Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
(Re)imagining the Armenian duduk: cross-cultural borrowing in a seemingly borderless world |
2017 |
6085 |
In this project, I adapted a song traditionally played on the Armenian duduk for the English horn. Using Walter Benjamin’s “The Task of the Translator” as a guide, the piece “Knir Im Balik” was transcribed. Performances of the piece by Vatche Hovsepi... |
A Performance Edition of Quartetto in G Major for flute, violin, viola, and cello by Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur |
2014 |
1178 |
Joseph Aloys Schmittbaur (1718-1809) was an important figure in the musical history of the eighteenth-century as a composer, conductor, and glass harmonica maker. Among his many compositions are a series of flute quartets, nearly all of which are acc... |
Singing through the oboe : voicing and other vocal techniques within playing and teaching |
2021 |
1151 |
Learning to “sing through the instrument” is the center of many wind players’ approach to gain a more vocally expressive quality to their playing. A commonly used technique is voicing. Voicing can be defined as the way in which a wind player manipula... |
A performance edition with piano reduction and biographical overview of the concerto for Two Oboes in G Major, FWV L G9 by Johann Friedrich Fasch |
2016 |
1800 |
This project produces a new performance edition of the Concerto for Two Oboes in G Major, FWV L G9 by Johann Friedrich Fasch, appropriate for developing high school or undergraduate oboists. Also included is an overview of Fasch’s training and stylis... |
Luening’s invention in twelve tones: transcription and max patch for performance by the contemporary flutist |
2020 |
583 |
The purpose of this project was to provide a transcription and Max patch for Otto Luening’s Invention in Twelve Tones. Composed in 1952, Invention in Twelve Tones was presented at the first public concert of electroacoustic music in the United States... |
The evolution of contemporary gospel drumming |
2015 |
8212 |
A vast majority of the drummers for award winning pop and R&B artists began their formative training as young musicians performing contemporary gospel music in churches. Drummers trained this way obtain particular skill sets and techniques, and produ... |
The Western American oboe reed as constructed by John Ellis |
2019 |
1351 |
John Ellis, oboist for numerous Hollywood movie scores, was partially responsible for bringing the Western American oboe reed style to the east coast of the United States. As the former oboe professor at the University of North Carolina School of the... |