ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
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- 27 Arizona State University
- 8 Schuring, Martin
- 7 Holbrook, Amy
- 6 Rogers, Rodney
- 5 Gardner, Joshua
- 5 Hill, Gary
- 5 Spring, Robert
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- 4 Rotaru, Catalin
- 3 Cosand, Walter
- 3 Hamilton, Robert
- 3 Landschoot, Thomas
- 3 Micklich, Albie
- 2 Buck, Nancy
- 2 Campbell, Andrew
- 2 Feisst, Sabine
- 2 Norton, Kay
- 2 Rockmaker, Jody
- 2 Russell, Timothy
- 2 Spring, Robert S
- 2 Stauffer, Sandra
- 2 Swartz, Jonathan
- 1 Alvarez, Rodolfo Nicolas
- 1 Arredondo, Patricia
- 1 Bailey, Wayne
- 1 Buck, Elizabeth Y
- 1 Bush, Jeffrey
- 1 Carpenter, Ellon
- 1 Case-Ruchala, Celeste Ann
- 1 Creamer, Caryn
- 1 Creviston, Christopher
- 1 Crowe, Barbara
- 1 DEMARS, JAMES
- 1 Deboer, Andrew Caleb
- 1 Demars, James
- 1 Dreyfoos, Dale
- 1 Duron-VanTuinen, Danielle Rae
- 1 Ericson, John
- 1 Feeken, Qing Nadia
- 1 Ferreira, Wesley
- 1 Fitzpatrick, Carole
- 1 Gardner, Joshua T
- 1 Glenn, Melissa Walker
- 1 Guo, Wei
- 1 Hackbarth, Glenn
- 1 Hill, Gary W
- 1 Jiang, Danwen
- 1 Kocour, Michael
- 1 Koonce, Frank
- 1 Landschoot, Tom
- 1 Levy, Benjamin
- 1 Little, Bliss
- 1 Luo, Yali
- 1 Mcallister, Timothy
- 1 Mclin, Katherine
- 1 Meir, Baruch
- 1 Messing, Rachel Michelle
- 1 Meyer Thompson, Janice
- 1 Miller, Audrey Jakub
- 1 Mills, Robert
- 1 Minov, Jana
- 1 Moreau, Barton Andrew
- 1 O'Brien, Andrew
- 1 Pagano, Caio
- 1 Pritchard, Melissa
- 1 Quamo, Jeff
- 1 ROCKMAKER, JODY
- 1 ROGERS, RODNEY
- 1 Reber, William
- 1 Rich, Angela Marie
- 1 Rio, Robin
- 1 Rose, Christopher Steven
- 1 Ryan, Russell
- 1 SUZUKI, KOTOKA
- 1 Sakamoto, Dale Toshio
- 1 Savic, Nenad
- 1 Schildkret, David
- 1 Smith, Bethany
- 1 Smith, Jeffrey
- 1 Solis, Ted
- 1 Solis, Theodore
- 1 Spanierman, Lisa B
- 1 Strickland, Kiefer Philip
- 1 Sunkett, Mark E
- 1 Suzuki, Kotoka
- 1 Swoboda, Deanna
- 1 Thompson, Darrell Irwin
- 1 Tran, Alisia G. T.
- 1 Wier, Alexander Carl
- 1 Yoon, Hyun Sun
- 1 Yun, Yeo Kwang
- 1 da Cruz Ribeiro e Rodrigues, Christiano E
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- 25 Doctoral Dissertation
- 2 Masters Thesis
- 27 Public
- 24 Music
- 5 Musical Performances
- 5 Performing arts
- 4 Clarinet
- 4 Recording
- 3 Commission
- 3 Composition
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- 3 Piano
- 2 Chen Yi
- 2 Fine arts
- 2 Solo
- 1 Activated Acoustics
- 1 African American studies
- 1 African studies
- 1 Alyssa Morris
- 1 American
- 1 Analysis
- 1 Angela
- 1 Arrangement
- 1 Asperger's Syndrome
- 1 Atdawn
- 1 Audio
- 1 Audition
- 1 Bass
- 1 Bassoon
- 1 Binicki
- 1 Biographies
- 1 Bowen
- 1 Cello
- 1 Chen Yi's music
- 1 Children
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- 1 Contemporary
- 1 Devil
- 1 Dorff
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- 1 Electronics
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- 1 First
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- 1 Folk Music
- 1 FyrStar
- 1 Guitar
- 1 HEAVEN
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- 1 Johanson
- 1 La Montaine
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- 1 Mezzo-soprano
- 1 Middleton
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- 1 Musical composition
- 1 Nauranku
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- 1 Opera
- 1 Orchestra
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- 1 Owen
- 1 Percussion
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- 1 Performance
- 1 Portuguese
- 1 Portuguese Music
- 1 Recording guide
- 1 Rich
- 1 STORMFIELD
- 1 Saxophone
- 1 Serbian
- 1 Solo percussion
- 1 Sonata
- 1 Song Cycle
- 1 Suite
- 1 Tartini
- 1 Trafficking
- 1 Transcription
- 1 Trill
- 1 Viola
- 1 Women's Studies
- 1 Yintong Liu
- 1 York
- 1 bassoon
- 1 cello
- 1 chamber repertoire
- 1 commission
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- 1 counselor trainee
- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
John La Montaine (b. 1920) has devoted his life to music composition. His major works total 62 opus numbers, including operas, concertos, songs, chamber music, and orchestral works as well as eleven compositions for solo piano. Among his composition teachers were Nadia Boulanger and Howard Hanson, and his first piano concerto was awarded the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Music. He was active also as a concert soloist and collaborative pianist, appearing on prestigious concert series and with first-rank orchestras. Despite his obvious success, La Montaine did not seek publicity. As a result, the majority of his music is not widely …
- Contributors
- O'Brien, Andrew, Hamilton, Robert, Cosand, Walter, et al.
