The topic of this artistic research project is the musical performance method where a solo singer conducts an orchestra while singing. The aim is to shine a light on the effect this performance practice has on the quality of the performance; if it hampers the singer’s ability to interpret the lyrics and make theatrical gestures or if the musical performance can possibly benefit from having one person singing and conducting. The core of the project is a concert in Reykjavík organised by this author where she performed as solo soprano and conductor with a chamber orchestra. The research was made from her personal perspective, while the views of instrumentalists also played a significant role. The author observed the internationally renowned soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan as she rehearsed and performed a concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO) at the Reykjavík Arts Festival. For this project the writer enjoyed the cooperation of three composers whom she commissioned to write pieces especially for her to sing and conduct, and together with Zerbinetta's grand aria by Richard Strauss this music was premiered by her and a chamber orchestra at her concert in Eldborg, Harpa at the Reykjavík Opera Days on November 5th, 2022. / <p>Soprano takes the baton!</p><p>In Eldborg, Harpa on November 5th, 2022 at the Reykjavík Opera Days festival finale.</p><p>Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir, soprano and conductor.</p><p>Program:</p><p>Jóhann G. Jóhannsson: Be not afeard – Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (2022), premiere </p><p>Lyrics: William Shakespeare (Caliban’s Speech from The Tempest)</p><p>I: Be not afeard - lyrics: William Shakespeare</p><p>II: Ekkert að hræðast - translation: Helgi Hálfdanarson</p><p>III: Var icke rädd - translation: Carl August Hagberg</p><p>—</p><p>Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir: Fasaskipti (2022), premiere</p><p>Poem: Þórdís Helgadóttir</p><p>—</p><p>María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Djúpalón (2022), premiere</p><p>Poem: Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir</p><p>—</p><p>Richard Strauss: Großmächtige Prinzessin (1912), Zerbinetta’s aria from Ariadne auf Naxos</p><p>Lyrics: Hugo von Hofmannsthal</p><p></p><p>Chamber orchestra:</p><p>Rannveig Marta Sarc (violin), Gunnhildur Daðadóttir (violin), Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir (viola), Guðný Jónasdóttir (cello), Xun Yang (double bass), Kristín Ýr Jónsdóttir (flute), Julia Hantschel (oboe), Birkir Örn Hafsteinsson ((clarinet), Bryndís Þórsdóttir (bassoon), Stefán Jón Bernharðsson (horn), Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir (piano) &amp; Helgi Þorleiksson (percussion)</p><p>Recording: Stúdíó Sýrland </p><p></p><p>The concert was sponsored by:</p><p>Óperudagar – The Reykjavík Opera Days.</p><p>Tónlistarsjóður – “Music Fund” (Iceland Ministry of Culture).</p><p>Hljóðritasjóður – “Music Recording Fund” (Iceland Ministry of Culture).</p><p>Tónskáldasjóður RÚV og STEFs – “Composers’ Fund” </p>

From a hermeneutic perspective, a qualitative study based on interviews of six musicians has been conducted. The informants work or have worked in orchestras with hierarchical or non- hierarchical structure. The asked questions concerned the informants’ experiences of equality, interaction, motivation, their personal musical development and the quality of the orchestra’s performance. The biggest differences that were noticed concerned the perceived degree of equality, which was higher in the non-hierarchical orchestra. Furthermore, the psychosocial environment correlates with equality in the orchestra and is thus a structural issue. All the informants stated that the best musical performance can be achieved in a hierarchical orchestra, in which all musicians play the part they auditioned to. Contrary to the results from the interviews, the literature used in this study states that the best musical quality is achieved in orchestras with a non-hierarchical structure. / Med utgångspunkt i ett hermeneutiskt perspektiv har en kvalitativ studie genomförts, med intervjuer av sex musiker. Dessa arbetar eller har arbetat i hierarkisk eller icke- hierarkisk orkesterstruktur. Frågorna som ställts har handlat om informanternas upplevelse av jämlikhet, samspel, motivation, den egna musikaliska utvecklingen samt det musikaliska resultatet i orkestern. De skillnader som var störst framkom i upplevelsen av jämlikhet, som upplevdes starkast i den icke-hierarkiska orkestern. Den psykosociala miljön relateras till jämlikheten i orkestern och är således en strukturell fråga. En gemensam åsikt som framkom i undersökningen var att det bästa musikaliska resultatet uppnås i den hierarkiska orkesterstrukturen där alla spelar den stämma de har provspelat sig till och således spelar med högsta möjliga nivå. De exemplen från litteraturen som tas upp visar dock en annan bild av hög musikalisk nivå, som uppnås i orkestrar med icke-hierarkisk struktur.

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The scores here collected represent all the music heard in the recital of 3 April, 1995 (programme on p. iii), save "Shimmering Reflections on a Dark Carrall Street Night." This is an electroacoustic piece which does, however, appear on the accompanying recording.

