Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-302).

Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 159 p. : ill. (some col.), music. Includes fifteen songs in the mp3 format. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester, 1957. / Appendix: Charts, leaves 197-223. Supplement: Hanson, Howard. Symphony No. 2. Arr. for one piano, four hands, by John Elliott Webb. (M209.H251s.2W) NRU-Mus Bibliography: leaves 194-196. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5349

Thesis (DCA)--University of Wollongong, 2005. / Typescript. Bibliographical references: leaf 78-81.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2002. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 24, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Music, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2002; thesis submitted 2001. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-382).

Thesis (M.Mus. Composition)--University of Waikato, 2006. / Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (D. Mus. Arts.)--University of Washington, 1987. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [352]-363). Also available electronically.

This folio and accompanying commentary draw together my compositional work over the period of the PhD and plot the development and exploration of a number techniques which are to be found in varying degrees in each of the works but with different emphases. These techniques include the use of: parallel structures and metres to provide a sense of independence of compositional ideas; parallel tonal centres within overarching schema to control and draw thematic material together; the use of rhetorical musical gestures that seek to break free of their context; fragmentation and the accumulation of material in terms of quantity and density in order to facilitate a sense of change; the limitation of pitch material in order to create a sense of stasis; and the use of slow sustained melodies that lack a clear pulse in order to create a sense of musical events that are not bound by time.

This thesis, A Portfolio of Original Compositions, contains six musical compositions and accompanying commentary presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Music Composition at the University of Aberdeen in 2017. The focus of these musical works is on the composition of music for the human voice, though there are significant examples of instrumental composition included in the portfolio as well. The focal point of the accompanying commentary is an extended work for choir, string quartet and percussion ensemble titled Endless, which uses verses from Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel-Prize-winning collection of devotional poetry Gitanjali as its textual basis. The other works contained within the portfolio, O Great Beyond, Songs of the Questioner, The Dream I Knew, Ave, maris stella and When daylight came…, are shown in the commentary to be important examples of supplemental research that led to the composition of Endless. The individual chapters of the accompanying commentary discuss various aspects of research-based composition found throughout the portfolio, again with specific emphasis on Endless. These include the approach to form and text setting, the use and development of musical motives, the approach to harmony and specific techniques of orchestration. The commentary also discusses how research into the music of other cultures, most importantly the pitch and ornamental systems employed in Indian music, has informed the composition of the works contained in the portfolio.