Doctor of Musical Arts Dissertations
Dissertations from 2022
The pedagogy of Norman Bolter as examined through the Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection, Curtis Biggs
Student perceptions of contemporary music: Learning and performing commissioned piano works, Jonathan Taylor de Oliveira
Contemporary piano works by three Azerbaijani composers, Humay Gasimzadeh
Dissertations from 2021
Identity in the clarinet music of Michael Finnissy and Evon Ziporyn, Gunnar Owen Hirthe
Horn and Live Electronics a Survey of and Performance Guide for a Neglected Repertoire, Garrett Krohn
Basque and Modernist Influences in Gabriel Erkoreka's Qorks for Solo Piano (1994-2019), Ariel Magno da Costa
Dissertations from 2020
"Africa! Africa! Africa!" Black Identity in Marlos Nobre's Rhythmetron, Henrique Medeiros Batista
The Shaping of Time in Kaija Saariaho's Émilie: a Performer's Perspective, Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia
Pathways to the Practice of Free Improvisation, Derek Emch
Contextualizing Traditional Influences within Romanian Contemporary Music: Stylistic Elements in Selected Works for Solo Flute by Doina Rotaru, Violeta Dinescu, and Carmen Carneci, Octavian Moldovean
Mindfulness and Metacognition: A Guide to Implementing Beneficial Mental Habits in Music Teaching, Christopher Murphy
Japanese Contemporary Piano Music: Cultural Influence and Identity, Stephanie Titus
Dissertations from 2019
The Composer's Guide to the Tuba: Creating a New Resource on the Capabilities of the Tuba Family, Aaron M. Hynds
Analyzing Gender Inequality in Contemporary Opera, Hillary LaBonte
Heartening Folk: Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads as an Extension of Folk Culture, Zachary D. R. Nyce
Analyzing the Intersections of Saxophone and Digital Media Through Media Theory, Nick Zoulek
Dissertations from 2018
"Because there is no basis for comparison": The Self-Accompanying Singer and Roger Reynolds' Sketchbook for The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Elizabeth A. Pearse
Dissertations from 2017
Found Composition: Ecological Awareness and its Impact on Compositional Authority in Music Employing Electronics, Cory Ryan Kasprzyk
The Vocalizing Pianist: Embodying Gendered Performance, Michiko Saiki
The Saxophone Music of Alex Mincek and Eric Wubbels: Uses of Form, Repetition, and Extended Technique, Matthew Edward Younglove
Dissertations from 2016
Pedagogical Approaches to Conducting Gesture in Contemporary Music, Katherine Margaret Kilburn
Fearless Programming: Invigorating the American Orchestral Tradition through New Music, Octavio Más-Arocas
Dissertations from 2015
Self-Actualization: Transcendentalist Discourse in the Work of Stuart Saunders Smith, Jose Augusto Duarte Lacerda
But why is it so Long?: Eschatology and Time Perception as an Interpretation of Morton Feldman's 'For Philip Guston', Jeffrey M. Manchur
The Stillness of the Silent Sound: A Tantric Analysis of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Aus den sieben Tagen, Mihai Popean
Dissertations from 2014
Creative Musical Improvisation in the Development and Formation of NEXUS Percussion Ensemble, Olman Piedra
Dissertations from 2013
A Comparison of Teacher-Guided Instruction and Self-Guided Student Practice Strategies, Spencer Prewitt
Dissertations from 2012
Ingressive Phonation in Contemporary Vocal Music, Amanda DeBoer
Reimagining the Story of Lu You and Tang Wan: Ge Gan-ru's Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! and Hard, Hard, Hard!, Yen-Lin Goh
The Solo Piano Music of David Lang, Karl Larson
A Study of the Relationship Between Traditional Peking Opera and Contemporary Western Percussion Music in Mu Kuei-Yin in Percussion by Chien-Hui Hung, Isabelle Streng
Dissertations from 2010
Anatomy and Evolution of Morton Subotnick’s In Two Worlds for Alto Saxophone and Interactive Computer, Jeffrey Heisler
A Cultural Analysis of Chen Yi's Si Ji (Four Seasons) For Orchestra, Timothy Stulman
The Piano Etudes of David Rakowski, I-Chen Yeh