Graduate Program
Music
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
2011
Thesis Director
Barry Houser
Thesis Committee Member
Danelle Larson
Thesis Committee Member
Unknown
Abstract
Concentration in Conducting
This project contains the detailed study of three works for wind band. Each study includes direct input by the composers whose pieces are represented. The author interviewed all the composers by e-mail.
The pieces analyzed are:
- At Morning's First Light by David Gillingham
- Hebrides Suite by Clare Grundman
- Undertow by John Mackey
Questions asked in the interviews were unique to the particular musical elements present in the works. Each piece was analyzed with the same criteria using the following elements:
- Composer Information
- Composition Background Information
- Score Description / Instrumentation
- Form Analysis
- Melodic Analysis
- Harmonic Analysis
- Meter/Tempo/Rhythm
- Texture/Dynamics
- Technical Demands
- Conducting & Rehearsal Considerations
Each analysis also concludes with a section of "references and resources," listing the various documents and media cited in this research, as well as additional pertinent material. The result is three independent analyses, each one a complete resource for music educators interested in utilizing the information in the study of the pieces analyzed.
Recommended Citation
Mroczek, Christopher Lawrence, "An Analysis Of Selected Band Works With Composer Perspective" (2011). Masters Theses. 498.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/498
