Apparent Motions is an original composition for an ensemble of fifteen musicians consisting of percussion, harp, keyboards, and stringed instruments. This dissertation is comprised of the composition as well as a written analysis of the composition. The analysis presents the most important technical features of the piece, including pitch organization, counterpoint, and motivic elaboration. Techniques are related to the overall objectives of the work, which involve the composer's personal approach to musical time. The particular treatment of time in the piece results from the coexistence of linear/developmental organization along with cyclical organization. The cyclical features intentionally interfere with the implication of progress by the linear/developmental features. The work's temporal strategy is analyzed in relation to theories regarding musical time put forward by Jonathan Kramer. 1 The primary conclusion reached is that the piece makes use of Kramer's "multiply-directed linear time." / 1Jonathan Kramer, The Time of Music: New Meanings, New Temporalities, New Listening Strategies (New York: Schirmer, 1988).

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisor: Dan Welcher. Vita.

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Clifton Callender, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed DATE). Document formatted into pages; contains 47 pages. Includes biographical sketch. For live ensemble of flute, violin, and violoncello, with electronics.

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