Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-225).

abstract: Bright Summer, a one-movement piece for orchestra, was composed in Arizona, and completed in February 2013. The piece is approximately twelve minutes long. The motivation for writing this piece was the death of my mother the year before, in 2012. The prevailing mood of this work is bright and pleasant, expressing my mother's cheerful personality when she was alive. It also portrays bright summer days which resemble my mother's spirit. Thus, soundscape plays an important role in this work. It depicts summer breeze, rustling sounds of leaves, and, to translate a Korean saying, "high blue skies." This soundscape opens the piece as well as closes it. In the middle section, the fast upbeat themes represent my mother's witty and optimistic personality. The piece also contains the presence of a hymn tune, The Love of God is Greater Far, which informs the motivic content and also functions as the climax of the piece. It was my mother's favorite hymn and we used to sing it together following her conversion to Christianity. The piece contains three main sections, which are held together by transitional material based on the soundscape and metric modulations. Unlike my earlier works, Bright Summer is tonal, with upper tertian harmonies prevailing throughout the piece. However, the opening and closing soundscapes do not have functional harmonies. For example, tertian chords appear and vanish silently, leaving behind some resonant sounds without any harmonic progression. Overall, the whole piece is reminiscent of my mother who lived a beautiful life. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

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The purpose of this study was to create and gain consensus of an essential curriculum for teaching score study in the undergraduate instrumental conducting class. Questions to be answered by this study were what methods, materials, and evaluations should be used to teach score study to undergraduate instrumental conducting students? Resolving the questions required the collection of information on the methods, materials, and evaluations used in teaching score preparation in the undergraduate instrumental conducting class and the opinions of conductors and teachers of conducting about those methods, materials, and evaluations.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4031. Adviser: William Moersch. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-139) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The Great Commission is a sacred cantata written for mixed chorus, soprano, messo soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, and symphony orchestra. The main text, St. Mark xvi. 15-18, determines the general plan. It is composed in six parts with a finale. Part I contains the command of Jesus, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel." Parts II to VI are each made up of, (1) an introduction with the pronouncement of one of the signs which would follow, and, (2) a musical setting of a biblical text which is a fulfilment. Part I begins with a processional type introduction in g minor for full orchestra and marked Moderato maestoso. It is formed of irregular length phrases punctuated by short rests and introduces the entrance of the chorus, singing in unison, "Jesus came...and spoke", with the sopranos beginning on a high G. [TRUNCATED]

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The current commercial version of ScorX multi-track premium music score(MPMS) player has poor support on mobile device, extra cost could be required for current product to support mobile device. This project aims to focus on developing a MPMS player1 using web based cross-platform technology. The company's commercial version is build on Adobe Flash Player. An investigation is conducted and result shows that a possible solution exist that by using which building such a player could be done by using Web Audio API and Adobe Edge Animate; a prototype is built upon this solution. Study of this project shows that alternative solution for support mobile device could be native application for single mobile hardware platform and Haxe for multiple hardware platform including desktop and mobile device. After building a prototype, a series of tests are run to evaluate both Flash player solution and HTML5 solution. It turns out that Flash player will still be the rst choice for desktop device solution in current phase since it is more stable with a rather satisfactory performance, while HTML5 solution supports better in mobile device. The most of the disadvantage of HTML5 solution lies on the performance of the audio engine (i.e. Web Audio API) rather than the animation engine. As more and more major web browser has fully supportWeb Audio API, it will for sure make the audio engine perform even better. The future development of ScorX multi-track premium music score should therefore focus on HTML5 and native application if necessary. / Den nuvarande kommersiella versionen av ScorX multi-track premium music score(MPMS) har dåligt stöd för mobila enheter och det kan medföra extra kostnader att göra så att produkten stödjer mobila enheter. Projektet syftar till att fokusera på att utveckla en MPMS baserat på en webbaserad och plattformsoberoende teknik. Bolagets kommersiella version bygger på Adobe Flash Player. En utredning genomförs och resultatet visar att en möjlig lösning finns i att använda Web Audio API och Adobe Edge Animate där det redan finns en prototyp som bygger på denna lösning. Studien av detta visar att en alternativ lösning för att göra systemet kompatibelt med mobila enheter kan vara en skräddarsydda native-versioner för respektive mobil hårdvaruplattform och Haxe för övriga stationära och mobila enheter. När prototypen var byggd kördes en serie tester för att utvärdera både Flash player lösningen och HTML5-lösningen. Det visar sig att Flash player fortfarande kommer att vara ett första val för stationära enheter i nuvarande fas eftersom den är mer stabil med en ganska tillfredsställande prestanda, medan HTML5-lösningen fungerar bättre i mobila enheter. Den huvudsakliga nackdelen med HTML5-lösning ligger på utförandet av ljudmotorn (dvs Web Audio API) i stället för animeringen av motorn. Eftersom er och er stora webbläsare har full supportWeb Audio API, kommer ljudmotorn prestera ännu bättre framöver. Den framtida utvecklingen av ScorX flerspårig premium musik poäng bör därfor inriktas på HTML5 och ursprungliga programmet om det behövs.