v.1. Musical composition -- v.2. Analysis. / In this paper the compositional issues and techniques employed in my M. Mus. Thesis Composition Nocturnales (for chamber orchestra comprised of fifteen players) is discussed. The piece, constituted of three connected parts, exhibits an eclecticism of musical styles and compositional approaches that comes in part, from the use of different temporal structures. To build such structures, two independent techniques have been developed that organize pitch and rhythm according to some serial procedures, yet are flexible enough to permit local level decisions based on intuitive considerations. The basis of the pitch system is a 1-2-1 tetrachordal set, to which are applied both principles of permutation and a modal treatment. In the rhythm domain, besides the conventional metric divisions of 2 and 3, predetermined numerical rows derived from the Fibonacci series to provide the durational values between event attacks are employed.

The Days of Victory is a piece of music for a chamber orchestra of sixteen players, approximately thirteen minutes in duration. The accompanying analytical essay provides an extensive general description of its systems of pitch organization, and a more specific account of their operation in this piece. These systems function by linking dyads together to create a harmonic language that favours asymmetrical chord formations. Also included is an outline of its form, which uses four contrasting types of sections in recurrence. The essay comments on the stylistic tendencies of the piece in terms of rhythm, texture, and orchestration. This is followed by a brief exploration of the aesthetic implications of the music in relation to its title, which is drawn from a short excerpt of the Koran.

X is a composition for a chamber orchestra with a duration of approximately 13'30″. The title X (read as "cross") refers to a cross-weave pattern created by superimposing the trills and written-out tremolos in the piece. While the trills and tremolos are used throughout the piece to create a sense of textural variety, they have an important function in controlling the formal structure of the piece. The texture, which is one of the important features of the composition, makes the overall form apparent.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Columbia University, 1998. / "For chamber ensemble or orchestra featuring solo piano"--Abstract. Duration: 28:00. Department: Music. Commentary following leaf 221 is a printed version of the composer's website.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Columbia University, 1998. / "For chamber ensemble or orchestra featuring solo piano"--Abstract. Duration: 28:00. Department: Music. Commentary following leaf 221 is a printed version of the composer's website.

Thesis (Ph. D.--Music) -- University of California, San Diego, 1997. / Vita. For chamber orchestra. Program and performance notes in English precede score.

Thesis--University of Illinois. / The thesis includes a score "Antiphonia for 3 string groups" (37 L.) which was presented separately. Vita. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Columbia University, 2004. / For chamber orchestra. Duration: 9 min. Title from caption of v. 2 (score). Department: Music. Proquest Digital Dissertations Online ; Also available via the World Wide Web; Subscription required.

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The composition is for large chorus, soloists and orchestra. It is in six movements and of about thirty minutes duration. The work is illustrative of texts from the Bible, " Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and an early nineteenth century hymn by William More. The tonal resources used are based on diatonicism, altered and extended, with occasional use of the dodecaphonic technique as a device for melodic invention. The rhythmic resources are metered and unmetered. Traditional choral writing and devices of more recent origin are used in the composition of the vocal passages. The work is of moderate difficulty, and suggests departures from traditional choral concert programming. A commentary, instrument chart, and performance instructions precede the music. The commentary explains the general character of the work, the utilization of the text, and the techniques of composition. In addition, it presents a comparison of the movements.