Theses/Dissertations from 2020
A Trumpet Player’s Performance Guide of Three Selected Works for Trumpet, Cello, and Piano, Justin Wayne Robinson
The Early Piano Music of Richard Wagner, Annie Rose Tindall-Gibson
A Conductor’s Guide to the Da Vinci Requiem by Cecilia McDowall, Jantsen Blake Touchstone
Composition of Musical and Visual Devices to Create Moments of Resolution in Marching Arts Production Design, Ryan John Williams
Romanticism in Nineteenth-Century Russian Nationalistic Music: Case Studies of Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila and Cui’s Mystic Chorus, Jeffrey Crayton Yelverton Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Communicative Language in the Compositional Output of Kirke Mechem, Kirstina Rasmussen Collins
Vladimir Pleshakov: A Historiography And Analysis of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Andrew Cameron Pittman
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Serial Techniques in Works for Unaccompanied Trumpet, William Anonie
Examining Professional Music Teacher Identity: A Mixed Methods Approach with Stringed Instrument Teachers, Elizabeth A. Reed
Guided Music Play Between 2-Year-Old Children and a Music Play Facilitator: A Case Study, Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith
A Theoretical and Stylistic Analysis of Paul Ben-Haim’s Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata, Op. 49, Rachel Bletstein
The Influence Of Mindful Movement On Elementary Students’ Music Listening Enjoyment And Comprehension, Jean Louise Boiteau
Delphine Ugalde: Defying Gender Norms Both On And Off The Stage In 19th Century Paris, Michael T. Brown
A Guide for Playing the Viola Without a Shoulder Rest, Chin Wei Chang
Tertian Relationships In Three Choral Selections By Dan Forrest: A Conductor’s Analysis, Lindsey Cope
Translucent Voices: Creating Sound Pedagogy And Safe Spaces For Transgender Singers In The Choral Rehearsal, Gerald Dorsey Gurss
Seventeen Waltzes For Piano By Leo Ornstein: A Stylistic Analysis, Jared Jones
The Kingma System Flute: Redesigning The Nineteenth-Century Flute For The Twenty-First Century, Diane Elise Kessel
Attitudes And Thoughts On Tone Quality In Historic Piano Teaching Treatises, Jeongsun Lim
A Conductor’s Guide to Camille Saint-Saëns’s Messe de Requiem Op. 54, Thomas R. Matrone
The Tie That Binds: The History, Conductors, And Music Of The Mystic Area Ecumenical Choir Festival, Mark Daniel Merritt
A Complete History Of Rico Reeds, Neal Postma
Solo Violin Works Influenced By Romanian Lăutari Music, Essena Liah Setaro
Experimental Music In Higher Education: Toward A Pedagogy Of Creativity, Philip Melancthon Snyder V
Teaching Musically: Incorporating Dalcroze Pedagogy Into Flute Instruction For The Elementary-Age Student, Emily M. Stumpf
The Rise Of The Chinese Concerto: A Look Into The Developments Of Chinese Traditional Instrument Concerti With Western Orchestra, Alex Alex Wise
Analyzing And Comparing Selected Works For Violin And Piano By Chen Gang, Chen Guoquan And Bright Sheng, Liangjun Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
An Analysis of Akira Miyoshi’s “Miyoshi Piano Method: 12 Progressive Propositions Piano Method”, Azusa Higotani Bies
An Investigative Study Measuring Self-Reported Metacognitive Habits Among Collegiate Piano Majors, Steven Phillip Brundage
An Exploration Of Characterizations In JAC Redford’s Oratorio The Martyrdom Of Saint Polycarp, Melanie Cross Buckner
The Life and Legacy of Samul Feinberg, Solomon Eichner
An Exploration of the Availability and Implementation of Undergraduate Degrees in Conducting in the United States, Erik Lee Garriott
The Political Suppression of the Saxophone and its Subsequent Pedagogical Development in Select Non-Democratic Countries, Sheldon Jerome Johnson Jr.
