trevor (2018)

Cultural influence on the perception and cognition of musical pulse and meter / by Hsiang-Ning Kung (2017)

When the leading tone doesn't lead: musical qualia in context / by Claire Arthur  (2016)

MCflow : a digital corpus of rap flow / by Nathaniel Condit-Schultz  (2016)

Examining contrasting expressive content within first and second musical themes / by Lindsay Alison Warrenburg  (2016)

Two studies on assessing emotional responses to music and mode : the effect of lowered pitch on sadness judgments, and the affective priming paradigm as an implicit measure / by Gary King-Yee Yim  (2014)

Animacy, anthropomimesis, and musical line / by George John (Yuri) Broze III  (2013)

Affective analysis of music using the progressive exposure method : the influence of bottom-up features on perceived musical affect / by Joshua David Albrecht  (2012)

An empirical investigation of a sarcastic tone of voice in instrumental music / by Joseph Stephen Plazak  (2011)

Selected topics in the perception and interpretation of musical tempo / by Randolph Burge Johnson  (2010)

A criterion-related validity test of selected indicators of musical sophistication using expert ratings / by Joy E. Ollen  (2006)

Dynamic melodic expectancy / by Bret J. Aarden  (2003)

The effect of school performing ensemble participation on the ability to perform and perceive expression in music / by Daryl Wayne Kinney  (2001)

Grouping strategy in rhythmic perception : a test of the perceptual salience of Lerdahl & Jackendoff's grouping preference rules / by Thomas Kennedy Ryan  (2001). 

The effects of variations of duration on musicians' perceptions of tonic in tonally ambiguous three-note sets / by C. Rockelle Strader  (1996). 

The effect of timbral variance on the score-reading ability of novice conductors / by Timothy Edward Swinehart  (1994)

An exploratory examination of the electroencephalographic correlates of aural imagery, kinesthetic imagery, music listening, and motor movement by novice and expert conductors / by Elizabeth Helene Jackson  (1994)

Developing the ability to recognize microtones / by Charles Norman Bates  (1992). 

Listener's choice of timing or intensity information as prominent in piano performance style recognition / by Allan James Dudek  (1992). 

Recognition of chord changes by 4- and 5-year-old American and Argentine children / by Eugenia Costa-Giomi  (1991).

The effects of timbre on aural skills : an exploration of the attributes of timbre and spectral parsing for sounds used in aural training / by Mark Lewis Lochstampfor  (1990).

An experimental investigation of the effectiveness of training on absolute pitch in adult musicians / by Mark Alan Rush  (1989)

An experimental study of relationships among music listening abilities in formally and informally trained musicians / by Henry Panion  (1989).

Improving instrumental practice techniques through use of a motor schema theory of learning / by John Edward Owen  (1988).

Humor in instrumental music : a discussion of musical affect, psychological concepts of humor and identification of musical humor / by Linda R. Lowry  (1974)

The effect of key upon emotional response to music / by Janet Souders Crist  (1947)

Study in Rain and Light : an approach for audiovisual composition / by James MacDonald  (2019)

A new music composition technique using natural science data / by Joungmin Lee (2019)

Exploring Ways to Teach Creativity in Composition / by Binshan Zhao (2019)

The composer-conductor : an examination of the relationship and connection between two disciplines / by Zachary Jacob Friedland (2018)

My music and Helmut Lachenmann's concept of sound / by Chih-Liang Lin  (2015)

Cross-disciplinary integration of musical works and visual arts through computer technology / by Keith Randolph Newton  (2013)

The black composer : identity, invisibility, relevance and the making of a brand in the digital age / by Mark Allison Lomax II  (2013)

A study of the original composition "Land of our birth" : composition for male chorus, brass, percussion, woodwinds and piano / by Michael George Martin  (2013)

A theory of orthography and the fundamental bass for the late oeuvre of Scriabin / by David Nelson Tomasacci  (2013)

Jan Radzynski's Canto (1981) : an introductory view of its genre, style, and form, with suggestions for performance / by Jiung Yoon  (2012)

Polytonal non-octave complexes / by Luis Javier Obregón  (2012)

The development of contemporary Korean music with emphasis on works of Isang Yun / by Joo Won Kim  (2011)

60x365 : compositions for the Internet / by David Morneau  (2011)

Structural analysis through ordered harmony transformations in the early works of Arnold Schoenberg / by Blake Ross Henson  (2010)

Analysis and performance aspects of Donald Harris' sonata for piano / by Seon Ok Kim  (2010)

The study of the relationship between Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky during Schoenberg's expressionist period /  by Sohee Kim (2010)

The piano and wind quintets of Mozart and Beethoven : reception and relationship / by Roberta Zajkowski  (2010)

Observations and trends found in Stravinsky's use of the clarinet during the years 1914-1919 / by Jennifer Joy Laubenthal  (2009)

The nine-step scale of Alexander Tcherepnin : its conception, its properties, and its use / by Kimberly Anne Veenstra  (2009)

Alan Louis Smith's Vignettes: Ellis Island : the history, evolution and performance of a modern American song cycle /  by Tamara Brooke Regensburger (2009)

El Salón México by Aaron Copland : a study and comparison of the orchestral score and two transcriptions for band /  by Erika Kirsten Svanoe (2009)

A comparative study of selected violin works of Isang Yun : Gasa für Violine und Klavier (1963) and Sonate für Violine und Klavier  / by Kyung Ha Lee (2009)

A study of the use of tuba in Ralph Vaughan Williams' nine symphonies / by John R. Bottomley  (2009)

Influence of commedia dell'arte on Stravinsky's Suite Italienne / by Sachiho Cynthia Murasugi  (2009)

Understanding Rzewski's North American ballads : from the composer to the work / by Sujin Kim  (2009)

An historical perspective on Pere Valls : with a stylistic and structural analysis of Suite Andaluza / by Joseph M. Schauer  (2008)

Harmonic syntax in Delius's late period chamber music (1905-1930) / by HyounKyoung Yie  (2008)

Conflict and meaning in Carl Nielsen's Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, Op. 57 (1928) / by Douglas Monroe  (2008)

Analysis and performance aspects of György Ligeti's Études pour piano : Fanfares and Arc-en-ciel / by Yung-jen Chen  (2007)

An innovative approach to serialism : George Rochberg's Twelve bagatelles for piano and Symphony no. 2 / by Yoojin Kim  (2007)

The Symphony for band of Donald E. McGinnis : a guide for conductors / by Matthew Charles Saunders  (2007)

Discrepancies in the score of Symphony for Band of Donald E. McGinnis are noted here:  https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?6287053351965::NO:10:P10_ETD_SUBID:65611

Four motets from the Florilegium portense / by Mark A. Chaney  (2007)

Random precision : some applications of fractals and cellular automata in music composition / by Igor Karaca  (2005)

An examination of notation in selected repertoire for multiple percussion / by Alyssa Gretchen Smith  (2005)

Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-first-century musical progress / by Yuri Bortz  (2005)

The trumpet as a voice of Americana in the Americanist music of Gershwin, Copland, and Bernstein / by Amanda Kriska Bekeny  (2005)

Rules for setting of French text in the writings of Alexandre Etienne Choron (1771-1834) and his contemporaries / by Geraldine Metcalf Rosser  (2003)

Playing with circles : a musico-poetic study of György Kurtág's "Scenes from a novel," op. 19 (1979-1982) / by Diana Lentsner  (2002)

The influence of Chopin in Piano music on the twenty-four preludes for Piano, Opus 11 of Alexander Scriabin / by Seong-Ae Lim  (2002)

Prokofiev piano sonatas no. 2, no. 5, and no. 8 : comparison and performance strategies / by Yun-Young Hwang  (2002)

Compositional issues with Corigliano, Oliveros, and Kernis / by Keith Gregory Dippre  (2001)

A study of the wind-band music of Frank Ticheli with an analysis of Fortress, Postcard, and Vesuvius / by John A. Darling  (2001)

Symbolic structure in the music of Gubaidulina / by Fay Damaris Neary  (1999)

Fusion of musical styles and cultures in Bright Sheng's opera "The Song of Majnun" / by Chiung-Tan Hsu  (1999)

Olly Wilson, Anthony Davis, and George Lewis : the lives, works, and perspectives of three contemporary African American composers /  by Robert Thomas Tanner (1999)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's music for men's voices including a detailed analysis of Festgesang: An die Künstler, opus 68 and Zwei Geistliche Mannerchöre, opus 115 with suggestions for rehearsal and performance  / by Joseph H. Janisch (1998)

Aspects of historical background, literary influence, form, and performance interpretation in Robert Schumann's Carnaval / by Chllung-Wel Chou  (1998)

Seo-kwang (a ray of hope) : inspiration in Korean crisis and the influence of Korean traditional music / by Bong-Ho Kim  (1998)

Symbolism and textual painting in four vocal works by George Crumb / by Douglas Bell Reeder  (1997)

