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Dissertations from 2023

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Femme Fatale in Lieder: Songs of Lorelei by Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Alexander Zemlinsky, Eun Chong Kang

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Performance Anxiety in Young Musicians: A Case Study of Music Educators' Experiences, Carmen L. Rodriguez

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A Multiple Case Study of Adolescent Piano Students: Examining Motivation Through the Lens of Interest Development, Carla Lucia Salas Ruiz

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Emily Somebody: a Chamber Opera in Three Acts, Rodrigo Afonso Salles Camargo

Dissertations from 2022

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A Performance Guide to Michael Patterson's "People of the Land" for Baritone and Piano, Thaddeus Harm Ennen

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'Space is the Place:' Afrofuturism in Black Popular Music, Tamyka Jordon-Conlin

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A Study of Indigenous North Vietnamese Ca Tru Music, and The Deities of the Kalachakra Mandala, Daniel D'Aiuto Schultz

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Creating Musical Scores Inspired by the Intersection of Human Speech and Music Through Model-Based Cross Synthesis, William Alexander Thompson IV

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Unifying Text and Music: Applying Shurtleff's Twelve Guideposts to Operatic Arias for Soprano, Jamey J. Wright

Dissertations from 2021

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Jake Runestad, An American Triptych: A Conductor's Guide, Neviton Barros

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An Introduction to Jazz Performance Skills and Techniques for Trombone: The Bordogni Jazz Project, William Ford

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The Innocence of Lennie Small in Carlisle Floyd's Opera Of Mice and Men In Excerpts Presented as a Performer's Guide, Michael Robert Hendrick

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Looking Down from the Top of a Redwood Tree, Keri Pertuit

Dissertations from 2020

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A Conductor's Guide to Dale Trumbore's How To Go On, Stuart Dameron

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String Quartet No. 1 "Lanterns", Austin A. Franklin

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Instrument Construction: An Examination of the Effect of Lead Pipe Design Variability on Tuba Response, Larry James Heard

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The Seven Valleys for Orchestra and a Study of Music Composition Pedagogy, Niloufar Iravani

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A Case Study of Two Preservice Elementary Music Teachers as Culture-Bearers, Julius Kyakuwa

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Indeterminate Sample Sequencing in Virtual Reality, Chase Mitchusson

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A Conductor's Guide to amass by Jocelyn Hagen, Matthew J. Myers

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James Kallembach's Antigone: A Conductor's Guide, Dominique Petite

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Finding Music in Chaos: Designing and Composing with Virtual Instruments Inspired by Chaotic Equations, Landon P. Viator

Dissertations from 2019

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History, Politics, and Religion in the Life and Compositions of Sahba Aminikia, Sinella Aghasi Moshabad

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Insights into the Collaborative Process between Electronic Music Composers and Commissioning Saxophonists, Taylor Barbay Assad

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Modeling Melodic Dictation, David John Baker

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Old School for the New School: Discussing the Importance of Motown Records in American Music History, Crystal Darcell Birdsong

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The Application of Nonverbal Prosody in Scratches, An Original Composition For Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble, Shane Courville

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Thelonious Monk's Prototypical Style: Close and Distant Readings of Jazz Stylings, Connor Davis

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Conductors' Annotated Scores: A Comprehensive Study, Leandro de Magalhaes Gazineo

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Deconstructing Piatti: Exploring Underlying Physiological Challenges in the 12 Caprices for Solo Cello, Unusdian Errandonea

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Motivic Voice-Leading in Selected Piano Cycles of Johannes Brahms, Jacob Joel Gran

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DIY in Early Live Electroacoustic Music: John Cage, Gordon Mumma, David Tudor, and the Migration of Live Electronics from the Studio to Performance, Lindsey Elizabeth Hartman

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Mobile Music Development Tools for Creative Coders, Daniel Stuart Holmes

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Phoenix for Orchestra, Niloufar Iravani

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Epic Beginnings: A Symphonic Work and Aaron Copland (the American Stravinsky) versus Igor Stravinsky, Terrell O. Jones

