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Music, School of: Recent submissions
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JACQUELYN DILLON: AN INNOVATIVE FORCE IN STRING MUSIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The purpose of this study was to provide a history of Jacquelyn Dillon’s life, career, and influence on string music education. Although this study covered Dillon’s childhood and education, the primary research questions ... -
Sensory Processing Predictors of Challenging Behavior
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Previous research has demonstrated that sensory processing is a temperamental trait that can con-tribute to challenging behavior. Research linking sensory processing to behavior has primarily focused on diagnostic groups, ... -
The Ready CLASS Project: An Examination of a Tier 1 Intervention in the Early Childhood Classroom A Pretest and Posttest Control Group Design
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Objective. This study explores the effect of an 8-week Tier 1 intervention on self-regulation skills, behavior concerns, and self-regulation knowledge in an early childhood classroom. Method. Researchers recruited children ... -
Anticipated Response of African Americans to Stroke Symptoms
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)This study explored what African Americans aged 55 and older believed they would do in response to stroke symptoms. The study focused on individual factors related to stroke risk, extending beyond concerns in the African ... -
Improving Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes Through Gene Therapy and Exercise
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Effective interventions that improve traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes are lacking, and concerns remain with current surgical and pharmacological treatments. Consequently, there is a significant need for identifying ... -
Conducting Culture: Leonard Bernstein, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Negotiation of Jewish American Identity, 1947-1967
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Leonard Bernstein’s relationship to his Jewish identity—his determination to nourish and sustain it—was one of the single most important aspects not only of his musical career, but also of his greater character. Throughout ... -
Re-Discovering the Trumpet Music of Roberto Milano: A Study of his Dúo para trompeta y piano, Sinfonietta No. 2 for Flugelhorn and String Orchestra (A Desert Pilgrim), and Idylls of the King for Three Trumpets.
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Roberto L. Milano’s musical output exhibits a diversity of styles and compositional genres. Most of his works are influenced by his passion for early western sacred and secular music. Milano was consistent with the use of ... -
THE NEED FOR TECHNICALLY ACCESSIBLE CHAMBER WINDS MUSIC AND A CONDUCTOR’S GUIDE TO WINTER RICERCAR BY KEVIN WALCZYK
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Chamber music should be an integral part of a musician’s performance experience. Although this is a widely held belief, chamber music is not always implemented into performance programming, particularly at small colleges ... -
A STUDY OF THE PIANO WORKS OF CHU WANGHUA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SIX PRELUDES
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)ABSTRACT From the early twentieth century to the present day, Chinese piano music has begun to enjoy enormous prosperity, integrating a modern and distinctive Chinese style with Western musical language. Chu WangHua is one ... -
An Analysis of Two Works for Orchestra: Adagio Trágico and Ocho Miniaturas by Panamanian Composer Roque Cordero
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Roque Cordero (1917-2008) is perhaps the most successful composer to emerge from Panama, yet his compositions remain relatively unknown in the orchestral repertoire. This document studies two works for chamber orchestra: ... -
A SURVEY OF PERFORMANCE PRACTICE OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FOR WIND BAND GRADES 2-3
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Electro-acoustic music for wind band is an emerging genre among contemporary composers that incorporates and blends an electronic soundtrack and cues with traditional wind nstruments. Conductors may be required to understand ... -
The Impact of Violin Playing Techniques Specifically Designed to Simulate the Human Voice on Anxiety Reduction of College Students
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the violin played with techniques specifically designed to simulate the human voice on anxiety reduction of college students prior to stressful events. This study ... -
The Social Network: Narrative Theory as a Vehicle for Musical Performance
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The relationship between music and narrative is an established topic for debate in music scholarship. Narrative acts as an effective means of interpretation at every stage of musical performance, from teaching to listening. ... -
Ariadne auf Naxos: A Study in Transformation through Contrast and Coalescence
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Ariadne auf Naxos, by composer Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, concerns the simultaneous performance of a tragedy and a comedy at a rich man’s house in Vienna, and the conflicts that arise between the ... -
Defining music therapy: integrating the Chinese perspective and the United States-influenced model of music therapy
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This present study stems from my interest in the definition of music therapy in China, resulting from both my seven years of training in the United States and my personal Chinese background. While initially investigating ... -
THE USE OF PERCUSSION IN THERAPY: A REALIST SYNTHESIS
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)Background: Percussion use is common in both music therapy clinical practice and in publications. However, no comprehensive review regarding the use of percussion instruments in music interventions appears to exist. The ... -
Head Over Heels: The Effects of Three Heel Heights on Postural and Acoustical Measures of University Female Voice Majors, and Measured Relationships Between Heel Height, Pitch, Vowel, Behavior, Head Position, Jaw Opening, and dB SPL
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)The purpose of this study was (a) to determine the effects, if any, of 3 simulated heel height conditions (0.0 in., 1.5 in., 3.0 in.) on postural (head position, jaw opening) and acoustical (LTAS, dB SPL) measures of ... -
MUSICAL RHETORIC: AN AGENCY OF EXPRESSION IN HEINRICH SCHÜTZ’S MATTHÄUS-PASSION
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This is an analysis of the ways in which the German Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) incorporated musical rhetoric into his Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion). The utilization of musical rhetoric in ... -
Reconciling Music and Text: A Conductor's Critical Examination of Conventional Approaches to Articulation in Early Choral Music
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)Choral music affords conductors the opportunity to interpret both music and text. While this marriage of words and music is the very essence of the choral art, it occasionally presents conductors with conflicting artistic ... -
An Analytical Discussion of Works for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, and English Horn by Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
(University of Kansas, 2015-08-31)The purpose of this document is to provide an analysis of Charles Koechlin’s works which feature the oboe, oboe d’amore, and English horn. These works represent a variety of genres: one sonata with piano, two sonatines ...