The Eccentric Compositional Style of Mark Applebaum: An Analysis of his Acoustic Percussion Works, Richard Shane Reeves
Arvo Part, Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen: A Transcription for Wind Ensemble, Julian Hartridge Sconyers III
Mcneil Robinson as Choral Musician A Survey of his Choral Works for the Christian and Jewish Traditions, Jason Allen Wright
An Analytical Study of the Britten Violin Concerto, Op.15, Shr-Han Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Choral Music Of Daron Aric Hagen And A Conductor’s Analysis of Flight Music, Jay B. Aiken
Music Majors And Meditation Practice: A Phenomenological Study, Travis N. Baird
An Analysis of Selected Art Songs for High Voice by Adolphus Hailstork, A Performer's Guide, Angela Renee Blalock
21st Century Choral Performance Practice: Presenting the Mash-Up With Practical Applications, Justin Xavier Carteret
A Survey of Attitudes Towards Burnout Among Music Students at The University of South Carolina School of Music, Philip David Castro
The Wind Works Of Louis Andriessen: A History And Comparative Analysis, Paul Adam De Cinque
A Comprehensive Examination Of The Saxophone Chamber Music Of John Fitz Rogers, Gabriel Michael Anthony Fadale
A Performance Practice Guide For Select Baroque Transcriptions For Clarinet, Michael Brady Hough
Social Music Interaction between Three-year-old Children and a Music Teacher, Erika Michelle Hubbell
The Music of Nicola Ferro: A Description and Performance Guide to Tetralogy of the Sun Suite and Annotated Guide to Published Works, Bradley James Keesler
The Original Wind Band Music Of Ulysses Kay: A Conductor’s Guide, Tremon B. Kizer
The Electric Marimba: A Study Of Selected Works For Marimba With Electronic Effect, Brett Bernard Landry
Samuel Barber’s Settings of James Joyce’s Chamber Music: A Proposal for a Posthumous Song Cycle, Michael Pierre LaRoche
Teresa Carreno: Pianist, Composer and Pedagogue. Her Life And Work From The Perspective Of Virtuoso Piano Playing At The End Of The 19th Century, Claudio Olivera
The Guitar and Hausmusik in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries, Jeremy Polley
Paul Jacobs, Elliott Carter, And An Overview Of Selected Stylistic Aspects Of Night Fantasies, Alan Michael Rudell
The Influence Of Romantic Poetry On The Career And Music Of Nicolas Medtner, Denise Rudell
The Prepared Flute: A Survey of its History, Techniques, and Repertoire, Stacey Lee Russell
A History Of The Plagal-Amen Cadence, Jason Terry
Creating and Implementing Community-Based Performance Programs: A Guide for the Applied Studio Teacher, Lauren Watkins
Most Recommended Choral Music: A Survey Of High School State Choral Festival Repertoire Lists, James B. Watson
The Choral Music of Keaton Lee Scott With A Conductor’s Analysis Of Requiem, Damion Womack
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Survey of the Career of Baritone, Josef Metternich: Artist and Teacher, Diana Carol Amos
Gestalt Principles in Ligeti’s Piano Etude “Desordre”, David William Batchelor
An Annotated Bibliography of Saxophone Works by Taiwanese Composers, Po-Fang Chang
Expanding the American Canon: A Conductor's Compendium of Black American Orchestral Composers, Nseobong Ekpo
Two Pieces for Bassoon by Dan Welcher: a Guide to Performance and Analysis, Including a Survey of Welcher’s Chamber Music with Bassoon, Reed Aaron Hanna
H. Villa-Lobos' Concerto Para Piano E Orquestra N. 4: A Stylistic Analysis, Vicente Della Tonia Junior
Olivier Messiaen’s COULEURS DE LA CITÉ CÉLESTE: A Conductor’s Guide, Michael Thomas King
Frank Martin's Arranged Works for Flute: Sonata Da Chiesa and Deuxieme Ballade, Jessica Dixon Leeth
H. Leslie Adams' Twenty-Six Etudes for Solo Piano: A Performance and Stylistic Analysis, Aaron Balthazar Mathews
Carl Friedrich Zelter’s Kantate Auf Den Tod Friedrichs: An Historical Overview, Conductor’s Guide, And Modern Edition, Dustin C. Ousley
Teachers’ Observations of 2-Year-Old Children’s Musical Vocalizations Elicited by Purposeful Silence Techniques, Kathryn Ward Reardon
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A Soul Composed of Harmonies: George Herbert's Life, Writings, and Choral Settings of His English Poetry, Benjamin Todd Ebner
A Performer's Guide for Two Solo Song Cycles by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Catalogue de fleurs, opus 60 & Six Chansons de Théâtre, opus 151b, Jolene Elizabeth Flory
Arts Entrepreneurship: An Essential Sub-System of the Artist's Meta-Praxis, Jonathan Gangi
SHAPE-NOTE HYMNODY AS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR MODERN AND POST-MODERN CHORAL ART MUSIC, David C. Guthrie
Expansion and Contraction in Movements I and VII of Gyorgy Ligeti's Hamburg Concerto, Andrew Charles Hannon
A Musical Analysis and Edition of the Cantata, Raymond Hebert
AHARON HARLAP'S DAVID AND GOLIATH A CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS, TOMMER N. HESSEG
Critical Editions and Comparative Analysis of Three Representative Wind Band Works from the French Revolution, Adam Gary Kehl
Improvisation in a Fourth-Grade Music Class, Lauren Julia King Driscoll
The Culture and History Surrounding “Szomorú nόták” of Béla Bartόk’s Twenty Hungarian Folksongs and Its Influence on Bartók’s Settings, Mary Katherine Rawls
The Conscious Guitarist: Alexander Technique and Body Mapping for Guitarists, Alma Sehic
Effects of Sight Singing Using Moveable-DO Solmization on the Transposition Performance of Undergraduate Group Piano Students, Michelle Irene Wachter
The Remaking of an American Opera: A Detailed Look at Carlisle Floyd's Grand Opera 'The Passion of Jonathan Wade', Joshua R. Wentz
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Atmospheric Patterns and Asian Typhoon Landfalls, Ivetta Abramyan
The Symphonious Saxophone: A History of the Large Saxophone Ensemble with a Quantitative Analysis of Its Original Literature, Andrew Justin Allen
The Symphonious Saxophone: A History of the Large Saxophone Ensemble With A Quantitative Analysis of Its Original Literature, Andrew Justin Allen
The Music of James Reese Europe For Vernon and Irene Castle, Ralph G. Barrett
Three Musical Translations For Trumpet and Organ Based On Visual Artwork., John Harrison Bryant
Comparative Audiation Difficulty of tonal, Rhythm, and Melodic Patterns Among Grade 4 Students, Alan Danahy
The Wind Chamber Works of Ernst toch: A History and Comparative Analysis, C. Nicole Gross
An Essay on Musical Narrative Theory and Its Role in Interpretation, with Analyses of Works for Saxophone by Alfred Desenclos and John Harbison, Ian MacDonald Jeffress