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Experiences and Perceptions of Students in Music and Mathematics
Since the time of Pythagoras, philosophers, educators, and researchers have theorized that connections exist between music and mathematics. While there is little doubt that engaging in musical or mathematical activities stimulates brain activity at high levels and that increased student involvement fosters a greater learning environment, several questions remain to determine if musical stimulation actually improves mathematic performance. This study took a qualitative approach that allowed 24 high school students to express their direct experiences with music and mathematics, as well as their perceptions of how the two fields are related. Participants were divided into four equal groups based on school music participation and level of mathematic achievement, as determined by their performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). Students participated in a series of three interviews addressing their experiences in both music and mathematics, and took the Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS). TAKS data and MIDAS information were triangulated with interview findings. Using a multiple intelligence lens, this study addressed the following questions: (a) How do students perceive themselves as musicians and mathematicians? (b) What experiences do students have in the fields of music and mathematics? (c) Where do students perceive themselves continuing in the …
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Cranmore, Jeff L.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Automatic Compensating Euphonium As the Ideal Choice for Performing Music Composed Originally for Ophicleide
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Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Demy, Richard R.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shostakovich's Use of Satire in Anti-formalist Rayok with a Focus on the Music of the Character Dt Troikin
In January 1989, a much-rumored work by Dmitri Shostakovich titled Anti-Formalist Rayok received its public premiere. Rayok is a single-act satirical opera/cantata for bass soloist and mixed chorus. Each character represents a prominent Soviet political figure: Joseph Stalin, Andrei Zhdanov, and Dmitri Shepilov. The text of the libretto is either taken directly from actual speeches given by these political figures or follows their idiosyncratic style of public speaking. Rayok often falls victim to criticism for its lack of musical depth, a point of view that could easily lead one to see it as one of Shostakovich's lesser works. The purpose of this document is to examine the political environment of the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century in order to provide context for Shostakovich's Anti-Formalist Rayok and to show how Shostakovich uses satire in this piece. This dissertation document looks at the broader concepts of Formalism and Socialist Realism, traces how Socialist Realism became the established Soviet cultural aesthetic, and examines specific historical events in the 1940s and 1950s that relate to Rayok. Musical examples are taken from the section of the piece centering around D.T. Troikin. These examples demonstrate how Shostakovich uses Socialist Realist clichés in order to …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Grabowski, Gregory
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Babel: a Composition for Rock Band, Soprano Quartet, and Chamber Ensemble—music and Critical Essay
Babel is a work for rock ‘n’ roll band (two electric guitars, electric bass, drum set), four soprano singers, and a twenty-one instrument mixed chamber ensemble. The 50-minute composition is based on the Tower of Babel story in Genesis 11:1-9, and the four-movement structure is derived from the form of this narrative. The first movement, “building rebellion,” establishes man’s intent to build a grand city and tower in a rebellion against God, while the second movement, “seeing/coming down,” describes the all-seeing God’s knowledge of man’s rebellion and God’s descent to the city. Movements three and four, “confusion” and “scatter,” depict the actions of God, confusing humankind’s language and scattering him over the earth. This project fuses rock ‘n’ roll influences with contemporary classical improvisation, creating a work that is sonically and dynamically excessive. One compositional goal was to use small amounts of material as the impetus for directed improvisation, which would be developed to create intricate and evolving textures. Each movement’s score is confined to a single page of music per part, necessitating highly graphic and aleatoric notation. The musical history and musicianship of each player greatly shapes the sonic outcome of Babel. Rigorous structure was mixed with extra-musical associations …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Peringer, Patrick Edward
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Measurement of Occupational Identity Among Undergraduate Preservice Music Teachers: a Test Development Study
A large segment of society is either preparing to enter the work force, or is already engaged in some chosen line of work. Preparing to enter the work force takes a considerable amount of time and effort. The decision to follow one career path over countless others may, on the surface, appear to be discretely individual. But when viewed from a sociological perspective, occupational choices are implicitly and explicitly reached through a consensus of contributing factors. Consequently, an occupational identity is not how an individual describes a personal work-related self, but is rather dialectic. It is the merging, albeit, negotiation of viewpoints which causes persons to view themselves in relationship with how others think of them. It is expected that students newly enrolled in music education degree programs will, with time, replace erroneous lay conceptions of music teaching with those presented in curricula and espoused by significant role models. However, the professional socialization process, characteristic of music education degree programs, has not always been successful in transforming students’ personal perspectives of music teaching. This transformation process is critical toward the development of occupational identities that are congruent with school music teaching positions. There has been an established line of research …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Rewolinski, Christine
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Using Baroque Vocal Music to Introduce Horn Students to the Musical Concepts of Expression, Articulation, Phrasing, and Tempo
Baroque music is an area largely neglected in the music education of young horn students and wind players in general. Baroque horn repertoire is very demanding primarily due to the range. Baroque composers wrote for horn using the uppermost register of the instrument. In this range the partials are closer together, allowing for more melodic writing. This music requires an advanced level of technique, endurance, and ability. Often this repertoire is not suitable for students until they are well into their collegiate years of study. Frequently this music is performed on descant horns. Since only a small number of middle school and high school horn students continue to play after they leave their school band programs, they many never get first hand experience performing Baroque music. Vocal students are often introduced to Baroque arias early in their training. Purcell’s songs and arias are an excellent example of the literature that young voice students use. These arias and songs can be the perfect portal to Baroque music for horn students as well. Here I have created an edition of Henry Purcell’s songs and arias for young horn students. Each aria used the text as a guide for the “affect” and its …
