This project tells the story of the revitalization of a community musical tradition. The music is the old-time string band music of Surry County North …
Abstract: This dissertation concerns the politics of musical projects, institutions, and events in Sarajevo and the effect of efforts by donors in Bosnia and Herzegovina's …
This dissertation examines discourse about the experience of liturgical song (the repertoire now known as Gregorian chant) during the Frankish ecclesiastical reforms of the ninth …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the recent emergence of the phenomenon of women’s drumming in postcolonial West Africa through the lens of Ewe …
This dissertation is a regionally centered study of black popular religion and music in the Dominican Republic. Salves and palos performance are described and interpreted …
Organized opposition to immigration, globalization, and minority groups in Sweden exploded during the 1980s and 1990s, energized in large part by the spread of skinhead …
“Simon and the Animating Interface” entangles instrument design, experimental performance and theoretical research with an electronic toy named Simon. Central to the exploration is the …
This dissertation explores the transformative power of music practice for young people living in contexts of violence and social marginalization in Venezuela. These musicians are …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of contemporary Kaapse klopse (“Clubs of the Cape”) practice in Cape Town, South Africa. Situating sound and embodied practice …
“Construction” intersects chance probabilities, experimental performance, and theoretical research through navigations of immersive environments. These navigations center around the Light Box, a new interface that …
The Notes of Country explores how a simple, four-note motive can be employed and expanded on in a variety of musical styles. From motivic transformation …
This thesis discusses the design of a sensor-embedded data glove called alto.glove, created by the author and used in interactive performances involving string instrument playing …
This essay is a thorough documentation of the live music performance "Pulsations [Bitumen]" realized under the author's artist moniker 'Marcel Zaes' in 2018. The author …
Carly Rae Jepsen isn’t your average pop star, and "EMOTION" (written here on out as “Emotion” for simplicity’s sake) isn’t your average pop album. In …
A translation of the Cambridge Songs from Latin and Old High German into English, with basic commentary. Includes music (in an appendix) where possible.
SOAK is an intermedia performance suite that comprises three pieces – Soto, Soak, and Tsuchi. This is a ritualistic performance where I reexamine myself and …
In this study, I explore listening’s relationship to reading and its inflection through the materiality of the silent page. More specifically, I aim to understand …
Supplement for dissertation: The No-No Boy Project: A Multimedia Investigation of Asian American Histories Through Sound, Songwriting, and Filmmaking. Produced by Julian Saporiti. Co-produced by …
Mechanically produced time grids have been present in music-making at least since the advent of the metronome, and much of today’s popular music is rhythmically …
Sight-reading is an extremely important skill for organists, as it allows for progression in many areas of musicianship and facilitates faster learning of new pieces. …
This work consists of a musical composition Piano Trio and a paper Structural Analogies in Music Composition and Society. The paper discusses the concept, technique, …
This record is a balancing act: clear melodies and surprising harmonies, twisting words and ringing strums, wiggly synths and acoustic drums. Growing up with a …
This dissertation explores The No-No Boy project, a hybrid work of music and scholarship that transformed my doctoral research into a collection of songs and …
Dark Exhalation is a chamber opera-film for four vocalists, amplified ensemble (flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion), and pre-recorded sound …
This thesis discusses the many different musics of Boston, focusing on the participants and regulators of its soundscape and the cultural power exerted by the …
How do the concepts and practices of “music” and “community” intersect in the experiences of the various constituencies of a Providence-based music school grounded in …
Elegies is a collection of creative non-fiction essays about motherhood, mourning, and early childhood death. Each essay combines the author's personal experience and family history …
Reaching back to the apocryphal wanderings of Pythagoras, the artform of music has been indelibly tied to concepts of nature and the natural, principally that …