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Theses from 2024
Fin de Siècle Russian Topos and Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, Jaidan Ursich
Dissertations from 2023
An Analysis and Performance Guide of Three New Works For Clarinet and Saxophone Duo, Aaron Patrick Burr
Dan Forrest’s the Breath of Life: A Podium Guide With a Study of the Compositional Techniques and the Integration Of Texts Used to Mirror The Emotional Arc of The Human Life Cycle, Brian Keith Dukeshier
Diversifying Piano Pedagogy: A Comparative Study of Brazilian Piano Works And Established Piano Methods, Helber Fernandes Ribeiro
This Is Me: The Life and Music Of Emily Remler, Denin Michael Koch
Considerations and Pedagogical Approaches For Transitioning From Soprano To Mezzo-Soprano, Caitlin Hammon Moore
Luciano Berio’s Six Encores Pour Piano: A Guide for Performance Preparation, Ivana Muncan
Gendered Singing Training: A Comparison Of Estelle Liebling and Richard Miller’s Strategies for Teaching Across Fach., Kristi Muzzio
Establishing Guidelines for Achieving Optimal Individual Posture In Hornists, Daniel Alan Nebel
Chamber Music in the Dominican Republic: New Arrangements for Ensemble With Piano, Laura Gisselle Pimentel Ferreira
Davidsbündler: Robert Schumann, Theodor Kirchner, and An Intimate Musical World, Dandan Liu Powell
Sounds of Nature: A Jazz Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Matteo Sabattini
An Examination of Musical Pitch/Color Correspondence in Music, Arts, And Non-arts Students and Adults, Luciano Silvestri Jr.
Swimming in the Third Stream: A Performance Guide For David Baker’s Singers of Songs/Weavers of Dreams For Cello and Percussion, Kelsey Linnea Smith
Bangkokscape: An Original Composition For Ensemble, Attakorn Sookjaeng
Examining Middle Eastern Influences on Jazz In the 1950s and 1960s, Sopon Suwannakit
Dissertations from 2022
“Ici on Chante en Français”: Giving A Voice to Cajun Culture, Tessa Espinosa
An Analysis and Performance Guide of Olivier Messiaen’s Chants de Terre ET de Ciel, Joseph William McAllister
Blue: A Stylistic Analysis Of Blue Mitchell, David Michael Moore
The Ballybriar Heist: An Original Composition And the Incorporation of Folk Music And Tintinnabuli Influences, Conor Darling Mulroy
Dissertations from 2021
Comprimario Tenor Repertoire: An Alternative Approach to Teaching the Developing Operatic Tenor, Stewart Cramer
Prominent Women Wind Conductors in Higher Education: Trials, Triumphs, And Recommendations for Improving Gender Equity in the Field, Jennifer Lee Grice
The Haitian Méringue Through Stylized Piano Compositions From 1880-1930, William Leroy Harned
Relationships Between Working Class, First Generation College Students and Their Parent(s)/Guardian(s): A Phenomenological Study on the Impacts Of Middle Class Socialization, Lindsay Ellen Mason
A Study in Effective Teaching Methods For Jazz Voice Technique In Higher Education, Jenna McLean
The Lullaby as Art Song: Engaging Repertoire For Study and Performance, Carissa Scroggins
Pride and Prejudice, an Operatic Work for Ensemble Based On Jane Austen’s Novel, With Comparisons to Mozart’s Ensemble Opera Works, Sondheim’s Ensemble Musicals, and Mark Adamo’s Little Women, Arlene Brenda Siagian
Romantic Undertones in Revolutionary France: The Case for Tarare as Spark For The Revolution, Sean Robert Stephenson
Dissertations from 2020
Finding Messiaen’s Blackbird: An Investigative Analysis of Birdsong and Other Techniques Used in Le Merle Noir, Alexandra L. Aguirre-Berman
Consequential Saints: A Preliminary Study of Jazz and Religion in New Orleans, David Baker
Transcribing Kuhlau for the Saxophone: A Stylistic Bridge, Nathaniel Clement Berman
A Comparison of Different Reflective Modalities of Pre-Service Music Education Student Teachers, Yolanda Marie Chatwood
Life and Legacy of Luis Gianneo: A Comprehensive Study of His Compositions for Violin, Maria Belen Hernandez
We, Not Me: The Musical Life of Bob Cranshaw, Seth Britton Lewis
Agency and Parallelism in Three Saxophone Works by Dorothy Chang: a Performative Analysis, Courtney Elizabeth Long
An Expansion of Piccolo Trumpet Solo Repertoire: Transcriptions From the Romantic Period, Benjamin Matthew McCarthy
Performance Guide and Recording of Three Twenty-First-Century Compositions for Solo Cello, Katarina Majcen Pliego
Three in One: The Style, Structure, And Sound of Thad Jones as a Jazz Trumpeter, Shawn Edward Williams
Dissertations from 2019
Achieving Musical Peak Performance: The Impact of an Online Self-Efficacy and Performance Anxiety Management Program Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Melynie Joy Campbell
Adapting the Ward Method for Use in the Private Voice Studio, Michael Patrick Kilcoyne
Vocal Jazz in the Choral Classroom: A Pedagogical Study, Lara Marie Moline
The Flute Works of Erwin Schulhoff, Sara Marie Schuhardt
Chroma: An Original Composition for Violin, Cello, Vibraphone and Interactive Electronics, Todd Swingle
A Comprehensive Analysis of Jazz Elements in Nikolai Kapustin’s Violin Sonata Opus 70 and String Quartet Number 1, Opus 88, Ching-Hsuan Wang
History and Development of British Secular Song for Solo Voice and Clarinet, Nancy Williams
The Effects of Pitch Singing Training on Recognizing and Enunciating Chinese Tones, Danqing Zhou