Pictorial and poetic influences in Benjamin Britten's Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo : a magical journey through associations / by Douglas W. Bolin  (1996)

Aspects of neo-classicism in the first movements of piano sonatas by Barber, Sessions, Copland, and Stravinsky / by Gui Sook Lee  (1996)

The Debussy edition of The four ballades of Chopin / by Wei Wu  (1995)

A commentary on African-American musical style with an analysis of the influences of African-American musical style on the composition "Simple City" / by Charles Gregory Washington  (1994)

A comparative study of reductionist tendencies in the arts /  by Neil P. Cassidy (1994)

Keening as a cross-cultural phenomenon / by Todd Dunham Harvey  (1993) 

L'Histoire du soldat and Les noces : a historical, theoretical, and theatrical comparison study of two chamber music compositions by Igor Stravinsky /  by Janis LaFaye McKay (1993)

Oley Speaks and the Oley Speaks music library archive : a legacy of the twentieth century American art song / by Stephanie Kay Tingler  (1993)

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition : an analytical and performance study / by Chen-Tien Lee  (1993)

The songs of Franz Liszt / by Michael David Baron  (1993)

A critical evaluation of the current performance versions of Musorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain," based on the history and content of Musorgsky's original extant versions and a new orchestration of "Night on Bald Mountain," respectfully based upon Musorgsky's original extant versions / by Daniel W. Lochrie  (1992)

A method for generating pitch and rhythm for use in composition based on analytical techniques of Jonathan Bernard / by Christopher Sayles Kenney  (1992)

Kennst du das Land : performance guide to six musical settings of Goethe's poem / by Seonmi Koh  (1991)

The piano in Alban Berg's opera, Lulu / by Mary Jane Fahrenbruck  (1990)

Song composers and their poetry choices : an analysis of the literary background and textual selections of twelve composers / by Thomas Andrew Gregg  (1989)

Liszt's Mazeppa : the history and development of a symphonic poem / by John Douglas Fry  (1988)

Using a digital soundfile mixing program as a compositional tool : Extensions for concert band and tape / by Neal Wesley Yocom  (1988). Authorization/login required.

Requiem mass for chorus and orchestra ; with a monograph on the history, regulation, and content of the Missa pro defunctis / by Marshall Paul Onofrio  (1987). Authorization/login required.

The future of the symphony orchestra based upon its historical development / by Steven Lee Winteregg  (1987)

Chiang Wen-Yeh : the style of his selected piano works and a study of music modernization in Japan and China / by Tzong-Kai Kuo  (1987). Authorization/login required.

The synthesis and manipulation of fused ensemble timbres and sound masses by means of digital signal processing / by Richard Jordan Smoot  (1986). Authorization/login required.

Part I: Evocation as a compositional device : Part II: Concerto for chamber orchestra / by Rocky J. Reuter  (1986)

Some observations on the sociological role of the composer in the twentieth century / by E. Michael Harrington  (1985). Authorization/login required.

Part I: Representationalism in selected twentieth century compositions about the sea. Part II: sententia, sea music for soprano, woodwinds, brass, and percussion / by Susan Elaine Jenkins  (1984)

The piano between 1800 and 1850 : the instruments for which the composers wrote / by John Wesley Golightly  (1980)

Symphony No.10 by David Maslanka with Matthew Maslanka commissioning, completion, performance and analysis / by Onsby Cray Rose  (2019)

The Controlled Indeterminacy in Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto / by Shuo Shen  (2019)

Classification and pattern extraction: application of wavelets in music analysis / by Jennifer Christine Shafer  (2016)

Contour levels : an abstraction of pitch space based on African tone systems / by Aaron Carter-Ényì  (2016)

Bagatelles No. 6 and No. 8, Op. 59 by Nikolai Kapustin : background, analysis, and performance guideline / by Sekyeong Seong  (2015)

The expressive phrasing concepts of Marcel Tabuteau applied to concerto in Eb major for horn and orchestra, K. 417 by W.A. Mozart / by Joshua P. Micha  (2014)

Smooth voice-leading systems for atonal music / by Yeajin Kim  (2013)

The songs of Lori Laitman : an analysis of sunflowers and early snow / by Helen Teresa Allen  (2013)

The Reed Trio : analysis of works by Ibert, Françaix and Schreiner with a representative repertoire list / by Jacqueline Therese Bretz  (2013)

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich : background, analysis, and performance application / by Emily Ann Patronik  (2013)

Ignace Joseph Pleyel's Parthia in Dis : a study and critical edition / by John Anthony Oelrich  (2012)

Ecuadorian-folk and avant-garde elements in Luis Humberto Salgado's sonatas for string instruments / by Juan Carlos Ortega Paredes  (2012)

Daniel Levitan : an examination of his compositional approach with an analysis of marimba four hands / by Gregory Austin Lyons  (2011)

An analysis of style and influence in Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Le Danze del Re David / by Chien-Hui Wong  (2011)

​ Robert Schumann's part-songs for men's chorus and a detailed analysis of Fünf Gesänge (Jagdlieder), opus 137 /  by Timothy David Sarsany (2010)

A comparison of Samuel Barber's: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Andromache's Farewell / by Diana Marina Cataldi  (2010)

The study of the relationship between Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky during Schoenberg's expressionist period /  by Sohee Kim (2010)

An analysis and performance guide to Benjamin Lees's Odyssey I and II / by Youmee Kim  (2008)

The death and resurrection of function / by John Gabriel Miller  (2008)

A foundational approach to core music instruction in undergraduate music theory based on common universal principles / by Christy Jo Talbott  (2008)

"Xianshi," the Viola Concerto by Yi Chen : general analysis and issues of performance interpretation / by Chi-Chuan Teng  (2001). Authorization/login required.

An eighteenth-century Pietist theory of music psychology : the "Brevissima theoriae musicae analysis" of Johann Fricker and Friedrich Oetinger / by Peter John Knapp  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Part writing, error detection, and writing-to-learn : three strategies for learning music theory constructs / by Bruce C. Kelley  (1997)

Approaches to Wolf : Schenker, transformation, function / by Elizabeth Paige Sayrs  (1997)

An analysis of three violin sonatas by William Bolcom / by Philip Richard Baldwin  (1996)

A critical examination of Schenker's theory of linear progressions / by Edward W. Klonoski  (1994)

Enharmonicism in theory and practice in 18th-century music / by Paula Jean Telesco  (1993). Authorization/login required.

Harmonic tonality in the theories of Jérôme-Joseph Momigny / by Glenn Gerald Caldwell  (1993). Authorization/login required.

Aspects of early major-minor tonality : structural characteristics of the music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / by Norman Douglas Anderson  (1992). Authorization/login required.

Tonality in Schoenberg's Theme and variations for band, Opus 43a and Symphony for band / by David Manuel Garcia  (1986)

An examination of semiotics in musical analysis : the Neapolitan complex in Beethoven's Op. 131 / by William Patrick Dougherty  (1985)

Double string quartet : musical score and analysis / by Thomas Howard Romine  (1984). Authorization/login required.

Descriptive analysis of three one-act operas by Seymour Barab / by Heather Joy Parr  (1982)

Dialogue for jazz piano and orchestra with preliminary research and analysis  / by John Theodore Emche (1980). Authorization/login required.

Paul Hindemith's music for flute : analysis of solo works and stylistic and formal considerations of chamber works  / by Jean Mary Ohlsson (1975). Authorization/login required.

Between the inside and the outside : seven American composers in the twentieth century and their piano pieces / by Liguang Zhou  (2019)

A study of Tyzen Hsiao's piano concerto, op. 53: a comparison with Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 2 / by Lin-Min Chang  (2018)

Pulse (2014) by Ching-chu Hu : an approach, analysis, and performance study / by Pei-Sin Chen  (2017)

A study of Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto: The influence of Gyorgy Ligeti's Piano Concerto / by Eunhee Kim  (2016)

Tan Dun's Eight Memories in Watercolor, op.1 : strategies for pianists and a version comparison / by Baolu Chen  (2016)

György Ligeti's Désordre and L'escalier du Diable : compositional style and method of practice / by Mihyun Lee  (2015)

A study and performance guide to Luciano Berio's Six Encores pour piano / by Jinyoung Kim  (2014)

A study of the Third Piano Sonata of Carl Vine (2007) : the musical characteristics of the third sonata compared through the first sonata and second sonata and practical performance guidance / by Gina Kyounglae Kang  (2012)

Writing styles and performance guidelines of Carl Vine's Piano Concerto No. 1 / by Ji Young Park  (2012)

George Gershwin's An American in Paris for two pianos : a critical score study and performance guide / by Joseph Michael Van Dyk  (2011)

Selected original piano solo works of Robert Boury : emphasis on performance and practice suggestions / by Rina Shimizu-Grow  (2011)

Analysis of and performance suggestions for Astor Piazzolla's piano solo work Three Preludes : Leijia's game, Flora's game, Sunny's game /  by Lin-San Chou (2010)

