Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the effects of different earplugs on the jaw movements of musicians.

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the life of George Crumb, his compositions, and the natural world as his inspiration for Vox Balaenae.

Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

The purpose of this study is to assemble information needed to assess, understand and hopefully correct muscular hyperfunction that is related to tongue tension in singing and speech which inhibit freely, efficiently, and comfortably produced beautiful singing. This text will include a definition of freely produced, fully resonating tone for beautiful singing, major components of vocal technique, physiology related to singing and speech production, hyperfunctions associated with tongue tension, tongue involvement in the articulation of the four major singing languages, and will present exercises for training the muscles of coordination in a manner conducive to singing and speech.