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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Instrumental ensembles"”.
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A multiple case study of the ensemble experiences of three collegiate brass instrumentalists with physical disabilities
… perceptions of three different collegiate brass instrumentalists with physical disabilities. I sought to discern the meaning of inclusion to students with disabilities and the state of current inclusive practices. I also sought to understand their challenges as collegiate brass instrumentalists …
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Tonal and Nontonal Elements in the Recent Chamber Music of Ned Rorem
<p>The recent (1981-91) chamber music for mixed instrumental ensembles of Ned Rorem demonstrates the use of tonal (or nearly tonal) material in combination with nontonal material (sometimes based freely on a twelve-note row) in such a manner that every composition has clearly identifiable sections …
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A Score of Voices: Creating and Scoring an Original Film With A cappella Choir
<p>Film scores typically feature large instrumental ensembles, sometimes with choir added at pivotal moments. Rarely, however, is the choir entrusted with a greater percentage of the score, and far too scores explore the sonic potential that vocal music has to offer. In fact, in a recent study of …
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The association between learning processes and formal music electives among sixth grade music students
… students who elect to participate in musical ensembles. Is there an association between the student's choice of elective music ensemble and their learning process?</p> <p>Forty-five sixth grade music students participated in the study with their parents' permission. Subjects were administered …
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An analysis of graphic notation and its impact on conducting gesture in selected works of R. Murray Schafer
… standard and graphic notation for both vocal and instrumental ensembles. It can be assumed that both styles of composition accurately represent his musical and aesthetic ideas. However, works written in graphical notation require new methods of interpretation by performers and conductors. The …
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Motivation, Practice, And Self-Efficacy And Their Impact On The Development Of Musical Abilities
… of motivational influence and value within instrumental ensembles?</p> <p>I endeavored to represent male and female students of a range of ages, experience levels, and, in the jazz ensemble, primary instruments. The primary student participants range in age from 18 to 28 years old with all …
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Doctoral thesis recital (conducting) chamber
Octet for winds / Igor Stravinsky -- Garden of words / Piyawat Louilarpprasert (world premiere) -- Fanfares liturgiques / Henri Tomasi.
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Germinal Ideas and Processes within plies (2002): A Chamber Work for Eleven Players
The piece is a twenty minute work discoursing the integration and eventual dissolution of two separate musical strands. The pitch material of each strand is determined from synthetic scales whose intervalic content duplicates at the following intervals: Perfect 12th, Diminished 12th, Minor 9th, …