Variations on a Theme by Haydn (1990) and the Invisible Drummer (1974) by Andre Previn : an introduction and approach to performance / by Mei-Hsuan Huang  (2010)

The solo piano works of Alexander Müllenbach : an introduction and approach to performance / by Ryan Joseph Behan  (2009)

Edvard Grieg's "Ballade in the form of variations on a Norwegian melody," op.24, for piano, and "Old Norwegian melody with variations," op.51, for two pianos : an analytical overview and interpretive study of the variation procedure / by Amalia Sagona  (2009)

Dmitri Shostkovich's [sic] Piano concerto op. 35 : a pianist's performance guide / by Jung-Hwa Lee  (2008)

Analysis and performance aspects of György Ligeti's Études pour piano : Fanfares and Arc-en-ciel / by Yung-jen Chen  (2007)

An analysis of and performance guide to Lou Harrison's Suite for Piano and Kenneth Leighton's Six Studies: Study-Variations Op. 56 / by Na Young Kim  (2004)

The piano sonatas of Carl Vine : a guideline to performance and style analysis / by Eun-Kyoung Yang  (2003)

Janáček from the pianist's perspective : a prescriptive analysis of "On an overgrown path," the Sonata 1.X.1905, and "In the mist" /  by Jennifer Eunji Lee (2003)

The variations in B Flat Minor, Opus 3 of Karol Szymanowski : an analysis of performance challenges and solutions / by Yung-Ching Yang  (2002). Authorization/login required.

The piano compositional style of Lucrecia Roces Kasilag / by Caroline Besana Salido  (2002)

Igor Stravinsky's three movements from Petrushka : an analysis of performance practice / by Hee Chung  (2002)

A performer's guide to the six Preludes, op. 6, and Toccata, op. 15, of Robert Muczynski : with a short synopsis of Russian influence and style / by Min-Jung Cho  (2002)

The two sonatas for Violin and Piano by a neglected composer, Howard Ferguson : a performer's analysis / by Ya-Chiao Lin  (2000)

Trilogy-Prokofiev's War Sonatas : a study of pianism diagnosis and performance practice / by Chiann-Yi Liao  (1999)

The cello and piano works of Camargo Guarnieri / by Paulo César Martins Rabelo  (1996)

Beethoven's piano concerto in C major, opus 15 : structural analysis and performance strategies / by Gloria Nye-Gin Yeh  (1994)

Mozart's Piano concerto in D minor, K. 466 : analysis and discussion of interpretation and performance / by Mei-Na Hsu  (1994)

Robert Schumann's piano concerto in A minor, Op. 54 : a stemmatic analysis of the sources / by Mahn-Hee Kang  (1992)

A study of Chopin's piano sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, with suggestions for performance / by Janida Dhuvabhark  (1992)

John Ireland's first Sonata for violin and piano : an introduction to its study / by Nelson Owen Harper  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The piano concertos of Carl Maria von Weber : precursors of the romantic piano concerto / by Richard C. Lopez  (1989)

A style change in Rachmaninoff's piano music as seen in the second piano sonata in B-flat minor, Opus 36 [1913 and 1931 versions] / by Kim Andrei Lasa  (1988)

A graded annotated bibliography of selected solo piano works of Alexandre Gretchaninoff / by Ann Elisa Haertling-Lint  (1988). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 : aids towards performance / by So-Ham Kim Chung  (1988)

Chopin's Concerto in E minor, op. 11 : an analysis for performance / by Chia-Huei Ai  (1986). Authorization/login required.

Score and analysis of the International Suite for Two Pianos and Orchestra / by James Edward Lucas  (1986). Authorization/login required.

The original composition and analysis of "Ten Concert Etudes for Pianoforte" / by Steven Martin Bresnen  (1985). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of Frank Martin's Second Piano Concerto / by Michael Eldon Dellinger  (1985). Authorization/login required.

Alexander Scriabin's ten piano sonatas : their philosophical meaning and its musical expression / by Elizabeth A. Barany-Schlauch  (1985)

Hindemith's Third Piano Sonata : a new assessment / by Viscount Francis Thurston  (1984). Authorization/login required.

The original solo piano music of Albert Roussel / by Timothy John Minnis  (1984). Authorization/login required.

An analytical study of the Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, of Robert Schumann / by Diane Kay Earle  (1984). Authorization/login required.

Dialogue for jazz piano and orchestra with preliminary research and analysis /  by John Theodore Emche, Jr. (1980). Authorization/login required.

A program in piano accompanying at the Ohio State University : a feasibility study / by Judyth Carolyn Lippmann  (1980). Authorization/login required.

The status and practices of class piano programs in selected colleges and universities of the state of Ohio / by Werner Sonntag  (1980)

The interpretation of accent signs in Roger Sessions' Third Piano Sonata / by Diana Ruth Duffin  (1979). Authorization/login required.

A study of the similarities in fingering principles of the 18th and 20th centuries /  by Marya Hannum Giesy (1979). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of the Opera III, V, and VI keyboard sonatas of Giovanni Marco Placido Rutini / by Stephen Butler Brown  (1979). Authorization/login required.

The musical textures of Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrouchka, for piano: a comparative study of the transcription with other versions of Petrouchka / by Roger Trent Nohl  (1978). Authorization/login required.

The influence of French impressionism and the essence of the Hungarian national character in Zoltán Kodály's piano music / by István Paku Korody  (1978)

Tonality and form in selected French piano sonatas : 1900-1950 / by Virginia Elizabeth Kniesner  (1977)

The Controlled Indeterminacy in Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto / by Shuo Shen (2019)

How to learn the Dvořák concerto in B minor : building personalized practice techniques for virtuosic performance / by Elizabeth Jeremica  (2015)

A pedagogical approach to vibrato styles for advanced cello students and their teachers / by Tzu Yun Chen  (2013)

String bass lutherie in North America : a compendium of makers and examples, 1788-1970 / by Garry Wasserman  (2012)

Ecuadorian-folk and avant-garde elements in Luis Humberto Salgado's sonatas for string instruments / by Juan Carlos Ortega Paredes  (2012)

Pitch performance : a rational approach to the acquisition of intonation skills / by Benjamin R. Coy  (2012)

Building memory structures to foster musicianship in the cello studio / by Mary Davis Fetherston  (2011)

A comparative study of selected violin works of Isang Yun : Gasa für Violine und Klavier (1963) and Sonate für Violine und Klavier /  by Kyung Ha Lee (2009)

Five late Baroque works for string instruments transcribed for clarinet and piano : a performance edition with commentary /  by Antoine Terrell Clark (2009)

Musical use of a general and expressive plucked-string instrument in software / by James Michael Croson  (2004)

The three violin sonatas of British composer Wilfred Josephs (1927-1997) / by Shi-Ling Lin  (2000). Authorization/login required.

The Cello works of Hsiao Tyzen / by Ru-Ping Chen  (1999). Authorization/login required.

The Cello and Piano Sonatas of Emilie Mayer (1821-1883) / by Marie-Aline Cadieux  (1999). Authorization/login required.

Antoine Reicha's quartets for flute and strings, op. 98 : an historical perspective and stylistic overview / by Leslie Goldman Maaser  (1998). Authorization/login required.

The status of contrabass instruction at selected colleges and universities in the United States of America / by Tod Leavitt  (1997)

A performer's analysis of Allan Pettersson's Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra / by Anna Kwak  (1994). Authorization/login required.

The violin music of Karol Szymanowski : a review of the repertoire and stylistic features / by Lisa Elizabeth Lantz  (1994)

Biomechanical analysis of double bassists' performance postures / by Kathleen A. Horvath  (1994)

Towards development of a critical edition of the string quartets of Charles Tomlinson Griffes / by Constance Elizabeth Barrett  (1994). Authorization/login required.

