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Graven images (What's in a brand?)
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2014-04-25)The research topics most relevant to my studio art practice are branding, advertising and semiotics (the study of sign systems and their meanings). My intention is to formulate a critique of capitalist globalization that ... -
Haze for 5-piece Pierrot ensemble
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Haze revolves around the idea of a steadily unravelling mind. What starts as a focused an organized mindset can slowly degrade over time while sense and chaos fight for control. The chromatic figures that are heard ... -
Ideological diversions: Two sentimental one-act comédies at the Salle Favart, ca. 1790-99
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In tune or out of tune: are different instruments and voice heard differently?
(SAGE Publications, 2015-04)We studied music majors' perception of intonation in accompanied solo performances of trumpet, violin, and voice. We were interested in whether listeners would judge pitch deviations of equal magnitude in the three solo ... -
Intertwinings for full orchestra: a composition
(2007-05)Intertwinings is written for full orchestra, and is in one continuous movement. It takes as its subject certain aspects from human nature. The human nature is very complex. Sometimes people project extroverted actions, ... -
Iron based earthenware in a forced reduction atmosphere
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)Iron is a strong flux in ceramic glazes when fired in an oxygen-starved atmosphere (reduction), resulting in a CO rich atmosphere. The carbon monoxide (CO) robs the iron (Fe2o3) of two oxygen molecules, thus transforming ... -
Jasmine Flower in three different lights
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John Adams' "I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky": Examination of an earthquake/romance
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)In 1995, John Adams, Peter Sellars, and June Jordan collaborated on the contemporary opera/musical I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky. Based around the 1994 Los Angeles, California earthquake, the work ... -
Juniper: A chamber opera in three parts
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Memory matters: works by Gesine Janzen
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-09-02)Exhibition review: Memory matters: works by Gesine Janzen, Kauffman Museum, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, August 16, 2016-May 28, 2017. Memory Matters: Works by Gesine Janzen at the Kauffman Museum adds depth and ... -
The "mirage" of the composer: a performer's musical decisions
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)Up until recently, the Western art music tradition has privileged the composer as the best authority concerning issues of performance practice. This view was ingrained in the nineteenth century with European composers who ... -
MUS undergraduate program assessment plan
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MUS undergraduate program review
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Music teacher beliefs and classroom environments
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)The purpose of this study was to examine what music teachers believe "should" be happening in their classrooms and what they say people "will see" happening in their classrooms, with regard to "informal music learning," ... -
A musician's testament: Themes of Catholicism in Part Two of Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony
(Wichita State University, 2008-08)This study is intended to explore the spirituality of Gustav Mahler through his emphasis on Catholicism in his Eighth Symphony by relating those themes to other parts of Mahler's life, focusing on his use of Johann Wolfgang ... -
Neo-fado: identify creation among Portuguese-Americans
(Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)Traditional Portuguese fado typically consists of two guitarists?often both a Portuguese and acoustic?along with a vocalist. However, a new instrumentation of the genre has yielded a modern style--neo-fado--popular throughout ... -
Neverwhen: The Adventures of Indigo Harkway -- The Canal
(Wichita State University, 2013-05-17)It is 1905, but with a steampunk twist! In this episode, Indigo Harkway is sent to the construction site for the Panama Canal by President Teddy Roosevelt, who he rode with up San Juan hill--leaving Teddy in a steam-driven ... -
Neverwhen: The Adventures of Indigo Harkway -- The Fourth Planet
(Wichita State University, 2013-05-17)In a steampunk version of 1905 strange explosions are bubbling off of Mars and heading toward the Earth! Indigo Harkway and his plucky booking agent, Matilda Rubicon, take to the skies in their airship to hunt down the ... -
Northwestern School of Music : A survey of instrumental school music activities in colleges and universities of the United States
(Wichita State University, 1938-05)It is felt that the information revealed will be comprehensive enough to serve as the foundation on which the college instrumental director can build a program that will meet the ideals and objectives of our modern ... -
Postmodern places
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2009-05-01)Art is able to communicate and transport the viewer to a different place in their mind's eye. The representation of places also connects the artist and viewer in a shared experience and understanding of space. The challenge ...