Graduate Program

Music

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Semester of Degree Completion

2008

Thesis Director

Jonathon Kirk

Thesis Committee Member

Peter Hesterman

Thesis Committee Member

Susan Teicher

Abstract

For this project, I composed the script and music for an original musical, After the Winter. The score is given, followed by an analysis of the piece. The main purpose of the analytical portion was not to make a value judgment about my own work, but to simply show how the music enhances the text and to reveal my tendencies and preferences as a composer. It does so by chronologically examining the form, harmony, rhythm, and instrumentation of each song. The analysis also provides a plot summary and places After the Winter in the context of musical theater as it exists today.

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