A five year comprehensive curriculum for young violinists / by Karen Williams Romeo  (1986)

The ten preludes for Unaccompanied Violin, op. 35 by Eugène Ysaÿe / by Gordon Shepherd Baughman  (1976)

An investigation of the relationships between parental involvement and the performance ability of violin students / by Gerald Richard Doan  (1973)

Flute repertoire from Japan : an analysis of twentieth-century flute sonatas by Ikuma Dan, Hikaru Hayashi, and Akira Tamba / by Daniel Ryan Gallagher  (2019)

The Interpretation of Opera Excerpts for Bassoon: A Pedagogical Analysis of Selected Excerpts / by Erik S. Malmer (2019)

Twenty interesting etudes for the developing trumpet player : the challenges of range and need for intermediate etudes / by Edward Clark  (2019)

African-American bassoonists and their representation within the classical music environment / by Ian Anthony Bell  (2019)

Turkish classical clarinet repertoire : performance, accessibility, and integration into the canon with a performance guide to works by Edward J. Hines and Ahmet Adnan Saygun / by Sarah Elizabeth Korneisel  (2019)

A conductor's and performer's guide to Steven Bryant's concerto for alto saxophone / by Chester James Jenkins  (2018)

A survey of chamber works for trumpet and electronics / by Isaac David Winland  (2018)

A conductor's and performer's guide to Steven Bryant's concerto for alto saxophone / by Chester James Jenkins (2018)

The United States Army Band Herald Trumpets, 1959-2017 / by Kenneth Bradley Holzworth (2018)

The structure and movement of clarinet playing / by Sheri Lynn Rolf  (2018)

The clarinet works of Jörg Widmann : a performance guide to fantasie for clarinet solo with a survey of unaccompanied clarinet repertoire and guide to contemporary techniques / by Zachary Daniel Dierickx  (2018)

Interdisciplinary transfer and cultivation : how vocal, writing, and visual arts can inform horn practice amd performance / by Jenna Lynn McBride-Harris  (2017)

Finding meaning in the music of David Maslanka / by Melody Baker  (2017)

Three danzas by Puerto Rican clarinetist/composer Juan Ríos Ovalle arranged for clarinet and piano / by Evan Thomas Lynch  (2017)

A Classical clarinetist's guide to klezmer music / by Dylan Mikhail Lloyd  (2017)

First-wave women clarinetists retrospective : a guide to women clarinetists born before 1930 / by Manchusa Loungsangroong  (2017)

Brahms's four serious songs : arranged for trombone and string orchestra / by Anthony L. Weikel  (2015)

Gustave Vogt : performer, educator and composer toward an edition of his works for oboe and English horn / by Stephanie Jane Kunz  (2015)

An introduction to twentieth-century flute music by Norwegian composers : with emphasis on Øistein Sommerfeldt and publications by Norsk Musikforlag / by Rachel E. Haug  (2015)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen : transcription for trumpet ensemble / by Benjamin Michael Joy  (2015)

Contemporary clarinet music in Finland : three concertos by Finnish composers commissioned for Kari Kriikku / by Katie Marie Morell  (2014)

Philippe Gaubert's Poème élégiaque  pour saxophone et orchestre : a study and critical edition / by Christian Secrist  (2013)

“The Singing Style of the Bohemians” – A Study of the Bohemian Contributions to Horn Pedagogy, Western Perspectives on Czech Horn Playing and Analysis of the Teachings of Zdenek Divoky' at the Academy of Performing Arts  / by Tiffany N. Damicone (2013)

The commissioned flute choir pieces presented by university/college flute choirs and NFA sponsored flute choirs at National Flute Association annual conventions with a brief history of the flute choir and its repertoire / by Yoon Hee Kim  (2013)

The clarinetist's guide to the performance of the clarinet, viola, and piano trios by Mozart, Bruch, and Larsen / by Adrienne Marie Marshall  (2013)

Observations of Bassoon playing in Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark / by Kerry Ann Haberkern  (2013)

Flute articulation pedagogy : the effect of language-specific consonant pronunciation on a flutist's articulation within the French and English languages /  by Erin Helgeson Torres (2012)

Joseph Kreines and his music for alto saxophone : a biography, analysis, and performance guide / by Michael Rene Torres  (2012)

Humbert Lucarelli : oboe artist / by Bradley Michael Walsh  (2011)

An overview of the history and current state of bassoon music in Mexico / by Kristilyn Woods  (2011)

A supplementary book of Chinese music for the Suzuki flute student / by Nicole Marie Charles  (2010)

The swing era clarinetists and their contributions to twentieth-century clarinet repertoire / by Mary Margaret Smith  (2010)

An overview of the pedagogical benefits of trumpet ensemble playing / by Jonathan Todd Bosarge  (2010)

The evolving mission and purpose of the Pittsburgh Flute Club in the twentieth century / by Kathleen Anne Cameron  (2009)

Duo sonatas and sonatinas for two clarinets, or clarinet and another woodwind instrument : an annotated catalog / by Yu-Ju Ti  (2009)

Three quintets by and for Heinrich Joseph Baermann / by Alisha Leighanne Miller  (2009)

A new model for beginning trombone lessons / by Joel Shonkwiler  (2009)

An annotated bibliography of current research in the field of the medical problems of trumpet playing / by Mark Alan Wade  (2008)

The musical life and career of James B. Underwood / by James M. Stokes, Jr.  (2008)

An illustrated basic flute repair manual for professionals / by Horng-Jiun Lin  (2008)

The oboe concerto of John Harbison : a guide to analysis, performance, and the collaboration with oboist William Bennett /  by Ann Fronckowiak (2006)

A bibliography of chamber music and double concerti literature for oboe and clarinet / by Anthony J. Costa  (2005)

The application of different teaching strategies reflective of individual students' learning modalities in the university flute studio class /  by Nicole L. Molumby (2004)

Leoš Janáček's wind sextet, Mládí: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance / by Elizabeth Suzanne Chaussé  (2004)

Brecker's blues : transcription and theoretical analysis of six selected improvised blues solos by jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker / by David Rawlings Freedy  (2003)

Flutists' family tree : in search of the American Flute School / by Demetra Baferos Fair  (2003)

An annotated bibliography of twentieth-century solo and chamber literature for the E-flat clarinet / by Kathleen M. Gardiner  (2002)

Potential implications for the studio environments in the 21st century : model: studio arts-specifically, schools of music Oboe performance / by  Debra Hawk-Volzer (2002)

A selected study of symphonies concertantes for multiple clarinet soloists, 1770-1850, including works by Stamitz, Devienne, Krommer, Tausch, Müller, Schindelmeisser and Baermann / by Gail S. Lehto  (2002)

Trio for horn, cello and piano / by Richard A. Nichols  (2002). Authorization/login required.

Scale, arpeggio, and interval studies for the bassoon / by Robert D. Jordan  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Hugo Fox : a biography of a prominent American Bassoonist / by Karen M. Crews  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Chamber music with bass clarinet: a bibliography of works and a correlation with the emergence of the Virtuosic Orchestral Bass Clarinet /  by Daniel A. Paprocki (2000)

The Piccolo in the chamber music of the twentieth century : an annotated bibliography of selected works / by Therese M. Wacker  (2000)

An index of excerpts and an overview of published Orchestral Bassoon excerpt collections with a comparison of three collections / by Tama I. Kott  (2000). Authorization/login required.

The influence of Jazz and popular music on the American Trombone Concerto, a selected study of the Solo Trombone and large ensemble works of Richard Peaslee, James Pugh, Howard Buss, and Dexter Morrill /  by Thomas W. Zugger (2000)

The New York Woodwind Quintet : a continuing legacy / by Amy L. Likar  (1999)

The F major bassoon concerto (RTT Schacht 30) of Theodor Von Schacht (1748-1823) / by Douglas E. Spaniol  (1998). Authorization/login required.

An examination of published orchestral excerpt study materials for bassoon and contrabassoon / by David W. Oyen  (1998)

The Woodwind music of Arthur Roland Frackenpohl : his biography, an analysis of two works for Clarinet, and an annotated bibliography of the original works for Woodwinds  / by Deborah Elizabeth Andrus (1998). Authorization/login required.

A Hypermedia Guide to Jazz Appreciation, Beginnings to Chicago / by Craig S. Sylvern  (1996). Authorization/login required.

Selected chamber excerpts for clarinet taken from the repertoire of the mixed wind quintet / by Barbara A. Specht  (1996)

An annotated bibliography of Canadian music for oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn found in the Canadian Music Centre / by Sarah J. Hamilton  (1996)

The clarinet reed : an introduction to its biology, chemistry, and physics / by Donald Jay Casadonte  (1995)

A selected bibliography of music for clarinet and one other instrument by women composers / by Melanie Ann Richards  (1993)

Certain oboe techniques and ensemble pedagogy in selected woodwind chamber music of Heitor Villa-Lobos / by Ailene Annette Munger-MacKay  (1993)

A repertoire guide Including annotations of high school level keyboard percussion works for four mallets / by Ashley Nicole Summerlin  (2019)

The notation and engraving of percussion in modern wind band composition / by Mario Antony Marini  (2016)

Four works for solo timpani: an analysis and performance guide / by Naomi Joy Marcus  (2016)

Daniel Levitan : an examination of select unpitched percussion chamber works / by Juan Mendoza III  (2015)

Solo and chamber percussion works by Nigel Westlake : an examination of Fabian theory, the Hinchinbrook Riffs, the Invisible Men, Kalabash, Malachite Glass, Moving Air, Omphalo Centric Lecture and Penguin Circus / by Kevin Matthew Estes  (2014)

Eckhard Kopetzki's compositions for Marimba Competitions : an examination and comparison of Three Movements for a Solo Dancer and Night of Moon Dances / by Darin James Olson  (2011)

Development of the percussion ensemble through the contributions of the Latin American composers Amadeo Roldán, José Ardévol, Carlos Chávez, and Alberto Ginastera /  by John Richard Hall (2008)

A cultural analysis of Afro-Caribbean rhythm, strumming, and movement for the North American school steelband / by Lennard V. Moses  (2008)

The published vibraphone music of Christopher Deane : an examination and comparison of Mourning dove sonnet and The apocryphal still life / by David Malcolm Wolf  (2008)

​ A review of literature and texts relating to the percussion methods course including a proposal for a new text to meet concerns about course content and structure / by Kimberley H. Burdett  (2007)

​ A survey of percussion studio curricula in the state universities of the United States and Puerto Rico / by Pamela J. Nave  (2001)

​ The distribution, construction, tuning, and performance technique of the African log xylophone / by Yoo Jin Bae  (2001)

​ Notation for percussion instruments / by Charles L. Spohn  (1953)

An overview of the pedagogical benefits of trumpet ensemble playing  / by Jonathan Todd Bosarge  (2010)

The piano and wind quintets of Mozart and Beethoven  : reception and relationship / by Roberta Zajkowski  (2010)

The Woodwind music of Arthur Roland Frackenpohl : his biography, an analysis of two works for Clarinet, and an annotated bibliography of the original  by Deborah Elizabeth Andrus (1998). Authorization/login required.

