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A Presentation of World Musical Styles of the Western Boehm Flute
(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’ ...
Thoughts on Temporal Perception's Relativity in Grisey's Vortex Temporum and Voss's Perspectives
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-21)
This thesis centers around a comparative analysis between an instrumental work, Vortex Temporum (1995), by Gérard Grisey (1946-98), and a mixed media work by Emerson Voss (b. 1991), Perspectives (2017). This essay articulates ...
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT ONE OF JENNIFER HIGDON’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-20)
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) is quickly becoming one of the most performed and sought after American composers of our time. Her works have been played by all major American orchestras, along with several major European ...
AN ANALYSIS OF ALFRED SCHNITTKE'S POLYSTYLISM IN HIS STRING QUARTET NO. 3 (1983)
(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 ...
MUSICAL ALGORITHMS AND FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES
By writing algorithms to complete counterpoint exercises in the style of Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum, a hierarchy of preferences between the given rules can be determined by testing different prioritizations ...
In the Field
(2015-03-22)
Premiere performance of a composition for three unaccompanied vocalists by ECU student composer Ben Sledge. Recorded at A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on March 22nd, 2015.
Vyvirian Folk Tale (The Merry Trickster)
(2016-03-31)
Premiere performance of a composition for violin by ECU student composer Julian Ward. Performed by Michelle Guthrie. Recorded at A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall on 31 March 2016.
A PHENOMONOLOGICAL APPROACH TO FOUR PIECES
(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 ...
Music Discovery Requirements Document
(2012-02-24)
The world of discovery in general and of library discovery in particular is changing rapidly today. FRBR, RDA, discovery tools, and faceted browsing are key factors related to these changes in the way our users encounter ...
A PROGRESSION OF PERSPECTIVE
(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 ...