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I offer this dissertation as a survey and a story: a survey of my work across the field of sonic art and a story of my progressive compulsion toward sound that conveys touch. This haptic sensibility sharpens from Susurrus (2006) through Soma (2012), manifesting in a fixation on the impact of sound on bodies and the impact of bodies on sound. Both the visceral sensation of hearing and the manner in which movement imprints onto acoustic phenomena concern me. My musical forms are conceived not as abstract arrangements of objects (or notes) but as complex physical confrontations that produce audible byproducts. I compose primarily with chaotic spectra, mixing raw noise from found objects with extended instrumental techniques. These timbres front an acoustic wildness intentionally abated in conventional instrumental practice. And yet, the precision of classical instruments opens avenues of transformation closed to unmediated noise. Virtuosity and crudeness face-off in my work, circling an aesthetic region between embellishment and fact, between sound as a carrier of aesthetic intent and sound as a subsidiary effect of action. The ten works presented in this portfolio include eight compositions scored for a range of ensembles, from soloist to orchestra, with and without electronics, as well as two interactive multimedia installations. Dramatic links between physical movement and musical form arise across this output. In my installations, I posit causal relationships between visible stimuli (spinning strings, spatial structures, moving bodies) and resultant sounds. In my electroacoustic works, I attend to the implied weight of spatialized sound – as though a gesture’s trajectory through arrayed speakers were informed by gravity. In my acoustic music, I bring the muscular strain behind instrumental technique to the perceptual fore. My professional activities shift regularly between concert music and installation art and between acoustic and electroacoustic contexts. Passing between these genres stretches the boundaries of my creative practice and forces me to consistently reframe notions of ritual and form. Within each platform, I aim to stage visceral aesthetic encounters that, as Francis Bacon once hoped for his paint, bypass the brain and go directly to the nervous system. / Music

abstract: Composers and performers alike are pushing the limits of expression with an ever-expanding sonic palette. There has also been a great expansion of saxophone repertoire over the past few decades. This has lead to an increasing number of advanced pieces incorporating saxophone extended techniques. As younger saxophonists discover these compositions, they too become inspired to implement these techniques in their own playing. There is a need for broader selections of introductory to intermediate compositions with saxophone extended techniques. It is the goal of this project to expand this repertoire for pre-college and early-college saxophonists. These target-level saxophonists are those who have already begun their studies in extended techniques. Three commissioned composers have contributed pieces for this target level of saxophonist with the purpose of bridging the gap between first attempts of extended techniques and the advanced pieces that already exist. Saxophonists who have the standard techniques to perform compositions such as Sonata for E-flat Alto Saxophone and Piano by Paul Creston will be suited to approach these compositions. In addition to the compositions, the author has composed short warm up exercises, utilizing selected extended techniques. A professional recording of the resulting compositions and exercises are also included. The enclosed document will provide a performer's analysis to help instructors of potential performers navigate the extended techniques and provide insight on other challenging aspects of the compositions. It is not the intention of the following document to teach the individual techniques. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2015

Orientador: Emerson Luiz de Biaggi / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T23:06:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Presgrave_FabioSoren_D.pdf: 5223568 bytes, checksum: 5a010cfbb3491bc89109b7d40c80aeb4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Este trabalho teve por finalidade o estudo de peças recentes, escritas para violoncelo, por compositores brasileiros que utilizam técnicas expandidas, a fim de proporcionar um detalhamento dessas técnicas para facilitar o contato dos violoncelistas e compositores com a escrita contemporânea para violoncelo. Para isso foram analisados os motivos que afastam o violoncelista da performance dessas peças, com a apresentação de sugestões de exercícios para facilitar a execução dos diferentes aspectos da música nova. Como resultado, foram obtidos exercícios que pretendem preencher a lacuna que há no material de estudo de técnicas expandidas, novas composições para violoncelo - compiladas no apêndice - e entrevistas com renomados violoncelistas, intérpretes de música contemporânea. Palavras-chave: violoncelo; música nova; interpretação; técnicas expandidas / Abstract: The goal of this work was the study of new pieces for violoncello written by Brazilian Composers that use expanded techniques, in order to detail these techniques to facilitate the work of cellists and composers. This research analised the reasons that drive performers away from these pieces, and isolated different aspects of Contemporary Music performance with study suggestions. The results of this work were exercises that start to fill the absence of study material for extended techniques, new compositions - compiled in the appendix - and interviews with leading performers in the contemporary music field. Key Words: violoncello; contemporary music; interpretation; extended techniques / Doutorado / Musica / Doutor em Música

