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  • A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place 

    McLelland, Heather L
    This body of work, A Collective: Working Towards a Better Place, is comprised of points along my timeline that embody the way I have come to connect with people face to face. I realized these connections are important for ...
  • A Mixed Methods Critical Review of the A+ Schools in North Carolina: An Argument for High Standards in Implementation 

    Wheeler, Kate (East Carolina University, 2021-06-07)
    This study provides an update on the effectiveness of the North Carolina (NC) A+ Schools Program, a program focused on integrating the arts disciplines into the core curriculum to bring about more effective and engaging ...
  • A PHENOMONOLOGICAL APPROACH TO FOUR PIECES 

    Wells, Timothy (East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
    This paper explores the use of phenomenological analysis as prescribed by Lawrence Ferrara. After a brief explanation of some of the questions and issues leading to a phenomenological approach, four pieces are analyzed in ...
  • A Presentation of World Musical Styles of the Western Boehm Flute 

    Lueck, Amanda (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
    Long prior to planning my senior recital I mentioned to my flute professor, who would become my mentor for the Senior Honors Project, that I was interested in the music of other cultures. She mentioned the term ‘ethnomusicology’ ...
  • A Presentation of World Musical Styles of the Western Boehm Flute 

    Lueck, Amanda (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
    Long prior to planning my senior recital I mentioned to my flute professor, who would become my mentor for the Senior Honors Project, that I was interested in the music of other cultures. She mentioned the term 'ethnomusicology' ...
  • A Printmaker’s Field Guide: A Chronicle of Artistic Succession Through Printmaking 

    Berman, Adam Noah (East Carolina University, 2022-04-20)
    This series of prints highlights the intricacy, inherent beauty, and ecological importance of plants in a format that bridges our indoor, synthetic tendencies with the complexity and beauty of the natural world. This work ...
  • A PROGRESSION OF PERSPECTIVE 

    Mrakovcich, Dominic (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
    This document consists of three components. The first two components are paired: an original analysis on Pierre Boulez' Dérive 2, and a transcript of the student's conversation with conductor, Nicholas DeMaison. The ...
  • A STUDY ON THE MUSIC EDUCATOR’S VIEW OF MENTORSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA 

    Martel, Jenna L (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the overall perception of the mentorship-training program in the state of North Carolina through the music educator lens. Four main questions guided this study: (1) What are the ...
  • Adverse 

    Culbertson, Brian James (East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)
    The role of the photograph in the conversation of mental illness is fraught with misrepresentation. Since its infancy the photographic image has been used as a means of portraying those living with mental illness as frail, ...
  • AFTER SIX YEARS... : AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ABOVETHEINFLUENCE CAMPAIGN ON ITS INITIAL TARGET AUDIENCE 

    Moore, Leslie (East Carolina University, 2011)
    In November 2005, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) implemented a new form of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (NYAMC). The AboveTheInfluence campaign targets 12-17 year olds, with a specific ...
  • Alone Together? Fighting Student Isolation in Online Art Education 

    Song, Borim (2022-07)
    The COVID-19 pandemic required most K-16 educators to transition to the realm of online education. Across the nation, a plethora of insights on new technologies, platforms, and secret tips for distance teaching have ...
  • Amerikorean 

    Kim, Youngjae (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
    "Amerikorean" is a project that utilizes imagery to elucidate the struggles of an immigrant from South Korea attempting to adjust and define a sense of identity in the United States. The image-making process represents an ...
  • AN ANALYSIS OF ALFRED SCHNITTKE'S POLYSTYLISM IN HIS STRING QUARTET NO. 3 (1983) 

    Herndon, Dallas J (East Carolina University, 2018-07-30)
    The study of polystylism and its role in the history of music is a relatively new idea; Alfred Schnittke is often regarded as the first true proponent of the term, and the bulk of his compositional output did not begin ...
  • An Explanation of Sympathetic Magic 

    Banks, Greg (East Carolina University, 2017-04-27)
    These supernatural stories come to life from my research as new photographs appropriated from my family albums and vernacular images to create visual folklore about the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. The images ...
  • An Obligation to do One’s Best 

    Smessaert, Dana
    An Obligation to do One's Best is an exploration of myth and reality at home in a small southern town. The artist is calling into question whose history we are referencing when it comes to art, economics, and culture. In ...
  • An Analysis of Donald Grantham's Baron Cimetière's Mambo and Baron Samedi's Sarabande (and Soft Shoe). 

    Jackson, Bonnie Rebecca (East Carolina University, 2010)
    The present analysis summarizes and clarifies the compositional tools and techniques employed in Donald Grantham's Baron Cimetière's Mambo (2004) and Baron Samedi's Sarbande (and Soft Shoe) (2005) in the context of their ...
  • ANAMNESIS 

    McFadyen, Barbara (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)
    The beauty of nature and the experience of awe that it evokes can serve to remind us of our place in the world. This thesis examines that beauty, love and loss, remembering, and finding solace through reflections of the ...
  • Anti-Asian Racism and Racial Justice in the Classroom 

    Shin, Ryan; Bae, Jaehan; Song, Borim (2022)
    This article discusses the urgent issues and concerns about anti-Asian racism in our society and provides several pedagogical strategies to counter anti-Asian racism. We begin by discussing the history and context of ...
  • Art as Radical Act: Teenagers Revisit Diversity and Social Justice through JR’s Giant Baby 

    Song, Borim (2022-08-22)
    In this article I share ways that I have used the artworks of contemporary artists to encourage middle school students to reflect on the concepts of diversity and social justice. This paper describes my use of an artwork ...
  • Art From the Abyss 

    French, Timothy Paul (East Carolina University, 2011)
    This document is written in support of the thesis exhibition, Art from the Abyss, which represents and supports the idea of art-making as a catharsis. Through these works, negative emotions are identified, named, and given ...