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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Contemporary Composition"”.
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Narong Prangcharoen and Thai cross-cultural fusion in contemporary composition
… and individual distinguished musicians. His compositions, most of which include distinct Thai musical elements and Thai cultural influences within the guise of Western art music, are emblematic of a trend in contemporary composition that embraces worldwide influences. This thesis is a first …
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The Sampling of Bodily Sound in Contemporary Composition: towards an embodied analysis
… experience forms the basis for analyses of three contemporary compositions that sample bodily sound, in order to question how such works represent and mediate the body. The possible applications of this embodied methodology are illustrated through three case studies: Crackers by Christof Migone …
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Non-linearity as architectural narrative : a center for contemporary composition in three movements
… The building I will present is the Center for Contemporary Composition. Housed within one building, a multitude of programmatic activities cater to an environment of contemporary music creation and performance. It is a place for short-term residency that encourages idea exchange and intense …
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Communicative Composition
… this study was to synthesize a working theory of composition for the enhancement of communication literacy. Communicative Composition was built on the four pillars of personal, process, collaborative, and creative. These guidelines are then married with a synthesized definition of communication …
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(In)Determinacy: incorporating openness in programmed music and performance
… and Surrealist collage, avant garde theater, contemporary art, and contemporary composition, and use code, networked media, and open performance systems to create scores and environments. These works deconstruct and reconstruct topics of psychology, communication, and motivation. Seeking a …
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Re-Imagining Invention (post)pedagogy From Ulmer's Electracy To Design
… traces the development of notable strands of composition pedagogy first crafted by Gregory Ulmer in his 1984 Applied Grammatology that continue to the present day, and groups them together in how they are incorporating multimodal tools in writing instruction that demand innovation in …
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The democratic prospects of literacy
… social groups as well as individuals, I explore contemporary post-liberal theories of communicative democracy. I find resources in these theories for models that define democracy through practices that enact solidarity, mutuality, and regard for group difference, but find that these theories are …
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Development and Delivery of Mobile Learning for Composition Classrooms
… endeavors have worked to establish the place of contemporary mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) in post-secondary education. However, these devices do not seem fully realized and leveraged as a useful tool in many curricula, particularly in the field of composition. This work seeks to …
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EARLY INSTRUMENTS IN 21ST CENTURY COMPOSITION AND AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR SAXOPHONES AND VIOLS
… of instruments that have gone unutilized in contemporary composition for centuries. The historically-informed-performance movement has now evolved to a point where early instruments and period performance techniques can add extraordinary new characters to twenty-first century compositions. …
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LA FIESTA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO: AN ORIGINAL WORK FOR CHOIR, SOLOISTS, AND SMALL ENSEMBLE INFLUENCED BY THE SANTERIA MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN-DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
… of this tradition and use it to create a new contemporary work for mixed choir and small ensemble.</p> <p>One of the most influential musical groups for this thesis was La Cofradía de los Congos del Espíritu Santo de Villa Mella, because it follows the original practices and rituals, and it …
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Thinking Globally, Writing Locally: Re-Visioning Critical And Service Learning Pedagogies With Globalization Theory
… the numerous critiques that have arisen within contemporary composition scholarship. Critical pedagogy has recently come under scrutiny on the grounds that it opposes students' pragmatic views and career concerns, effects student resistance in the classroom, devalues students' personal …
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Blurring the Lines Between Instructor-Led and Online Learning: an Evaluation of an Online Composition Curriculum on the Bleeding Edge
The contemporary classroom currently faces an evolving world of computer based training, online courses, instructor-led learning and several blended approaches in-between. With the increased presence of computers and communication in every facet of students' lives, students have changed to adapt to …
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A Rhetoric of Fields: Orientationalist and Enactive Essays for Writing Studies
… increasingly come to be used as a synonym for “Composition and Rhetoric.” Analyzing the orientational and disorientational significance of assuming both synonymy and distinction between the two, I argue for a methodological enactment of Writing Studies as a distinct but deeply entailed field and …
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The Reed Trio: Analysis of Works by Ibert, Francaix and Schreiner with a Representative Repertoire List
… builds on Gillespie's list, including reed trio compositions published since 1968. Also included are analyses of three contrasting reed trios, two of which are widely considered to be standard repertoire for the medium while the third is a relatively recent composition. Jacques Ibert's Cinq …
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Creative Performer Agency in the Collaborative Compositional Process
… nature of the performer’s creative impact on the compositional process remains under-explored. This thesis is centred on a qualitative artistic research project, designed to identify and critically evaluate the prospective extent and scope of creative performer agency; it aims to ascertain how a …
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Performance portfolio Jonathan William Corry PhD 2016
… in their time showed innovation in utilising contemporary composition techniques within their music. The presentation of significant historic works with innovative premieres incorporating the unique and precedent-setting use of media, collaborations and mainstream twentieth century …
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An exploration of modal, serial, stochastic, electroacoustic and computer aided compositional techniques and their application into a series of original compositions
… on some general issues that relate to musical composition: More specifically, it discusses the motivation of a composer and the goals he tries to achieve. The first section of part I focuses on small-scale technical aspects in relation to the music submitted. More specifically, it deals with …
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So Much (For) Saving Rock and Roll: The Musical DNA of Fall Out Boy
… and analysis this thesis defines Fall Out Boy’s compositional tendencies and contextualizes their work in the greater Western popular music canon. My composition, AQUA, is a continuation and response to Fall Out Boy’s seminal album, So Much (For) Stardust. Grounded in influences from Fall Out …
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A Cognitively Enabling Approach: Cognitive Diversity In Composition Studies
… ENABLING APPROACH: COGNITIVE DIVERSITY IN COMPOSITION STUDIES.</p> <p>by</p> <p>CRYSTAL STARKEY</p> <p>August 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Jeff Pruchnic</p> <p>Major: English (Composition Studies)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>My dissertation project investigates the rhetoric of …
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Constructing Landscapes: Towards a Hybrid Tonality
… consists of a portfolio of five score-based compositions and a commentary associated with each work. There are two instrumental works and three vocal works. The two instrumental works are String Quartet No. 2 and Three Winter Landscapes: Triptych for Orchestra. The three vocal works are …