Certain oboe techniques and ensemble pedagogy in selected woodwind chamber music of Heitor Villa-Lobos / by Ailene Annette Munger- MacKay  (1993)

Differential approaches to rehearsing and conducting an instrumental ensemble / by Bruce Burbank Moss  (1989)

Musical conducting emblems : an investigation of the use of specific conducting gestures by instrumental conductors and their interpretation by instrumental performers / by Gary Donn Sousa  (1988)

A descriptive analysis of secondary instrumental conductor rehearsal problem-solving approaches, addressed musical elements and relationship to student attitude / by Louis A. Menchaca  (1988)

A study of the effectiveness of rhythmic drill materials with student/conductor-teachers while conducting a live ensemble from a full score / by Jack Norman Liles  (1978)

Music for two, three, and four flutes by Friedrich Kuhlau / by Ann Kozuch Fairbanks  (1975)

Sousa's descriptive works and suites as class-cultural mediations / by Steven Wilcer  (2017)

The history and development of the front ensemble in drum corps international / by Lane Wendell Summerlin  (2016)

An examination of the band works nominated for the Grawemeyer Award for music composition and factors influencing the likelihood a band work will win / by Nicholas James Enz  (2015)

Ohio band directors' perceptions of large group adjudicated events / by Kenneth Lloyd Hoffman, Jr.  (2014)

An analysis of select beginning band method books and the level to which they address the national standards for music education / by Kie Watkins  (2011)

A study of Ohio high school band directors' perceived preparation for teaching high school marching band through participation in a collegiate marching band, marching band technique classes, and methods courses / by Brad A. Williamson  (2009)

"El Salón México" by Aaron Copland : a study and comparison of the orchestral score and two transcriptions for band / by Erika Kirsten Svanoe  (2009)

A cultural analysis of Afro-Caribbean rhythm, strumming, and movement for the North American school steelband /  by Lennard V. Moses (2008)

The Symphony for band of Donald E. McGinnis : a guide for conductors / by Matthew Charles Saunders (2007)

A study of first-year students within The Ohio State University and the factors influencing nonparticipation in band programs at the collegiate level / by Michael John Stewart  (2007)

An index of wind band literature analyses from periodicals and university research / by Milton Allen  (2006)

A descriptive analysis of the fourteen Mid-American Conference athletic band programs / by Eric W. Aho  (2005)

A course in band literature based on a standard repertoire developed from the opinions of selected collegiate and secondary school band directors / by Carol M. Hayward  (2004)

The quality and technical difficulty of repertoire performed by non-auditioned, small college bands and the criteria considered in the selection of this literature / by Ronda E. King  (2001)

A study of factors influencing nonparticipation in collegiate band programs among first-year students in the Pacific-10 Athletic Conference / by John Bradley McDavid  (1999)

A descriptive analysis of the eleven Big Ten Conference marching band programs / by John Allen Fuller  (1995)

Notable percussion excerpts of the twentieth century wind-band repertoire / by Charles Timothy Sivils  (1995)

A selected annotated list of wind band works by Henry Cowell and a performance edition of his Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1 for Symphonic Band / by Jere by Brown, Jeremy Scott  (1993)

A status study of nonselective concert bands at selected colleges and universities / by Patrick Franklin Casey  (1993). Authorization/login required.

"A-tonal odyssey for band" : a detailed analysis / by David L. Taylor  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The brass band movement in North America : a survey of brass bands in the United States and Canada / by Ned Mark Hosler  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The influence of Leonard B. Smith on the heritage of the band in the United States / by Vincent Polce  (1991). Authorization/login required.

The effects of expressive and nonexpressive conducting on the performance accuracy of selected expression markings by individual high school instrumentalists / by Vincent James Sidoti  (1990). Authorization/login required.

Wind band performance repertoire at the university level : a survey of collegiate wind band curricula and current repertoire selection processes / by David Otto Woike  (1990)

The effect of conductor sensitization on ensemble response to articulation styles in high school bands / by John Wallace Taylor  (1989). Authorization/login required.

An auralization-based curriculum as a methodology for advanced aural skills training for wind band conductors / by Marcia Ann La Reau  (1989). Authorization/login required.

Marching band techniques in the music teacher education curriculum : a survey of high school band director needs and current university offerings and practices / by Frank Carl Tracz  (1987)

A descriptive analysis of relationships between verbal behaviors of teacher-conductors and ratings of selected junior high and senior high school band rehearsals / by Robert Alan Carpenter  (1986). Authorization/login required.

The effects of selected factors on the choice of freshmen instrumentalists in small colleges to participate or not to participate in the college concert band / by Garen Killion Milton  (1982)

The effects of structured singing activities and self-evaluation practice on elementary band students' instrumental music performance, melodic tonal imagery, self-evaluation, and attitude / by LaPointe Manuel Davis  (1981)

Relationship of private instrumental music instruction to the performance ratings of selected school bands / by Robert F. Kessler  (1961)

A performance guide to Friendly Persuasions : Homage to Poulenc by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer / by Daniel Christopher Stein (2019)

Vascularity and the hormonal cycle in female classical singers / by Kimberly Dawn Monzón (2019)

An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet / by Élise DesChamps (2019)

From baritone to tenor: making the switch / by Weilong Tao  (2017)

Musical means in Mussorgsky's Songs and dances of death : a singer's study guide / by Jason Fuh  (2017)

The adolescent singing voice in the 21st century : vocal health and pedagogy promoting vocal health / by Rianne Marcum Gebhardt  (2016)

Humanistic vocal pedagogy: exploring a voice teacher's scope of practice through a perspective of wellness / by Emily Katherine Brand  (2016)

​ Teaching the songs of Ivor Gurney : an applied studio guide to the utilization of fourteen songs / by Errik M. Hood  (2015)

A study guide of the Taiwanese composer, Nan-Chang Chien, and his four aboriginal lieder for soprano and orchestra / by Szu-Yu Chu  (2014)

Guide of the voice teacher to vocal health for voice students : preventing, detecting and addressing symptoms / by Sarah Khatcherian Milo  (2014)

Perfecting your practice : rehearsal techniques and strategies for the undergraduate singer / by Jennifer Maxwell Whitehead  (2013)

That world of somewhere in between : the history of cabaret and the cabaret songs of Richard Pearson Thomas, Volume I / by Rebecca Eveleth Mullins  (2013)

Ernesto Lecuona : his life and his songs / by Olga Perez Flora  (2013)

A performance guide to Mandarin-Chinese diction and selected art songs / by Yung-Wei Sun  (2012)

A performer's guide to John Musto's song cycle, Quiet songs / by Ching-Yi Chen  (2012)

Translation into Korean of chapter 9, appendix I, and II of The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice by Barbara M. Doscher /  by Eunsook Lee (2011)

Bridging the gap, transitioning vocalists from academia to career / by Laura Michele Portune Cordell  (2011)

The Russian word in song: cultural and linguistic issues of classical singing in the Russian language / by Kathleen L. Manukyan  (2011)

Understanding Libby Larsen's "Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers" a collection of love songs / by Huei-en Hsuu  (2011)

Musical and lyrical multiplicity of hua'er flower songs / by Mo Li  (2011)

Hanns Eisler and his Hollywood Songbook : a survey of the Five Elegies (Fünf Elegien) and the Hölderlin Fragments (Hölderlin-Fragmente) / by Stanley E. Workman, Jr.  (2010)

​ Alan Louis Smith's Vignettes: Ellis Island : the history, evolution and performance of a modern American song cycle / by Tamara Brooke Regensburger  (2009)

The five song collections of John David Earnest set to the poetry of Robert Bode : a performer's perspective / by Dennis M. Bassett  (2009)

Ernest John Moeran : seven poems of James Joyce a singer's guide to preparation and performance / by Cyril Andrew Blosser  (2009)

