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The modern percussion ensemble has emerged as a vital medium of music performance and education, and continues to receive more recognition as a viable artistic medium. Perhaps less well-known is a type of percussion ensemble (abbreviated...
Performance anxiety is a common problem among performing musicians. This treatise looks at physical, mental and behavioral approaches for treating music performance anxiety in music students and professional musicians. Its goal is to...
Belting is a vocal technique that is frequently associated with musical theater singing. Although many studies have been performed on female belting, the amount of information that is available on male belting is extremely limited. In...
This treatise is a composition based on the presence of the Trinity at the Creation as described in the Gospel of JOhn. the instrumentation is for Organ, two percussionist playing the following: Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Crotales, ...
This treatise examines two of Richard Strauss's and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's operatic trouser roles, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) and the Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos). The author will discuss the history and operatic traditions of cross...
The purpose of the study is to introduce selected piano toccatas composed in the twentieth-century, and to explore the character and contrasting musical styles of these toccatas. Many composers of this century were interested in the...
Tenor Fritz Wunderlich (1930-1966), one of Germany's most famous lyric tenors, died in a tragic accident at the height of his career. Wunderlich's professional career lasted only slightly more than ten years, but he left behind a vocal...
Saxophonists aspiring to perform significant classical repertoire will quickly discover the challenges of high register passages in the third and fourth registers. Many of the early saxophone concerti, namely those composed between 1930...
Today's countertenors possess vocal ranges similar to the mezzo-soprano, and are trained to sing with a vibrant, focused tone. Little research has been conducted on the registers of the countertenor voice. Advancement in vocal techniques...
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