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Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (DDM) is an international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines.

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The fully searchable database containing over 16,400 records, including the corrected and updated contents of all earlier printed editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology and supplements contributed from musicological centers throughout the world. Records include normal bibliographic information as well as publication details and internet availability (if available).

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A number of dissertations awarded by UK institutions and included here are also listed in the British Library’s EThOS E-Theses database . Over 100,000 are available for immediate, free download. For many others, you can order a scanned copy (charges may apply)

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

A Novel Jazz Music Curriculum for Young Children: Results of A Pilot Study , Jazmin D. Ghent

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Where We Live and Learn to Know: An Oral History of the Rochelle High School Music Program , John Sargeant

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

School Music Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trauma, Loss, Meaning, Change, and Innovation , Christopher Burns

Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Songwriting Self-Efficacy (SSES) with Secondary Music Students , Patrick K. Cooper

Measuring Parental Involvement as Parental Actions in Children’s Private Music Lessons in China , Cancan Cui

Instrumental Music Instruction and Executive Functions: A Cross-Sectional Study of Romanian Children (10-12 Years) , Adrian Sorin Iordache

Racial and Ethnic Difference in Music Performance Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students , George W. Shannon Ii

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Vocal Health of Choral Singers from Kenya and the United States: Dysphonia and Vocal Fatigue in Relation to Musical Genres , Morgan Jolley Burburan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Two Phenomena in Contemporary Music Education: Mental Toughness and the Law , Jason R. Sivill

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

The Making of a Nationally Recognized Band in a Small, Private Liberal Arts University: The Historical Significance of the Bobby L. Adams Years, 1987-2012 , Joshua David Blair

The Effects of a Self-Regulated Learning Music Practice Strategy Curriculum on Music Performance, Self-Regulation, Self-Efficacy, and Cognition , Kimberly N. Mieder

Music Software in the Compositional Learning Process , Daniel L. Nevels

Behavioral, Affective, and Cognitive Engagement of High School Music Students: Relation to Academic Achievement and Ensemble Performance Ratings , Joel E. Pagán

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Re-envisioning Music Teacher Education: A Comparison of Two Undergraduate Music Education Programs in the U.S. , Jonathan Ross Kladder

Music Ensemble Participation: Personality Traits and Music Experience , Tracy A. Torrance

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Influence of Musical Engagement on Symptoms of Tourette’s Disorder , William Christopher Brown

Motivation of Adult, Auditioned Community Choirs: Implications toward Lifelong Learning , David James Redman

The Effects of Technical and Imagery-based Instruction on Aspiring Performing Artists’ Acquisition of Learning Newly Composed Pieces and Improvisation and on Listeners’ Perceived Expressivity , José Valentino Ruiz-Resto

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Preference of Chinese Undergraduate Music Majors for Chinese Xi-Qu and Western Opera , Hong Chen

Secondary Band Participation and Executive Function , Dakeyan Cha' Dre' Graham

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

An Examination of Cooperating Teachers' Observations of Their Student Teachers in the Areas of Personal, Teaching, and Musical Skills in the Elementary Classroom , Mark Remsen Cole

I Did That Wrong and It Sounded Good: An Ethnographic Study of Vernacular Music Making in Higher Education , Victor Ezquerra

Creativity-Based Music Learning: Modeling the Process and Learning Outcomes in a Massive Open Online Course , Nicholas Michael Stefanic

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

The Relationship between Death Depression and Death Anxiety among Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia , Doaa A. Almostadi

World Percussion Approaches in Collegiate Percussion Programs: A Mixed-methods Study , Patrick Michael Hernly

The Impact of Arranging Music for the Large Ensemble on the Teacher: A Phenomenological Exploration , James Teodor Lindroth

Listening in Action: Students' Mobile Music Experiences in the Digital Age , Rebecca Marie Rinsema

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Performance Production Process of an Outstanding High School Choir , Kathy K. Rolsten

Transitioning from Student to Teacher in the Master-Apprentice Model of Piano Pedagogy: An Exploratory Study of Challenges, Solutions, Resources, Reflections, and Suggestions for the Future , Melissa Maccarelli Slawsky

Self-Efficacy in Music Performance: Measuring the Sources Among Secondary School Music Students , Michael S. Zelenak

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Analytical Perspectives of Thematic Unity: Applications of Reductive Analysis to Selected Fugues by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel , Adam C. Perciballi

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Expanded Tonality: The Treatment of Upper and Lower Leading Tones As Evidenced in Sonata "Undine,” IV by Carl Reinecke , Joshua Blizzard

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

The Compositional Style of Francesco Geminiani: a Reflection of Theory and Practice in His Music and Guida Armonica Treatise , Valerie R. Weber

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

An Application of the Grundgestalt Concept to the First and Second Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 1 & No. 2, by Johannes Brahms , Devon Burts

The French Art Song Style in Selected Songs by Charles Ives , Christy Jo Talbott

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Music Programs that Engage Our Communities: Making a Stronger Connection , La Gretta Snowden

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• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full-text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It includes the more than 28,000 Yale PhD and MD theses (1861-present). Of these, more than 18,500 are in full-text: almost all since 1960, and selected dissertations back to 1868. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content.
• Articles+ Dissertations It can be easier to locate a known dissertation by author and title using Articles+ (which searches against ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) and limiting to dissertations. The link above has already been limited to dissertations.

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The Music Library has purchased many copies of dissertations from other universities.  Most Yale dissertations that are not full-text in ProQuest (above) are available in paper or microfilm for reading, scanning, or printing.

Dissertations can be located in Quicksearch by: (1) Entering the author or title in the Basic Search box. Remember to enclose exact word-by-word phrases in quotation marks.

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3) If you do not locate a Yale dissertation in Quicksearch, check the card catalog at Manuscripts and Archives. Except for some early dissertations that are not available, the originals of all Yale dissertations are held at Manuscripts and Archives.

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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Comprehensive Method for Clarinet Latin American Music Heritage Case Study – Venezuela , Carmen Teresa Borregales

Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy in the Choral Ensemble Rehearsal: A Guide for Secondary Educators , Luke Lee Browder

A Pedagogical and Analytical Study of the Carnatic Saxophone Performance Tradition of Kadri Gopalnath , Caleb James Carpenter

Symphony No. V: Elements (Julie Giroux, 2018); An Overview Of Programmatic Elements and Performance Devices , Zackery Augustus Deininger

A Conductor’s Guide to Lucrecia Roces Kasilag’s Misang Pilipino (1965) , Denise Ysabel Ellis

The Theory of Intonation: Boris Asafiev and the Russian Piano School Tradition , Polina Golubkova

A Comparative Analysis of Samuel Barber’s Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 , David Abrams Gordon

Injury Prevention Exercise Guidelines for Flutists , Ziqing Guan

Luis Abraham Delgadillo: A Rediscovery of His Piano Music , Fanarelia Auxiliadora Guerrero López

A Holistic Approach for Neurodivergent Learners In the High School Choral Classroom , Peter Allen Haley

Creative Insights on the Commissioning, Analysis, and Performance of Four New Works for Saxophone , Andrew Joseph Hutchens

An Analysis of Selected Vocal Works by George Walker , Ginger Sharnell Jones-Robinson

Bohuslav Martinů’s Eight Preludes For Piano H. 181: Style Analysis and Pedagogical Approaches In Piano Performance , Jinkyung Kim

An Investigative Analysis of Fernando Sor’s Introduction and Variations on “O Cara Armonia” From Mozart’s The Magic Flute , Luke James Nolan

The Film Score Music of John Williams: A Guide to Selected Works for the Principal Percussionist , Andrew Charles Crozier Patzig

Appalachian Dreams: Traditional Folk Songs in Concert Literature for Classical Guitar , Jackson Douglas Roberson

“Everything Old Is New Again”: The Rise of Interpolation in Popular Music , Grayson M. Saylor

How Do They Do It: A Narrative of Disabled Public School Instrumental Ensemble Conductors and Their Positive Working Relationships With Their Administrators , Lia Alexandria Patterson Snead

The Impact Of Incorporating Self-myofascial Release Into Voice Lessons: A Six-week Study , Benjamin Stogner

The Post-Tonal Evolution of David Diamond: A Theoretic-Analytical Perspective , William John Ton

Fourth-Grade and Fifth-Grade Cover-Band Classes: An Action-Research Project Inspired By Popular Music Education and Music Learning Theory , Julia Turner

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Social Music Interactions and Vocal Music Improvisations in a Serve and Return Music Community , Kathleen Kaye Arrasmith

Comfort Food for the Ears: Exploring Nostalgic Trends in Popular Music of the Twenty-First Century , April K. Balay

A Performance Guide to “Four Piano Pieces, Opus 1” By Evgeny Kissin , Andrew Choi

Timeless Light: A Singer’s Compendium of Art Songs for Tenor By Black Composers , Johnnie J. Felder

Negotiating Nationalism: Camille Saint-Saëns, Neoclassicism, and the Early Music Renaissance in France , Joshua Arin Harton

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures Of Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Sonata No. 6, Opus 62 , Hyun Jung Im

Adapting North American Fiddle Bow Technique to the Double Bass , Spencer Jensen

Approaches to Teaching Music Counting to Piano Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder , Sunghun Kim

Redefining Ornamentation as Formal Functions in 21 st -Century Popular Music , Matthew Kolar

Lost in Translation: The Largely Unknown Life and Contributions of Johann Joachim Quantz , Kayla Ann Low

Broadway Quodlibets as Hybrid Music , Spencer Ann Martin

Redistributing Cultural Capital: Graduate Programs In Wind Conducting at Historically Black Universities; Toward an Alternate Future , Jamaal William Nicholas

Analysis of Selected Pieces Influenced by Taiwanese Aboriginal Music for Solo Violin and String Quartet , Isabel Hsin-Yi Ong

Margaret Rowell: Pedagogical Approach and Teaching Style , Robert-Christian Sanchez

A Performance Guide to Hyo-Geun Kim’s Art Pop for Korean Art Songs , Taeyoung Seon

Examining Sixth-Grade Students’ Music Agency Through Rhythm Composition , Robert Zagaroli Spearman

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Pedagogical Solo Piano Nocturnes: A Progressive Leveling With Annotations on Stylistic, Technical, and Musical Challenges and Benefits , Michaela Anne Boros

Disparities in Programming African American Solo Vocal Music On College Campuses Across the United States , Ramelle Brooks

Quantitative Data Collection on the Fundamental Components Of Saxophone Tone Production , Matthew Troy Castner

Music as Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Therapy: An Exploratory Literature Review , Amy Arlene Clary

The Music Festival: A Case Study on the Establishment, Development, and Long-Term Success of an Instrumental Music Education Event From a Logistical Perspective , Dakota Corbliss

An Orchestral Conductor’s Guide to the James/Daehler Edition Of The Hinrichs and Winkler Compilation Score to the 1925 Silent Film The Phantom of the Opera , Hayden Richard Denesha

An Annotated Bibliography of Flute Repertoire by Iranian Female Composers , Roya Farzaneh

Composers and Publishers of Parlor Songs and Spirituals from Civil War Richmond: 1861 – 1867 , Michael Gray

A Comparison of Approaches to Pianoforte Technique in the Treatises of Lhevinne, Leimer, and Neuhaus , Louis S. Hehman

The History and Influence of Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass , Eric Tyler Henson

A Stylistic Analysis of Edvard Grieg’s Slåtter , Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72 , Zhiyuan He

Transcribing Baroque Lute to Marimba: Viability, Techniques, and Pedagogical Possibilities , Cory James High

One Elementary General Music Teacher’s Uses of and Experiences With Gordon’s Music Learning Theory: A Case Study , Allison Elizabeth Johnson

Cancion Y Danza, Fetes Lointaines, Paisajes By Federico Mompou: A Stylistic Analysis , Qiaoni Liu

The Apprenticeship Structure and the Applied Pedagogical Methods Of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Trumpeters’ Guild During The 17 th and 18 th Centuries , Noa Miller

Survey of Four North American and Malaysian Theory Methods for Young Pianists , Wen Bin Ong

A Conductor’s Guide to J. N. Hummel’s Forgotten Oratorio: Der Durchzug Durchs Rote Meer , Rebecca J. Ostermann

A Practical Approach for the Applied Voice Instructor Utilizing Limited Piano Skills in the Studio Setting , Lee Whittington Ousley

Adele Aus Der Ohe: Pioneering Through Recital Programming At Carnegie Hall, 1895 , Grace Shepard

Ten Years of Japanese Piano Pedagogy (2009-2018) Through a Survey of Educational Resources , Natsumi Takai

A Comparative Analysis of Selected Works by Chen Qigang: Wu Xing, L’éLoignement, and Luan Tan , Isaac Ormaza Vera

A Pedagogical Analysis of Henglu Yao’s Microkosmos From Chinese Nationalities , Yanting Wang

A Stylistic and Pedagogical Analysis of Select Classical Pieces In Alicia’s Piano Books by Ananda Sukarlan , Karen Kai Yuan Yong

Co-Constructive Music Improvisers: An Ethnographic Case Study , Emma Elizabeth Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Performance History of Mahler’s Das Lied Von Der Erde Focusing on Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein , Nisan Ak

The Mathematics of Rubato: Analyzing Expressivetiming in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Performances of Hisown Music , Meilun An

Electronic Learning: An Educator’s Guide to Navigating Online Learning in a Collegiate Horn Studio , Michelle Beck

The Clarinet Music of Dr. Austin Jaquith: A Performance Guide , Zachary Aaron Bond

Young Children’s Behaviors During Favorite-Music Repertoire And Other-Music Repertoire , Vanessa Caswell

Five Pieces for Piano by Isang Yun and Piano Etude No.1 by Unsuk Chin: An Analysis , Inhye Cho

Natural Reed Enhancement: Establishing the First Universal Reed Break-In Process Through Hydro-Stabilization , Steven Isaac Christ

Performance Edition of Franz Simandl’s 30 Etudes for the String Bass With Critical Commentary , Austin Gaboriau

A Legacy Preserved: A Comparison of the Careers and Recordings of Stanley Drucker and Karl Leister , Peter M. Geldrich

An Index of Choral Music Performed During the National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (1991-2019) , Jonathan Randall Hall

A Stylistic Analysis of Reinhold Glière’s 25 Preludes for Piano, Op. 30 , Sunjoo Lee

The Singing Voice Specialist: An Essential Bridge Between Two Worlds , Rebecca Holbrook Loar

A Pedagogical Analysis of DvořáK’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 , Nathan MacAvoy

Focal Dystonia Causes and Treatments: A Guide for Pianists , Juan Nicolás Morales Espitia

Cultivating Socially Just Concert Programming Perspectives through Preservice Music Teachers' Band Experiences: A Multiple Case Study , Christian Matthew Noon

The Clarinet Repertoire of Puerto Rico: An Annotated Bibliography of Compositions Written for the Clarinet During the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries , María Ivelisse Ortiz-Laboy

A Stylistic Analysis of Alexander Tcherepnin's Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 78, With an Emphasis on Eurasian Influences , Qin Ouyang

Time’s Up: How Opera Is Facing Its Own Me Too Reckoning , Craig Price

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 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

An Analysis of the Compositional Technique and Structures of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 22 “Nordic” , Eunseok Seo

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 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

Parents’ Observations Of Their Young Children’s Music Behaviors During Music Classes After Completing The Children’s Music Behavior Inventory , Julia Beck

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

The Effects Of Learning By Rote With La-Based Minor Solmization On Memory Retention For Pre-College Piano Students , Duong Khuc

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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations  (NDLTD) compiles resources for finding available open-access electronic theses and dissertations. Links to collections of over 200,000 theses and dissertations from around the world, many available in full text for free.

Center for Research Libraries  offers a catalog with citations to 800,000 doctoral dissertations from universities outside the U.S. and Canada. Items can be obtained through the UC Berkeley  Interlibrary Borrowing Service .

Geographical Portals

DART-Europe  is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia working together to improve global access to European research theses by providing a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs).

A record of all theses defended in France since 1985, as well as dissertations in progress, is available online at thesis.fr .  The union catalog of the Système universitaire de documentation (Sudoc) contains citations to dissertations from 1972 to the present; the mission of Sudoc is to list all dissertations/theses produced in France. Useful print equivalents are the Catalogue des thèses reproduites , available at Z5055.F8.L58 in Doe Reference, which lists dissertations at French universities from 1988 to the present, and the listing of earlier dissertations, 1884-1978, in Catalogue des thèses de doctorat soutenues devant les universites française , available from NRLF storage

Theses Canada Portal  is a searchable catalog of all Canadian theses published since 1965, many of which are available in full-text electronic versions which can be downloaded free by students, scholars, and the public.

Music-Specific Portals

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology—Online  provides citations for completed dissertations and dissertations in progress since 1995 in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines. DDM Online also includes all the records previously published in the printed editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, available in the Music Library at ML128.M8.J6 (1961-1984) and ML128.M8.J7 (1984-1995). Coverage became international in 1984. Records in this index are largely submitted voluntarily by dissertation authors. See also  Music Theory Online: Dissertation Index .

Dissertationsmeldestelle der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung (DMS) is the German language equivalent to Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology—Online, with focus on Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. A printed, retrospective bibliography of German language dissertations in music may be found in Richard Schaal, Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger musikwissenschaftlicher Dissertationen, 1861-1960 , (Kassel: Baerenreiter, 1963), available in the reference collection at ML120.G3.S25, with a 1974 supplement covering dissertations to 1970 at ML120.G3.S253. This printed list is updated annually in Die Musikforschung , under the heading "Im Jahre xxxx angenommene musikwissenschaftlicher Dissertationen," available in the Music Library at ML5.M873. [The Austrian Dissertations Database comprises all Austrian dissertations from 1990 onwards and includes abstracts in English.]

Dissertations at UC Berkeley

The Library generally has a printed copy of all theses and dissertations written for degrees granted at UC Berkeley. Individual dissertations are found in U C Library Search using author, title (or keyword) searches. 

Printed copies of UCB Music dissertations are housed in a closed stack collection designated in the catalogs as "Case X." Request "Case X" materials at the circulation desk, where they will be retrieved by library staff. Dissertations may be checked out for use only in the Music Library.

An Excel file with a chronological list of all theses accepted at the UC Berkeley Department of Music  through January 2014 indicates the lag time in processing before recent work becomes available online. 

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The offices for the two feasts of Saint Dominic / by Patrick Michael Taylor Bergin Jr. (2019)

Reel-to-real : intimate audio epistolarity during the Vietnam War  / by Matthew Alan Campbell (2019)

From world war to cold war : music in US-Korea relations, 1941-1960 / by Hye-jung Park (2019)

Diego Pisador's libro de musica (1552) : amateur music-making, printing, and handwritten corrections in sixteenth-century Spain / by Molly Cynthia Reinhoudt (2019)

Music and the Mennonite ethnic imagination / by Austin McCabe Juhnke (2018)

Bodies in play : representations of disability in 8- and 16-bit video game soundscapes / by Dana M. Plank (2018)

"Slightly overlooked professionally" :  popular music in postmillennial romantic comedies / by Elizabeth Kirkendoll (2018)

The role of melodic contour in linguistic processing / by Yun Wang (2017)

Blurred Lines: Musical Expertise in the History of American Copyright Litigation / by Katherine M. Leo  (2016)

Mortal sounds and sacred strains : Ann Radcliffe's incorporation of music in the Mysteries of Udolpho / by Olivia M. Wikle  (2016)

''Acting In'': A Tactical Performance Enables Survival and Religious Piety for Marginalized Christians in Odisha, India / by Douglas Richard Anthony  (2015)

Resistance rooms sound and sociability in the East German church / by Alison M. Furlong  (2015)

Constructing the Russian moral project through the classics : reflections of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, 1833-2014 / by Emily Alane Erken  (2015)

Questioning safeguarding : heritage and capabilities at the Jemaa el Fnaa / by Thomas Barone Beardslee  (2014).

Temporal organization in the masses of Johannes Ockeghem / by Andrew J. Farina  (2014)

Pietro Aaron on musica plana : a translation and commentary on Book I of the Libri tres de institutione harmonica (1516) / by Matthew Joseph Bester  (2013)

Hearing their stories through polyphonic soundtracks : women and music in contemporary Chinese film / by Zhichun Lin  (2013)

Engaging the heart : Orthodoxy and experimentalism in William Gadsby's A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship / by Deborah A. Ruhl  (2013)

Chopin's Cantabile in context / by Stephanie Lynn Frakes  (2013)

Hmong music and language cognition : an interdisciplinary investigation / by Nicholas Frederick Poss  (2012)

The process that is the world : Cage/Deleuze/events/performances / by Joseph Edward Panzner  (2012)

Musica caelestia : hermetic philosophy, astronomy, and music at the court of Rudolf II / by Nicholas Johnson  (2012)

Diasporic p'ungmul in the United States : a journey between Korea and the United States / by Soo-Jin Kim  (2011)

Circles and circuses : carnivalesque tropes in the late 1960s musical and cultural imagination / by Stefan Firca  (2011)

One music? Two musics? How many musics? Cognitive ethnomusicological, behavioral, and fMRI study on vocal and instrumental rhythm processing / by Tsun-Hui Hung  (2011)

Networks of music and history : Vilayat Khan and the emerging sitar / by Hans Fredrick Utter  (2011)

Fashionable innovation : Debussysme in early twentieth-century France / by Jane E. Harrison  (2011)

The Brooklyn Carnival : a site for diasporic consolidation / by Ken Joseph Archer  (2009)

Sheng Guan in the past and present : tradition, adaptation and innovation in Wutai Shan's Buddhist music / by Beth Marie Szczepanski  (2008)

Songs of the Ziegfeld follies / by Ann Ommen  (2007)

Modernism, socialist realism, and identity in the early film music of Dmitry Shostakovich, 1929-1932 / by Joan Marie Titus  (2006)

Music, drama and folklore in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Snegurochka" ("Snowmaiden") / by Gregory A. Halbe  (2004)

The clarinet in early America, 1758-1820 / by Jane Elizabeth Ellsworth  (2004)

Prosody and rhythm in the post-Tridentine reform of plainchant / by Joshua Joel Veltman  (2004)

The musico-dramatic evolution of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" / by James A. Lovensheimer  (2003)

"Singing to another tune" : contrafacture and attribution in troubadour song / by Billee A. Bonse  (2003)

Writing modernist and avant-garde music in Mexico : performativity, transculturation, and identity after the revolution, 1920-1930 / by Alejandro L. Madrid-González  (2003)

Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" : history of a compromise / by Deborah Annette Wilson  (2003)

Devotional music and healing in Badakhshan, Tajikistan : preventive and curative practices / by Benjamin David Koen  (2003)

Savva Mamontov and the Moscow Private Opera : from realism to modernism on the Russian operatic stage / by Olga Haldey  (2002). 