​"I sing because I'm free" : developing a systematic vocal pedagogy for the modern gospel singer / by Crystal Yvonne Sellers  (2009)

​Stephen Foster and American song : a guide for singers / by Samantha Renee Mowery  (2008)

​ A performer's examination of John Musto's Shadow of the blues and Recuerdo / by Daniel Hunter-Holly  (2007)

Songs to the moon : a song cycle by Jake Heggie from poems by Vachel Lindsay / by Carolyn E. Redman  (2004)

The Liriche da camera of Francesco Santoliquido / by Abra K. Bush  (2003)

The owner's manual to the singing voice / by Rachael Kathleen Gates  (2002)

Briefly it enters : a song cycle by William Bolcom from poems by Jane Kenyon / by Nancy E. Jennings Jantsch  (2001)

The art songs of André Previn with lyrics by Toni Morrison : Honey and Rue and Four Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano a performer's perspective / by  Adrian, Stephanie McClure (2001)

Selected Gershwin songs as transcribed for the piano by George Gershwin and Earl Wild / by Yun-Ling Hsu  (2000)

​ The contributions of four African-American women composers to Amreican Art Song / by Carren D. Moham  (1997)

​ A performer's guide to the text and music of Dominick Argento's The Andrée Expedition / by Michael Andrew Paxson  (1997)

Twentieth-Century American Composer Thomas Pasatieri: An Examination of Style as Illustrated by the Works Set to the Text of American Poet Kit Van Cleave / by Beth Bauer  (1996)

​ Reflections of a life : biographical perspectives of Virginia Woolf illuminated by the music and drama of Dominick Argento's song cycle, "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf" / by Noelle Woods  (1996)

​ The songs of Franz Liszt / by Michael David Baron  (1993)

A survey and analysis of the published French and Irish songs for piano and voice of Sir Arnold Bax / by David Matthew Shockey  (1991)

​ The singing voice : effects of the menstrual cycle / by Cheryl Ann Hoover  (1991)

​ A study of methods used by exemplary college voice teachers in teaching improved vocal resonance / by Cynthia Renee Coleman  (1989)

An electromyographic study of preparatory set in singing as influenced by the Alexander technique / by Robert James Engelhart  (1989)

Twelve Rachmaninoff songs as transcribed for piano by Earl Wild : an introductory study / by Ching-Jen Wu  (1989)

​ Improving voice quality in pulmonary-assisted alaryngeal speakers through the application of singing techniques / by Kimberle I. Moon  (1984)

A performer's commentary on "To be Sung Upon the Water" by Dominick Argento / by Trucilla Marie Sabatino  (1980)

The early songs of Sergei Prokofiev and their relation to the synthesis of the arts in Russia, 1890-1922 / by Robert Kenneth Evans  (1971)

Discovering the nature of Robert Schumann's "Frauenliebe und Leben" / Helen Josephine Turner  (1963)

A conductor's guide to Dan Locklair's since dawn : a tone poem for narrator, chorus and orchestra / by Matthew Neal Russell  (2013)

A study of the original composition "Land of our birth" : composition for male chorus, brass, percussion, woodwinds and piano / by Michael George Martin  (2013)

Robert Schumann's part-songs for men's chorus and a detailed analysis of Fünf Gesänge (Jagdlieder), opus 137 / by Timothy David Sarsany  (2010)

Vocal preparation for the high school male : preparing the high school male soloist for contest/audition - a choral director's guide / by Todd Edward Ranney  (2009)

Gwyneth Walker : an annotated bio-bibliography of selected works for mixed chorus / by Richard L. Schnipke  (2008)

Selected baroque compositions with instrumental accompaniment for amateur choir / by Linda Cressman Busarow  (2007)

​ Four motets from the Florilegium portense / by Mark A. Chaney  (2007)

The messa di voce and its effectiveness as a training exercise for the young singer / by Diane M. Pulte  (2005)

​A choral organizational structure for the developing male singer / by Bevan T. Keating  (2004)

​An historical perspective of international champion quartets of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, 1939-1963 / by Benjamin Charles Ayling  (2000)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's music for men's voices including a detailed analysis of Festgesang: An die Künstler, opus 68 and Zwei Geistliche Manner /  by Joseph H. Janisch (1998)

The effect of phonetic instruction on performance of liturgical Latin diction for middle school mixed choirs / by Yu-Wen Pan  (1997). Authorization/login required.

Talking within music : an ethnographic study of choral instruction, verbal interactions and the resulting ensemble sounds within a high school choral rehearsal / by Mark Edward Rohwer  (1997). Authorization/login required.

The stylistic placement of War Requiem in Benjamin Britten's oeuvre / by Nikola Dale Strader  (1996)

Job satisfaction among high school choral music teachers in the state of Ohio / by Frank Kalani Poncé  (1994). Authorization/login required.

Memories of Early Childhood: a composition for mixed choir with organ accompaniment / by Linda Hofstetter Nolan  (1991). Authorization/login required.

An experimental study of a speech cue rhythmic subdivision design in the remediation of rhythmic performance skills of junior high school mixed choirs / by Richard L. Mallonee  (1991)

A perceptual study of vocal registers in the singing voices of children / by Pamela Sewell Wurgler  (1990)

Acoustical placement of voices in choral formations / by Robert Dale Tocheff  (1990)

Welsh choral music in America in the nineteenth century / by Linda Louise Pohly  (1989). Authorization/login required.

Evaluation of procedures to develop selected choral rehearsal skills with undergraduate choral methods students / by Robert Allen Petty  (1987)

A descriptive analysis of the rehearsal behaviors of selected exemplary junior high and middle school choir directors / by Pamela Dayle Hopton Fiocca  (1986)

The seven last words / by Dorothy Elder Stewart  (1985). Authorization/login required.

The Dies Irae as used by Sergei Rachmaninoff : some sources, antecedents, and applications / by Susan Jeanne Woodard  (1984)

Vocal pedagogy in the choral rehearsal : the influence of selected concepts on choral tone quality, student understanding of the singing process, and student attitudes toward choir participation / by Lynn Ann Corbin  (1982)

"Song of a man and a nation's experience": a Cantata based on poetry by Walt Whitman / by Douglas Paul Starr  (1978). Authorization/login required.

Problems of composing choral music for high school use / by Harrison Leslie Adams  (1973)

A study of difference tones as related to choral singing / by Maurice Andrew Worland  (1948)

Registration strategies of professional operatic mezzo-sopranos / by Katherine Celine Osborne (2015)

The crossover opera singer : bridging the gap between opera and musical theater / by Keyona Willis-Lynam (2015)

The study of 'Alice in Wonderland' of Unsuk Chin / by Eun Seok Park (2014)

Puccini's creation of the role of Liù in his opera Turandot : a soprano's preparation of the role and a historical perspective / by Sanghee Kim (2001).

Operatic reform in Turin : aspects of production and stylistic change in the 1760s / by Margaret Ruth Butler (2000). 

Fusion of musical styles and cultures in Bright Sheng's opera "The Song of Majnun" / by Chiung-Tan Hsu (1999)

Musical and dramatic structure in the finales of the operas of Giacomo Puccini / by Micheal F. Anders (1997)

An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Russian Arias for Tenor: A Guide to Performance / by Larry Wayne Fralick, Jr. (1995). 

Opera workshop for the undergraduate: more than aria coaching / by Christine Anne Janis (1994). 

Marc Blitzstein's Regina : a pivotal work in American musical theatre / by Anne Bill Foradori (1994)

Factors influencing performance standards for professional opera singers from 1600 to the present time / by David Michael Rives (1993)

American operas on American themes by American composers : a survey of characteristics and influences / by Penelope Ann Speedie (1991). 

​Meyerbeer's Le prophète : a history of its composition and early performances / by Alan Armstrong (1990). 

​ The piano in Alban Berg's opera, Lulu / by Mary Jane Fahrenbruck (1990)

A comparative study of "Le Barbier de Séville", the original play, and the two operas "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Giovanni Paisiello and Giochino Rossini / by Ricky Ricardo Little (1985). 

The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : an interpretive staging as applied to University Opera Theater productions / by David Neil Stoffel (1983). 

The hope of reconciliation : a stylistic characteristic of Sir Michael Tippett culminating in "The Ice Break" / by Beverly Jean Vaughn (1982).

Franz Liszt and his Verdi opera transcriptions / by Peter Paul Dorgan (1982)

​ Descriptive analysis of three one-act operas by Seymour Barab / by Heather Joy Parr (1982)

The dramatic function of poetic and musical forms in a Savoy opera prototype / by Jaropolk Lassowsky (1981)

A study of vocal demands in selected early German romantic operas / by Mary Gilley Schiller (1979).

Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe : an investigation of its historical accuracy and the feasibility of a historical production in the Tabor Opera House / by Randie Lee Blooding (1979)

A study of the composition and performance of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha / by Rubye Nell Hebert (1976)

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MUSIC AS INSPIRATION FOR ARCHITECTURAL FORM

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Music has the potential to evoke some of our deepest emotions and drastically alter our moods simply through specific combinations of notes. Architecture too, should have this potential. This thesis aims at investigating the secret of emotion in music, as it is an attempt to draw an analogy that may help to create a deeper architectural experience. A great musical composition is like a dream. When it is convincing in its narrative it draws you in, and makes you believe in its reality, stirring emotions within you for no apparent reason. When you look deeper into the nature of a musical composition, like musicologists have been doing, you discover testable, psychological devices are applied in order to create a greater emotional response from the listeners. By studying the work of Beethoven, I believe that I can translate these aural devices into visual and tactile ones, in the form of a housing development in Auckland city. Housing developments suffer from problems of monotony, due to their repetitive and modular nature. This project seeks to provide an alternative to these monotonous schemes by using a piece of music as a design brief. Highly architectural pieces of music are already perfectly balanced in their blend between variation and repetition, and are therefore great for regulating order. I have chosen my own piece of music, the Pathetique sonata by Beethoven, as inspiration because of its complex architecture, and because there are many professional analyses of it from which to study. My goal in this thesis is to reveal the wealth of architecural ideas hidden within highly structured pieces of music.

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Alessandra Capanna

This paper is one of a set of lessons prepared for the course of “Theory of Architecture” (Faculty of Architecture — “La Sapienza” University of Rome). The didactic aim was to present — to students attending the first year of courses — some methods for the beginning stages of design and their applicability to any kind creative work. The brief multimedia hypertext quoted at the end of this paper was carried out in collaboration with the “LaMA” (Laboratorio Multimediale di Architettura) as a test for new educational tools applied to first our “e-learning” experiences.

In this portfolio of compositions, I have explored the concept of musical ambiguity. I perceive this kind of ambiguity as an interesting and purposeful instability, created by employing a variety of techniques to arrange and manipulate complex compositional materials. Interrupting the narrative flow with unexpected, disturbing fragments should increase the expressive tension of the musical structure and narrative, thereby obliterating ‘habitual’ hierarchies of perception and eradicating a false sense of stability in the listener. My techniques include the simultaneous juxtaposition of several aural ‘viewpoints’, such as dense versus lucid textures, as well as the fragmentation and repositioning of chosen elements. In the analyses of my compositions I have made use of some ideas and terms from the visual arts, architecture and philosophy to clarify my arguments. Every musical element from tonality, texture and rhythm to structure and narrative is questioned and reinterpreted by means of fragmentation and juxtaposition with the aim of creating layers of textures and timbres. Prior to this treatment, a composition is generally begun with a musical idea, derived from my mental ‘sound library’, which already alludes to timbre, instrumentation, atmosphere, modality and provides motivic impetus. Furthermore, a lively collaboration with musicians plays an important role during the compositional process and has enabled me to find my own voice through the shaping of the experimental materials into the two orchestral works, a few ensemble pieces and solo works.

Ken-Albert Orwa

Architectural design in urban Africa has long been defined from an outsider's point of view. It's high time that Africans begun to craft their own identity, even in their built environment. African urban music is a metaphor of both local expression and global appreciation. Music and architecture have a resonance in the design elements and principles that are used in their composition. Therefore, this dissertation demonstrates the possibility of using African urban music as a way of inspiring and basing the architectural landscape of urban Africa.

Marwa Morsi

At a time when technology has unleashed architects to design the most extravagant tangible forms, could questioning the concept of form in an abstract medium like music, which lies in the territory of idea, and incorporating its ephemeral qualities into the spatial realm lead to a reconsideration of architectural form? -- Isben Önen's insightful book offers a new view of the relationship between the histories of Western music and architecture. It demonstrates both the profound overlaps and divergences between the two fields, presenting a wide-ranging understanding of the development of each field. This is cultural history at its best: richly informative and deeply engaging. (Christopher Long) -- Throughout history there has been a constant fascination of architects with music. Isben Önen, an architect and a musician himself, sets out explore the formal correspondence between his two fields of expertise, from Vitruvius to Leon Battista Alberti; from Gabrieli through the enlightenment, to Alban Berg and all the way to Renzo Piano’s and Luigi Nono’s contemporary Prometeo. This uncommonly vast and profound piece of scholarship is of interest not only to musicians and architects but also the non-specialized public. (Liane Lefaivre)

Different art branches meet in many fields. Words & sentences of art are similar as regards harmonic elements, unity & rhythm. We focus in this study on those fields which make the architecture meets the music arts, and how each art is affecting the others? There has been a tremendous development in architectural concepts. In the past, we had obtained a complete symphony through the architectural works. Presently, we invent flexible, dynamic architectural models by integrating music wave frequencies using computer simulation programs or by de-constructing forms into free separate pixels. Step 1, Explaining the mutual relation between music & its philosophical effect on the architectural ideas. Step 2, Analyzing created architectural products which are designed by the musical harmony inside the computer simulation program. Step 3 Finding if these new design methods will meet the society‘s desire & acceptance in the future, or not?

Dancing Architecture: The parallel evolution of Bharatanatyam and South Indian Architecture

Tracey Eve Winton

In her book, "Indian Classical dance", Kapila Vatsyayan describes dance as the highest order of spiritual discipline, the enactment of which is symbolic of a ritual sacrifice of one's being to a transcendental order. The Natya-Shashtra, a treatise on drama and dance, reveals the status of the performing arts as equal to prayer and sacrificial rites in the pursuit of moksha, the release form cycles of rebirth. Both dance and dancer function as a vehicle for divine invocation and are mirrored in the architectural surroundings. To investigate this connection between dance and place, it is imperative to understand the mythical origins of architecture and temple dance. the Hindu philosophy of the cosmic man and its religious relationship with the Dravidian architecture of Tamil Nadu is the starting point of the discussion of a south Indian aesthetic. The Vastu-purusha mandala is a philosophical diagram that provides a foundation for Hindu aesthetics, linking physical distance, religious position and universal scale in both time and space. Used as an architectural diagram, it becomes a mediator between the human body and the cosmos. The temple, as a setting for dance performances, and constructed based on the mandala, shares this quality of immersing its participants into a multi-sensory spatial experience. However, while the link between architecture and dance culture was explicit up to the 18th century, it is less compelling in the context of modern south Indian architecture. With an increasingly unstable political landscape during the 20th century, architectural growth in south India during this period is almost stagnant. Unfortunately, this creates a break in the continuity and comparative evolution of dance and architecture, leading to the fragmentation and abstraction of dance in its modern form. South Indian dance has since transformed into a prominent cultural symbol and various incarnations of the dancer have become the isolated yet important link, between tradition and modernity. As an evolving living embodiment of contemporary culture and identity, her transformation from Devadasi, to an icon of nationalism, to a choreographer of 'high art' provides the foundation for the reintegration of architecture in the cultural fabric. The culmination of this research aims to reinstate the importance of architecture as a cultural nexus in order to restring a fragmented dance, community and cultural identity.

Jocelyn Wolfe , Bruce Wolfe

We engage with a place in a multitude of ways, through all of the senses. We are all an extension of place, but in modern societies the visual often typifies our sense of belonging to place at the expense of other senses. The architecture of our surroundings, for example, is predominantly described in visual terms. Art and architecture are often conflated. Art in architecture is often reduced to the visual, and the integration with or application to the built form. Yet architecture gives an acoustic quality of material and space that is inseparable from the experience. Commonly, we are more touched by what we hear than what we see. How, then, do we know our musical selves through architecture? This paper discusses one way of knowing through “The Piano Mill Project”, a hybrid building and musical instrument, designed and purpose-built to house sixteen reclaimed pianos – vestiges of colonialism, post-colonialism, artistic hierarchies, and new beginnings.

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Master's Thesis

Graduate students in the Master of Music degree program with a specialization in Music History are required to write Theses. Those with a specialization in Music Education and students in the Master of Arts degree program may choose the Thesis option, only if future doctoral study is contemplated. For procedures, policies, and regulations regarding written Theses, students must consult the Graduate College Thesis and Dissertation Manual available from the Graduate College.

The Graduate Coordinator, in consultation with each student, will assign a Thesis Committee during the semester prior to the graduation semester. The Committee will consist of three members of the Graduate Faculty in Music and will be chaired by a faculty member in the student's primary area of study (music education, piano pedagogy, etc.) Faculty who do not hold Graduate Faculty status may be additional members of committees if appropriate or necessary.