- Created Date
- 2010
In My Dreams is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, narrator, and piano, based on the poetry of survivors of childhood sex trafficking. It was created to raise awareness of trafficking through music and poetry through the expression of individual dreams and voices. In My Dreams recounts the devastating loss of childhood and celebrates empowering words of survival. The poetry was collected in poetry workshops held in Calcutta and Delhi India in January 2009. After the poems were selected, translated, and edited, composer Dr. Gerard Yun set them to music. This document outlines the process of creating and performing this unique …
- Contributors
- Glenn, Melissa Walker, Fitzpatrick, Carole, Pritchard, Melissa, et al.
- Created Date
- 2010
ABSTRACT Many musicians, both amateur and professional alike, are continuously seeking to expand and explore their performance literature and repertory. Introducing new works into the standard repertory is an exciting endeavor for any active musician. Establishing connections, commissioning new works, and collaborating on performances can all work together toward the acceptance and success of a composer's music within an instrument community. For the flute, one such composer is Daniel Dorff (b. 1956). Dorff, a Philadelphia-based composer, has written for symphony orchestra, clarinet, contrabassoon, and others; however, his award-winning works for flute and piccolo are earning him much recognition. He has …
- Contributors
- Rich, Angela Marie, Buck, Elizabeth Y, Hill, Gary W, et al.
- Created Date
- 2010
The following project is an audition preparation handbook for double bass players. The materials and techniques included are designed for use by advanced collegiate bass players seeking work as freelance or contracted musicians. Subjects ranging from finding an opening, becoming mentally and physically prepared, and developing the skills and experience necessary to be successful will be examined. The most frequently requested audition excerpts are included in this document, carefully extracted from the original orchestra parts and notated with efficient fingerings. Elements of style and performance are discussed. Each of the excerpts is recorded on the enclosed CD, performed by the …
- Contributors
- Rose, Christopher Steven, Rotaru, Catalin, Landschoot, Thomas, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
The purpose of this project was to commission, perform, and discuss a new work for an instrument pairing not often utilized, oboe and percussion. The composer, Alyssa Morris, was selected in June 2009. Her work, titled Forecast, was completed in October of 2009 and premiered in February of 2010, as part of a program showcasing music for oboe and percussion. Included in this document is a detailed biography of the composer, a description of the four movements of Forecast, performance notes for each movement, a diagram for stage set-up, the full score, the program from the premiere performance with biographies …
- Contributors
- Creamer, Caryn, Schuring, Martin, Hill, Gary, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
The purpose of this project is to introduce Bryan Johanson's composition for two guitars, 13 Ways of Looking at 12 Strings, and present an authoritative recording appropriate for publishing. This fifty-minute piece represents a fascinating suite in thirteen movements. The author of this project performed both guitar parts, recorded them separately in a music studio, then mixed them together into one recording. This document focuses on the critical investigation and description of the piece with a brief theoretical analysis, a discussion of performance difficulties, and guitar preparation. The composer approved the use and the scope of this project. Bryan Johanson …
- Contributors
- Savic, Nenad, Koonce, Frank, Rotaru, Catalin, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
The focus of this study was the first Serbian opera, Na Uranku (At Dawn). It was written by Stanislav Binièki (1872-1942) and was first performed in 1903 at the National Theatre in Belgrade. There were two objectives of this project: (1) a live concert performance of the opera, which produced an audio recording that can be found as an appendix; and, (2) an accompanying document containing a history and an analysis of the work. While Binièki's opera is recognized as an extraordinary artistic achievement, and a new genre of musical enrichment for Serbian music, little had been previously written either …
- Contributors
- Minov, Jana, Russell, Timothy, Levy, Benjamin, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
Owen Middleton (b. 1941) enjoys an established and growing reputation as a composer of classical guitar music, but his works for piano are comparatively little known. The close investigation offered here of Middleton's works for piano reveals the same impressive craftsmanship, compelling character, and innovative spirit found in his works for guitar. Indeed, the only significant thing Middleton's piano music currently lacks is the well-deserved attention of professional players and a wider audience. Middleton's piano music needs to be heard, not just discussed, so one of this document's purposes is to provide a recorded sample of his piano works. While …
- Contributors
- Moreau, Barton Andrew, Hamilton, Robert, Holbrook, Amy, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
Works for clarinet in the twentieth century exist in abundance; furthermore, the number of extant works from the Classical period is substantial. However, works for solo clarinet in the late-Romantic style are lacking; most of the significant literature for clarinet is contained in orchestral works. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to add to the solo clarinet repertoire of the late Romantic-style through the transcription of works written originally for viola. The four works transcribed for this project are by York Bowen. Bowen was a British composer and pianist who taught at the Royal Academy of Music in England. …
- Contributors
- Deboer, Andrew Caleb, Spring, Robert S, Hill, Gary, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
This paper describes six representative works by twentieth-century Chinese composers: Jian-Zhong Wang, Er-Yao Lin, Yi-Qiang Sun, Pei-Xun Chen, Ying-Hai Li, and Yi Chen, which are recorded by the author on the CD. The six pieces selected for the CD all exemplify traits of Nationalism, with or without Western influences. Of the six works on the CD, two are transcriptions of the Han Chinese folk-like songs, one is a composition in the style of the Uyghur folk music, two are transcriptions of traditional Chinese instrumental music dating back to the eighteenth century, and one is an original composition in a contemporary …
- Contributors
- Luo, Yali, Hamilton, Robert, Campbell, Andrew, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012