Montage Shostakovich : film, popular culture, and the finale of the Piano Concerto No. 1 / by Joan Marie Titus  (2002)

Defining African American gospel music by tracing its historical and musical development from 1900 to 2000 / by Raymond Wise  (2002)

The late twentieth-century American Organ Chorale : a study of six composers / by Lisa Ann Browne  (2001)

Operatic reform in Turin : aspects of production and stylistic change in the 1760s / by Margaret Ruth Butler  (2000)

Playing panpipes in Southern Russia : history, ethnography, and performance practices / by Olga V. Velichkina  (1998)

"Anything you are shows up in your music:" : Mary Lou Williams and the sanctification of jazz / by Tammy L. Kernodle  (1997)

Percy Aldridge Grainger's "The Warriors" : an historical and analytical study / by David M. Mruzek  (1996)

An historical and musical study of Aaron Copland's first orchestral work : "Grohg, a ballet in one act" / by Roberta Lewise Lindsey  (1996)

The completed symphonic compositions of Alexander Zemlinsky / by Robert L. Taylor  (1995)

Music in the Black and White communities in Petersburg, Virginia, 1865-1900 / by Ethel Maureen Norris  (1994)

Using hypermedia to enrich the learning experience of college students in a music appreciation course / Henry Edgar Duitman  (1993)

Reclaiming a music for England : nationalist concept and controversy in English musical thought and criticism, 1880-1920 / by William Scott Ball  (1993)

"De preceptis artis musicae" of Guilielmus Monachus : a new edition, translation, and commentary / by Eulmee Park  (1993)

The "si placet" voice : an historical and analytical study / by Stephen Daniel Self  (1992)

Tuning, temperament and pedagogy for the vihuela in Juan Bermudo's Declaracion de instrumentos musicales (1555) / by Maria Therese Annoni  (1989)

The Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music 1956-1961 : its goals, structures, programs, and people / by Cynthia E. Bylander  (1989)

Music of the Shakers from Union Village, Ohio : a repertory study and tune index of the manuscripts originating in the 1840's / by Donald Edwin Christenson  (1988)

The offertory trope : origins, transmission, and function / by John Gearey Johnstone  (1984)

The Type II Visitatio Sepulchri : a repertorial study / by Michael Lee Norton  (1983)

The solo cantatas of Emanuele d'Astorga / by Karen Shakley Ladd  (1982)

The "Musica enchiriadis" and "Scholia enchiriadis" : a translation and commentary / by Richard L. Holladay  (1977)

Theme and variation in twentieth-century organ literature: analyses of variations by Alain, Barber, Distler, Dupré, Duruflé, and Sowerby / by Larry Lynn Rhoades  (1973)

The music of Johannes Tinctoris (ca. 1435-1511) : a comparative study of theory and practice / by William Eugene Melin  (1973)

The theatre music of Daniel Purcell / by Robert Squire Barstow  (1968)

The Huguenot psalter in the low countries : a study of its monophonic and polyphonic manifestations in the sixteenth century / by Howard Jay Slenk  (1965)

Improvisation Methods: A Non-Idiomatic Improvisation Course for the Undergraduate Music Curriculum / by Colin Wood (2019)

An investigation into the musical and social benefits of high school marching band participation / by Joseph Daniel Carver (2019)

Enjoyment of music by non-participants in school music / by Aaron K. Yackley (2019)

"It's more than playing music" : perceptions of a concert band program from members of a predominantly Latino school community / by Crystal Lynn Gerrard (2019)

Lead by standards? a historical examination of the guiding principles in the national music standards / by Aaron W. Wilburn (2018)

Find what works best for you : learning to practice in a large ensemble / by Elizabeth Ann Petersen (2018)

An investigation of fourth and fifth year pre-service music teachers' preferences for, familiarity with, and willingness to teach six ethnic music styles in Taiwan / by Chia-Chieh Wu  (2017)

University music unit-sponsored, non-music major orchestras in the United States / by Laura Kerr Hill (2017)

A survey of piano teachers whose students have ADHD : their training, experiences, and best practices / by William David Mullins (2017)

Rural school string/orchestra programs: profile and recommendations / by Blair Ashley Williams  (2016)

What is at stake in jazz education? Creative black music and the twenty-first-century learning environment / by Norman Michael Goecke  (2016)

Singing is elementary : teachers' use of singing in three Kodaly-based elementary general music classrooms / by Megan Maureen Sheridan  (2015)

The effect of a tonic drone accompaniment on the pitch accuracy of scales played by beginner violin and viola students / by Charles Clair Laux, Jr.  (2015)

Surviving set theory : a pedagogical game and cooperative learning approach to undergraduate post-tonal music theory / by Angela N. Ripley  (2015)

Illuminated scores and the architectural design of musical form / by Orlay Alonso  (2015)

Determining criteria for the evaluation of high school band directors : a survey of high school principals and band directors in the State of Ohio / by Marc Samir Parulekar  (2014)

Career intentions and experiences of pre- and in-service female band teachers / by Sarah Hope Fischer  (2013)

The learning communities of exemplary mid-career elementary general music teachers / by Christina Louise Pelletier  (2013)

Does enrollment in Ohio's Urban Arts Magnet High Schools make a difference on OGT scores and the on-time graduation rate? : a descriptive study / by Milton Vaughn Ruffin  (2013)

Factors influencing the programming practices of conductors of mid-level collegiate ensembles / by David McKinley Hedgecoth  (2012)

The perceptions of cooperating teachers regarding the skills and knowledge of student teachers working in beginning and middle school instrumental music classrooms / by Christopher David Hoch  (2012)

Music therapy profession : current status, priorities, and possible future directions / by Alejandra Judith Ferre  (2012)

Music description and expressive performance by middle school instrumentalists / by Elizabeth Longo Braun  (2012)

A Manual for the Learning of Traditional Scottish Fiddling: Design, Development, and Effectiveness / by Melinda Heather Crawford Perttu (2011)

The effects of aural and visual strategies on the memorization of beginning-level string students / by Jacob Michael Dakon  (2011)

An analysis of select beginning band method books and the level to which they address the national standards for music education / by Kie Watkins (2011)

Music composition pedagogy : a history, philosophy and guide / by Benjamin John Williams  (2010)

Factors influencing the teaching of instrumental music in rural Ohio school districts / by Ann Marie Hicks  (2010)

How They Decide: A case study examining the decision-making process for keeping or cutting music education in a K-12 public school district / by Marci L. Major (2010)

The dialectic of modernization : implications for music teacher education / by Malinda Wiard Essex (2010)

Dale Clevenger : performer and teacher / by Margaret Tung  (2009)

​ A music industry program for today's colleges and universities / by David Lancaster Tolley  (2008)

​ Process and product : the sight-singing backgrounds and behaviors of first-year undergraduate students / by Victoria J. Furby  (2008)

​ No child left behind : determining the impact of policy on music education / by Kevin W. Gerrity  (2007)

​ The pedagogical benefits of duet playing : a Vannetelbosch companion / by Pierson Wetzel  (2007)

​ A study of the instrumental music programs in the secondary Catholic schools of the United States / by Caron L. Collins  (2007)

​ The effects of specific transfer activities on fifth grade orchestra and band students' rhythmic performance / by Andrea Olijnek Scheuzger  (2006)

​ Relationships among folk song preferences of grade five students / by Ibrahim H. Baltagi  (2006). For the audio files associated with this dissertation, click here.

​ Keyboard improvisation characteristics of freshman and sophomore instrumental and vocal music majors / by Susan Lorrainne Chess  (2005)

​Teaching improvisation to piano students of elementary to intermediate levels / by Yawen Eunice Chyu (2004)

​ Student career perception : 6th-11th grade music students' assessment of self-efficacy, social perception, and potential enjoyment for music education and other possible careers / by Kimberly H. Councill  (2004)

​An investigation of the foundational components and skills necessary for a successful first-year string class: a modified delphi technique study / by Erika A. Schulte (2004)

​ The application of different teaching strategies reflective of individual students' learning modalities in the university flute studio class / by Nicole L. Molumby  (2004)

The professional life and pedagogy of Clement Barone / by Emily J. Butterfield  (2003)

Teaching and learning jazz trombone / by Julia M. Gendrich  (2003)

Reflection on practice : a study of five choral educators' reflective journeys / by Marla A. Butke  (2003)

Beyond content integration : multicultural dimensions in the application of music teaching and learning / by Carlos R. Abril  (2003)

Music and quality of life : the status of music in Ohio nursing homes / by Judith Waple Murphy  (2003)

Parent as home teacher of Suzuki cello, violin, and piano students : observation and analysis of Suzuki method practice sessions  / by Alice Ann M. O'Neill, (2003)

Violin performance training at collegiate schools of music and its relevance to the performing professions : a critique and recommendation  / by David Roy Reimer, (2003)

Group piano instruction for music majors in the United States : a study of instructor training, instructional practice, and values relating to functional keyboard skills / by Huei Li Chin  (2002)

​ Mentoring practices for music teachers in school districts of the northwest states / by Kristin M. Turner  (2002).

​ Referentialism and musical characteristics in children's keyboard improvisation / by Chao-hui Wang  (2001).

​ An investigation of the process by which elementary and junior high school teachers prepare students to choose a musical instrument / by Jonathan Gardner Bayley  (2000)

​ Marcel Tabuteau : pedagogical concepts and practices for teaching musical expressiveness : an oral history / by Melissa A. Stevens  (1999)

Janice Harsanyi : profile of an artist/teacher / by Eric Hoy Tucker  (1998)

A comparison of self-efficacy and teaching effectiveness in preservice string teachers / by Gail L. VanAernum Barnes (1998)

The quality of repertoire chosen by high school wind band conductors and the resources and criteria used to choose this literature / by Craig S. Young (1998)

Music education as intervention for at-risk urban adolescents : self-perceptions, opinions, and attitudes about inclusion in selected music settings / by Christina Goss-Shields (1997)

A teaching technique to aid the development of vocal accuracy in elementary school students / by Sandra L. Mathias (1997).

The effect of movement instruction on sixth-grade beginning instrumental music students' perception, synchronization, and performance with a steady beat / by Debbie Ann Rohwer (1997).

Music teachers' attitudes, classroom environments, and music activities in multicultural music education / by Sharon M. Young (1996).

Student attitude toward instrumental music education during the first year of instruction / by Mary Janet Brown  (1996)

A survey of Suzuki violin programs in community music schools in the United States / by Suzanne Leslie Blaker  (1995)

​ Opinions, attitudes, music skills, and acquired knowledge of older adults using an adapted version of a technology-assisted music education curriculum / by Kathryn Jo-Anne Keenan  (1995)

​ The piano teaching of Earl Wild : an introduction to his method and style / by Debora Arder  (1995)

​ A study of the aural-diagnostic and prescriptive skills of preservice and expert instrumental music teachers / by Paul Frederic Doerksen  (1994).

​ Establishing and utilizing criteria for selecting and composing appropriate choral literature for middle school mixed ensembles / by Lon S. Beery  (1994)

​Preferred general music classroom activities among low-income, urban-minority middle school students / by Yvonne P. Johnson (1994)

​Audition procedures and advice from concertmasters of American orchestras / by Joan Griffing (1994)

​ Teaching young children compositional concepts to enhance music learning in a computer learning environment / by Derjen Jeney Sun  (1993)

​ An investigation of the relationship between selected personality variables and retention of students in the string orchestra program / by Ward Franklin Mowery  (1993).

​ A descriptive study of the post-secondary musical/cultural behaviors and attitudes of participants and non-participants of instrumental music ensembles from two secondary schools in eastern Massachusetts / by Donald Martin Dregalla  (1993)

​ The status of snare drum instruction in percussion methods programs of selected universities and colleges in Ohio and contiguous states / by Cary Dachtyl  (1992)

​ An investigation of the effects of visual diagnostic skills development on the instruction and acquisition of basic conducting skills for beginning conductors / by David Edmund Scott  (1992)

​ The development of pedagogical-content knowledge : two case studies of exemplary general music teachers / by Edward Burger Duling  (1992)

​ The effectiveness of mnemonics to assist middle school general music students' recognition and retention of musical themes / by Lynda Marie Dunn  (1992).

​ An overview of issues in music student teaching, related research, and a sample study of the effects of classroom characteristics on evaluation of student teaching / by Mark W. Gallant  (1992)

​ Characteristics of in-service urban music teachers and pre-service music teachers in Ohio and their attitudes toward teaching music in urban schools / by Stephen Wade Ausmann  (1991).

​ Selected aspects of curricular pacing in introductory nonmajor music classes / by Kim Franklin Shirey  (1990)

​ The effect of differential choral group instruction on children's vocal and rhythmic performance of taught and transfer patterns / by Amy D. Chivington  (1990)

​ Justifying music in the American public school : a survey of selected Ohio school personnel / by Barbara S. Payne  (1990)

​ An examination of the uses of music in selected licensed preschools in the state of Ohio / by Kimberly Moody Golden  (1989)

​ An investigation of the effects of a researcher-designed string music curriculum on the playing skills of mildly mentally handicapped middle school students grouped in homogeneous and heterogeneous classes / by Diana Jean Van Camp  (1989).

​ The acquisition of basic conducting skills by beginning conductors : a comparison of the effects of guided and unguided videotaped modeling / by David Alan Leppla  (1989)

​ The effects of task order and function pattern on learning harmonic dictation / by Barbara Ann Murphy  (1989)

​The effect of speech rhythm, melody, and movement on song identification and performance of preschool children / by Deborah Dunne-Sousa (1988)

​ Teaching piano skills to handicapped persons through use of systematic instruction : a proposal / by Elva Tice Michal  (1987)

​ Perceived music and music-teaching competencies of classroom teachers in the state of Ohio / by Jerry Lee Goodman  (1985)

​ The differential effects of modeling and discrimination training on selected music teaching skills, confidence level, and achievement among elementary education majors / by Sister Margaret Mary Kelly  (1984)

​ The development and evaluation of a test to assess selected characteristics of prospective music educators / by Christopher Philip Doane  (1981)

​ An investigation of music in the education of mentally and physically handicapped children in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to the course, "Music for Slow Learners," at Dartington College of Arts / by Joan Kimnach Lehr  (1977)

​A study of the effectiveness of competition festivals in the music education process / by Charles Paul Temple (1973)

​ A study of practices in student teaching in selected universities with recommendations for the improvement of the full-time student teaching program in music at the Ohio State University / by Stephen Milburn Clarke  (1973)

​A survey of the opinions of administrators and music teachers in regard to large group music competition / by James Richard Hanshumaker (1956)

​The Function of expressive bodily movement in the teaching of instrumental music / by Marvin Willis Fogt (1952)

A study on audio-visual interaction : how visual temporal cues influence grouping of auditory events / by Yu Fan (2019)

Worlds of musics : cognitive ethnomusicological inquiries on experience of time and space in human music-making / by Yong Jeon Cheong (2019)

Subtle semblances of sorrow : exploring music, emotional theory, and methodology / by Lindsay Alison Warrenburg (2019)

On popular music and media : analyzing changes in compositional practices and music listening choice behavior using attention economy principles / by Hubert Léveillé Gauvin (2018)

Cognitive and theoretical analyses of expressive performance choices / by Caitlyn Trevor (2018)

Cultural influence on the perception and cognition of musical pulse and meter / by Hsiang-Ning Kung (2017)

When the leading tone doesn't lead: musical qualia in context / by Claire Arthur  (2016)

MCflow : a digital corpus of rap flow / by Nathaniel Condit-Schultz  (2016)

Examining contrasting expressive content within first and second musical themes / by Lindsay Alison Warrenburg  (2016)

Two studies on assessing emotional responses to music and mode : the effect of lowered pitch on sadness judgments, and the affective priming paradigm as an implicit measure / by Gary King-Yee Yim  (2014)

Animacy, anthropomimesis, and musical line / by George John (Yuri) Broze III  (2013)

Affective analysis of music using the progressive exposure method : the influence of bottom-up features on perceived musical affect / by Joshua David Albrecht  (2012)

An empirical investigation of a sarcastic tone of voice in instrumental music / by Joseph Stephen Plazak  (2011)

Selected topics in the perception and interpretation of musical tempo / by Randolph Burge Johnson  (2010)

A criterion-related validity test of selected indicators of musical sophistication using expert ratings / by Joy E. Ollen  (2006)

Dynamic melodic expectancy / by Bret J. Aarden  (2003)

The effect of school performing ensemble participation on the ability to perform and perceive expression in music / by Daryl Wayne Kinney  (2001)

Grouping strategy in rhythmic perception : a test of the perceptual salience of Lerdahl & Jackendoff's grouping preference rules / by Thomas Kennedy Ryan  (2001). 

The effects of variations of duration on musicians' perceptions of tonic in tonally ambiguous three-note sets / by C. Rockelle Strader  (1996). 

The effect of timbral variance on the score-reading ability of novice conductors / by Timothy Edward Swinehart  (1994)

An exploratory examination of the electroencephalographic correlates of aural imagery, kinesthetic imagery, music listening, and motor movement by novice and expert conductors / by Elizabeth Helene Jackson  (1994)

Developing the ability to recognize microtones / by Charles Norman Bates  (1992). 

Listener's choice of timing or intensity information as prominent in piano performance style recognition / by Allan James Dudek  (1992). 

Recognition of chord changes by 4- and 5-year-old American and Argentine children / by Eugenia Costa-Giomi  (1991).

The effects of timbre on aural skills : an exploration of the attributes of timbre and spectral parsing for sounds used in aural training / by Mark Lewis Lochstampfor  (1990).

An experimental investigation of the effectiveness of training on absolute pitch in adult musicians / by Mark Alan Rush  (1989)

An experimental study of relationships among music listening abilities in formally and informally trained musicians / by Henry Panion  (1989).

Improving instrumental practice techniques through use of a motor schema theory of learning / by John Edward Owen  (1988).