Thesis (D.M.A)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2005. / Compact discs. Includes bibliographical references.

Through examining Judith Weir’s woman.life.song (2000), the work presented in this written reflection is centered on the power of collaboration and context to create meaningful art and music that express important and often underrepresented experiences. Through a musical and sociological analysis of this piece, it is examined how the personal is political and how the creation of music and art are therefore inherently political projects. This paper argues that musicians have a responsibility to consciously select our repertoire: a conscience based upon an understanding of intersectionality. Such consciousness must take into account structures of sexism and racism, which positions music in its socio-political context and actively challenges the concept of “quality” as it is constructed in the art music canon. Placing the composer and authors within their broader socio-political contexts, it is argued that lifting pieces such woman.life.song are important contributions of a musician’s participation in music. This paper draws upon work in sociology that centers on identity to examine how structures of power impact the voices that are heard and that are represented in the musical canon. / <p><strong>Kristine Nowlain, sopran</strong></p><p></p><p>Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)</p><p>Depuis le jour</p><p>Ur <em>Louise</em>(Louise)</p><p>Libretto av G. Charpentier</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p> </p><p>Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)</p><p><em>The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra</em></p><p>1. When the morning of life has passed</p><p>2. The dove that nests in the tree-top</p><p>3. Wrung with anguish</p><p>Text av Moses-Ibn-Ezra (1058-1138) </p><p>Gustav Sondén, gitarr</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)</p><p>Bachianas Brasileiras, no. 5 (Aria)</p><p>Text av Ruth V. Corrêa </p><p>Gustav Sondén, gitarr</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Åke Uddén (1903-1987)</p><p><em>Tre sånger ur ”Les Chanson de Bilitis” </em></p><p>1. Tendresses</p><p>3. Chanson</p><p>Text av Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)</p><p>Johanna Johnsson, piano</p><p> </p><p>Gösta Nyström (1890-1966)</p><p><em>På Reveln</em></p><p>3. Havet Sjunger</p><p>Text av Ebba Lindqvist (1908-1995)</p><p>Johanna Johnsson, piano</p><p> </p><p>Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)</p><p>The Seal Man</p><p>Text ur <em>A Mainsail Haul </em>av John Masefield (1878-1967)</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p> </p><p>W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)</p><p>Ach, ich Fühl’s</p><p>Ur <em>Die Zauberflöte</em>(Pamina)</p><p>Libretto av Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812)</p><p>KMH Kammarorkester</p><p> </p><p>Judith Weir (f. 1954)</p><p><em>woman.life.song</em></p><p>1c. Edge (text av Toni Morrison, f. 1931)</p><p>2. Eve Remembering (text av Toni Morrison)</p><p>3b. The Mothership: when a good mother sails from this world (Stave II) – (text av Clarissa Pinkola Estés, f. 1945)</p><p>KMH Kammarorkester: </p><p>Sofia Winiarski, dirigent</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p>Andreas Nyström, slagverk</p><p>Astrid le Clercq, klarinett</p><p>Catrin Spångberg Johansson, altflöjt</p><p>Enno Leggedör, viola</p><p>Gustav Wetterbrandt, basklarinett</p><p>Henrik Wassenius, slagverk</p><p>Hugo Olsson, klarinett</p><p>Isabel Godau, violin</p><p>Johanna Moraeus, violin</p><p>Kajsa Nilsson, flöjt</p><p>Klara Källström, cello</p><p>Miia Roiko-Jokela, flöjt</p><p>Miriam Liljefors, harpa</p><p>Moa Nissfolk, gitarr</p><p>Ragnhild Kvist, viola</p><p>Simon Landqvist, slagverk</p><p>Svante Söderqvist, kontrabas</p><p>Viktoria Hillerud, cello</p><p> </p>

The scores here collected represent all the music heard in the recital of 3 April, 1995 (programme on p. iii), save "Shimmering Reflections on a Dark Carrall Street Night." This is an electroacoustic piece which does, however, appear on the accompanying recording. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Accompanied by sound cassette of recital. / Graduate

This is a compilation of the music performed at the graduation recital of John Estacio on April 11,1991, at 2.30 p.m. in the U.B.C. Recital Hall. There were four pieces performed that afternoon including Azimuth for viola, clarinet and marimba, written in 1989. Ode on the Death of A Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes for S.A.T.B. choir was written in 1989 and uses the text of Thomas Gray. Moments is a set of three pieces for woodwind quintet written in 1990. Viola Concerto is in three movements and was written in 1991 for Reg Quiring, a former U.B.C. student. The concerto is scored for solo viola and chamber orchestra. A cassette copy of the recital is available with this book. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Graduate

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Expanding on the concept of Richard Wagner's Gesamptkunstwerk, The War Poems was written to combine various elements for an intermedia composition, including music, five slide projectors, lighting, and costume. Text used in the piece was taken from the writings of the English World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon.