Gestures and Fields is a twenty minute work for chamber orchestra and dancers. It is scored for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling English horn), Bb clarinet (doubling Eb clarinet), bassoon Bb trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, piano, and strings. The percussion consists of a suspended cymbal, large tam-tam, 5 temple blocks, xylophone, marimba, tumba, snare, tenor drum, 4 tom-toms, bass drum and timpani. The work is in 5 movements, each inspired by an abstract expressionist painting: Autumn Rhythm by Jackson Pollock, Light, Earth and Blue by Mark Rothko, Mahoning by Franz Kline, Vir Heroicus Sublimus by Barnett Newman, and Excavation by Willem de Kooning.

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Thesis (M.M.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-55).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 103 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-103). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

The aim of this study is to create an understanding of how music teachers’ experience playing music by heart and how they experience that playing by heart may affect the students when they play music. The empirical material was based on semi-structured interviews with five music teachers from Sweden’s Art and Music Schools (kultur- eller musikskolor in Swedish). A hermeneutic perspective was used as a theoretical framework in order to analyze music teachers’ experience. The results of this study showed that music teachers’ experience of playing music by heart conduct a greater attention to listening and presence. Playing by heart can lead to improvement of playing with others and it may also increase students’ practice. There are different expectations regarding playing music by heart due to genre and instrument. In pop, rock, jazz and piano and also professional musicians there are expectations of playing music by heart. Students’ motivation may be helped by playing music by heart because several students’ have a problem with reading sheet music. This study shows that the experience of a students’ performance is perceived more positively when playing by heart, but it depends on the genre and instrument and their expectations. The understanding of how music teachers’ experience of playing music by heart is the conclusion that the traditions of music influence the music teachers’ perception of the possibilities of their students’ playing music by heart. Most of the student’s prefer playing music by heart rather than reading sheet music. Further conclusions are that music education should be adapted to each and every student due to some students prefer playing by heart and other prefer reading sheet music. By adapting the music education, it enables the students to playing music with joy. Plying music by heart may promote a feeling for the students of “here I am” and “I can do this”.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Music." Includes bibliographical references (p. 105).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 28).

Thesis (M.A. Ed.)--Georgia State University, 2005. / Title from title screen. Paula P. Eubanks, committee chair; Melody Milbrandt, Joseph Peragine,Teresa Bramlette-Reeves, committee members. Electronic text (50 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed May 29, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of History, March 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.