Humor in instrumental music : a discussion of musical affect, psychological concepts of humor and identification of musical humor / by Linda R. Lowry  (1974)

The effect of key upon emotional response to music / by Janet Souders Crist  (1947)

Study in Rain and Light : an approach for audiovisual composition / by James MacDonald  (2019)

A new music composition technique using natural science data / by Joungmin Lee (2019)

Exploring Ways to Teach Creativity in Composition / by Binshan Zhao (2019)

The composer-conductor : an examination of the relationship and connection between two disciplines / by Zachary Jacob Friedland (2018)

My music and Helmut Lachenmann's concept of sound / by Chih-Liang Lin  (2015)

Cross-disciplinary integration of musical works and visual arts through computer technology / by Keith Randolph Newton  (2013)

The black composer : identity, invisibility, relevance and the making of a brand in the digital age / by Mark Allison Lomax II  (2013)

A study of the original composition "Land of our birth" : composition for male chorus, brass, percussion, woodwinds and piano / by Michael George Martin  (2013)

A theory of orthography and the fundamental bass for the late oeuvre of Scriabin / by David Nelson Tomasacci  (2013)

Jan Radzynski's Canto (1981) : an introductory view of its genre, style, and form, with suggestions for performance / by Jiung Yoon  (2012)

Polytonal non-octave complexes / by Luis Javier Obregón  (2012)

The development of contemporary Korean music with emphasis on works of Isang Yun / by Joo Won Kim  (2011)

60x365 : compositions for the Internet / by David Morneau  (2011)

Structural analysis through ordered harmony transformations in the early works of Arnold Schoenberg / by Blake Ross Henson  (2010)

Analysis and performance aspects of Donald Harris' sonata for piano / by Seon Ok Kim  (2010)

The study of the relationship between Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky during Schoenberg's expressionist period /  by Sohee Kim (2010)

The piano and wind quintets of Mozart and Beethoven : reception and relationship / by Roberta Zajkowski  (2010)

Observations and trends found in Stravinsky's use of the clarinet during the years 1914-1919 / by Jennifer Joy Laubenthal  (2009)

The nine-step scale of Alexander Tcherepnin : its conception, its properties, and its use / by Kimberly Anne Veenstra  (2009)

Alan Louis Smith's Vignettes: Ellis Island : the history, evolution and performance of a modern American song cycle /  by Tamara Brooke Regensburger (2009)

El Salón México by Aaron Copland : a study and comparison of the orchestral score and two transcriptions for band /  by Erika Kirsten Svanoe (2009)

A comparative study of selected violin works of Isang Yun : Gasa für Violine und Klavier (1963) and Sonate für Violine und Klavier  / by Kyung Ha Lee (2009)

A study of the use of tuba in Ralph Vaughan Williams' nine symphonies / by John R. Bottomley  (2009)

Influence of commedia dell'arte on Stravinsky's Suite Italienne / by Sachiho Cynthia Murasugi  (2009)

Understanding Rzewski's North American ballads : from the composer to the work / by Sujin Kim  (2009)

An historical perspective on Pere Valls : with a stylistic and structural analysis of Suite Andaluza / by Joseph M. Schauer  (2008)

Harmonic syntax in Delius's late period chamber music (1905-1930) / by HyounKyoung Yie  (2008)

Conflict and meaning in Carl Nielsen's Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, Op. 57 (1928) / by Douglas Monroe  (2008)

Analysis and performance aspects of György Ligeti's Études pour piano : Fanfares and Arc-en-ciel / by Yung-jen Chen  (2007)

An innovative approach to serialism : George Rochberg's Twelve bagatelles for piano and Symphony no. 2 / by Yoojin Kim  (2007)

The Symphony for band of Donald E. McGinnis : a guide for conductors / by Matthew Charles Saunders  (2007)

Discrepancies in the score of Symphony for Band of Donald E. McGinnis are noted here:  https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?6287053351965::NO:10:P10_ETD_SUBID:65611

Four motets from the Florilegium portense / by Mark A. Chaney  (2007)

Random precision : some applications of fractals and cellular automata in music composition / by Igor Karaca  (2005)

An examination of notation in selected repertoire for multiple percussion / by Alyssa Gretchen Smith  (2005)

Selective American perspectives on issues of Twenty-first-century musical progress / by Yuri Bortz  (2005)

The trumpet as a voice of Americana in the Americanist music of Gershwin, Copland, and Bernstein / by Amanda Kriska Bekeny  (2005)

Rules for setting of French text in the writings of Alexandre Etienne Choron (1771-1834) and his contemporaries / by Geraldine Metcalf Rosser  (2003)

Playing with circles : a musico-poetic study of György Kurtág's "Scenes from a novel," op. 19 (1979-1982) / by Diana Lentsner  (2002)

The influence of Chopin in Piano music on the twenty-four preludes for Piano, Opus 11 of Alexander Scriabin / by Seong-Ae Lim  (2002)

Prokofiev piano sonatas no. 2, no. 5, and no. 8 : comparison and performance strategies / by Yun-Young Hwang  (2002)

Compositional issues with Corigliano, Oliveros, and Kernis / by Keith Gregory Dippre  (2001)

A study of the wind-band music of Frank Ticheli with an analysis of Fortress, Postcard, and Vesuvius / by John A. Darling  (2001)

Symbolic structure in the music of Gubaidulina / by Fay Damaris Neary  (1999)

Fusion of musical styles and cultures in Bright Sheng's opera "The Song of Majnun" / by Chiung-Tan Hsu  (1999)

Olly Wilson, Anthony Davis, and George Lewis : the lives, works, and perspectives of three contemporary African American composers /  by Robert Thomas Tanner (1999)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's music for men's voices including a detailed analysis of Festgesang: An die Künstler, opus 68 and Zwei Geistliche Mannerchöre, opus 115 with suggestions for rehearsal and performance  / by Joseph H. Janisch (1998)

Aspects of historical background, literary influence, form, and performance interpretation in Robert Schumann's Carnaval / by Chllung-Wel Chou  (1998)

Seo-kwang (a ray of hope) : inspiration in Korean crisis and the influence of Korean traditional music / by Bong-Ho Kim  (1998)

Symbolism and textual painting in four vocal works by George Crumb / by Douglas Bell Reeder  (1997)

Pictorial and poetic influences in Benjamin Britten's Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo : a magical journey through associations / by Douglas W. Bolin  (1996)

Aspects of neo-classicism in the first movements of piano sonatas by Barber, Sessions, Copland, and Stravinsky / by Gui Sook Lee  (1996)

The Debussy edition of The four ballades of Chopin / by Wei Wu  (1995)

A commentary on African-American musical style with an analysis of the influences of African-American musical style on the composition "Simple City" / by Charles Gregory Washington  (1994)

A comparative study of reductionist tendencies in the arts /  by Neil P. Cassidy (1994)

Keening as a cross-cultural phenomenon / by Todd Dunham Harvey  (1993) 

L'Histoire du soldat and Les noces : a historical, theoretical, and theatrical comparison study of two chamber music compositions by Igor Stravinsky /  by Janis LaFaye McKay (1993)

Oley Speaks and the Oley Speaks music library archive : a legacy of the twentieth century American art song / by Stephanie Kay Tingler  (1993)

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition : an analytical and performance study / by Chen-Tien Lee  (1993)

The songs of Franz Liszt / by Michael David Baron  (1993)

A critical evaluation of the current performance versions of Musorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain," based on the history and content of Musorgsky's original extant versions and a new orchestration of "Night on Bald Mountain," respectfully based upon Musorgsky's original extant versions / by Daniel W. Lochrie  (1992)

A method for generating pitch and rhythm for use in composition based on analytical techniques of Jonathan Bernard / by Christopher Sayles Kenney  (1992)

Kennst du das Land : performance guide to six musical settings of Goethe's poem / by Seonmi Koh  (1991)

The piano in Alban Berg's opera, Lulu / by Mary Jane Fahrenbruck  (1990)

Song composers and their poetry choices : an analysis of the literary background and textual selections of twelve composers / by Thomas Andrew Gregg  (1989)

Liszt's Mazeppa : the history and development of a symphonic poem / by John Douglas Fry  (1988)

Using a digital soundfile mixing program as a compositional tool : Extensions for concert band and tape / by Neal Wesley Yocom  (1988). Authorization/login required.

Requiem mass for chorus and orchestra ; with a monograph on the history, regulation, and content of the Missa pro defunctis / by Marshall Paul Onofrio  (1987). Authorization/login required.

The future of the symphony orchestra based upon its historical development / by Steven Lee Winteregg  (1987)

Chiang Wen-Yeh : the style of his selected piano works and a study of music modernization in Japan and China / by Tzong-Kai Kuo  (1987). Authorization/login required.

The synthesis and manipulation of fused ensemble timbres and sound masses by means of digital signal processing / by Richard Jordan Smoot  (1986). Authorization/login required.

Part I: Evocation as a compositional device : Part II: Concerto for chamber orchestra / by Rocky J. Reuter  (1986)

Some observations on the sociological role of the composer in the twentieth century / by E. Michael Harrington  (1985). Authorization/login required.

Part I: Representationalism in selected twentieth century compositions about the sea. Part II: sententia, sea music for soprano, woodwinds, brass, and percussion / by Susan Elaine Jenkins  (1984)

The piano between 1800 and 1850 : the instruments for which the composers wrote / by John Wesley Golightly  (1980)

Symphony No.10 by David Maslanka with Matthew Maslanka commissioning, completion, performance and analysis / by Onsby Cray Rose  (2019)

The Controlled Indeterminacy in Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto / by Shuo Shen  (2019)

Classification and pattern extraction: application of wavelets in music analysis / by Jennifer Christine Shafer  (2016)

Contour levels : an abstraction of pitch space based on African tone systems / by Aaron Carter-Ényì  (2016)

Bagatelles No. 6 and No. 8, Op. 59 by Nikolai Kapustin : background, analysis, and performance guideline / by Sekyeong Seong  (2015)

The expressive phrasing concepts of Marcel Tabuteau applied to concerto in Eb major for horn and orchestra, K. 417 by W.A. Mozart / by Joshua P. Micha  (2014)

Smooth voice-leading systems for atonal music / by Yeajin Kim  (2013)

The songs of Lori Laitman : an analysis of sunflowers and early snow / by Helen Teresa Allen  (2013)

The Reed Trio : analysis of works by Ibert, Françaix and Schreiner with a representative repertoire list / by Jacqueline Therese Bretz  (2013)

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich : background, analysis, and performance application / by Emily Ann Patronik  (2013)

Ignace Joseph Pleyel's Parthia in Dis : a study and critical edition / by John Anthony Oelrich  (2012)

Ecuadorian-folk and avant-garde elements in Luis Humberto Salgado's sonatas for string instruments / by Juan Carlos Ortega Paredes  (2012)

Daniel Levitan : an examination of his compositional approach with an analysis of marimba four hands / by Gregory Austin Lyons  (2011)

An analysis of style and influence in Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Le Danze del Re David / by Chien-Hui Wong  (2011)

​ Robert Schumann's part-songs for men's chorus and a detailed analysis of Fünf Gesänge (Jagdlieder), opus 137 /  by Timothy David Sarsany (2010)

A comparison of Samuel Barber's: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and Andromache's Farewell / by Diana Marina Cataldi  (2010)

The study of the relationship between Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky during Schoenberg's expressionist period /  by Sohee Kim (2010)

An analysis and performance guide to Benjamin Lees's Odyssey I and II / by Youmee Kim  (2008)

The death and resurrection of function / by John Gabriel Miller  (2008)

A foundational approach to core music instruction in undergraduate music theory based on common universal principles / by Christy Jo Talbott  (2008)

"Xianshi," the Viola Concerto by Yi Chen : general analysis and issues of performance interpretation / by Chi-Chuan Teng  (2001). Authorization/login required.

An eighteenth-century Pietist theory of music psychology : the "Brevissima theoriae musicae analysis" of Johann Fricker and Friedrich Oetinger / by Peter John Knapp  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Part writing, error detection, and writing-to-learn : three strategies for learning music theory constructs / by Bruce C. Kelley  (1997)

Approaches to Wolf : Schenker, transformation, function / by Elizabeth Paige Sayrs  (1997)

An analysis of three violin sonatas by William Bolcom / by Philip Richard Baldwin  (1996)

A critical examination of Schenker's theory of linear progressions / by Edward W. Klonoski  (1994)

Enharmonicism in theory and practice in 18th-century music / by Paula Jean Telesco  (1993). Authorization/login required.

Harmonic tonality in the theories of Jérôme-Joseph Momigny / by Glenn Gerald Caldwell  (1993). Authorization/login required.

Aspects of early major-minor tonality : structural characteristics of the music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / by Norman Douglas Anderson  (1992). Authorization/login required.

Tonality in Schoenberg's Theme and variations for band, Opus 43a and Symphony for band / by David Manuel Garcia  (1986)

An examination of semiotics in musical analysis : the Neapolitan complex in Beethoven's Op. 131 / by William Patrick Dougherty  (1985)

Double string quartet : musical score and analysis / by Thomas Howard Romine  (1984). Authorization/login required.

Descriptive analysis of three one-act operas by Seymour Barab / by Heather Joy Parr  (1982)

Dialogue for jazz piano and orchestra with preliminary research and analysis  / by John Theodore Emche (1980). Authorization/login required.

Paul Hindemith's music for flute : analysis of solo works and stylistic and formal considerations of chamber works  / by Jean Mary Ohlsson (1975). Authorization/login required.

Between the inside and the outside : seven American composers in the twentieth century and their piano pieces / by Liguang Zhou  (2019)

A study of Tyzen Hsiao's piano concerto, op. 53: a comparison with Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 2 / by Lin-Min Chang  (2018)

Pulse (2014) by Ching-chu Hu : an approach, analysis, and performance study / by Pei-Sin Chen  (2017)

A study of Unsuk Chin's Piano Concerto: The influence of Gyorgy Ligeti's Piano Concerto / by Eunhee Kim  (2016)

Tan Dun's Eight Memories in Watercolor, op.1 : strategies for pianists and a version comparison / by Baolu Chen  (2016)

György Ligeti's Désordre and L'escalier du Diable : compositional style and method of practice / by Mihyun Lee  (2015)

A study and performance guide to Luciano Berio's Six Encores pour piano / by Jinyoung Kim  (2014)

A study of the Third Piano Sonata of Carl Vine (2007) : the musical characteristics of the third sonata compared through the first sonata and second sonata and practical performance guidance / by Gina Kyounglae Kang  (2012)

Writing styles and performance guidelines of Carl Vine's Piano Concerto No. 1 / by Ji Young Park  (2012)

George Gershwin's An American in Paris for two pianos : a critical score study and performance guide / by Joseph Michael Van Dyk  (2011)

Selected original piano solo works of Robert Boury : emphasis on performance and practice suggestions / by Rina Shimizu-Grow  (2011)

Analysis of and performance suggestions for Astor Piazzolla's piano solo work Three Preludes : Leijia's game, Flora's game, Sunny's game /  by Lin-San Chou (2010)

Variations on a Theme by Haydn (1990) and the Invisible Drummer (1974) by Andre Previn : an introduction and approach to performance / by Mei-Hsuan Huang  (2010)

The solo piano works of Alexander Müllenbach : an introduction and approach to performance / by Ryan Joseph Behan  (2009)

Edvard Grieg's "Ballade in the form of variations on a Norwegian melody," op.24, for piano, and "Old Norwegian melody with variations," op.51, for two pianos : an analytical overview and interpretive study of the variation procedure / by Amalia Sagona  (2009)

Dmitri Shostkovich's [sic] Piano concerto op. 35 : a pianist's performance guide / by Jung-Hwa Lee  (2008)

Analysis and performance aspects of György Ligeti's Études pour piano : Fanfares and Arc-en-ciel / by Yung-jen Chen  (2007)

An analysis of and performance guide to Lou Harrison's Suite for Piano and Kenneth Leighton's Six Studies: Study-Variations Op. 56 / by Na Young Kim  (2004)

The piano sonatas of Carl Vine : a guideline to performance and style analysis / by Eun-Kyoung Yang  (2003)

Janáček from the pianist's perspective : a prescriptive analysis of "On an overgrown path," the Sonata 1.X.1905, and "In the mist" /  by Jennifer Eunji Lee (2003)

The variations in B Flat Minor, Opus 3 of Karol Szymanowski : an analysis of performance challenges and solutions / by Yung-Ching Yang  (2002). Authorization/login required.

The piano compositional style of Lucrecia Roces Kasilag / by Caroline Besana Salido  (2002)

Igor Stravinsky's three movements from Petrushka : an analysis of performance practice / by Hee Chung  (2002)

A performer's guide to the six Preludes, op. 6, and Toccata, op. 15, of Robert Muczynski : with a short synopsis of Russian influence and style / by Min-Jung Cho  (2002)

The two sonatas for Violin and Piano by a neglected composer, Howard Ferguson : a performer's analysis / by Ya-Chiao Lin  (2000)

Trilogy-Prokofiev's War Sonatas : a study of pianism diagnosis and performance practice / by Chiann-Yi Liao  (1999)

The cello and piano works of Camargo Guarnieri / by Paulo César Martins Rabelo  (1996)

Beethoven's piano concerto in C major, opus 15 : structural analysis and performance strategies / by Gloria Nye-Gin Yeh  (1994)

Mozart's Piano concerto in D minor, K. 466 : analysis and discussion of interpretation and performance / by Mei-Na Hsu  (1994)

Robert Schumann's piano concerto in A minor, Op. 54 : a stemmatic analysis of the sources / by Mahn-Hee Kang  (1992)

A study of Chopin's piano sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, with suggestions for performance / by Janida Dhuvabhark  (1992)

John Ireland's first Sonata for violin and piano : an introduction to its study / by Nelson Owen Harper  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The piano concertos of Carl Maria von Weber : precursors of the romantic piano concerto / by Richard C. Lopez  (1989)

A style change in Rachmaninoff's piano music as seen in the second piano sonata in B-flat minor, Opus 36 [1913 and 1931 versions] / by Kim Andrei Lasa  (1988)

A graded annotated bibliography of selected solo piano works of Alexandre Gretchaninoff / by Ann Elisa Haertling-Lint  (1988). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 : aids towards performance / by So-Ham Kim Chung  (1988)

Chopin's Concerto in E minor, op. 11 : an analysis for performance / by Chia-Huei Ai  (1986). Authorization/login required.

Score and analysis of the International Suite for Two Pianos and Orchestra / by James Edward Lucas  (1986). Authorization/login required.

The original composition and analysis of "Ten Concert Etudes for Pianoforte" / by Steven Martin Bresnen  (1985). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of Frank Martin's Second Piano Concerto / by Michael Eldon Dellinger  (1985). Authorization/login required.

Alexander Scriabin's ten piano sonatas : their philosophical meaning and its musical expression / by Elizabeth A. Barany-Schlauch  (1985)

Hindemith's Third Piano Sonata : a new assessment / by Viscount Francis Thurston  (1984). Authorization/login required.

The original solo piano music of Albert Roussel / by Timothy John Minnis  (1984). Authorization/login required.

An analytical study of the Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, of Robert Schumann / by Diane Kay Earle  (1984). Authorization/login required.

Dialogue for jazz piano and orchestra with preliminary research and analysis /  by John Theodore Emche, Jr. (1980). Authorization/login required.

A program in piano accompanying at the Ohio State University : a feasibility study / by Judyth Carolyn Lippmann  (1980). Authorization/login required.

The status and practices of class piano programs in selected colleges and universities of the state of Ohio / by Werner Sonntag  (1980)

The interpretation of accent signs in Roger Sessions' Third Piano Sonata / by Diana Ruth Duffin  (1979). Authorization/login required.

A study of the similarities in fingering principles of the 18th and 20th centuries /  by Marya Hannum Giesy (1979). Authorization/login required.

An analysis of the Opera III, V, and VI keyboard sonatas of Giovanni Marco Placido Rutini / by Stephen Butler Brown  (1979). Authorization/login required.

The musical textures of Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrouchka, for piano: a comparative study of the transcription with other versions of Petrouchka / by Roger Trent Nohl  (1978). Authorization/login required.

The influence of French impressionism and the essence of the Hungarian national character in Zoltán Kodály's piano music / by István Paku Korody  (1978)

Tonality and form in selected French piano sonatas : 1900-1950 / by Virginia Elizabeth Kniesner  (1977)

The Controlled Indeterminacy in Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto / by Shuo Shen (2019)

How to learn the Dvořák concerto in B minor : building personalized practice techniques for virtuosic performance / by Elizabeth Jeremica  (2015)

A pedagogical approach to vibrato styles for advanced cello students and their teachers / by Tzu Yun Chen  (2013)

String bass lutherie in North America : a compendium of makers and examples, 1788-1970 / by Garry Wasserman  (2012)

Ecuadorian-folk and avant-garde elements in Luis Humberto Salgado's sonatas for string instruments / by Juan Carlos Ortega Paredes  (2012)

Pitch performance : a rational approach to the acquisition of intonation skills / by Benjamin R. Coy  (2012)

Building memory structures to foster musicianship in the cello studio / by Mary Davis Fetherston  (2011)

A comparative study of selected violin works of Isang Yun : Gasa für Violine und Klavier (1963) and Sonate für Violine und Klavier /  by Kyung Ha Lee (2009)

Five late Baroque works for string instruments transcribed for clarinet and piano : a performance edition with commentary /  by Antoine Terrell Clark (2009)

Musical use of a general and expressive plucked-string instrument in software / by James Michael Croson  (2004)

The three violin sonatas of British composer Wilfred Josephs (1927-1997) / by Shi-Ling Lin  (2000). Authorization/login required.

The Cello works of Hsiao Tyzen / by Ru-Ping Chen  (1999). Authorization/login required.

The Cello and Piano Sonatas of Emilie Mayer (1821-1883) / by Marie-Aline Cadieux  (1999). Authorization/login required.

Antoine Reicha's quartets for flute and strings, op. 98 : an historical perspective and stylistic overview / by Leslie Goldman Maaser  (1998). Authorization/login required.

The status of contrabass instruction at selected colleges and universities in the United States of America / by Tod Leavitt  (1997)

A performer's analysis of Allan Pettersson's Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra / by Anna Kwak  (1994). Authorization/login required.

The violin music of Karol Szymanowski : a review of the repertoire and stylistic features / by Lisa Elizabeth Lantz  (1994)

Biomechanical analysis of double bassists' performance postures / by Kathleen A. Horvath  (1994)

Towards development of a critical edition of the string quartets of Charles Tomlinson Griffes / by Constance Elizabeth Barrett  (1994). Authorization/login required.