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John Adams Composing Through Others: Modeling, Innovation, and Recomposition, Michael Edward Palmese

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Analyzing Hermeto Pascoal's Calendário do Som, Adam Rosado

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Designing and Composing for Interdependent Collaborative Performance with Physics-Based Virtual Instruments, Eric Sheffield

Dissertations from 2018

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A Conductor's Guide to Ariel Ramirez's Misa Por La Paz y La Justicia, Andrew David Alegria

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A Cycle of Giving: Transforming Individuals, Transforming Community in a Louisiana Children's Choir, Jason Paul Bowers

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The Well-Rounded Musician: A New Degree Path for Horn in Jazz, Lauren M. Braud

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A Performer’s Guide to Poema de Sete Faces, Song Cycle by Jeffrey Perry, Paulo Henrique Campos Silva

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Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra by Lou Harrison: A Study Guide, Deborah Sophia Carneiro Ribeiro

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Extended Techniques for Intermediate Violin Students, Mariana Krewer

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A Pedagogical Approach to the Waltzes and Tangos for Piano by Francisca Gonzaga, Ana Paula Machado Simoes

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A Rhythmic Transcription and Spectral Analysis of Luciano Berio's Thema (Omaggio A Joyce), Christopher C. McCardle

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Perceptions of Religious Music in a Southern U.S. Public Middle School: A Case Study, Emily Marie Mercado

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Generating Audio Using Recurrent Neural Networks, Andrew Pfalz

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Musical Introductions to Cavalleria Rusticana: Giuseppe Perrotta's "Bozzetto Sinfonico" and Pietro Mascagni's "Preludio", Ronaldo Augusto Teles Dos Santos

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Requiem for Orchestra and Choir, Luciano Vaz Correa

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Symphony No. 1, Jingyu Xu

Dissertations from 2017

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"Leave All That You Have, That You May Take All:" What Hugo Distler's Totentanz Reveals About His Life and Music, Alison Elizabeth Allerton

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Colombian Composer Adolfo Mejia, Four Works for Small Ensembles, Alvaro Jose Angulo Julio

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A Performer's Guide to Joelle Wallach's A Revisitation of Myth, Lauren Brown

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Charting a Path: How a Group of Urban Elementary Music Teachers Understand Their Career Decisions, Joseph J. Casselberry

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Aleksander Peçi Before and After the Iron Curtain, Elida Dakoli

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Eduardo Gamboa's Life, Music, and Inspiration. Understanding the Influence of Folk Music on his Work "Transparencias:" an Analysis, Performance Guide, and Violin Transcription, Perla del Rocio Fernandez Lopez

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A Performer's Guide to Iosif Andriasov's "Concertino for Trumpet", Andrew K. Gerbitz

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Chamber Ensembles and Web Presence: Best Practices for Creating and Presenting Online Content, Arisia Amalie Gilmore

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Bach's Goldberg Variations: Suggestions for Redistributing the Notes Between the Hands to Facilitate Performance on the Modern Piano, Kia Hadipour

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Joshua: Symphonic Suite No. 2 and James Aikman, The Violin Concerto, and the Principle of Limited Economy, Chad Edward Hughes

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Northern Music Culture in Antebellum New Orleans, Warren Keith Kimball

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Symphony No. 1 and The Development of New Techniques in Contemporary Music Composition, Eric Lacy

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In Support of Nikolai Medtner: An Examination of Five of his Art Songs, Daniel J. Liebeskind

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The Viola in the Twenty-First Century: A Sound Recording and Performance Guide of Peter Dayton’s "Fantasy for Viola and Piano," Christopher Hallum’s "A Day in Monroe County," and Christopher Lowry’s "Milestone Miniatures for Solo Viola" and "Suite for Viola and Piano", Christopher Daniel Lowry

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Concerto for Cello and Orchestra and a Comparative Study of the Pedagogical Methods of Nadia Boulanger and Dr. Dinos Constantinides, Harold Curtuss Mims

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Two-Part Invention for Vibraphone by David Stock: An Analysis and Performance Guide, Gustavo Henrique Miranda

