This submission comprises a portfolio of fifteen original musical works and an exegesis that comments on five of these works. Recordings of twelve of the fifteen compositions are included. These pieces demonstrate an ongoing investigation into structure, and the discussion will provide an insight into the constant process of experimentation and consolidation involved in developing such a body of work. In the exegesis I open with a general conversation on the compositional process and then focus on the formal problems inherent in this process. I then discuss the five scores included in the main volume, looking at how each are formed, and comparing their formal characteristics. This involves an analysis of the musical materials and how such materials are treated through repetition and transformation. I will also look at the aesthetic and stylistic concerns and how they inform the formal architecture of each work. An appendix includes the scores of a further ten works, with a brief introductory commentary on each. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1351235 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 2008

Prelude -- 星 : 女高音獨唱、混聲合唱團及鋼琴 = Star Suite : for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano -- Temptation. / Prelude -- Xing : nü gao yin du chang, hun sheng he chang tuan ji gang qin = Star Suite : for soprano solo, SATB choir and piano -- Temptation. / 2nd works derived from five poems written by Prof. Yu Kuang-chung (余光中). / 2nd works derived from five poems written by Prof. Yu Kuang-chung (Yu Guangzhong). / Wong Nga Yin. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Librettos (2nd work) in Chinese with English translation ; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / Chapter 1. --- Prelude -for String Quartet --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- 《星》tar Suite --- p.20 / Chapter (I) --- "《送別》<Farewell> -for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass choir and Piano" --- p.25 / Chapter (II) --- 《孤星》<The Lonesome Star> -for Soprano Solo and Piano --- p.32 / Chapter (III) --- "《新月和孤星、》<The New Moon and The Lonesome Star〉 -for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass choir (Acappella)" --- p.36 / Chapter (IV) --- 《流星》<The Shooting Star> -for Soprano Solo and Piano --- p.41 / Chapter (V) --- "《對語》〈Diabgue〉 -for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass choir and Piano" --- p.46 / Chapter 3. --- Temptation -for Orchestra --- p.55 / Appendix Authorization E-mail of the Poems