A five year comprehensive curriculum for young violinists / by Karen Williams Romeo  (1986)

The ten preludes for Unaccompanied Violin, op. 35 by Eugène Ysaÿe / by Gordon Shepherd Baughman  (1976)

An investigation of the relationships between parental involvement and the performance ability of violin students / by Gerald Richard Doan  (1973)

Flute repertoire from Japan : an analysis of twentieth-century flute sonatas by Ikuma Dan, Hikaru Hayashi, and Akira Tamba / by Daniel Ryan Gallagher  (2019)

The Interpretation of Opera Excerpts for Bassoon: A Pedagogical Analysis of Selected Excerpts / by Erik S. Malmer (2019)

Twenty interesting etudes for the developing trumpet player : the challenges of range and need for intermediate etudes / by Edward Clark  (2019)

African-American bassoonists and their representation within the classical music environment / by Ian Anthony Bell  (2019)

Turkish classical clarinet repertoire : performance, accessibility, and integration into the canon with a performance guide to works by Edward J. Hines and Ahmet Adnan Saygun / by Sarah Elizabeth Korneisel  (2019)

A conductor's and performer's guide to Steven Bryant's concerto for alto saxophone / by Chester James Jenkins  (2018)

A survey of chamber works for trumpet and electronics / by Isaac David Winland  (2018)

A conductor's and performer's guide to Steven Bryant's concerto for alto saxophone / by Chester James Jenkins (2018)

The United States Army Band Herald Trumpets, 1959-2017 / by Kenneth Bradley Holzworth (2018)

The structure and movement of clarinet playing / by Sheri Lynn Rolf  (2018)

The clarinet works of Jörg Widmann : a performance guide to fantasie for clarinet solo with a survey of unaccompanied clarinet repertoire and guide to contemporary techniques / by Zachary Daniel Dierickx  (2018)

Interdisciplinary transfer and cultivation : how vocal, writing, and visual arts can inform horn practice amd performance / by Jenna Lynn McBride-Harris  (2017)

Finding meaning in the music of David Maslanka / by Melody Baker  (2017)

Three danzas by Puerto Rican clarinetist/composer Juan Ríos Ovalle arranged for clarinet and piano / by Evan Thomas Lynch  (2017)

A Classical clarinetist's guide to klezmer music / by Dylan Mikhail Lloyd  (2017)

First-wave women clarinetists retrospective : a guide to women clarinetists born before 1930 / by Manchusa Loungsangroong  (2017)

Brahms's four serious songs : arranged for trombone and string orchestra / by Anthony L. Weikel  (2015)

Gustave Vogt : performer, educator and composer toward an edition of his works for oboe and English horn / by Stephanie Jane Kunz  (2015)

An introduction to twentieth-century flute music by Norwegian composers : with emphasis on Øistein Sommerfeldt and publications by Norsk Musikforlag / by Rachel E. Haug  (2015)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen : transcription for trumpet ensemble / by Benjamin Michael Joy  (2015)

Contemporary clarinet music in Finland : three concertos by Finnish composers commissioned for Kari Kriikku / by Katie Marie Morell  (2014)

Philippe Gaubert's Poème élégiaque  pour saxophone et orchestre : a study and critical edition / by Christian Secrist  (2013)

“The Singing Style of the Bohemians” – A Study of the Bohemian Contributions to Horn Pedagogy, Western Perspectives on Czech Horn Playing and Analysis of the Teachings of Zdenek Divoky' at the Academy of Performing Arts  / by Tiffany N. Damicone (2013)

The commissioned flute choir pieces presented by university/college flute choirs and NFA sponsored flute choirs at National Flute Association annual conventions with a brief history of the flute choir and its repertoire / by Yoon Hee Kim  (2013)

The clarinetist's guide to the performance of the clarinet, viola, and piano trios by Mozart, Bruch, and Larsen / by Adrienne Marie Marshall  (2013)

Observations of Bassoon playing in Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark / by Kerry Ann Haberkern  (2013)

Flute articulation pedagogy : the effect of language-specific consonant pronunciation on a flutist's articulation within the French and English languages /  by Erin Helgeson Torres (2012)

Joseph Kreines and his music for alto saxophone : a biography, analysis, and performance guide / by Michael Rene Torres  (2012)

Humbert Lucarelli : oboe artist / by Bradley Michael Walsh  (2011)

An overview of the history and current state of bassoon music in Mexico / by Kristilyn Woods  (2011)

A supplementary book of Chinese music for the Suzuki flute student / by Nicole Marie Charles  (2010)

The swing era clarinetists and their contributions to twentieth-century clarinet repertoire / by Mary Margaret Smith  (2010)

An overview of the pedagogical benefits of trumpet ensemble playing / by Jonathan Todd Bosarge  (2010)

The evolving mission and purpose of the Pittsburgh Flute Club in the twentieth century / by Kathleen Anne Cameron  (2009)

Duo sonatas and sonatinas for two clarinets, or clarinet and another woodwind instrument : an annotated catalog / by Yu-Ju Ti  (2009)

Three quintets by and for Heinrich Joseph Baermann / by Alisha Leighanne Miller  (2009)

A new model for beginning trombone lessons / by Joel Shonkwiler  (2009)

An annotated bibliography of current research in the field of the medical problems of trumpet playing / by Mark Alan Wade  (2008)

The musical life and career of James B. Underwood / by James M. Stokes, Jr.  (2008)

An illustrated basic flute repair manual for professionals / by Horng-Jiun Lin  (2008)

The oboe concerto of John Harbison : a guide to analysis, performance, and the collaboration with oboist William Bennett /  by Ann Fronckowiak (2006)

A bibliography of chamber music and double concerti literature for oboe and clarinet / by Anthony J. Costa  (2005)

The application of different teaching strategies reflective of individual students' learning modalities in the university flute studio class /  by Nicole L. Molumby (2004)

Leoš Janáček's wind sextet, Mládí: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance / by Elizabeth Suzanne Chaussé  (2004)

Brecker's blues : transcription and theoretical analysis of six selected improvised blues solos by jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker / by David Rawlings Freedy  (2003)

Flutists' family tree : in search of the American Flute School / by Demetra Baferos Fair  (2003)

An annotated bibliography of twentieth-century solo and chamber literature for the E-flat clarinet / by Kathleen M. Gardiner  (2002)

Potential implications for the studio environments in the 21st century : model: studio arts-specifically, schools of music Oboe performance / by  Debra Hawk-Volzer (2002)

A selected study of symphonies concertantes for multiple clarinet soloists, 1770-1850, including works by Stamitz, Devienne, Krommer, Tausch, Müller, Schindelmeisser and Baermann / by Gail S. Lehto  (2002)

Trio for horn, cello and piano / by Richard A. Nichols  (2002). Authorization/login required.

Scale, arpeggio, and interval studies for the bassoon / by Robert D. Jordan  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Hugo Fox : a biography of a prominent American Bassoonist / by Karen M. Crews  (2001). Authorization/login required.

Chamber music with bass clarinet: a bibliography of works and a correlation with the emergence of the Virtuosic Orchestral Bass Clarinet /  by Daniel A. Paprocki (2000)

The Piccolo in the chamber music of the twentieth century : an annotated bibliography of selected works / by Therese M. Wacker  (2000)

An index of excerpts and an overview of published Orchestral Bassoon excerpt collections with a comparison of three collections / by Tama I. Kott  (2000). Authorization/login required.

The influence of Jazz and popular music on the American Trombone Concerto, a selected study of the Solo Trombone and large ensemble works of Richard Peaslee, James Pugh, Howard Buss, and Dexter Morrill /  by Thomas W. Zugger (2000)

The New York Woodwind Quintet : a continuing legacy / by Amy L. Likar  (1999)

The F major bassoon concerto (RTT Schacht 30) of Theodor Von Schacht (1748-1823) / by Douglas E. Spaniol  (1998). Authorization/login required.

An examination of published orchestral excerpt study materials for bassoon and contrabassoon / by David W. Oyen  (1998)

The Woodwind music of Arthur Roland Frackenpohl : his biography, an analysis of two works for Clarinet, and an annotated bibliography of the original works for Woodwinds  / by Deborah Elizabeth Andrus (1998). Authorization/login required.

A Hypermedia Guide to Jazz Appreciation, Beginnings to Chicago / by Craig S. Sylvern  (1996). Authorization/login required.

Selected chamber excerpts for clarinet taken from the repertoire of the mixed wind quintet / by Barbara A. Specht  (1996)

An annotated bibliography of Canadian music for oboe, oboe d'amore and English horn found in the Canadian Music Centre / by Sarah J. Hamilton  (1996)

The clarinet reed : an introduction to its biology, chemistry, and physics / by Donald Jay Casadonte  (1995)

A selected bibliography of music for clarinet and one other instrument by women composers / by Melanie Ann Richards  (1993)

Certain oboe techniques and ensemble pedagogy in selected woodwind chamber music of Heitor Villa-Lobos / by Ailene Annette Munger-MacKay  (1993)

A repertoire guide Including annotations of high school level keyboard percussion works for four mallets / by Ashley Nicole Summerlin  (2019)

The notation and engraving of percussion in modern wind band composition / by Mario Antony Marini  (2016)

Four works for solo timpani: an analysis and performance guide / by Naomi Joy Marcus  (2016)

Daniel Levitan : an examination of select unpitched percussion chamber works / by Juan Mendoza III  (2015)

Solo and chamber percussion works by Nigel Westlake : an examination of Fabian theory, the Hinchinbrook Riffs, the Invisible Men, Kalabash, Malachite Glass, Moving Air, Omphalo Centric Lecture and Penguin Circus / by Kevin Matthew Estes  (2014)

Eckhard Kopetzki's compositions for Marimba Competitions : an examination and comparison of Three Movements for a Solo Dancer and Night of Moon Dances / by Darin James Olson  (2011)

Development of the percussion ensemble through the contributions of the Latin American composers Amadeo Roldán, José Ardévol, Carlos Chávez, and Alberto Ginastera /  by John Richard Hall (2008)

A cultural analysis of Afro-Caribbean rhythm, strumming, and movement for the North American school steelband / by Lennard V. Moses  (2008)

The published vibraphone music of Christopher Deane : an examination and comparison of Mourning dove sonnet and The apocryphal still life / by David Malcolm Wolf  (2008)

​ A review of literature and texts relating to the percussion methods course including a proposal for a new text to meet concerns about course content and structure / by Kimberley H. Burdett  (2007)

​ A survey of percussion studio curricula in the state universities of the United States and Puerto Rico / by Pamela J. Nave  (2001)

​ The distribution, construction, tuning, and performance technique of the African log xylophone / by Yoo Jin Bae  (2001)

​ Notation for percussion instruments / by Charles L. Spohn  (1953)

An overview of the pedagogical benefits of trumpet ensemble playing  / by Jonathan Todd Bosarge  (2010)

The piano and wind quintets of Mozart and Beethoven  : reception and relationship / by Roberta Zajkowski  (2010)

The Woodwind music of Arthur Roland Frackenpohl : his biography, an analysis of two works for Clarinet, and an annotated bibliography of the original  by Deborah Elizabeth Andrus (1998). Authorization/login required.

Certain oboe techniques and ensemble pedagogy in selected woodwind chamber music of Heitor Villa-Lobos / by Ailene Annette Munger- MacKay  (1993)

Differential approaches to rehearsing and conducting an instrumental ensemble / by Bruce Burbank Moss  (1989)

Musical conducting emblems : an investigation of the use of specific conducting gestures by instrumental conductors and their interpretation by instrumental performers / by Gary Donn Sousa  (1988)

A descriptive analysis of secondary instrumental conductor rehearsal problem-solving approaches, addressed musical elements and relationship to student attitude / by Louis A. Menchaca  (1988)

A study of the effectiveness of rhythmic drill materials with student/conductor-teachers while conducting a live ensemble from a full score / by Jack Norman Liles  (1978)

Music for two, three, and four flutes by Friedrich Kuhlau / by Ann Kozuch Fairbanks  (1975)

Sousa's descriptive works and suites as class-cultural mediations / by Steven Wilcer  (2017)

The history and development of the front ensemble in drum corps international / by Lane Wendell Summerlin  (2016)

An examination of the band works nominated for the Grawemeyer Award for music composition and factors influencing the likelihood a band work will win / by Nicholas James Enz  (2015)

Ohio band directors' perceptions of large group adjudicated events / by Kenneth Lloyd Hoffman, Jr.  (2014)

An analysis of select beginning band method books and the level to which they address the national standards for music education / by Kie Watkins  (2011)

A study of Ohio high school band directors' perceived preparation for teaching high school marching band through participation in a collegiate marching band, marching band technique classes, and methods courses / by Brad A. Williamson  (2009)

"El Salón México" by Aaron Copland : a study and comparison of the orchestral score and two transcriptions for band / by Erika Kirsten Svanoe  (2009)

A cultural analysis of Afro-Caribbean rhythm, strumming, and movement for the North American school steelband /  by Lennard V. Moses (2008)

The Symphony for band of Donald E. McGinnis : a guide for conductors / by Matthew Charles Saunders (2007)

A study of first-year students within The Ohio State University and the factors influencing nonparticipation in band programs at the collegiate level / by Michael John Stewart  (2007)

An index of wind band literature analyses from periodicals and university research / by Milton Allen  (2006)

A descriptive analysis of the fourteen Mid-American Conference athletic band programs / by Eric W. Aho  (2005)

A course in band literature based on a standard repertoire developed from the opinions of selected collegiate and secondary school band directors / by Carol M. Hayward  (2004)

The quality and technical difficulty of repertoire performed by non-auditioned, small college bands and the criteria considered in the selection of this literature / by Ronda E. King  (2001)

A study of factors influencing nonparticipation in collegiate band programs among first-year students in the Pacific-10 Athletic Conference / by John Bradley McDavid  (1999)

A descriptive analysis of the eleven Big Ten Conference marching band programs / by John Allen Fuller  (1995)

Notable percussion excerpts of the twentieth century wind-band repertoire / by Charles Timothy Sivils  (1995)

A selected annotated list of wind band works by Henry Cowell and a performance edition of his Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1 for Symphonic Band / by Jere by Brown, Jeremy Scott  (1993)

A status study of nonselective concert bands at selected colleges and universities / by Patrick Franklin Casey  (1993). Authorization/login required.

"A-tonal odyssey for band" : a detailed analysis / by David L. Taylor  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The brass band movement in North America : a survey of brass bands in the United States and Canada / by Ned Mark Hosler  (1992). Authorization/login required.

The influence of Leonard B. Smith on the heritage of the band in the United States / by Vincent Polce  (1991). Authorization/login required.

The effects of expressive and nonexpressive conducting on the performance accuracy of selected expression markings by individual high school instrumentalists / by Vincent James Sidoti  (1990). Authorization/login required.

Wind band performance repertoire at the university level : a survey of collegiate wind band curricula and current repertoire selection processes / by David Otto Woike  (1990)

The effect of conductor sensitization on ensemble response to articulation styles in high school bands / by John Wallace Taylor  (1989). Authorization/login required.

An auralization-based curriculum as a methodology for advanced aural skills training for wind band conductors / by Marcia Ann La Reau  (1989). Authorization/login required.

Marching band techniques in the music teacher education curriculum : a survey of high school band director needs and current university offerings and practices / by Frank Carl Tracz  (1987)

A descriptive analysis of relationships between verbal behaviors of teacher-conductors and ratings of selected junior high and senior high school band rehearsals / by Robert Alan Carpenter  (1986). Authorization/login required.

The effects of selected factors on the choice of freshmen instrumentalists in small colleges to participate or not to participate in the college concert band / by Garen Killion Milton  (1982)

The effects of structured singing activities and self-evaluation practice on elementary band students' instrumental music performance, melodic tonal imagery, self-evaluation, and attitude / by LaPointe Manuel Davis  (1981)

Relationship of private instrumental music instruction to the performance ratings of selected school bands / by Robert F. Kessler  (1961)

A performance guide to Friendly Persuasions : Homage to Poulenc by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer / by Daniel Christopher Stein (2019)

Vascularity and the hormonal cycle in female classical singers / by Kimberly Dawn Monzón (2019)

An Attentive Interpretation Study of Claude Debussy’s Trois chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano, Including Jake Heggie’s Arrangement of Trois Chansons de Bilitis for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet / by Élise DesChamps (2019)

From baritone to tenor: making the switch / by Weilong Tao  (2017)

Musical means in Mussorgsky's Songs and dances of death : a singer's study guide / by Jason Fuh  (2017)

The adolescent singing voice in the 21st century : vocal health and pedagogy promoting vocal health / by Rianne Marcum Gebhardt  (2016)

Humanistic vocal pedagogy: exploring a voice teacher's scope of practice through a perspective of wellness / by Emily Katherine Brand  (2016)

​ Teaching the songs of Ivor Gurney : an applied studio guide to the utilization of fourteen songs / by Errik M. Hood  (2015)

A study guide of the Taiwanese composer, Nan-Chang Chien, and his four aboriginal lieder for soprano and orchestra / by Szu-Yu Chu  (2014)

Guide of the voice teacher to vocal health for voice students : preventing, detecting and addressing symptoms / by Sarah Khatcherian Milo  (2014)

Perfecting your practice : rehearsal techniques and strategies for the undergraduate singer / by Jennifer Maxwell Whitehead  (2013)

That world of somewhere in between : the history of cabaret and the cabaret songs of Richard Pearson Thomas, Volume I / by Rebecca Eveleth Mullins  (2013)

Ernesto Lecuona : his life and his songs / by Olga Perez Flora  (2013)

A performance guide to Mandarin-Chinese diction and selected art songs / by Yung-Wei Sun  (2012)

A performer's guide to John Musto's song cycle, Quiet songs / by Ching-Yi Chen  (2012)

Translation into Korean of chapter 9, appendix I, and II of The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice by Barbara M. Doscher /  by Eunsook Lee (2011)

Bridging the gap, transitioning vocalists from academia to career / by Laura Michele Portune Cordell  (2011)

The Russian word in song: cultural and linguistic issues of classical singing in the Russian language / by Kathleen L. Manukyan  (2011)

Understanding Libby Larsen's "Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers" a collection of love songs / by Huei-en Hsuu  (2011)

Musical and lyrical multiplicity of hua'er flower songs / by Mo Li  (2011)

Hanns Eisler and his Hollywood Songbook : a survey of the Five Elegies (Fünf Elegien) and the Hölderlin Fragments (Hölderlin-Fragmente) / by Stanley E. Workman, Jr.  (2010)

​ Alan Louis Smith's Vignettes: Ellis Island : the history, evolution and performance of a modern American song cycle / by Tamara Brooke Regensburger  (2009)

The five song collections of John David Earnest set to the poetry of Robert Bode : a performer's perspective / by Dennis M. Bassett  (2009)

Ernest John Moeran : seven poems of James Joyce a singer's guide to preparation and performance / by Cyril Andrew Blosser  (2009)

​"I sing because I'm free" : developing a systematic vocal pedagogy for the modern gospel singer / by Crystal Yvonne Sellers  (2009)

​Stephen Foster and American song : a guide for singers / by Samantha Renee Mowery  (2008)

​ A performer's examination of John Musto's Shadow of the blues and Recuerdo / by Daniel Hunter-Holly  (2007)

Songs to the moon : a song cycle by Jake Heggie from poems by Vachel Lindsay / by Carolyn E. Redman  (2004)

The Liriche da camera of Francesco Santoliquido / by Abra K. Bush  (2003)

The owner's manual to the singing voice / by Rachael Kathleen Gates  (2002)

Briefly it enters : a song cycle by William Bolcom from poems by Jane Kenyon / by Nancy E. Jennings Jantsch  (2001)

The art songs of André Previn with lyrics by Toni Morrison : Honey and Rue and Four Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano a performer's perspective / by  Adrian, Stephanie McClure (2001)

Selected Gershwin songs as transcribed for the piano by George Gershwin and Earl Wild / by Yun-Ling Hsu  (2000)

​ The contributions of four African-American women composers to Amreican Art Song / by Carren D. Moham  (1997)

​ A performer's guide to the text and music of Dominick Argento's The Andrée Expedition / by Michael Andrew Paxson  (1997)

Twentieth-Century American Composer Thomas Pasatieri: An Examination of Style as Illustrated by the Works Set to the Text of American Poet Kit Van Cleave / by Beth Bauer  (1996)

​ Reflections of a life : biographical perspectives of Virginia Woolf illuminated by the music and drama of Dominick Argento's song cycle, "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf" / by Noelle Woods  (1996)

​ The songs of Franz Liszt / by Michael David Baron  (1993)

A survey and analysis of the published French and Irish songs for piano and voice of Sir Arnold Bax / by David Matthew Shockey  (1991)

​ The singing voice : effects of the menstrual cycle / by Cheryl Ann Hoover  (1991)

​ A study of methods used by exemplary college voice teachers in teaching improved vocal resonance / by Cynthia Renee Coleman  (1989)

An electromyographic study of preparatory set in singing as influenced by the Alexander technique / by Robert James Engelhart  (1989)

Twelve Rachmaninoff songs as transcribed for piano by Earl Wild : an introductory study / by Ching-Jen Wu  (1989)

​ Improving voice quality in pulmonary-assisted alaryngeal speakers through the application of singing techniques / by Kimberle I. Moon  (1984)

A performer's commentary on "To be Sung Upon the Water" by Dominick Argento / by Trucilla Marie Sabatino  (1980)

The early songs of Sergei Prokofiev and their relation to the synthesis of the arts in Russia, 1890-1922 / by Robert Kenneth Evans  (1971)

Discovering the nature of Robert Schumann's "Frauenliebe und Leben" / Helen Josephine Turner  (1963)

A conductor's guide to Dan Locklair's since dawn : a tone poem for narrator, chorus and orchestra / by Matthew Neal Russell  (2013)

A study of the original composition "Land of our birth" : composition for male chorus, brass, percussion, woodwinds and piano / by Michael George Martin  (2013)

Robert Schumann's part-songs for men's chorus and a detailed analysis of Fünf Gesänge (Jagdlieder), opus 137 / by Timothy David Sarsany  (2010)

Vocal preparation for the high school male : preparing the high school male soloist for contest/audition - a choral director's guide / by Todd Edward Ranney  (2009)

Gwyneth Walker : an annotated bio-bibliography of selected works for mixed chorus / by Richard L. Schnipke  (2008)

Selected baroque compositions with instrumental accompaniment for amateur choir / by Linda Cressman Busarow  (2007)

​ Four motets from the Florilegium portense / by Mark A. Chaney  (2007)

The messa di voce and its effectiveness as a training exercise for the young singer / by Diane M. Pulte  (2005)

​A choral organizational structure for the developing male singer / by Bevan T. Keating  (2004)

​An historical perspective of international champion quartets of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, 1939-1963 / by Benjamin Charles Ayling  (2000)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's music for men's voices including a detailed analysis of Festgesang: An die Künstler, opus 68 and Zwei Geistliche Manner /  by Joseph H. Janisch (1998)

The effect of phonetic instruction on performance of liturgical Latin diction for middle school mixed choirs / by Yu-Wen Pan  (1997). Authorization/login required.

Talking within music : an ethnographic study of choral instruction, verbal interactions and the resulting ensemble sounds within a high school choral rehearsal / by Mark Edward Rohwer  (1997). Authorization/login required.

The stylistic placement of War Requiem in Benjamin Britten's oeuvre / by Nikola Dale Strader  (1996)

Job satisfaction among high school choral music teachers in the state of Ohio / by Frank Kalani Poncé  (1994). Authorization/login required.

Memories of Early Childhood: a composition for mixed choir with organ accompaniment / by Linda Hofstetter Nolan  (1991). Authorization/login required.

An experimental study of a speech cue rhythmic subdivision design in the remediation of rhythmic performance skills of junior high school mixed choirs / by Richard L. Mallonee  (1991)

A perceptual study of vocal registers in the singing voices of children / by Pamela Sewell Wurgler  (1990)

Acoustical placement of voices in choral formations / by Robert Dale Tocheff  (1990)

Welsh choral music in America in the nineteenth century / by Linda Louise Pohly  (1989). Authorization/login required.

Evaluation of procedures to develop selected choral rehearsal skills with undergraduate choral methods students / by Robert Allen Petty  (1987)

A descriptive analysis of the rehearsal behaviors of selected exemplary junior high and middle school choir directors / by Pamela Dayle Hopton Fiocca  (1986)

The seven last words / by Dorothy Elder Stewart  (1985). Authorization/login required.

The Dies Irae as used by Sergei Rachmaninoff : some sources, antecedents, and applications / by Susan Jeanne Woodard  (1984)

Vocal pedagogy in the choral rehearsal : the influence of selected concepts on choral tone quality, student understanding of the singing process, and student attitudes toward choir participation / by Lynn Ann Corbin  (1982)

"Song of a man and a nation's experience": a Cantata based on poetry by Walt Whitman / by Douglas Paul Starr  (1978). Authorization/login required.

Problems of composing choral music for high school use / by Harrison Leslie Adams  (1973)

A study of difference tones as related to choral singing / by Maurice Andrew Worland  (1948)

Registration strategies of professional operatic mezzo-sopranos / by Katherine Celine Osborne (2015)

The crossover opera singer : bridging the gap between opera and musical theater / by Keyona Willis-Lynam (2015)

The study of 'Alice in Wonderland' of Unsuk Chin / by Eun Seok Park (2014)

Puccini's creation of the role of Liù in his opera Turandot : a soprano's preparation of the role and a historical perspective / by Sanghee Kim (2001).

Operatic reform in Turin : aspects of production and stylistic change in the 1760s / by Margaret Ruth Butler (2000). 

Fusion of musical styles and cultures in Bright Sheng's opera "The Song of Majnun" / by Chiung-Tan Hsu (1999)

Musical and dramatic structure in the finales of the operas of Giacomo Puccini / by Micheal F. Anders (1997)

An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Russian Arias for Tenor: A Guide to Performance / by Larry Wayne Fralick, Jr. (1995). 

Opera workshop for the undergraduate: more than aria coaching / by Christine Anne Janis (1994). 

Marc Blitzstein's Regina : a pivotal work in American musical theatre / by Anne Bill Foradori (1994)

Factors influencing performance standards for professional opera singers from 1600 to the present time / by David Michael Rives (1993)

American operas on American themes by American composers : a survey of characteristics and influences / by Penelope Ann Speedie (1991). 

​Meyerbeer's Le prophète : a history of its composition and early performances / by Alan Armstrong (1990). 

​ The piano in Alban Berg's opera, Lulu / by Mary Jane Fahrenbruck (1990)

A comparative study of "Le Barbier de Séville", the original play, and the two operas "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Giovanni Paisiello and Giochino Rossini / by Ricky Ricardo Little (1985). 

The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny : an interpretive staging as applied to University Opera Theater productions / by David Neil Stoffel (1983). 

The hope of reconciliation : a stylistic characteristic of Sir Michael Tippett culminating in "The Ice Break" / by Beverly Jean Vaughn (1982).

Franz Liszt and his Verdi opera transcriptions / by Peter Paul Dorgan (1982)

​ Descriptive analysis of three one-act operas by Seymour Barab / by Heather Joy Parr (1982)

The dramatic function of poetic and musical forms in a Savoy opera prototype / by Jaropolk Lassowsky (1981)

A study of vocal demands in selected early German romantic operas / by Mary Gilley Schiller (1979).

Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe : an investigation of its historical accuracy and the feasibility of a historical production in the Tabor Opera House / by Randie Lee Blooding (1979)

A study of the composition and performance of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha / by Rubye Nell Hebert (1976)

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Doctoral Dissertations

Submissions from 2024 2024.

The French Piano School's Pedagogical Influence on Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Piano Etudes: A Narrative Inquiry , Kenner Layne Bailey

Overcoming Barriers to Multicultural Instrumental Music Education: Towards a Practical Pedagogy , Corbin Clark

The Symptoms of Music Performance Anxiety Unique to College Music Majors Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities , Kevin D. Durham

The Inclusive Music Classroom for Elementary Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders , Benjamin Bartow Harrison

The Effects of High School Instrumental Music Performance Anxiety on the Accelerated Recovery of Social Anxiety , Staci Leigh Hatmaker

Primary General Music: Trauma-Informed Instruction in Title I Schools in Post-Pandemic Georgia , Sarah-Ann Higgins

Fear of Failure in High School Band Sight Reading: Effects on Student and Teacher Experiences , Andrew D. Lightner

The Impact of Popular Music Education in Building and Maintaining Rural East Tennessee High School Band Programs , Christopher L. Metcalfe

Music Education for All: A Study of Non-Traditional Music Courses in Secondary Schools , Ormond L. Moore

Philosophies of Empirical and Habitual Teaching: Healthy Vocal Methodologies in Higher Education for the Twenty-first Century , Katie Denise Osuamkpe

Choral Educators’ Perspectives on Block Scheduling in Middle Schools , Heather Anderson Perryman

The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Motivation in Secondary Instrumental Music , Martha Jane Robinson

Recommendations for Improving the Recruitment of High School Orchestra Students Using Basic Psychological Needs Theory , Ryan Michael Silvestri

The Relationship Between Participation in Chorus and the Acquisition of Higher-Order Reasoning Skills Among Middle School Students , Jason M. Streun

Rural Music Pedagogy in Minnesota Secondary Band Classes a Qualitative Case Study , Kelly R. Taylor

The Interdisciplinary Music Degree: Music Education, Music Performance, and Music and Fine Arts Administration , Edwin R. Williams

Submissions from 2023 2023

Success vs. Survival: The Challenges of Teaching K-12 School Music in South Metro Atlanta , Davion Rashad Battle

A Model for the Development of a Popular Music Listening Curriculum , Micki Michele Berlin

Recruiting and Retaining Non-Traditional Secondary Music Students Through Modern Band , Luke Besong

And All Those Jazz Hands! A Curricular Show Choir in an Elementary Public School: A Case Study , Anne Valadia Binkley

High Musical Achievement in Underserved High School Band Programs: A Qualitative Study , Delton Marcus Brown

More Than Just Drums: Examining the Effectiveness of Percussion Methods Curriculum in Preparing Instrumental Music Teachers to Develop Successful Percussion Programs , Thomas Brown

Strategies for Creating and Building College Band Programs within Institutions Under a 5000-Student Population , Joshua Benjamin Buckrucker

A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of American and British Military Bandmasters’ Experiences and the Influence on the Development of the American Public School Band Movement , Michael L. Burrage

A Provident Mindset to Impostor Phenomenon of In-Service Music Educators , Jerry Mark Buttrum

Skoo-Bee-Dee-Boo-Bop-Scat: The Impacts of Vocal Jazz Improvisational Techniques on the Secondary Choral Student and Secondary Choral Program , Sara Beth Carroll

College Theory Curriculum: Using the Philosophical Essence of Comprehensive Musicianship to Integrate Composition , Daniel Pierce Cather

The Effects of the Orff Approach on Language Acquisition for Spanish Foreign Language Students , Kimberly Jean Clare Chimento-Tichacek

The Benefits of Hybrid Picking in an Undergraduate Guitar Curriculum to Equip Students for a Diverse Performance Career , Keith L. Cooper

The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Administrator Support on Middle School All-County Chorus Selections , Celeste Rae Cruz

The Effects of Repertoire Selection and Classroom Configuration on the Middle School Classroom Environment , Bethany Marie Davis

Incorporating Ethnomusicology in Undergraduate Choral Music Education , Cara S Gerritsen Davis

Authentic Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching and Learning Bluegrass Fiddling, Including an Examination of Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe , Derek Cooper Deakins

Music Advocacy: The Cognitive Development, Behavioral and Emotional Management, and Academic Success that Music Education Provides Students in Louisiana’s Low Socioeconomic Elementary Schools , Cory D. Dugar

A Case for Offering an Associate of Fine Arts in Music at Community Colleges in Rural Northwestern and Northern Regions of North Carolina , Frieda Eakins

Musical Excellence and Faith: A Study of Service-Learning as Pedagogy for Instrumental Ensembles at Northwest University , Naomi Lynn Fanshier

The Impact of Classroom and Behavioral Management on the Quality and Level of Learning in Music Education , Matthew Nicholas Farr

Music Education and At-Risk Students: A Home for Everyone , Sherry L. Francis

Potential Pathways to Culturally Relevant Licensure , Jeremy Reuben Fritts

Remote Learning in Collegiate Instrumental Courses: The Impact of Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Remote Learning , Beverly R. Gard

Student and Parent/Guardian Perceptions of the Effects of Extra-Curricular Drumming Ensemble Participation on Social-Emotional Learning in a Title I Elementary School , Jennifer Nicole Gray

Parental Perspectives on the Role of Music as a Core Subject , Justine M. Hansen

Creating Talent: The Effect of Environment on the Development of Musical Skill , Nathan Jeffrey Herfindahl

Microeconomic Social and Resource Barriers to Music Education Expansion in Impoverished South Carolina Areas , Anna Susanne Holley

Groove Comes to the Cumberlands: The Importance of Percussion Education in Appalachia , Timothy Adam Hopper

The Perception of K-12 Instrumental Directors in Low-Income Areas on Virtual Learning with Skill Development and Retention , Anthony Lewis Hunt

The Analysis of Superintendents’ Perspectives on the Role and Function of Secondary Band Programs in Coastal Georgia , Michael Eugene Hutchinson

Perceived Problems and Advantages Associated with Teaching Band in Rural Northern New York , Joseph Charles Ianaconi

Music Education in the Military: Perceptions of Secondary Band Directors’ Service as Veteran Military Musicians , DeMarius Dejuan Jackson

Jackson State University the Sonic Boom of the South: Strategies for Recruitment and Retention through Marching Band Enrollment , Ramon Latrell Jackson

Teacher Perceptions of the Benefits of Duets in Private Trumpet Lessons: A Qualitative Survey Study of University Teachers in South Carolina , Todd Edison Jenkins

The Declining Enrollment of San Diego County High School Music Programs from 2006-2021 , Charles James Jirkovsky

The Benefits of the Suzuki Method for Children’s Cognitive and Physical Development: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Suzuki Specialists , Hyeyeon Kim

Music Education of Korean-American Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Living in Los Angeles County and Orange County , Hyoungjik Kim

Non-Music Major Participation in Collegiate Marching Bands: A Necessary Demographic Required for the Survival of the Collegiate Marching Band , Alexander Scott Kirby

How Successful Middle School Band Directors Display Supplemental Illustrations, Instructions, and Reference Material in Their Classrooms , Christopher Ryan Kristich

The Effectiveness of K-12 Online Music Education During the COVID-19 Lockdown , Christopher Lafser

Elementary Music Teacher Preparation Gaps in Cultural Diversity: Exceptional Populations , Joshua Learn

Predicting the Effects of Social-Emotional Learning and Teacher-Student Relationships on the Middle School Choir Classroom Atmosphere , Rachel Elizabeth LeGrand

Perceptions of Applying Universal Design for Learning to Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music to Increase Engagement of Students with Autism. , Whitney Leanne Mansell

Exploring the Semblant Effects of COVID-19 on Minnesota High School Band Programs , Matthew Glen Marsolek

Preserving the Craft: An Exploration of the Performance Techniques of Marching Bands at Historically Black Colleges and Universities , Freamon McNair III

The Influences of Music on the Confidence and Sense of Belonging of Children , Melinda Sue Mertz

A Content Analysis and Comparison of Beginning Band Methods and Beginning Studio Methods for Euphonium , Donald Joseph Palmire

Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance: A Review of Related Literature with CMP Based Unit and Lesson Plans for Middle School Band , Timothy M. Pietrofere

Male Recruitment Strategies for Middle School Chorus , Bryan Cody Rante

Discovering the Pedagogy and Secrets of Gamification and Game-Based Learning Applied to the Music Theory Classroom , Jordan E. Montana Richards

Iñupiaq Culture and Wind Band: An Analysis of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Access to Music Education on Alaska's North Slope , Christian Eugene Roseboro

The Effects of Aligning and Integrating English Language Proficiency and Development and Music Standards on Interactive Skills Achievement , Karly Marie Schindler

Exploring the Foundations of Music Education Learning Communities in Rural Texas School Districts , Carnell De'leon Simmons

The Effects of Culturally Responsive Teaching on Three Black or African American High School Choral Students in the Greater Hartford Region , Samuela Jean Simpson

Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and the 2014 National Music Ensemble Standards in High School Instrumental Programs , David Paul Sohayda

Interdisciplinary Studies in General Music Education: Enhancing Learning Across Content Areas , Tara Kathleen Roof Stradley

Rebuilding the Secondary School Choral Program after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Tools for Teachers and Administrators and Implications for Future Disruptions to Education , Brandon Allan Stroup

A Qualitative Study Comparing the Teaching Philosophies and Practices of Children's Choir Artistic Directors in South-Central Ontario , Rebecca Hope Strutt

Preparing Pre-Service Music Educators to More Effectively Teach Students with Special Needs , James Patrick Tully

SEL and Community Engagement Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Suburban Middle School Band Students , Gina Marie Vingara

A Comparative Study of the Marching Bands at Four Historically Black Colleges and Universities , Taylor Leonard Whitehead

Submissions from 2022 2022

Tell Me A Story: A Multi-Model Analysis of Select Lester Young Solos , Rabon Michael Bewley

Take SIX, Their Music, and the Impact on Music Education , Roberto L. Burton

Frederick Chopin's Life and Works and It's Influence on Applied Piano Teaching , Pablo A. Cintron

Teaching and Learning Music Technologically , Esteban Molina Cordovez

Development and Pedagogy of Vocal Jazz Ensembles According to Illinois High School Choral Directors: Perspectives , Andrew Baguisa Evangelista

Applying Patriotic and National Songs to American Elementary Music Education Curricular Standards , Ashley Virginia Finke

Engaging Middle School Students Through Music History Mini-Lessons: a Mixed-Methods Study , Jessica Bentley Frerich

The Conservation of Resources Theory in Relation to Teacher Stress in Mainstreaming Students with Multiple Disabilities , Rose Geoffroy

Equipping College Students for a Marching Percussion Career in the United States , Thomas Paul Goddard

Effect of Vertical Alignment on Elementary, Middle, and High School Music Programs , Tamekia Denise Holliday

720-960 Steps: A Historical Review of Contemporary Techniques and Pedagogies and How They Revolutionized Pageantry for the Modern Marching Band , Stanley K. Holloway

Adapting a Suzuki and Bornoff Method Curriculum in a Beginning Public School Strings Class with a Class of Mixed String Instruments , Monica Jane Holy

Social Emotional Learning in the Choral Classroom , Courtney A. Hulsey

Impact of a Comprehensive Musicianship Through Performance Program on an International School Band During COVID-19 , Anna Lee Siew Hui

Strategies to Encourage Continued Choral Participation Among Adolescent Male Students , Joseph Michael Lewis

Competing With Small Town Football: The Challenges of Teaching High School Band in Rural America , Christopher John Libby

Harmonica Pedagogy for the Full Inclusion Instrumental Music Classroom, Expanding Opportunities for Students with Disabilities , George Wallace Miklas

Back to School: Changes in Elementary General Music Curriculum Design After COVID-19 , David Christian Moniz

Using Popular Music to Engage the Multiculturally Diverse Secondary School Band , Todd Waldon Murphy

Eliciting Music Performance Anxiety of Vocal and Piano Students Through the Use of Virtual Reality , Keith Brian Pace

Challenging the Norm: A Hybrid Philosophy Based on Praxial and Aesthetic Philosophies for Elementary Music Classrooms , John Shane Padgett

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Music Theses and Dissertations

This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Music, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

The Indomitable Basque: an orchestral work in three movements inspired by the Basque Whalers of Labrador of the Sixteenth Century , Aiden Hartery

Concerto for Piano Duet , Edgar R. Suski

Well, DAW! That’s Why I Don’t Sound Like the Recording: Music Production in Elementary School Music Education , Johnny Touchette

A Musicology of Record Production - Research Creation, Gender, and Creative Reflective Practice in Project-Paradigm Music Production , Lydia Wilton

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Musical Behaviours, Dispositions, and Tendencies: Exploring Church Music-Making Through a Theory of Practice , Laura E. Benjamins

A Comparative Analysis of the Early Twentieth-Century Music Appreciation and Community Music Movements in the United States , Andrew J. Blimke

Moments of meeting: 'Intersubjective encounters' and ‘emancipatory’ experiences of individuals with (intellectual) disabilities in inclusive musical contexts , Caroline Blumer

"That's the Way I Am, Heaven Help Me": The Role of Pronunciation in Billy Bragg's Music , Mary Blake Bonn

Singing Our Stories: Building Community and Developing Self-Empowerment in the Childless Voices Choir , Laura Curtis

Non-Directed Time , Danial Derakhshan

Soundcurrents: Exploring sound’s potential to catalyze creative critical consciousness in adolescent music students and undergraduate music education majors , Jashen i. Edwards

The Effect of Coping Verses Mastery Models on the Level of Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Music Learning, Self-Efficacy for Classical Guitar Playing and Guitar Achievement for Undergraduate Non-Music Majors , Patrick K. Feely Mr

A Study of Art Song Composition and Interpretation by Three Female German Composers in the Mid-Nineteenth Century , Churan Feng

Music Making in Elderly Community Program for Korean Immigrants in Canada , H. Elisha Jo

The Maker - A Multi-Media Opera in Two Acts , Aaron Lee

Vibes at the Village Vanguard: Hauntings, History, and the Construction of Jazz Place , Mark McCorkle

Transference Music: For Electric Guitar Soloist and Amplified Orchestra , Andrew Noseworthy

Prokofiev and the Soviet Dilemma: Censorship, Autonomy, and the Piano Transcriptions , Connor O'Kane

Changing Minds And Changing Practice: Barriers And Facilitators To The Use Of Methods Associated With Popular Musicianship, And Strategies Music Teachers Use To Navigate Them , Rhiannon Simpson

The Collective Unconscious , Yixuan Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Seeing Thro the Musical Eye: Santo Daime, Fuke-shū, 1960s Psychedelia, and the Antipodes of Musical Experience , Forest Anthony-Muran

The Contrabass Tuned in Fifths: Towards an Understanding of Past and Present Applications. , Stephen T. Bright

Sound Judgements: Music Education Framework for Guiding Digital Mixing Practice , Artur Kapron

Musical Signification in Biber's Rosary Sonatas , Frangel Lopez Cesena

The Classical Sonata Forms of Franz Schubert’s Great C-Major Symphony: Exploring Tonal Structure in the New Romantic Style , Liam J. McDermott

Secondary Instrumental Ensemble: A Shift Towards Non-Normative Learning Practices , Kristine Musgrove

Gesture in Steve Reich's Music and its Signification: A Referential Approach to His Process, Stylistic, and Postminimalist Works , Martin Ross

Voice Image: developing a new construct for vocal identity , Bethany R. Turpin

The Tale of Rowan O'Shera (A Musical Drama) , Emma T.L. Verdonk

The Ghosts of Madwomen Past: Historical and Psychiatric Madness on the Late Twentieth-Century Opera Stage , Diana Wu

Exploring Musical Knowledge Within One Canadian School Of Music: Ideology, Pedagogy, And Identity , Kyle Zavitz

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Re-imagining Brazilian Portuguese IPA: A practical guide utilizing Paulo Maron’s new opera Lampião , Jorge Luiz Alves Trabanco Filho

Music Sounds Better With You , M Gillian Carrabre

Coloquio entre dos Perros, Comic Chamber Opera in Nine Scenes , Sandra Rocio Fuya-Duenas

Waves of Lament , Kennedy Kimber-Johnson

Mood, Music Choices, and the Emotional Outcomes of Music Listening: An Examination of the Moderating Role of Rumination using Experience-Sampling Methodology , Elizabeth E. Kinghorn

Speaking Songs: Music-Analytical Approaches to Spoken Word , Chantal D. Lemire

Music for Self-Attention , Jeffrey A T Lupker

Music of Peace and Protest: U.S. Composers and Musical Activism during the Vietnam War (1965-1971) , April P. Morris

A Thematic Analysis Of Nicolas Martynciow’s "Impressions Pour Caisse Claire Et Deux Toms" And A Dissection of the Extended Techniques Required For Performance , Joe Moscheck

A Narrative Approach to the Barcarolles for Solo Piano by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , Matthew T. Pope

Motivic Metamorphosis: Modelling Intervallic Transformations in Schoenberg’s Early Works , Adam Roy

The Integration of the Style Hongrois into Brahms’s Musical Language in His Chamber Works , Raymond D. Truong

Ann Southam's Solo Piano Music: A Performance Guide , Amelia G. Yates

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Critical Border Crossing: Exploring Positionalities Through Soundscape Composition and Critical Reflection , Kelly Bylica

See It and Believe It: An Investigation into Singers' Imagery Use , Brianna DeSantis

Domenico Dragonetti: A case study of the 12 unaccompanied waltzes , Jury T. Kobayashi

Understanding Viktor Ullmann Through His Liederbuch des Hafis , Chad G. Louwerse

Dreamvision Songbook: Five Songs for Mixed Ensemble , Maxwell R. Lucas Mr.