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-04-11T13:59:57Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elder Thomaz da Silva - 2016.pdf: 1644136 bytes, checksum: dc2cc5a04dfdafcf21245055a8a5be2e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-04-11T14:00:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elder Thomaz da Silva - 2016.pdf: 1644136 bytes, checksum: dc2cc5a04dfdafcf21245055a8a5be2e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-11T14:00:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elder Thomaz da Silva - 2016.pdf: 1644136 bytes, checksum: dc2cc5a04dfdafcf21245055a8a5be2e (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-14 / The trumpet ensemble is an essential component in the formation of the trumpet player, however the search for repertoire for that kind of group, as well as bibliographies addressing its interpretative possibilities, is still a difficult task today. Most of the repertoire has not been edition and/or been made available to the public. The research that deals with the interpretation of trumpet music mainly comprises the trumpet solo repertoire. This research aims to present different possibilities for the interpretation of musical works that contain extended techniques. By using the internet, libraries and personal archive I listed fifty two pieces that were composed exclusively for trumpet ensembles. Fifteen of those works contain elements of extended techniques, being selected the ones that occur most frequently and which are produced by physical means without external intervention, depending exclusively on the interpreter's body (lips, tongue, throat) to be produced. We came to the conclusion of four elements: Pitch Bend, Frullato, Glissando and Half Valve. A total of nine works, which presents at least one element of the extended techniques mentioned, were selected in order to illustrate the possibilities of its interpretation in trumpet ensembles. The most challenging and important parts were highlighted to show how to apply those techniques, which can also be used in other works with similar characteristics. / Os grupos de trompetes são uma ferramenta essencial na formação do trompetista. Entretanto, a procura pelo repertório para essa formação, assim como bibliografias que abordam as possibilidades interpretativas em grupo, se torna uma tarefa árdua. Grande parte do repertório não é editorada e disponibilizada para o público, e os trabalhos que abordam as questões interpretativas no trompete, na sua maioria, contemplam apenas o repertório solista. O presente trabalho tem como finalidade a apresentação de possibilidades para interpretação de obras com técnicas estendidas. A partir de consultas realizadas pela internet, em bibliotecas digitais e acervos pessoais, foram levantadas cinquenta e duas obras brasileiras compostas exclusivamente para grupos de trompetes. Dessas obras, quinze apresentavam técnicas estendidas, sendo selecionadas as mais recorrentes e que fossem produzidas por meios físicos, ou seja, sem intervenção externa, dependendo exclusivamente do corpo do interprete (lábios, língua, garganta) para serem produzidas. Chegou-se à conclusão de quatro técnicas: pitch bend, frullato, glissando e meia válvula. Para expor as possibilidades para interpretação em grupo, foram selecionadas nove obras que apresentavam, pelo menos, uma das técnicas estendidas mencionadas. Foram destacados os trechos mais importantes ou com maiores dificuldades para exemplificar o emprego e execução dessas técnicas que também poderão ser utilizadas em outras obras com características similares, em diferentes formações.

This document examines the technical execution of extended techniques incorporated in the musical structure of Solus, and explores the benefits of introducing the work into the curriculum of a college level trumpet studio. Compositional style, form, technical accessibility, and pedagogical benefits are investigated in each of the four movements. An interview with the composer forms the foundation for the history of the composition as well as the genesis of some of the extended techniques and programmatic ideas.

This dissertation serves as an analysis and performance guide for No-Re I for Flute Solo (2018) by Gyu-Bong Yi (이규봉), a work that combines Korean elements and Western compositional techniques. The modern flute, developed in the mid-nineteenth century with the Boehm's Schema, has pushed the boundaries of the instrument through experimentation with new techniques, leading to numerous contemporary works presenting unique challenges for flutists. No-Re I includes passages with various extended techniques and unique combinations, requiring specific solutions to overcome the challenges they present. For example, this dissertation offers specific fingering diagrams and descriptions for executing the double trills used in No-Re I. Additionally, certain notations used by the composer may have limitations in projection or clarity, and this dissertation elucidates the composer's intent based on an interview and provides solutions for these limitations. This research also discusses the fusion of Korean and other East-Asian aesthetics with Western musical language including the works of Isang Yun (1917–1995), a Korean-born musical pioneer, who had a successful career as a composer and educator, especially elaborating on his unique compositional technique, the Haupttöne, which is based on tonal centers influenced by East-Asian philosophy, Korean folk music, and its unique characteristic of ornamenting the main tone.

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