Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: A Summary of Dissertation Recitals

Wind Band;Conducting;Music and Dance;Arts;Music: Conducting

Meyer, StephenSnyder, Courtney Kristen ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Wind Band;    Conducting;    Music and Dance;    Arts;    Music: Conducting;   

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【 摘 要 】

Three dissertation recitals were performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Music: Conducting) in the University of Michigan. The repertoire performed on these recitals traverses the major time periods and styles of Western art music and each of the composers presented have reduced, reused, or recycled material from musical and extra-musical sources to create highly innovative and important compositions for wind band. The first recital was a compilation of performances with various concert and chamber ensembles at the University of Michigan during the 2016-2017 school year. This recital included Robert Beaser’s Manhattan Roll; selections from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro arranged for harmonie by Johann Wendt; a revised edition of Florent Schmitt’s Turkish dance, Selamlik, by Stephen Meyer; Chant Funéraire by Gabriel Fauré; and Emil Hartmann’s Serenade, Op. 43. The second recital consisted of Gustav Holst’s arrangement of Bach’s Organ Fugue in G Major [BWV 577] in Bach’s Fugue á la Gigue; Alfred Reed’s setting of Bach’s Komm, süsser Tod; a set of three pieces by Percy Grainger that included Children’s March: Over the Hills and Far Away, Colonial Song, and Shepherd’s Hey; Norman Dello Joio’s Variants on a MedievalTune; and Steven Bryant’s Ecstatic Waters. Performances of these works occurred on two different concerts with the Crane Wind Ensemble at the Crane School of Music-State University of New York Potsdam, during the fall of 2017. The Crane Wind Ensemble also presented the third dissertation recital on November 20, 2017. This performance included Joel Puckett’s Ping, Pang, Pong; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s Variations on Mein junges Leben hat ein End arranged for wind ensemble by Ramon Ricker; Omar Thomas’ Of Our New Day Begun; and Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith, transcribed by Keith Wilson.