The Alia musica and the Carolingian Conception of Mode , Matthew R J Nace

Music Education in a Liquid Social World: The Nuances of Teaching with Students of Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds , Gabriela Ocádiz Velázquez

Exploring Being Queer and Performing Queerness in Popular Music , Rosheeka Parahoo

Music in the Moment of "Cyber Culture:" An Outward Spiral , Brandon Sked

The Search for Canadian Art Song: Developing the Framework for a Database of Art Song by Canadian Composers , Leanne Vida

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Contexts for Musical Modernism in Post-1945 Mexico: Federico Ibarra - A Case Study , Francisco Eduardo Barradas Galván

"It's Obvious Who Plays an Instrument and Who Doesn't": Using Doxa and Illusio to Explore Inequities in English School Music Education , Alison Butler

Creative Collaborations: The Songs/Poems of Canadian Artists Leslie Uyeda and Lorna Crozier , Jennifer Cyr

James Rolfe's Vocal Chamber Music: A Performance Analysis and Interpretation , Laura Duffy

Understanding Game Scoring: Software Programming, Aleatoric Composition and Mimetic Music Technology , Mack Enns

Prufrock: a Monodrama for Baritone and Electronics , Daniel Gardner

The Impact of Expanded, Multimodal Applications during a German Lied Performance , Adam Domenico Iannetta

Forward and Up: An Exploration of Implementations of the Alexander Technique in Post-Secondary Music Institutions , Mei Lee

No Space to Sing: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Classical Singers with Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia , Elizabeth Lepock

Playscapes for Piano Trio , James Lowrie

Exploring Stretto: An Investigation into the Use of Stretto in J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier , Kathryn McDonald

Performing Identities, Performing Possibilities: A Music-Centered and Relational Perspective on Performance in Community Music Therapy and Music Education , Elizabeth Mitchell

The Lieder of Joseph Marx and the Italienisches Liederbuch , Caleb Mora

Musical Ekphrasis in Concert: Case Study of Alexey Khevelev’s Chagall Vitraux , Natalia Skomorokhova

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

...and the songs of another... for Six Voices & Live Electronics , Matthew David Becker

The Art Songs of Kyrylo Stetsenko: Ukrainian Lyric Diction Guide , Olena Bratishko

The Effects of Infertility on Female Vocalist Identity , Laura Curtis

The Significance of Aram Khachaturian and His Piano Concerto , Sarah M. Dardarian

Job: An Oratorio for Voices and Chamber Ensemble , Kevin Gibson

Rachmaninoff's Piano Works and Diasporic Identity 1890-1945: Compositional Revision and Discourse , Renee MacKenzie

Capriccio for Mixed Ensemble and Piano , André McEvenue

Toward A Pedagogical Guide To Argentine Art Song , Matthew B. Pauls

Teaching Prospective Verdi Baritones: A Repertoire-Based Approach , Andrew Rethazi

The Donnelly Opera , Joshua L. Richardson

The Old House , Eric Swiatoschik

The Political Power of Carlos Chávez and His Influence Upon Silvestre Revueltas and Blas Galindo , Yolanda Tapia

Six Blake Songs , Willyn Whiting

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

The Effects of Video Recording on the Level of Expertise and Self-Regulated Learning Ability of Adults in a Beginner Classical Guitar Class , Patrick K. Feely

Teleology in César Franck's Prélude, Choral et Fugue , Stephanie Gouin

Antoinette, an Opera in One Act , Colin McMahon

Audio Mastering as a Musical Competency , Matthew T. Shelvock

Fuzzy Family Ties: Familial Similarity Between Melodic Contours of Different Cardinalities , Kristen Wallentinsen

Felix Mendelssohn and Sonata Form in the Nineteenth Century , Katharine G. Walshaw

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Requiem , Wendell Glick

Namazu , Sean Kim

Two Movements for Orchestra , Jeff Lupker

Musical Forces in Claude Vivier’s Wo bist du Licht! and Trois airs pour un opéra imaginaire , Emilie L. Marshall

Ethos , William T. Nicolaou

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

A Study of Form and Structure in Pierre Boulez's Pli selon Pli , Emily J. Adamowicz

Family Music Listening Legacies: A Case Study-based Investigation of the Intergenerational Transmission of Music Listenership Values in Five Families , Jillian Bracken

J. S. Bach's Modal Compositional Practice in the Chorale Preludes for Solo Organ: A Schenkerian Perspective , Michael Fitzpatrick

A cross-generational examination of learner engagement and agency in non-traditional music education programs , Jennifer M. J. Lang

Amor Fati , Aaron Lee

In Search Of Transformative Music Learning Experiences: Voices From The Margins In Northeastern Brazil , Nan Qi

Heteroglossia: Novella For Orchestra , Andrzej J. Tereszkowski

Sophie, A Music Drama for Solo Soprano and Chamber Ochestra , Alondra Vega-Zaldivar

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Oxford dissertations  have traditionally been deposited in hard-copy in the Bodleian and are treated as manuscripts. All doctoral dissertations now have entries on SOLO  and many more recent theses are available in full-text through Oxford's research repository ORA . Composition degrees also involve the deposit of portfolio submissions or degree 'exercises', many of which (some dating back to the 18th century) are held in the Weston Library.

For general information on accessing theses and dissertations, click here .

The principal published lists of dissertations on music are:

• Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology – Online . DDM  is a free international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines. Hosted by the American Musicological Society, the database currently containing over 14,000 records, including the corrected and updated contents of all earlier printed editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology and its supplements contributed from musicological centres throughout the world.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses in all subjects. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes content from PQDT UK & Ireland (aka Index to Theses). 
• EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service) is a British Library service covering dissertations from most British universities. Search over 500,000 doctoral theses and register for free to download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily. Hard-copy theses can sometimes be made available in the Bodleian on Inter-Library Loan .
• Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music  provides abstracts both to completed dissertations and to those in progress.

Other sources for European dissertations:

• DART-Europe E-theses Portal  provides access to 1,079,176 open access research theses from 570 Universities in 29 European countries.
• Full retrospective lists of German-language dissertations to 1970 will be found in Richard Schaal: Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger musikwissenschaftlicher Dissertationen (Bärenreiter, 1963; with supplement 1974). Retrospective coverage of French dissertations will be found in Jean Gribenski's printed guide: Thèses de doctorat en langue française relatives à la musique (Pendragon Press, 1979).
• Many printed dissertations from European universities, and a small number of American dissertations, are held by the Bodleian. Most can be found on SOLO .
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Alessandri, E. (2014) Evaluating recorded performance: an investigation of music criticism through Gramophone reviews of Beethoven piano sonata recordings. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Aljabri, K. (2017) Exploring strategies for developing Western classical music education in the Sultanate of Oman. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Ascenso, S. (2022) Musicians’ wellbeing: a cross-sectional investigation within the framework of Positive Psychology. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Aufegger, L. (2016) The investigation of musicians’ physiological and psychological responses to performance stress. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Austen, C. (2020) 'I’m not injured, this is just my life': an exploration of the experiences of conservatoire students with chronic playing-related musculoskeletal disorders. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Barton, D. C. M. (2020) The autonomy of private instrumental teachers: its effect on valid knowledge construction, curriculum design, and quality of teaching and learning. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Betts, N. (2020) The personal and social impact of non-accredited music education in prison: a transformative mixed methods approach to research in custodial settings. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Bowen, D. K. (2022) The bass clarinet in bassoon form: its history, repertoire and acoustics. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Bower, B. (2016) The Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, 1865-1879: a case study of the nineteenth-century programme note. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Bradford, N. (2021) What is the effect of active music participation on well-being among adults with Down's syndrome? Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Casey, E. (2020) Exploring the perceived impact of extensive training in the Alexander technique on the day-to-day lives of professional musicians. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Chen, A. (2022) Synthrumentation, revisited: towards a new method of additively synthesising speech in acoustic instrumental contexts. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Christensen, A. M. (2018) The solo for a violin: a new perspective on the Italian violinists in London in the eighteenth century. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Delgado, I. (2020) How can musicians make music with people with dementia?: an investigation of musician-led musical practices for those living with dementia. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Destounis, K. (2019) The solo piano works of Theodore Antoniou in the context of contemporary Greek piano repertoire: a performer’s approach. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Falconer, E. (2022) The case for Casella: towards new methods of understanding and interpreting the Italian Modernist pianist-composer. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Feshareki, S. (2019) A quest to find ‘real': September 2014 – February 2017. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Fonte, V. (2020) Reconsidering memorisation in the context of non-tonal piano music. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Garcia-Tomas, R. (2019) Interdisciplinarity: an expansion of my creative approach. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Gentili, B. (2019) The invention of the ‘modern’ voice: changing aesthetics of vocal registration in Italian opera singing 1870-1925. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Gibbs, F. J. (2018) The Royal Albert Hall: a case study of an evolving cultural venue. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Hexel, V. (2014) Understanding contextual agents and their impact on recent Hollywood film music practice. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Hillier, E. (2022) Composing with timbre: saturation, (dis)integration and space. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Ho, A. (2024) Reflecting and reimagining transnational Chinese identity through composition. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Huang, W. L. (2019) An investigation into Taiwanese music college students' self-management of musical performance anxiety. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Illean Finnis, L. (2021) Vanishing points: a personal approach to non-tempered tuning. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Lam, C. Y. (2023) In the process of becoming: an ethnographic case study of the development of community music practice in Hong Kong. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Lapshin, K. (2019) Expressive inflection: applying the principles of Sergey Rachmaninoff’s performance in my own practice. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Liu, Y. (2019) An exploration towards the enrichment of a personal musical language in musical composition. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Low, J. (2020) A pianist’s perspective on song transposition, focusing on Robert Schumann’s Liederreihe nach Kerner Op. 35. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Lucas, N. (2020) Informing performance of Prokofiev's piano music: researching the musical score. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Mannion, R. (2019) Mise en Abyme: immersive performance and composition practices through interdisciplinarity, collaboration and music technology. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Mantovani, L. (2019) Ferdinand Rebay and the reinvention of guitar chamber music. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

McHugh, E. R. (2018) The vocality of the dramatic soprano voice in Richard Strauss's Salome and Elektra. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Morgan, F. (2020) Common cents: the experiences of low-income students in high-profile conservatoires. Masters thesis, Royal College of Music.

Morrish, N. (2021) Braiding time: in search of sounds from within. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Nardacci, F. (2024) New perspectives on the Italian instrumental music renaissance over the long nineteenth century. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Neergaard, B. (2018) Schumann as aspiring pianist: technique, sonority, and composition. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Paolantonio, P. (2022) Music in the community: investigating the effects of group music making programmes on older adults and higher education music students. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Querns Langley, K. E. (2021) Reconstructing the tenor ‘pharyngeal voice’: a historical and practical investigation. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Ramos, J. (2024) Technology and composition — an autoethnography on the influence of electronics on orchestration practice. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Razumovskaya, M. (2014) Heinrich Neuhaus: aesthetics and philosophy of an interpretation. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Rees, C. (2014) Collaboration in practice: developing a repertoire of extended techniques for the Kingma System alto and bass flute. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Scotting, R. (2018) Unknown Senesino: Francesco Bernardi’s vocal profile and dramatic portrayal, 1700-1740. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Sekar, S. P. (2024) Liveness, Liveliness, aLiveness: an empirical study on audience experience in Film-with-Live-Orchestra concerts. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Taylor, K. A. C. (2021) An investigation of musicians' goals as motivators and regulators. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Taylor-West, L. (2023) Modularity, technology, and geometry in compositional practice: a portfolio of original compositions. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Thompson, T. D. (2016) The vocality of Sibyl Sanderson in Massenet’s Manon and Esclarmonde. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Verschuren, W. (2023) Giants of the dulcian family: an exploration of the doppelfagott and the fagotcontra in music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Waddell, G. (2019) Time to decide: a study of evaluative decision-making in music performance. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Windle, G. (2019) The impact of engagement with the arts on the health and wellbeing of hospital inpatients with dementia. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Wong, M. H. Y. (2023) Arrangements as a creative tool towards the performance of J. S. Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001–1006. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

Štšura, M. (2021) Translating twenty-first-century orchestral scores for the piano: transcription, reduction and performability. Doctoral thesis, Royal College of Music.

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PhD programs

The Harvard Department of Music does not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry or any other protected classification.

Musicology at Harvard offers intensive training in historical and cultural approaches to the study of music. While our program has an emphasis on Western music, students increasingly explore wide-ranging geographies and subjects. We take an expansive view of the field and encourage our students to do the same. Most graduate courses in musicology are research seminars; many treat specific topics and theoretical approaches, while others deal with methodology and recent trends in the field. The musicology faculty also offer proseminars that are open to both graduate and undergraduate students. At the end of two years of study, graduate students take a General Examination. In year three, having passed the General Exam, students begin to teach and craft a Ph.D. dissertation proposal; subsequent years are devoted to teaching, research, writing, and professional development. An important aspect of the Harvard program in musicology is its interdisciplinary breadth, which includes training in ethnomusicology and music theory. Students often also take seminars in other departments – and are encouraged to do so. Accreditation in secondary fields is available through many programs, such as  American Studies ,  Critical Media Practice ,  Medieval Studies ,  Romance Languages and Literatures , and  Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality , to name a few.

Special Resources

The deep holdings of the  Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library  include a substantial recording archive, and the  Isham Memorial Library  houses rare original books, scores, and personal archives ranging from the Randy Weston Archive to Sir Georg Solti’s annotated conducting scores. Additional resources on campus include the Special Collections at  Houghton Librar y and the  Harvard Theater Collection , one of the largest performing arts collections in the world. The department also maintains a selection of musical instruments for study and performance, including early keyboards and a consort of viols. The  Mahindra Humanities Center ,  Film Study Center ,  Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies , Harvard University  Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti  (Florence),  Hutchins Center  for African & African American Research,  David Rockefeller Center  for Latin American Studies,  Charles Warren Center  for the Study of American History, and several other campus institutions provide additional intellectual resources and funding for graduate student research. Faculty and graduate students hold conferences each year on a variety of topics; artists in residence and visiting artists often enrich coursework, and some courses provide opportunities for students to perform.

Language Requirements for Musicology

Two languages are required. The languages will be chosen in consultation with the program’s graduate advisor, and wherever possible should be relevant to future research. We encourage students to pass both languages before taking the general exam. In the event this is not possible, both languages need to be passed by the end of the fall semester of the third year.

Ethnomusicology at Harvard offers intensive training in ethnographic method as well as study of theories, problems, and approaches relevant to the study of any living musical tradition in its cultural setting. By the end of the second year of study, students select primary and secondary fields of specialization, which may be defined by region (for example, Turkish or West African music); by musical styles (such as jazz or popular music); or by topic or theoretical approach (organology or aesthetics). The Harvard program has particular strengths in regions stretching from the Mediterranean to India, in Africa and African diasporas, and in urban America. There are excellent resources both in the music department and across the disciplines at Harvard in critical theory. Collaborations are encouraged among ethnomusicology and  other music department programs in historical musicology, music theory, composition, and creative practice and critical inquiry. Six to eight ethnomusicology courses—usually four seminars and four proseminars or undergraduate classes—are offered each year as part of the regular curriculum. Graduate seminars explore ethnomusicological methods and theories as they are applied to the study of music, as well as a wide range of issues and materials, while proseminars focus on music styles or distinctive musical settings. An important aspect of the Harvard ethnomusicology program is that students receive training in Western music and its history as well as exposure to the methods and theories of historical musicology and music theory. A vital aspect of ethnomusicological training at Harvard is exposure to other disciplines, with particular emphasis upon anthropology, history, area studies, linguistic training, and theoretical frameworks related to the student’s specialization.

The Ethnomusicology laboratory ,  Archive of World Music , special library collections,  Peabody Museum , musical instrument collection (India, Iran, Mali, Zimbabwe), extensive sound and video archives (including the Archive of World Music and  Hiphop Archive & Research Institute ). The  Asia Center ,  Reischauer Institute ,  Center for African Studie s,  Center for Middle Eastern Studies ,  Hutchins Center  for African & African American Research, South Asia Institute,  David Rockefeller Center  for Latin American Studies, and several other campus institutions provide additional intellectual resources and funding for student research and language study. Faculty and graduate students hold conferences each year on a variety of topics; music faculty, artists in residence, and visiting artists often enrich coursework and provide opportunities for students to perform. 

Language Requirements for Ethnomusicology

The PhD in music theory is characterized both by a deep involvement in the inner workings of music and by an engagement with the wider philosophical, cultural, and psychological questions surrounding music. The program reflects this interdisciplinary interest of our students, and its structure is designed to explore the links of music theory to other areas of critical engagement. The graduate curriculum in music theory was fundamentally revised in 2018 with the view to the specific needs of professional music theorists in the twenty-first century.  The diverse dissertation projects that our doctoral students propose reflect the unique combination of interests. Recent and current PhD topics include microtonality and colonialism in the 19th century, musical forgery and forensics, the practice of recomposition in music theory, Scandinavian death metal, transformation theory and Hollywood film, and musical and visual lines in the early 20th century. Many of our students establish their interdisciplinary credentials by taking formal qualifications in a  secondary field  outside of music. Students receive a solid basis for their research by honing their musicianship and analytical skills, particularly during their first year in the program. All students take courses on Schenkerian theory and on a range of tonal and post-tonal analytical practices, as well as an introductory course to explore current issues in the field. At the same time, the program also encourages students to build a framework in which to place these techniques and to reflect on the underpinnings of music theory. Regular courses on questions in psychology, temporality, history of music theory, hermeneutics, and aesthetics round off our course offerings and often take music theory into interdisciplinary territory. In addition to studying canonic repertories, graduate courses on challenging repertoires—e.g. modal theory, non-Western music, or very recent composition—expand the field in new directions.  Our course offerings are complemented by a regular workshop in music theory, currently called Theory Tuesdays, in which faculty and students discuss current work, practice analytical techniques, or engage disciplinary and transdisciplinary questions in an informal setting. Our faculty are actively engaged in Harvard’s numerous interdisciplinary centers ( MBB ,  Medieval Studies ,  CES ,  HUCE , etc.). Harvard’s state-of-the-art  Sound Lab  provides the tools and expertise for digital and media-based research, and provides a conduit for music theory to the field of sound studies.

Language Requirement for Theory

Theorists must pass translation exams in two relevant research languages. The languages will be chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor, and should reflect, wherever possible, languages that will be useful to future research. One language requirement must normally be completed before generals, and the second must be completed in the fall semester of the third year.

Harvard’s program in composition is designed to give students the time and opportunity to develop as composers by offering general musical guidance as well as specific individual criticism of their works. The program is centered around the students’ achieving clarity of expression through developing their command of compositional technique. In addition, acquaintance with the literature of the past and present through analysis and performance is considered indispensable. Most courses are seminars and deal with specific topics or student works.PhD candidates in composition take 16 courses throughout their first two years. Students get a weekly individual composition lesson, and choose from composition and electronic music courses and other offerings within the department in theory, historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and CPCI, or graduate courses from other departments at Harvard. When needed, in the first year there is also a remedial course in harmony and analysis. Students of all years are required to attend the weekly composition colloquium.

The third, fourth, and fifth years are devoted to work on the dissertation and teaching, as well as active participation in composition colloquia and Harvard Group for New Music concerts. Composers may spend one term during their 4th year at another art institution or university if a particular research project or artistic residency can be obtained.

On the completion of preparatory training and the passing of the General Examinations (during the summer before the third year), PhD dissertations comprising a substantial portfolio of between five and seven pieces of varied scoring and length may be submitted.

Language Requirement: once enrolled, Composition students must pass a language exam in German, Italian or French unless an alternative language is approved in writing by the graduate advisor.

The program in  Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry  is designed as a special opportunity for exceptional, engaged artist-scholars. Such individuals might frame themselves as composer-performers whose work is driven by a research sensibility, or as committed scholars whose concurrent active involvement in music-making informs and propels their intellectual projects. Candidates interested in this category should clearly lay out their academic interests and musical experience, including research goals and a portfolio of creative work. They should present a clear rationale for the integrated, cross-disciplinary nature of their work.

In the first two years of coursework, students survey multiple fields of intellectual inquiry while nurturing and refining their creative work. Students in the program may take any of the graduate courses offered by the Department of Music, and occasional courses in other departments and programs with approval from the graduate advisor, as well as practice-based music-making courses (composition, improvisation, creative music, and interdisciplinary collaborations). 

During the summer after the second year of study, candidates will take three to four exams, to be determined in close consultation with the faculty. These include a preliminary portfolio of creative work, written exams on theoretical/analytical and historical/cultural topics relevant to the candidate’s individual research goals, and an oral exam encompassing all of the above.

The dissertation should offer original research and creative work that strikes a balance within this unique combination of interests.

Language Requirement: Once enrolled, CP/CI students must pass a language exam in a language relevant to their research interests, to be approved in writing by the graduate advisor.

Admission to the Graduate Program: Frequently Asked Questions

The Music Department does not require applicants to submit GRE scores. Submission of scores is permitted, and when submitted, GRE scores are taken into account during the admissions process. But those who do not submit such scores will not be penalized.

