Contemporary repertoire is not commonly taught or explored by teachers during the intermediate level, when a student's musical training is transitioning to an advanced level. Nonetheless, it is important for piano instructors to be open-minded about contemporary music and have some perspective on the development of music repertoire in the future. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a performance and pedagogical guide to Stephen Chatman's (b. 1950) Fantasies, from both technical and artistic viewpoints. The collection, which consists of eleven pieces, features a wide variety of contemporary idioms, styles, and means of notation. For instance, there are jazz-like syncopated rhythms, asymmetrical accents reminiscent of Primitivism, and Impressionistic or dissonant sonorities. Fantasies is not only a valuable tool for students to explore new sounds and improve their performing techniques while executing nontraditional notations and contemporary idioms, it is also a great teaching resource for instructors to promote students' musicality through hearing, seeing, and thinking. In this study, I provide individual, detailed descriptions for each of the pieces in the score, adding examples on how to address the difficulties they present to the performer. As a result, instructors can better understand how to help students prepare to perform this collection and spark their interest in playing contemporary music.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505243 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Li, Hanhan |
| Contributors | Romero, Gustavo, Beckman, Bradley, Banowetz, Joseph |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vii, 44 pages : music, Text |
| Rights | Use restricted to UNT Community, Li, Hanhan, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | Recital: April 13, 2016, ark:/67531/metadc1614925, Recital: April 29, 2015, ark:/67531/metadc <not yet digitized>, Recital: April 28, 2017, ark:/67531/metadc <not yet digitized> |
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