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Music Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Music Therapy in Public School Settings: Current Trends as Related to Service Provision Models
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate existing school music therapy service provision, including the role of the therapist and models of service delivery to provide an up-to-date overview of the field as of 2017. ... -
The Art of Systematic Teaching and Professional Development in Contemporary Piano Learning: An Analysis of the U.S. Music Certification Exams and Their Pedagogical Purposes
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The importance of systematic teaching and music pedagogy is beginning to receive recognition around the globe. Piano lessons based on informed, research-based instruction have the potential to provide a common ground between ... -
Integrating the Postmodern Avant-Garde: Art Music(s) at the Intersection of Improvisation
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)In the wake of World War II, American artists and musicians participated in a cultural shift, with dramatic consequences. Musicians and artists engaged with postmodernism through experimentation. They were searching for ... -
Righteousness and Peace: A Cantata of Reconciliation
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Righteousness and Peace, a new cantata, uses the composer’s own assemblage of Christian biblical texts to illustrate the meeting and reconciliation between moral law and mutual love. It is scored for mixed chorus with ... -
The Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto: Its Inception, and Influence on Selected Twentieth Century Works for the Tuba by British Composers
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The Concerto for Bass Tuba by Ralph Vaughan Williams was the first concerto written for solo tuba, and remains a staple in the repertoire today. The Vaughan Williams Concerto came about in the twentieth century due to the ... -
THE REASONS CITED BY LATINO STUDENTS FOR THEIR DISCONTINUATION IN BAND AFTER THE FIRST YEAR
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The purpose of this study was to determine the reasons cited by Latino students for their discontinuation in band after the first year of instruction. Participants (N = 10) were middle school students enrolled in the Olathe ... -
STOMP by John Corigliano: A Wind Band Transcription
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)John Corigliano Jr. is a prolific American composer whose compositional voice has been an important reference for generations of musicians. His innovative writing for wind band, support of band transcriptions, and endorsement ... -
Musical thought and practice in the Hutterite community
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The Midwestern Music Camp 1936-1962
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THE PERCEPTION OF MUSIC THERAPY BY DIRECT CARE STAFF OF OLDER ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH
(University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of direct care staff of older adults with intellectual disabilities who participate in music therapy services. Participants (N=5) ... -
KYUIL YOON: The Fusion of Korean and Western Musical Language
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this study is to examine the music of Kyuil Yoon. His work represents the fusion of Korean folk music with western musical tradition. Kyuil Yoon is a Korean composer born in South Korea in 1970. Yoon’s ... -
The future of the French bassoon: changing perception through innovation.
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Over the past 150 years the French bassoon has experienced great fluctuations in popularity and innovation, but is now at a turning point due to advancements based on recent research and development by musicians and ... -
AN EXPLORATION OF ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION TRENDS OF BEGINNING BAND AND ORCHESTRA STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF INSTRUCTION
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this study was to explore student attitudes towards enrollment and retention in first-year beginning band and orchestra classrooms. A secondary purpose of this study was to investigate if different instrumental ... -
MUSIC-BASED EMOTION REGULATION (MBER) INTERVENTION MANUAL FOR PREVENTION OF DEPRESSION IN OLDER PERSONS
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Despite unprecedented growth of the aging population and the need for evidence-based programs that target prevention of age-related depression, there is paucity of such programs in and outside music therapy. Lack of ... -
Bringing Hands Together Through Music: Dick and Georgia Bassett and the Association for Music in International Schools
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) is an international music education organization that currently serves 93 international schools in 53 countries on five continents. AMIS supports the students, ... -
Practices in Visual Media
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Practices in Visual Media At approximately 13 minutes in length Practices in Visual Media aims to explore composition with a wide variety of instrumentation, genre, and style inspired by different platforms of visual media. ... -
The Art of Recital Programming: A History of the Development of Solo Piano Recitals with a Comparison of Golden Age and Modern-Day Concert Programs at Carnegie Hall
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)ABSTRACT The art of recital programming is a never-ending discovery, and rediscovery of hidden gems. Many things go in and out of fashion, but the core composers and repertoire played on piano recitals have remained the ... -
THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE AND MEMORIZATION TECHNIQUES ON GOAL SPECIFICITY AMONG NOVICE STRING STUDENTS
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this problem-driven content analysis was to examine differences between self-reported goals of novice high school orchestra students (N = 31) when given directions to either practice or memorize music during ... -
CULTIVATING VIRTUOSITY: RESIDENT PIANISTS IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN MUSICAL SCENE
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT As performers, teachers, and composers, resident pianists were an integral part of the bustling musical scene in nineteenth-century New York City. The constant presence of such musicians was critical to America’s ... -
Broadway Starts to Rock: Musical Theater Orchestrations and Character, 1968-1975
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)In 1968, the sound of the Broadway pit was forever changed with the rock ensemble that accompanied Hair. The musical backdrop for the show was appropriate for the countercultural subject matter, taking into account the ...