Note: Those who choose to take the GRE and submit their results do not need to take the Music GRE test, and should take the general GRE (math/language).

We take GRE scores into consideration along with the entire dossier, not as a single factor that determines the outcome of an application.

The annual deadline is usually January 2 for entrance the following fall term. Check the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin GSAS website for each year’s deadline.

Yes. If you are accepted into our PhD program, the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will offer you a financial package that guarantees funding for six years, and includes both tuition and living expenses. Teaching stipends may make up part of the package from the student’s third year on. There are also opportunities for additional funding. The Department (and Harvard Griffin GSAS) awards prizes, fellowships, stipends, and grants each year to graduate students for language study, dissertation completion, research assistance, and travel, among other pursuits.

Yes. You need to support your application with samples of your work, be it scholarly or creative.

Students whose native language is not English or who do not have an  undergraduate  degree from English-speaking university are required to take and pass the TOEFL. The recommended passing score is 80.

While many of our entering students do have degrees in music, backgrounds and degrees vary widely. We look at all-around preparation of our applicants and their overall excellence. As a Music Department, we do look for training and expertise in one or more music traditions and an ability to deal successfully with a curriculum that has requirements across the music subdisciplines as well as interdisciplinary studies.

The Harvard graduate program in Music is a doctoral program. The subdisciplines of musicology, ethnomusicology, composition, creative practice/critical inquiry, and music theory do not admit candidates for the Master’s Degree only.

We permit transfer of credit for no more than two courses. Students are allowed to request transfer credit if they are in good standing after the first year of coursework at Harvard and on submission of details about the course for which credit is requested. Graduate courses taken as an undergraduate student may not be presented for credit if those courses counted toward the undergraduate degree.

Our programs both require and encourage coursework in other sub-disciplines of music.

We have graduate programs in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, creative practice/critical inquiry, and composition. Our programs are small, so it is important that you apply to the program closest to your major interests. If the faculty feel your application would be better served in another sub-discipline, they will direct it there.

Harvard has extraordinary course offerings across the disciplines and we encourage our graduate students to take courses that will enhance their knowledge.

You can enroll in language courses to meet the language requirements of our programs, but these courses do not count toward credit for the PhD.

The Harvard Griffin GSAS offers admitted Music students six years of full funding, in the form of stipends, teaching fellowships and finishing grants (this amount covers living expenses as well as tuition). Departmental resources include special funds for summer research and some additional fellowships.

Although we encourage performance, our graduate program is an academic one and performance activities do not count towards a degree (with the exception of creative practice/critical inquiry). As a Department of Music which does not have a performance faculty, we are not able to provide vocal or instrumental lessons. There is a lively musical scene on campus and graduate students are welcome to join many University ensembles, including those sponsored by Dudley House. Graduate student musicians sometimes perform on the special noontime University Hall Recital Series. The Harvard Group for New Music performs student compositions. Boston is home to an active musical world and many students participate as performers in music traditions ranging from early music to jazz.

No. Unfortunately, faculty are not usually available to meet with prospective students.

Prospective graduate students can email [email protected] to ask questions. If you visit the campus you may be able to talk with other students, sit in on a class, or attend a concert or lecture; email ahead to see what is possible.

Admissions Requirements

Phd program.

To apply to the PhD program in musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, composition or CPCI, you must make an application to the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS). All applications are online, and may be found (along with all the requirements, fee information, and procedures) at  http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/apply All recipients of a four-year college degree or its international equivalent may apply (students with and without master’s degrees may apply). If you are unsure whether you are eligible, please read the Harvard Griffin GSAS guidelines. Admissions decisions are made by Music Department faculty, who weigh a combination of factors such as past academic record, strength of scholarly (or compositional or performance) work, and recommendations. The TOEFL test may be required if English is not your first language (recommended minimum score is 80). Detailed information pertaining to requirements for admission are on the Harvard Griffin GSAS site listed above. The GRE General Examination is optional for all applicants.

Samples of previous work

Applicants to the all programs must submit, along with their applications, samples of their previous scholarly work (for composition applicants, this means scores and recordings; see below). The online application will allow you to upload up to 20 pages of material.

Applicants to the Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry PhD program must also submit 20 to 30 minutes of original creative work, in the form of links to online audio or video streams (Soundcloud, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) or links to a file download (via Dropbox or similar). You may upload or share accompanying scores in PDF format to SLATE. Students should include a one page PDF containing links to online recordings. Applicants to the composition PhD program must submit three compositions in the form of links to online audio or video streams (Soundcloud, YouTube, Vimeo, etc). Recordings can be submitted as links to SoundCloud or other online resources. Students should include a one page PDF containing links to online recordings and PDF scores where applicable. The year of composition must be marked on all scores and recordings.

Submitting an Application

Harvard Griffin GSAS handles the admissions materials. All questions about the admissions process, as well as all application supplementary materials, should be sent to them by December 31 for candidates who seek entrance in the following fall term.

Admissions and Financial Aid Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Harvard University 1350 Massachusetts Avenue Holyoke Center 350 Cambridge, MA 02138-3654

Download an application electronically:  http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/apply You are required to upload all supporting documents (transcripts, writing samples, recommendations, etc) to the online application. If you have questions about your application, call 617-496-6100 (2-5pm EST) or write  [email protected] For financial aid questions call  617-495-5396  or email  [email protected] NOTE: Please do not call the Music Department about the status of your application or the return of your materials. Application materials only come to the Music Department at the very last stages of the process, and are held here in complete confidentiality until admissions recommendations are made.

We have a robust graduate student community, including through the Graduate Music Forum, weekly colloquia and lunch talk series, and performances ensembles in the GSAS Student Center. For more information about community activities happening in the music department, please consult the resources for graduate students page .

Visiting the Department

You are welcome to visit the Department at any time, although we in no way require or expect you to make the trip. We regret that we are not able to make appointments with individual faculty members during a pre-admissions visit.

If you do decide to make a visit prior to the admissions deadline there are optimum times to visit, such as between October and our December holiday break. If you visit at another time of the year, check the academic schedule to avoid reading/exam periods and semester breaks. It is not necessary to visit, nor should you see it as a way to improve your chances of admission.

Rather, a visit is simply a good way to learn about our Department’s intellectual environment and infrastructure. We urge you to consult the  course schedule  so that you can plan to sit in on one or more graduate seminars (please ask permission of the instructing professor first: music professors can be reached via email at [email protected]). This is the best way to get to know the professors and students.

You may also want to attend any colloquia, lectures, or faculty seminars that coincide with your visit (check our  calendar ), or to tour the Music Library and other Harvard libraries. It may also be possible to chat informally with some of our current graduate students, who are apt to be working in the department and library during the academic year.

Admitted students  are invited to visit as part of our admissions process (usually in March). At that time, admitted students meet with faculty, get to know our current students, and are introduced to other students who have also been admitted. This is not required, but is a good way for admitted students to get a sense of the program before they make their final decision.

Secondary Field in Musicology/Ethnomusicology

• Completion of a minimum of four courses in Music. • One of these courses must be an introductory course: Music 201a: Introduction to Historical Musicology, Music 201b: Introduction to Ethnomusicology, or Music 221: Current Issues in Theory. • The remaining three courses may be chosen from other graduate courses (200 level: “Primarily for Graduates”) or intermediate courses (150 level or above: “For Undergraduates and Graduates”). (No more than two courses may be chosen from the 150 or above level.) • Neither Pass/Fail nor audited courses will count towards a secondary PhD field. Contact the advisor in Ethnomusicology or in Musicology in the Department of Music for additional information on a secondary PhD field.

Declaring a Secondary Field

Students interested in declaring a secondary field in music should submit the “GSAS Secondary Field Application” to the Director of Graduate Studies as evidence of their successful participation in four appropriate courses in the Music Department. Once they obtain the approval of the DGS they and the registrar will receive certification of successful completion of secondary field requirements.

For further information contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University Department of Music, Music Building, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138  617-495-2791   [email protected]

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This dissertation explores the intellectual labor and political visionary work of Black women in popular music when performing through their alter egos. With Janelle Monáe, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé as three distinct case studies, I apply Black feminist theory to a creative process I call alter egoing. I theorize that by performing through their alter egos these artists act as critical interpreters of political culture. With the concept of alter egoing, I aim to identify and celebrate a Black feminist strategy that responds to mainstream discourses of hope and nostalgia circulating within contemporary electoral politics in the US. Drawing on the work of Lauren Berlant (2011) and Sara Ahmed (2004), I understand affect as social feeling or bodily intensity. Thus, as I theorize how alter egoing engages in affective formation, I argue that these alter egos are indicative of shared, social feelings that are shaped by specific political events and socio-political environments (Ahmed 121). Additionally, I explore how the aesthetic evolution of these three artists builds on an Afrofuturist tradition specific to Black women that is propelled by contrasting ideological affects. Mindful of the historical emergence of alter egoing in the Obama era, I consider such experimental modes of representation as, in part, a response to American anti-Black populisms propelled by rhetorics of white nostalgia that emerged after 2002. In my analysis of alter egoing, I illuminate the essential analytical work that Black feminist theory does for musical analysis by cross-examining music videos, visual albums, records and interviews in which alter egos are elicited (Monáe’s Metropolis Suites [2007, 2010, 2012] and Dirty Computer [2018]; Minaj’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded [2012], The Pinkprint [2014], Queen [2018]; Beyonce’s I am… Sasha Fierce [2008], Lemonade [2016], Black Is King [2020]). Ultimately, I argue how the critical creative process of alter egoing not only responds to contemporary US political culture, but simultaneously imagines futures that are explicitly Black, female, and queer

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What Six Senior Music Majors’ Say About Their Theses

As the Spring semester concludes and in anticipation for the Class of 2024’s graduation, the Music Department asked six Senior Music Majors to expand on their creative theses and offer advice to future students preparing their own. The Music Department is proud to share the results of each Music Major’s cumulative work at Princeton, which highlights scholarly research and true mastery of their disciplines. 

Jared Bozinko

Thesis: SIN PHONY for two soprano clarinets, two auxiliary clarinets, two saxophones, and two horns

Jared:  In the process of writing  SIN PHONY , I found inspiration in seemingly twee places. Poulenc’s  Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone,  Prokofiev’s  Romeo and Juliet , a 1995 clarinet quartet by Met Opera clarinetist Sean Osborn, and Ligeti’s  Six Bagatelles , a quirky wind quintet version of his  Musica ricercata .  SIN PHONY  is a chamber piece, technically an octet, for clarinets, saxes, and horns. My advisor, Dr. Dmitri Tymoczko, has been indispensable to the process, guiding me all fall semester in writing short chamber music sketches, which became the basis of the material that makes up my thesis. The process was so smooth and, at points, genuinely fun, and it was a great challenge as a composer to blend disparate thematic material from sketches written completely separately into cohesive, compelling music that had cohesion and let my compositional voice shine through.

Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara

Thesis: Paivapo ’76: A New Musical 

Tanaka:  My thesis was an original musical entitled Paivapo ’76 and set in Domboshava Zimbabwe in 1976, during the Zimbabwean Liberation War. The show deals with the conflict between traditional practice/spirituality and Christianity, and explores themes of community, first love and grief. I received the Alex Adam ’07 Award to conduct research for this project over the summer and since the musical also served as independent work for my theater and music theater certificates, I was able to premiere the piece on May 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Center Complex. 

Thesis: Flung Into Space: A Collection of Songs

Nina:   My thesis is a collection of six songs titled  Flung Into Space . It consists of three story heavy songs about my life, along with an electronic counterpart for each which explores the same topic from a new perspective. 

Rupert Peacock

Thesis: John Farrant’s “O Lord Allmighty (ca. 1570):  The English Anthem at Ely Cathedral With Critical Edition

Rupert:  My thesis is a critical edition and history surrounding a piece of unpublished English choral music. The piece is called “O Lord Almighty” by John Farrant. I went to the library at Cambridge University and looked through manuscripts from Ely cathedral, which is about 10 minutes from where I live in the UK. I found lots of great and famous choral works, but stumbled across this piece by Farrant almost by accident. Professor Wendy Heller taught me everything I needed to know to get this done. She’s an expert in critical editions and this kind of research. I couldn’t have done it without her.

Molly Trueman

Thesis: Angels & Aliens: The Making of an Album

Molly:  For my thesis, I wrote and recorded my debut full-length album entitled  Angels & Aliens . Based around acoustic guitar and vocals, the album has an alternative indie-folk feel. This is a milestone I’ve been working towards for a few years now, so I’m incredibly grateful that this album ended up being my thesis.

Gabriela Veciana

Thesis: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Investigating Latine Racial Bias Through Reggaetón Music

Gabriela:  For my thesis, I researched colorism within Latine communities through reggaetón music. I knew I was interested in looking at identity and Latin music, but it wasn’t until I heard my advisor, Lisa Margulis, present her work in music cognition that I saw a potential connection with psychology fields. 

If you were to describe your thesis in one word, what would it be?

Jared :  Darksided (hehe)

Tanaka:  Fusion

Nina:  Honest

Rupert:  Difficult!

Molly:  Extraterrestrial

Gabriela:  Interdisciplinary!

What advice would you give to future seniors on creating a successful thesis?

Jared:  Don’t be afraid that your thesis isn’t going to materialize in time, instead, always try to remember just why you chose this amazing department, and to remember your likely lifelong personal devotion to music. There’s a lot to love about being able to share your art as the capstone of your work at Princeton. 

Tanaka:  If you can, use the thesis as an opportunity to work on something that you’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time to do! It’s amazing to have the excuse of a thesis project to give you the drive and space to complete it. 

Nina:  Try to start without judgement. The hardest part of writing my thesis was my own expectations of what my thesis should look like. 

Rupert:  It has to be something you care about and/or are passionate about. It got to the point where I was actually looking forward to the next steps in my thesis and enjoyed working on it. That was crucial for motivation!

Molly:  In terms of creating a thesis, my biggest piece of advice is to find a topic that you’re truly passionate about. Don’t settle for something you don’t care about.

Gabriela:  You don’t always have to have a topic and then find an advisor, you can start by finding an advisor you are interested in working with and craft your topic from there.

What are your plans after graduation?

Jared:  Still figuring it out, though I’m certain I want music to be a core component of my everyday life. I am trying to move to Philadelphia and get involved with their variety of music scenes, from DIY punk basement shows to chamber orchestras to early music groups. I also want to continue composing and am eager to hone my craft even further wherever I go. 

Tanaka:  I’m going to attend the Royal Academy of Music for Music Theater vocal performance! I’m very excited to be in a new city, and get to do another music degree in a conservatory.

Nina:  I’m moving to Nashville, TN and pursuing a career as a performing musician. I’ll also be releasing music soon as a part of the band Upwhirl, as well as later this year releasing my thesis. 

Rupert:  I am going to split my time between singing and construction!

Molly:  After graduation, I’m going to McGill University to study in the Sound Recording program.

Gabriela:  I hope to work in theater administration in New York!

In Other News

Student Perspectives: The Musical Odyssey of Princeton’s Adrian Thananopavarn

Jan 18, 2024

Adrian P. Thananopavarn ’24, Math major with certificates in Computer Science and Music Composition, premieres “March of Dusk” with Princeton University Sinfonia

How 3 Princeton Students Spend a Monday at the Royal College of Music

Dec 7, 2023

Dorothy Junginger ’25, Kyle Tsai ’25, and Audrey Yang ’25 are currently participating in Princeton’s immersive abroad program this semester at the Royal College of Music in London.

Music Major Kasey Shao Named 2024 Gilmore Young Artist

Sep 18, 2023

The Department of Music congratulates Kasey Shao (Class of 2025), a Music Major who is pursuing Minors in Piano Performance and Engineering Biology, who was one of two students named 2024 Gilmore Young Artists. We caught up with Kasey this summer following the official announcement to discuss how she found out she’d been selected, what she has planned for her 2024 Gilmore recitals and piano commission, and what’s on the docket for her final two years at Princeton.

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1956 - present

Marilia Kamil,   Ph.D.

Instituto Baccarelli , Where Music Transforms: A Case Study of Music for Social Change

Marina McLerran,   Ph.D.

A Measure of Expression in Instrumental Performance

Giulia Ripani, Ph.D.

The Effect of Acculturation, Social Support, and Music Self-Perceptions on Latino Immigrant Children's Acculturative Stress in Music Classes: A SEM Mode l

Tina Beveridge, Ph.D. An Historical Case Study of Public School Music Education in Portland, Oregon, 1990-2015

Catherine Bennett Walling, Ph.D. Becoming: A Grounded Theory of Culturally Responsible Music Teaching in an Age of Change

Nicolas Coffman, Ph.D. Finding My Sound: Creative Musical Identity Development of Undergraduates in a Popular Electronic Music Program

Margaret Flood, Ph.D. Code-switching Behaviors in a Secondary Band Director

Julia Klingner, M.M. Perceptions of New Music Teachers in Florida Toward Their Induction Process

Marina McLerran, M.M. Instrumental Music Education for Middle School Students with Hearing Impairment

Sheerin Berte, Ph.D. The Lived Experience of Adult Musicians with Dyscalculia: A Heuristic Inquiry

Wendy Gunther, M.M. The Unicorns of Elementary Schools: A Collective Case Study of Male Elementary General Music Teachers

Laurie Peebles, Ph.D. Personality and the Quality of the Music Therapy Supervisor-Intern Relationship

Melissa Ryan, Ph.D. Social Justice Pedagogy in Elementary Music: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices

Robert Saunders, Ph.D. Mandolin Parallels and Their Effects on Beginning Violin Achievement

Giulia Ripani, M.M. Children's Social Representations of Music

Víctor Manuel Rubio Carrillo, M.M. A Musical Breathing Approach with Guitar Performance

Vimari Colón León, Ph.D. A Model of Parental Involvement in the Music Education of Students with Special Education Needs

Donna Hewitt, Ph.D. The Impact of a Professional Development Program in Popular Music on a Music Teacher’s Beliefs and Practices

Kat Reinhert, Ph.D. Developing Popular Music Programs in Higher Education: Exploring Possibilities

Johanna E. Abril, Ph.D. The State of Music Education in Basic General Public Schools of Ecuador: The Administrators' Perspective

Sandra Sanchez Adorno, Ph.D. Navigating Identities: The Musical Lives of Four Second-Generation Immigrant Children in Miami, Florida

Melissa Eick, M.M. Background Characteristics, Identity Issues, and Mentoring Process Perceptions of Undergraduate Instrumentalists as Predictors of Applied Music Teaching Success

Molly Page, M.M. Running as a Treatment for Music Performance Anxiety

Carolyn Dachinger, Ph.D. The Effect of a Music-Movement Intervention on Arousal and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults With and Without Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

Candice Davenport, Ph.D. A Model of Classroom Environment and Social-Psychological Factors Influencing Computer-Based Compositional Creativity

Craig Denison, Ph.D. A Structural Model of Physiological and Psychological Effects on Adolescent Male Singing

Hyun-Jung Lee, Ph.D. The Effect of Auditory Pitch Range on Sustained and Selective Attention: A Comparison of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically-Developing Children

Peter J. Hamlin, Ph.D. Deliberate Practice of High School Instrumentalists: A Theoretical Model Susana M. Lalama, Ph.D. Perceived Caring Climate, Empathy, and Student Social Behavior in High School Bands Lindsay Moraczewski, M.M. Functional Harmony: The Social Culture of a High School Orchestra Ahmad Rithaudin Md Noor, Ph.D. The Effectiveness of Electronic (e-Learning) on Music Theory and Music Appreciation Achievement of Form 1 (Grade 7) Malaysian Secondary School Students

Steven Scher, M.M. Music Technology in the Classroom: Use, Accessibility, and Professional Development of Delaware K-12 Music Educators

Jennifer Lee Doyle, Ph.D. The Effects of Teacher Background, Teacher Preparation, and Support on Attitudes and Expectations of K-12 Urban Music Educators Kathryn L. Simon, Ph.D. Predictors of Classroom Management Challenges and Practices of Secondary Choral Music Educators E. Gaile Stephens, Ph.D. Formation and Prediction of the Singing Perceptions of Self-Labeled Singers and Non-Singers Brian C. Wesolowski, Ph.D. Testing a Model of Jazz Rhythm: Validating a Microstructural Swing Paradigm Alaina Galliford Lorenzo, M.M. The Effect of Verbal Versus Nonverbal Parent Cues on Children's Listening Skills
 Monica J. Kurtz, M.M. The Impact of Teacher Intensity on Student Motivation in the 4th and 5th Grade Music Classroom: A Case Study 
 Sandra Mercedez Sanchez, M.M. Individual Adequacy of Immersed Music Program Participants
 


Eunju Jeong, Ph.D.  Development and Validation of a Music-based Attention Assessment for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Susana M. Lalama, M.M. A Comparison of Student and Teacher Perceptions of Classroom Management in Secondary Band Rehearsals in Florida Schools

Linda Lathroum, Ph.D.  The Role of Music Perception in Predicting Phonological Awareness in Five- and Six-Year-Old Children

Adrienee Wills, M.M. Relationships Among Musical Home Environment, Parental Involvement, Demographic Characteristics, and Early Childhood Music Participation

Brian Wuttke, Ph.D. A Model Describing the Effects of Equipment, Instruction and Director and Student Attributes on Wind-Band Intonation

Caroline Elizabeth Morris, M.M. A Comparison of the Use of Composition as a Teaching Tool in Music Classrooms of the United States and United Kingdom

