Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Gordon Binkerd (1916-2003) was an influential and well-known twentieth century composer. While his choral works are renowned worldwide, his piano music is rather unfamiliar to present-day scholars and performers. Binkerd’s Essays for the Piano (1976) is a set of six pieces that was greatly influenced by Brahms’ music. Especially noteworthy is the first piece of the set, titled “Intermezzo,” which is based on Brahms’ “Intermezzo” Op. 118, No. 1. The fact that Binkerd’s compositional procedures allow for a “recasting” of Brahms’ piece in a way that disguises the original source of his work are intriguing and call for further research on the topic. As such, the main purpose of this study is to analyze Binkerd’s modern transcription-style writing, and consequently examine how it incorporates a series of influences and compositional elements from Brahms’ music. This dissertation is divided into five chapters. The first chapter contains a general overview of piano works by Binkerd that incorporate quotations of works by other composers are addressed. These include Five Pieces for Piano, Suite for Piano: Five Fantasies (Nos. 2, 3, and 4), and the Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3. The second chapter provides an analytical study of the fundamental structure found in Brahms’ Intermezzo, …

Piano recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the DMA degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree

A junior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A junior recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Scholarship performances and departmental recitals program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Student performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Student performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Ensemble performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Ensemble performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Ensemble performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.

Ensemble performances program book from the 2013-2014 school year at the University of North Texas College of Music.