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Selected Works of Richard Burchard: A Resource Guide, William Floyd Plummer

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Songs from Liquid Days by Philip Glass: A Performer's Guide, Jonathan Michael Ray

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Song and Russian Futurism: The Early Vocal Works of Nikolay Roslavets and Arthur Lourié, Savanna Rigling

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Convergent Styles: A Study of Dave Brubeck's Points on Jazz, Ethan Loyd Rogers

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Ghost Rags by William Bolcom: A Descriptive Analysis and Performance Guide, Vera Zholondz

Dissertations from 2016

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Four Corners: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra and Carl Nielsen: An Analysis of His Late Symphonies: (Symphony 4-6), Timothy James Beattie

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Music in Virtual Space: Theories and Techniques for Sound Spatialization and Virtual Reality-Based Stage Performance, Zachary Andrew Berkowitz

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Character Studies of Time: A Two Movement Work for Orchestra, Crystal Darcell Birdsong

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Developing a Mathematically Informed Approach to Musical Narrative through the Analysis of Three Twentieth-Century Monophonic Woodwind Works, Wesley James Bradford

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On the Use and Development of the Pentatonic Scale Through the Works of Antonín Dvořák, Andrew W. Brinkman

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A Critical Examination of the Rehearsal Frame Model, Allison Elise Carroll

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Charles Ruggiero's "Tenor Attitudes": An Analytical Approach to Jazz Styles and Influences, Nicholas Vincent DiSalvio

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“A Voice, A Messenger” by Aaron Jay Kernis: A Performer's Guide and Historical Analysis, Pagean Marie DiSalvio

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A Performance Guide to Etüden für Flöte(n) solo by Isang Yun, Brian Dunbar

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The Representation of Disability in the Music of Alfred Hitchcock Films, John T. Dunn

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Rachmaninoff's Trio Elegiaque, Op 9: A Performer's Guide, Elisa Braga Galeano

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Ben Moore's "Dear Theo," For Tenor Voice and Piano: A Performer's Guide, Gregory Michael Gallagher

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String Quartets by Revueltas: In Search of a Critical Edition in "Musica de Feria", Rafael Galvan-Herrera

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AEMI: The Actuated Embedded Musical Instrument, Nick Hwang

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What Made You Hear That? An Examination of the Rehearsal Listening of Accomplished School-Based Music Conductors, Kelvin Deangelo Jones

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Understanding of Authentic Performance Practice in Bright Sheng's "Seven Tunes Heard in China" for Solo Cello, Chiao-Hsuan Kang

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The Analysis and Interpretation of Three Selected Piano Pieces by Chen Yi: Duo Ye, Ba Ban, Ji-Dong-Nuo, Yun-Hui Lai

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A Swann's Song in Middle-earth: An Exploration of Donald Swann's "The Road Goes Ever On" and the Development of a System of Lyric Diction for Tolkien's Constructed, Elvish Languages, Richard Garrett Leonberger

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From Distant Shores, Jamie Laurance Phillips

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A Performance Guide for Thomas Pasatieri's Bel Canto Songs for Voice and Piano, Amy Robin Porter

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Musicianship in Beginning Level String Pedagogy: A Content Analysis of Class Method Books, Laurie Rominger

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A Conductor's Analysis of Poetry and Music in J. A. C. Redford's Antiphons, Brenda Lowe Rudd

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Effects of Pitch and Rhythm Priming Tasks on Accuracy and Fluency during Sight-reading, Christine Renee Russell

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East Meets West: A Musical Analysis of Chinese Sights and Sounds, by Yuankai Bao, Jiazi Shi

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The Sketches for Mendelssohn's Paulus, Op. 36, Karl Joseph Simmerman

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McLuhan.js: Live Net Art Performance with Remote Web Browsers, Benjamin Francis Taylor

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Tracing the Development of Willie Stark and Its Place in American Opera, Betsy Marie Uschkrat

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A Background, Analysis, and Performance Guide for Eugene Goossens's Concerto in One Movement for Oboe and Orchestra, Grace Ellen Woodworth