Bradley C. Olesen, Ph.D. The Impact of Background, Choral Conducting Training and Music Teaching Style on the Choral Warm-up Philosophy and Practices of Successful High School Choral Directors Brian Russell, Ph.D. The Empirical Testing of Musical Performance Assessment Paradigm

Jennifer Lee Doyle, M.M. Music Teacher Perceptions of Issues and Problems in Urban Elementary Schools

Sarah Duncan, M.M. Assessment Practices of String Teachers

Julie Stordahl, Ph.D.  The Influence of Music on Depression, Affect, and Benefit Finding Among Women at the Completion of Treatment for Breast Cancer

Ming Tu, Ph.D.  The Effects of a Chinese Music Curriculum on Cultural Attitudes, Tonal Discrimination, Singing Accuracy, and Acquisition of Chinese Lyrics for Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students

Brian Russell, M.M. The Development of a Guitar Performance Rating Scale Using Facet-factorial Approach

Hayoung Lim, Ph.D.  The Effect of "Developmental Speech-Language Training through Music" on Speech Production in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Charles Ciorba, Ph.D.  The Creation of a Model to Predict Jazz Improvisation Achievement

Lourinda S. Crochet, Ph.D.  Repertoire Selection Practices of Band Directors as a Function of Teaching Experience, Training, Instructional Level, and Degree of Success

Janet Kirsten, Ph.D.  Pre-Kindergarten Music Education Standards and the Opportunity-to-Learn Standards as applied to preschool settings in the United States

Kathleen M. Light, Ph.D.  Continuing in Band: Marketing to Incoming High School Students

Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D.  The Effect of Performance Rubrics on College-Level Applied Studio Grading

Nathan Rinnert, Ph.D.  A History of the Bands at the Teachers' School in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, 1871--1971

Sandra Schwartz, Ph.D.  Vocal Health of Middle School and High School Choral Directors

Patricia O. Englehardt, Ph.D.  The Effect of the Yamaha Music in Education Keyboard Instructional Approach on the Musical and Nonmusical Outcomes of Middle School Students

Melissa Lesniak, Ph.D. Attitudes Towards String Education Among Collegiate String Faculty

Jeannine Mongeon, Ph.D. The effects of Left-hand Exercises on Beginning Upper String Performers' Intonation and Facility

Jay Dorfman, M.M. The Integration of Computer Technology into Music Teacher Training Curricula : An Historical Perspective

Joy Galliford, Ph.D. The Effects of Music Experience During Early Childhood on the Development of Linguistic and Non-linguistic Skills

Christopher R. Sweeney, Ph.D. The Effects of Structured Practice on the Performance Skills of Middle School First-year Band Students

Thelma B. Alvarez, Ph.D. The experience of being a mother of children up to two-and-a-half years old and the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music

Roger A. Mason, Ph.D. Audiation, Cochlear Function, and the Musical Ear of Alfred Tomatis

Mohammed A. Soulayman, Ph.D. A Review and Survey of Current Practices in Elementary Music Education Methods Courses with Recommendations for a K--4 Course of Study for the College of Basic Education in Kuwait

Khaled M. Almujarreb, Ph.D. A Survey of Current Practices in the Teaching of College and University Music Appreciation Classes with Implications for Teaching the Course in Kuwait's College of Basic Education

Mahmoud A. Faraj, Ph.D. A Proposed Four-year Undergraduate Vocal Performance Major Curriculum Guide for the Higher Institute of Musical Arts in Kuwait

Badreyah H. Abdali, Ph.D.   A Method of Teaching Qanun Performance to Elementary-Aged Children    

Patricia Ooi, M.M.   A Description and Comparison of Two prominent Keyboard Music Education Systems and their Implications for Music education in Malaysia

Sager Al-Ramzi, Ph.D.   The History, Development, and Curriculum of the Institute of Musical Studies and the Higher Institute of Musical Art in Kuwait    

Sergio Luis Alvares , Ph.D.   A Rationale for and the Development of “Choro” Courses as a Proposed Model for Brazilian Popular Music Program s in Colleges and Universities o f Brazil   

Christopher Seeney, M.M.   A Description of Student and Band Director Attitudes toward Concert Band Competition

Walter G. Busse , Ph.D.   Toward Objective Measurement and Evaluation of Jazz Piano Performance Via MIDI-Based Groove Quantize Templates  

Kaja L. Jenson, Ph.D.   The effects of selected classical music on writing and talking about significant life events  

Douglas M. Jordan, Ph.D.   Alfred Reed: The Man Behind the Music  

Perry Lee, Ph.D.   An Investigation of the Opportunities of Exceptional Students in Secondary Instrumental Music in Flori da Twenty Years after PL 94-142  

Elizabeth F. York, Ph.D.   The Effects of Music Therapy Interventions on Naming and Verbal Fluency in Persons with Probable Alzheimer’s Disease   

David J. Greennagel, Ph.D.   A Study of Selected Predictors of Jazz Vocal Improvisation Skills   

Cathy H. McKinney, Ph.D.   The Effect of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music on Mood, Emotional Expression, Cortisol, and Immunologic Control of Latent Epstein-Barr Virus in Healthy Adults    

Lee W. Stone, Ph.D.   The Effects of Systematic Aural/Visual Performance Modeling on Young String Instrumentalists’ Executive and Performance Skills   

Patrick M. Fortney, Ph.D.   Learning Style and Music Instruction Via an Interactive Audio CD-ROM: An Exploratory Study    

Merja A. Sargon, Ph.D.   An Examination of Primary, Middle, and Senior High School Students' Responses to Operatic and Popular Female Vocal Timbres (Order No. 9331529). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (304071708).    

Yasmin Alvarez, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Sequential Comprehensive Keyboard Curriculum for Senior High School   

Randy L. Bangs, Ph.D.   An Application of Amabile’s Model of Creativity to Music Instruction: A Comparison of Motivational Strategies   

Krista Erickson, M.M. The Effect of Group Music Instruction and Computerized Tutorials on the Pitch-matching Ability of Pitch-defective Singers in Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade  

Barry R. Garman, Ph.D.   The Effects of Accompaniment Texture and Contextual Pitch Distance on String Instrumentalists’ Intonational Performance

Deborah Knaus, M.M. Evaluation of Middle School Students' Instrumental Performance Skills: A Comparison of Teacher Evaluations and Student Self-evaluations     

Rebecca C. Kralik, Ph.D.   An Examination ot the Self-Concepts of Middle School Music Participants and Nonparticipants   

Keitha V. Lucas, Ph.D.   The Effect of Contextual Condition on the Sight Singing Achievement of Middle School Choral Music Students  

Raquel M. Montalvo, Ph.D.   An Assessment of the Status and Needs of K-12 Public School Music Education in Puerto Rico   

Mary E. Pocock, Ph.D.   The Influence of Harmonic Complexity on Melodic Expectations  

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Michael B. Dressman, Ph.D.   The Development and Validation of a Test to Evaluate Selected Wind Instrument Performance Competencies of Middle School/Junior High School Instrumentalists  (Order No. 9114795). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (303836586).   

Gerald W. Siverson, Ph.D.   An Examination of The Extent to which Senior High School Band Programs Reflect Aesthetic and Utilitarian Goals   

Marilyn C. Allen, M.M. A Study of Dade County Public School Music Teachers' Practices and Attitudes toward Mainstreaming 

Richard K. Fiese, Ph.D.   An Examination of the Relationship a mong Conductors’ Rankings of the Relative Musical Quality of Three Unfamiliar Wind Band Scores  

Sammi S. Liebman, Ph.D.   The Effects of Music and Relaxation on Third Trimester Anxiety in Adolescent Pregnancy    

Deborah Mar, M.M. A Study of Selected Environmental and Socio-cultural Factors on High School Students' Music Ability

David C. McCalla, Ph.D.   The Status of Class Piano Instruction in the Public Secondary Schools of Florida    

Mary F. Chavez, M.M. A Survey of String Instructional Practices in the Public Elementary Schools of Dade County, 1987-1988  

David L. Mills, Ph.D.   The Meaning of the High School Band Experience and its Relationship to Band Activities  

Joseide G. Montarroyos, Ph.D.   Music Education in Brazilian Public Elementary Schools: A Proposed Curriculum for Children of Ages Seven through Ten  

Martha L. Gackle, Ph.D.   The Effect of Selected Vocal Techniques for Breath Management, Resonation, and Vowel Unification on Tone Production in the Junior High School Female Voice   

Richard Fiese, M.M The performed repertoire of college and university wind bands 1980-1985 

Jacqueline S. Glass, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Microcomputer-Assisted Tuning Program on Junior High School Students’ Pitch Discrimination and Pitch-Matching Abilities  

Shelly Green, M.M.   A Study of Secondary Choral Music Teachers' Management Responsibilities Related to Fund Raising, Publicity, and Touring/travel

Rachel L. Lebon, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Pedagogical Approach Incorporating Videotaped Demonstrations on thge Development of Female Vocalists’ “Belted” Voca l Technique  

Richard W. Weymuth, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Cognitive Music Achievement Test to Evaluate Missouri High School Choral Music Students  

Frederico A. d. B. Manso , Ph.D .   An Examination of Music Education Philosophy and Practices in Grades One Through Four of the Municipal Primary Schools in Rio De Janeiro  

John S. Kuskinski, Ph.D.   The Effect of Mouthpiece Cup Depth and Backbore Shape on Listeners' Categorizations of Tone Quality in Recorded Trumpet Excerpts  

Russell L. Robinson, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Microcomputer-Assisted Music Instruction Program for the Improvement of Tonal Memory

Pamela A. Sterling, Ph.D.   A Developmental Study of the Effects of Accompanying Harmonic Context on ‘Vocal Pitch Accuracy of Familiar Melodies  

Richard E. Stewart, Ph.D.   A Comparison of Music Preferences of Students in Three Educational Systems: Seventh -Day Adventist, Public, and Private Independent Schools

John S. Brick, Ph.D.   The Effects of a Self-Instr uctional Program Utilizing The “Pitch Master” on Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Accuracy in Performance of Junior High School Trombonists

Sonja Poorman, M.M. A Atudy of Views and Practices Regarding Sight Singing in Secondary School Choral Ensemble Rehearsals  

Stephen Benson, M.M. A Study of the Methods and Procedures of Twelve Massachusetts Jazz Nand Directors who Received the Highest Ratings in State Competitions in 1981

Joseph P. Scartelli, Ph.D.   A Comparison of the Effect of Electromyographic ( Emg ) Biofeedback and Sedative Music, Emg Biofeedback Only, And Sedative Music Only on the Ability of University Music Majors to Relax the Frontalis Muscles  

William F. Schlacks, Ph.D.   The Effect of Vocalization through an Interval Training Program Upon the Pitch Accuracy of High School Band Students  

Lynne H. Micheletti, Ph.D.   An Assessment of the Vertical Method and the Ensemble Approach for Teaching Sight Reading to Secondary Class Piano Students  

Robert C. Parker, Ph.D.   The Relative Effectiveness of the Tap System in Instruction in Sight Singing: An Experimental Study   

Joseph Scartelli, M.M. The Effect of Popular Music Instruction on the Attendance of Socially Maladjusted Junior High School Students

Charles V. Burnsed, Ph.D. The Development and Evaluation of an Introductory Jazz Improvisation Sequence for Intermediate Band Students   (Order No. 7901829). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302892022).

Manny Brand, Ph.D.   A Study of the Effectiveness of Simulation Techniques in Teaching Behavior Management Skills to Undergraduate Music Education Majors  

James D. Ewing, Ph.D.   Elaine Brown and Singing City: The Choral Art as a Communicative Social Force (Order No. 7712919). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302827083).    

William C. Robinson, Ph.D.   The Musical Preferences of Mental Patients Based on Cattell’s Interpretations of Factors Associated with Certain Aspects of Personality  

Jane Snecinski, M.M.   The Effects of a Music-based Versus a Non-muisc Based Early Interention, Home-care Program on the Responses of Cerebral Palsied Infants and on the Attitudes of their Parents

Rasamma Nyberg, Ph.D.   The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of an Introductory Course in Ethnic Music for Use in the Secondary Schools    

Frank A. Biringer, Jr., Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of a Systems Approach Curriculum for a Heterogeneous Beginning String Class   

Jack A. Bullock, Ph.D.   An Investigation of the Personality Traits, Job Satisfaction Attitudes, Training and Experience Histories of Superior Teachers of Junior High School Instrumental Music in New York State  

Philip H. Fink, Ph.D. The Development And Evaluation Of Instrumental Materials For A Beginning Class In Heterogeneous Strings Including Guitar  (Order No. 7325907). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302652502)

William A. Moss, Ph.D. A Study in the Use of Bone Conduction Hearing as an Aid to Improving Out-of-Tune Singers  (Order No. 7316862).   Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302652551).  

Raymond C. Williams, M.M. The Relative Effectiveness of Three Types of Melodic Interval Training in the Improvement of High School Music Students to Identify Melodic Intervals

Julia E. Bojus, Ph.D. Music Education In Poland (Order No. 7231888). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302617121)

Arthur L. Evans, Ph.D. The Development Of The Negro Spiritual As Choral Art Music By Afro-american Composers With An Annotated Guide To The Performance Of Selected Spirituals (Order No. 7305837). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302701012).

Robert F. Testa, Ph.D.  The Effect Of Jaw-thrust Instruction On Four Selected Aspects Of Trumpet Performance And Overjet Of Young Players (Order No. 7231904). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (302618783)

Arthur M. Hansuld, Ph.D.   The Development and Evaluation of Two Filmed Methods for Teaching Principles of Selected Musical Wind Instrument Skills on the College Level  

Jack Grogan, M.M. The Role of the Student Teacher in Secondary Music as Structured by State Agencies of Education

Tran Ahn Linh, M.M. The Development of an Elementary-Level General Music Curriculum Based on Vietnamese Folk Music

John M. Munroe, Ph.D.   The Nature of Group Opinion on Goals of Music Performance Groups in the Secondary Schools of Palm Beach County, Florida  

Victor Bilanchone, Jr., M.M.   Teaching Music Concepts of Style in the Senior High School Choral Rehearsal with the Use of Audio-visual Aids  

Gail Brown, M.M.   A Survey of the Available Uses of Music for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Dade County, Florida  

Milford Kuhn, Jr., M.M.   A study of the Effects of Background Music on the Mental Test Performance of Certain Students with High and Low Musical Aptitudes  

Julie Rohr, M.M.   An Impirical Study Concerning the Effects of Music on Six Educable Mental Retardates  

Neal Bonsanti, M.M.   A Survey of Stage Band Curricula in the High Schools of Florida  

Stewart Brenner, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Contemporary Opinion Fact and Research Concerning Embouchure, Breathing, and Tongue Usage as Applied to the Trumpet  

John Lammers, M.M.   A Comparative Study of Past and Present Scaling Practices of American Pipe Organ Builders  

Diane Penney, M.M.   Some Recent Trends in Education and Piano Teaching as Evidenced in Selected Piano Courses  

Julia Bojus, M.M.   A Survey and Evaluation of the Required Music Courses for Classroom Teachers at the University of Miami    

Richard Davis, M.M.   The Development of a Proposed Handbook for the Florida Vocal Association  

Adele De Los Santos, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Seventh Grade General Music in the United States with some Recommendations for its Improvement  

William Higgins, M.M.   A Study of the Effect of Participation in a High school Band on Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment  

Harry Johanson, M.M.   A Study of the Preparation and Effectiveness of Dade County High School Choral Directors  

Carl Nalls, M.M.   The Relationship between Creativity and Participation in a High School Music Program  

Arthur Parisi, M.M.   Problems involved in composing and arranging an original suite for Junior High School Band  

Jesse Pearl, M.M.   Problems involved in Transcribing Three Palestrina Works for Symphonic Band and their Application to Student Ear Training  

Juanita Rafield, M.M.   An investigation of Existing Student Handbooks for Choral Students in Secondary Public Schools of Florida and a Proposed Student Handbook of Information for the Coral Gables Senior High School Choral Department  

William Day, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing the Berlioz Overture "Rob Roy" for Concert Band  

Albert Hall, M.M.   Problems in Arranging Four Songs by Victor Young for a High School Concert Band  

Tommye Kelly, M.M.   A Study and Evaluation of some Music Aptitude and Achievement Tests for Grades Four, Five, and Six  

Adam Fischer, M.M.   Problems in Composing, Scoring, and Researching an Original Suite for Junior High School Orchestra  

Richard Dasher, M.M.   Problems in Composing an Original Chorale, Variations and Fugue for Junior High School band

Stanley Garlitz, M.M.   Problems Involved in the Composition and Orchestration of an Original Suite for Junior High School Band  

Budd Malchus, M.M.   Problems Involved in Transcribing Beethoven's Prometheus Overture for the Senior High School Band  

Philip Paul, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing Johannes Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Opus 56A, for Senior High School Band  

Helen Rhorer, M.M.   The Role of Auditory Memory in the Eevelopment of the Pianist as a Musician and a Performer

Frederic Ashe, M.M.   Problems in Scoring an Original Overture for Senior High School Band

Ove W. Jensen, M.M.   Problems in Transcribing Selected Italian Polyphonic vocal compositions for High School Brass Ensemble

Ernest Cowley, M.M.   Problems Involved in Composing Music in a Contemporary Idiom for a Senior High School Band

Clifford Alper, M.M.   A Survey and Analysis of Voice Training Classes in the Secondary School

George Blumenthal, M.M.   Problems involved in the transcription of a Handel suite for a school band at the Junior High School levele

Authur Bodger, M.M.   Thirty Bach chorales arranged as an aid for training players of string instruments

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Audition day for MTA's 'Music Under New York' program

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The MTA held its 34th annual auditions for the MTA's Music Under New York program on Wednesday.

The program presents musical performances in the transit system to help entertain commuters and give musicians a new platform.

The auditions took place at Grand Central Madison, at the LIRR Concourse Level, between 46th and 47th streets.

The more than 20 judges made of of music industry executives and fellow performers were seen swaying to the music and enjoying the entrants' performances.

They will be selecting 25 new acts out of the more than 50 finalists to add to the program.

The performers are judged on quality, variety and appeal to the very diverse public that rides the rails every day.

"We've actually played in the subway quite a bit without any official sanctioning I guess, but we love playing in the subway and to be able to do it in an official capacity under the auspices of the MTA would just be awesome," said Julian Maissel, a musician.

"We're all just in the studio one day and I saw how fast they were making beats because we're all self-produced, self-engineered, and I was like, yo, these guys are super fast and they're good," said Sidarth Ayyagari, a musician.

There are many genres for the judges to choose from like Indian funk, folk guitar and harmonica, salsa, reggae, and R &B among others.

Once selected, the musicians are eligible to perform in 40 locations throughout the transit system.

The MTA program started as a pilot back in 1985.

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Japan's Sony reports surge in profit on strong sales of movies, games and music

Sony has reported that its profit surged 34% in the last quarter from a year earlier on strong sales of its video games, music and movies

TOKYO -- Profit at Sony surged 34% in the last quarter on strong sales of its video games, music and movies, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Tuesday.

Tokyo-based Sony Corp.’s quarterly profit totaled 189 billion yen ($1.2 billion), up from 141 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales for the maker of the PlayStation game machines rose 14% to 3.48 trillion yen ($22 billion).

For the fiscal year through March, Sony recorded a 3% decline in profit at 970 billion yen ($6.2 billion) from more than 1 trillion yen in the previous fiscal year. Its annual sales climbed 19% to 13 trillion yen ($83 billion).

Sony’s operating profit was hurt by its financial services segment, which is being partially spun off next year. Sony's chief financial officer and president, Hiroki Totoki, said the company is reshaping its strategy to focus on its more profitable entertainment operations.

“We hope to improve our profitability and build our resilience to an ever-changing business environment,” he said in an online presentation.

Totoki declined to comment on media reports that Sony was interested in purchasing Paramount Global but he confirmed that the company's strategy “in general” was to build “synergies” that would leverage the intellectual property Sony has in games, music and movies.

In that report, first in the Wall Street Journal but also by The Associated Press, Sony Pictures and the private equity firm Apollo Global Management have expressed interest in buying Paramount Global for $26 billion.

Sony would be the majority shareholder and Apollo would have a minority stake, according to a person familiar with the deal, who requested anonymity because details of the offer have not been made public.

Sony’s movies, music, video games and imaging solutions units did well in the past fiscal year. Paid subscription growth at Crunchyroll, a U.S. video streaming service, added to Sony’s bottom line.

In music, the most successful releases for the latest quarter included SZA’s “SOS” and Travis Scott’s “Utopia,” while Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” recently reached No. 1 on Billboard and other nations’ rankings.

In films, the biggest hits over the past fiscal year were “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which grossed $691 million in theater revenue worldwide, and “Napoleon” at $221 million.

The strikes in Hollywood last year hurt motion pictures earnings. But upcoming movies like “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the latest in the popular series starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence playing police detectives, which is set for release in June, are expected to help a turnaround.

In February, Sony said it was cutting about 900 jobs in its PlayStation game division, or about 8% of its global workforce, citing changes in the industry that required restructuring.

But Sony set a positive tone and stressed online gaming was going strong, as well as console sales. PlayStation 5 sales totaled 20.8 million machines for the fiscal year through March. This year, Sony expects to sell 18 million PS5 consoles. Among the recent hit game software for the PS5 was “Helldivers 2,” a shooting game, according to Sony.

Like other Japanese companies, Sony has benefited from the weakening yen, which boosts the value of Japanese exporters’ overseas earnings when converted into yen. The U.S. dollar has been trading about 156 yen lately.

Sony projected that its profit for this fiscal year will fall to 925 billion yen ($5.9 billion) as sales edge down to 12.3 trillion yen ($79 billion).

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