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Winter, Angela K.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Application of Common-practice Elements in Modern Music: Examining Examples of Musical Continuity in Selected Piano Works of James R Wintle
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the ways in which distinguished American composer James RayWintle (1942-2013) addresses the problem of formal unity and incorporates previous musical styles in his post-tonal compositions. Because post-tonal music lacks many of the pillars that create tonal structure, it can be difficult for a composer to maintain a sense of form when writing in this style. Wintle attempts to circumvent this issue by incorporating common-practice elements, such as formal sections, familiar stylistic gestures, and referential-pitch organization into his works. For this analysis, the author has selected three of Wintle’s piano compositions that best represent his compositional approach and diverse techniques: Album Leaves - A Set of Five Character Pieces for Piano (2001), Scherzino (Street Scenes of Ovada) for Solo Piano (2010), and Four Miniatures for Piano Four Hands (2003). Wintle’s artistic style borrows extensively from Western classical music, encompassing various historical periods and quoting several major composers. Additionally, he incorporates a variety of musical styles into his chamber works and those for solo piano. These range from the dance suites of the French Baroque and Brahmsian-character pieces to American ragtime. This research also describes Wintle’s compositional style and his borrowing of 18th- and …
Date:
December 2014
Creator:
Kim, Sung-Yun
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Utilizing North American Art Song Settings of Psalm Texts in Worship Services: an Annotated Guide for Singers, Voice Instructors, and Music Ministers
This dissertation provides a guide for appropriate use of North American art song settings of biblical psalms for solo voice written after 1950 in the worship services of Christian faiths. The songs analyzed are for all voice parts and a variety of accompanying ensembles. The placement of each song on a specific calendar day is guided by the individual church calendars and lectionaries, on the prevalent themes of the text, and the characteristics of the musical setting. Performance of these songs only in a concert setting limits their usefulness for singers, voice teachers, and music directors alike. A new and worthy performing context can be established by analyzing the text and musical settings.
Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Siddons, Kyle
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Carlos Guastavino’s Sonata Para Trombón O Trompa Y Piano: Analysis of Argentine Song and Formal Western Music Tradition Applied to Trombone Repertoire
Very few Latin American pieces for trombone as a solo instrument have entered the canon of trombone repertoire worldwide, despite the large number of compositions in this medium. Therefore, when a major composer writes a full sonata for trombone efforts need to be made to bring these compositions to light. The Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino wrote a sonata for trombone and piano that is virtually unknown outside of Argentina, despite the composer’s importance. He is known for his artistic choice of cultivating a traditional romantic style of composition apart from the new tendencies and influences of the artistic novelties of the twentieth century. Guastavino’s artistic position is very clear in the sonata’s highly strict formal organization and Guastavino’s unique treatment of tonality and modality. He was also loyal to his own style as composer, which is ultimately an Argentine song style. He utilized the lyrical qualities of the trombone to convey the type of melodic approach that he used in his vocal works. This paper investigates the Argentine song and Western sonata conventions featured on Carlos Guastavino’s Sonata para Trombón o Trompa y Piano. The paper argues that these features represent his unique approach to musical composition in the twentieth …
Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Rego Borges, Lucas
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-11-24 – Heesun Yun, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date:
November 24, 2014
Creator:
Yun, Hee Sun
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-11-14 – Xiao Wang, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree
Date:
November 14, 2014
Creator:
Wang, Xiao (Pianist)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-17 – Arsentiy Kharitonov, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 17, 2014
Creator:
Kharitonov, Arsentiy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-03-24 - Michelle C. Flowers, trombone
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
March 24, 2014
Creator:
Flowers, Michelle C.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-23 - Yuki Kumamoto, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 23, 2014
Creator:
Kumamoto, Yuki
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-25 - Kristyn Hyun Son, Flute
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 25, 2014
Creator:
Son, Kristyn Hyun
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2014-10-02 – Mi-Jin Kim, piano
Lecture recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
October 2, 2014
Creator:
Kim, Mi-Jin
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-03-06 – Panki Kim, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
March 6, 2014
Creator:
Kim, Panki
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-02-09 - John O'Neal, percussion
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
February 9, 2014
Creator:
O'Neal, John
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-13 – Chris McWilliams, percussion
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 13, 2014
Creator:
McWilliams, Chris
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2014-09-25 – Sung-Yun Kim, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
September 25, 2014
Creator:
Kim, Sung-Yun
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-17 - Staci A. Spring, bassoon
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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 17, 2014
Creator:
Spring, Staci
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-16 - Mia Detwiler, violin
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 16, 2014
Creator:
Detwiler, Mia
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-04-17 – Staci A. Spring, bassoon
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
April 17, 2014
Creator:
Spring, Staci
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-02-09 – John O'Neal, percussion
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
February 9, 2014
Creator:
O'Neal, John
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library