The Virtual Tuba Quartet: Facilitating Asynchronous Musical Collaboration in a Chamber Ensemble Setting

22 September 2017 Introduction This paper examines the potential for asynchronous musical collaboration in a chamber ensemble setting. The project was inspired by composer and conductor Eric Whitacre’s virtual choirs which took place from 2009-2014. The choirs, as the...

Edward T. Cone's [i]The Composer's Voice[/i]: Cone's "Personae" and the Analysis of Opera

01 October 1989 sense given in the main text is assumed in all German commentaries and English translations I have consulted.) authors: James Webster author_ids: 1211 authors: James Webster author_ids: 1211

Edward T. Cone's [i]The Composer's Voice[/i] - Introduction: [i]The Composer's Voice[/i] as Music Theory

01 October 1989 Edward T. Cone's book The Composer's Voice is an important and distinctive contribution to recent music scholarship, but it has received relatively little public discussion.1 The following papers show the potential fruitfulness of the book by...

Repertoire Choices in the Classroom: A Music Theory Teacher’s Perspective

27 August 2012 a perfect, authentic cadence (and, on top of it, in the major submediant!). What is more, thanks to William E. Caplin, James Webster, Janet Schmalfeldt, Warren Darcy, James Hepokoski, and others, sonata-form theory is witnessing revitalization, and a...

Building a Conceptual Model of Independent Studio Production in Undergraduate Music Technology Courses Through Authentic Assessment

01 October 2024 Abstract In this article, the authors put forward a Conceptual Model of Independent Studio Production (ISP) in undergraduate music technology courses. Independent Studio Production reflects the increasingly multifaceted nature of the recording...

Music Technology Educators’ Use of Andragogical Principles for Adult Students Using Technology for Learning

01 May 2020 Abstract This pilot study investigated andragogical principles adopted by music technology educators working with non-traditional students (NTM’s) using technology. Andragogical methodologies respect the prior lived experience of adults and establish a...

Squeak and Blat: Mozart Opera and iPod Seria and Buffa!

01 September 2009 Q: Dear Squeak: I'm heading out on a much earned sabbatical and one of my goals is to study Mozart operas. I have quite a collection on DVDs and Netflix has many I can rent to review. I'm looking for a way I can put these on my iPod (or my iPhone if I...

[i]Beethoven, Performers, and Critics: The International Beethoven Congress, Detroit, 1977[/i], edited by Robert Winter and Bruce Carr

01 October 1982 EVA BADURA-SKODA: Performance Conventions in Beethoven's Early Works OTTO BIBA: Concert Life in Beethoven's Vienna JAMES WEBSTER: Traditional Elements in Beethoven's Middle-Period String Quartets PANEL DISCUSSION: Future Directions in Sketch Research...

Boot Camp San Antonio: Internet Conferencing, Collaboration, and Convergence

31 October 2006 Those who arrived in San Antonio a day early were treated to an event of music and technology unlike any ever before assembled for a CMS conference. The CMS 2006 conference began with a pre-conference that immersed some 50 attendees in the latest...

Contemporary Music Students’ Experiences with Improvisation in the Classroom

15 May 2024 Abstract Improvisation is a central part of many contemporary musicians’ practices—from developing an accompaniment from chord symbols to soloing in an ensemble. Despite the ubiquity of the practice, improvisation skill—outside of jazz programs—is...

The Fairbank Collection

01 October 1976 The Newberry Library, Chicago, contains a distinguished music collection, rare book, manuscript, and print holdings, and archives relevant both to the United States (and its Indian populations) and to the city of Chicago. Thus it is understandable that...

Approaching Musical Classicism—Understanding Styles and Style Change in Eighteenth-Century Instrumental Music

01 October 1980 I Historical/stylistic periods in music are both useful and perplexing concepts; they simultaneously clarify and hinder one's perception of a given period and a given work. Part of the difficulty arises from a general lack of agreement as to what...

A Brief History of Composers' Groups in the United States

01 October 1980 From a hasty perusal of this year's CMS program (1979), I can only conclude that there are but few of us reckless generalists still about, ready to cover the entire history of a country's musical activity, or at least one part of it, in something like...

Reflections

01 October 1996 -1- The function of art is the enrichment of life. To that end, I believe the most important function of music is meaningful communication. Musical composition is the transmission of experience in its broadest sense, into auditory patterns. The content...

Defending Music Theory in a Multicultural Curriculum

02 October 2006 Defending Music Theory in a Multicultural Curriculum1 Music theory has served as the foundation for undergraduate music curricula in the United States for much of the past century. Within many music departments, it has been used to introduce students...

Jenny Lind and P. T. Barnum: A Success Story of Music, Business, and Philanthropy

20 September 2019 Abstract Soprano Jenny Lind (1820–87), known as the “Swedish Nightingale,” toured the United States in 1850 under the auspices of “America’s Greatest Showman” and self-proclaimed “Prince of Humbug,” P. T. Barnum (1810–91). The tour was a phenomenal...