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‌Criteria for the School of Music theses:

• Discuss proposed project with major professor.  
• Develop Thesis Proposal in consultation with major professor and submit in written form to Graduate Coordinator. This should be done as soon as possible, but no later than the semester preceding the semester of graduation. (PLEASE NOTE: With the exception of some faculty in the Music Education Division, committee members are NOT normally available during summer months. Therefore students who wish to graduate in the summer should plan to have all the requirements for the Thesis completed by the end of the spring semester.)  
• Submit Thesis committee member approval form to the Graduate College.  
• After approval is granted, the student should begin collection of data pertinent to the project. If data will be collected from human subjects, permission must be obtained from the Graduate College by submitting the Human Subjects Review Form available from the Graduate College. Students are advised to remain in frequent contact with all members of the committee throughout this process. The Thesis should conform in scope and content to the original proposal. Deviations from the approved Thesis format must be approved by the Thesis committee.  
• When the Thesis is completed, the document must be approved by the student's Thesis Committee.  
• Each student shall meet with an appropriate person in the Graduate College for purposes of determining adherence of Thesis to written policies of the Graduate College. Students are advised to be in contact with the Graduate College soon after approval of the Thesis proposal.  
• Copies of the Thesis in final form must be filed with the Graduate College according to regulations specified in the Graduate College Thesis and Dissertation Manual

‌Criteria for the Music Education emphasis thesis:

• The function of the Thesis is to systematically investigate a research problem, with outcomes that generate insights or answers related to that problem. These outcomes may or may not yield new knowledge, but they are expected to investigate a new problem or to replicate a published study in a different setting in order to verify or dispute previous findings.  
• The Thesis is expected to demonstrate a practical understanding of scholarly process. It will contain all of the elements of a research document, including data collecting and analysis, and will use a recognized or logically structured research design.  
• The degree candidate must possess the necessary data collection and analysis skills that address the needs of the study. Examples of these skills may be statistics, narrative analysis, foreign languages, computer programming, or music analysis.  
• The topic of the Thesis will be based on a problem that can be systematically investigated.  
• The Thesis will be developed from a formal written proposal that has been approved by the graduate student's Thesis Committee. This proposal will include an explicit problem statement, study parameters, and selected literature review. It will contain a description of research method, data collection, and data analysis. There will also be data presented from a pilot study or other preliminary investigative process that is consistent with the purposes of the study and its design.  
• The Thesis must follow the form and content of the accepted Thesis proposal and can only be changed upon approval of the Graduate College, Graudate Coordinator, Chair of Music Education, and all members of the student's Thesis Committee.  
• The Thesis will adhere to the guidelines indicated in the style manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Graduate College Thesis and Dissertation Manual available from the Graduate College.

All Thesis proposals and/or Thesis drafts must be submitted to the Chair of the respective graduate student's Thesis Committee according to the dates listed on the last page of this handbook, including proposals from those individuals seeking to continue or complete Thesis work during the summer. Failure to meet these deadlines could affect timely review of submitted materials. Student supervision of Thesis work during the summer is dependent on availability of committee members. (PLEASE NOTE: With the exception of some faculty in the Music Education Division, committee members are NOT normally available during summer months. Therefore students who wish to graduate in the summer should plan to have all the requirements for the Thesis completed by the end of the spring semester.)

For all matters of writing style, consult one of the approved style manuals and the Graduate College Thesis and Dissertation Manual . A preview meeting must be scheduled during the first eight weeks of the semester in which the student wishes to graduate (exact dates will be posted). The preview meeting is scheduled with the Graduate College Thesis reader who will check for appropriate formatting. All formatting MUST adhere to the Graduate College Thesis and Dissertation Manual .

The final form of the document shall be filed with ScholarWorks one week prior to the final day of class during the semester the student wishes to graduate. Papers submitted to  [email protected]  will be retained in a backend repository unless the student provides permission to publicly preserve the work. 

What Six Senior Music Majors’ Say About Their Theses

As the Spring semester concludes and in anticipation for the Class of 2024’s graduation, the Music Department asked six Senior Music Majors to expand on their creative theses and offer advice to future students preparing their own. The Music Department is proud to share the results of each Music Major’s cumulative work at Princeton, which highlights scholarly research and true mastery of their disciplines. 

Jared Bozinko

Thesis: SIN PHONY for two soprano clarinets, two auxiliary clarinets, two saxophones, and two horns

Jared:  In the process of writing  SIN PHONY , I found inspiration in seemingly twee places. Poulenc’s  Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone,  Prokofiev’s  Romeo and Juliet , a 1995 clarinet quartet by Met Opera clarinetist Sean Osborn, and Ligeti’s  Six Bagatelles , a quirky wind quintet version of his  Musica ricercata .  SIN PHONY  is a chamber piece, technically an octet, for clarinets, saxes, and horns. My advisor, Dr. Dmitri Tymoczko, has been indispensable to the process, guiding me all fall semester in writing short chamber music sketches, which became the basis of the material that makes up my thesis. The process was so smooth and, at points, genuinely fun, and it was a great challenge as a composer to blend disparate thematic material from sketches written completely separately into cohesive, compelling music that had cohesion and let my compositional voice shine through.

Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara

Thesis: Paivapo ’76: A New Musical 

Tanaka:  My thesis was an original musical entitled Paivapo ’76 and set in Domboshava Zimbabwe in 1976, during the Zimbabwean Liberation War. The show deals with the conflict between traditional practice/spirituality and Christianity, and explores themes of community, first love and grief. I received the Alex Adam ’07 Award to conduct research for this project over the summer and since the musical also served as independent work for my theater and music theater certificates, I was able to premiere the piece on May 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Center Complex. 

Thesis: Flung Into Space: A Collection of Songs

Nina:   My thesis is a collection of six songs titled  Flung Into Space . It consists of three story heavy songs about my life, along with an electronic counterpart for each which explores the same topic from a new perspective. 

Rupert Peacock

Thesis: John Farrant’s “O Lord Allmighty (ca. 1570):  The English Anthem at Ely Cathedral With Critical Edition

Rupert:  My thesis is a critical edition and history surrounding a piece of unpublished English choral music. The piece is called “O Lord Almighty” by John Farrant. I went to the library at Cambridge University and looked through manuscripts from Ely cathedral, which is about 10 minutes from where I live in the UK. I found lots of great and famous choral works, but stumbled across this piece by Farrant almost by accident. Professor Wendy Heller taught me everything I needed to know to get this done. She’s an expert in critical editions and this kind of research. I couldn’t have done it without her.

Molly Trueman

Thesis: Angels & Aliens: The Making of an Album

Molly:  For my thesis, I wrote and recorded my debut full-length album entitled  Angels & Aliens . Based around acoustic guitar and vocals, the album has an alternative indie-folk feel. This is a milestone I’ve been working towards for a few years now, so I’m incredibly grateful that this album ended up being my thesis.

Gabriela Veciana

Thesis: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Investigating Latine Racial Bias Through Reggaetón Music

Gabriela:  For my thesis, I researched colorism within Latine communities through reggaetón music. I knew I was interested in looking at identity and Latin music, but it wasn’t until I heard my advisor, Lisa Margulis, present her work in music cognition that I saw a potential connection with psychology fields. 

If you were to describe your thesis in one word, what would it be?

Jared :  Darksided (hehe)

Tanaka:  Fusion

Nina:  Honest

Rupert:  Difficult!

Molly:  Extraterrestrial

Gabriela:  Interdisciplinary!

What advice would you give to future seniors on creating a successful thesis?

Jared:  Don’t be afraid that your thesis isn’t going to materialize in time, instead, always try to remember just why you chose this amazing department, and to remember your likely lifelong personal devotion to music. There’s a lot to love about being able to share your art as the capstone of your work at Princeton. 

Tanaka:  If you can, use the thesis as an opportunity to work on something that you’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time to do! It’s amazing to have the excuse of a thesis project to give you the drive and space to complete it. 

Nina:  Try to start without judgement. The hardest part of writing my thesis was my own expectations of what my thesis should look like. 

Rupert:  It has to be something you care about and/or are passionate about. It got to the point where I was actually looking forward to the next steps in my thesis and enjoyed working on it. That was crucial for motivation!

Molly:  In terms of creating a thesis, my biggest piece of advice is to find a topic that you’re truly passionate about. Don’t settle for something you don’t care about.

Gabriela:  You don’t always have to have a topic and then find an advisor, you can start by finding an advisor you are interested in working with and craft your topic from there.

What are your plans after graduation?

Jared:  Still figuring it out, though I’m certain I want music to be a core component of my everyday life. I am trying to move to Philadelphia and get involved with their variety of music scenes, from DIY punk basement shows to chamber orchestras to early music groups. I also want to continue composing and am eager to hone my craft even further wherever I go. 

Tanaka:  I’m going to attend the Royal Academy of Music for Music Theater vocal performance! I’m very excited to be in a new city, and get to do another music degree in a conservatory.

Nina:  I’m moving to Nashville, TN and pursuing a career as a performing musician. I’ll also be releasing music soon as a part of the band Upwhirl, as well as later this year releasing my thesis. 

Rupert:  I am going to split my time between singing and construction!

Molly:  After graduation, I’m going to McGill University to study in the Sound Recording program.

Gabriela:  I hope to work in theater administration in New York!

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