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Dissertations from 2025
There’s a Crisis Brewing in Higher Education, Caroline M. Graham
The Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Ruth Gipps: A new edition, Nicholas M. Greer-Young
Bob Becker: An examination of his compositional approach and his chamber work Never in Word, KaiPo Lan
Elements of Greek Identity in the Eight Dances from the Greek Islands by Yiannis Constantinidis, Afroditi Mitsopoulou
A Discussion of Rodion Shchedrin’s Ten Piano Pieces, Op. 20, Wei Mo
The Percussionist’s Guide to Developing Performance Skills and Emotional Connection, Shelby N. Shelton
Minimize barriers, maximize success: Optimizing the private trumpet lesson experience for students with ADHD, Stefanie Marie Tetzloff
The Jack Pine and Four Other Solo Piano Works Composed by Five Canadian Women in the Twenty-first century, Huanwen Wang
Dissertations from 2024
A survey of collegiate voice students with asthma and allergies and their perceived impact on singer health and performance experiences – A pilot study, Nicole Dorothy Jenkins
Impressionism in the hands of Griffes, Bauer, and Howe, and the musical climate in early 20th-century America, Elaine Sara Lim
Pedagogical tools and techniques for the development of harmonic audiation, ensemble intonation, and textual imagery through the choral music of Ola Gjeilo, Nikolaos Myrogiannis-Koukos
The ‘well-Rounded’ artist: An intersectionality of stage presence, artistry, and entrepreneurship, Megan E. Zuhowski
Dissertations from 2023
Etudes for marimba: An assessment of intermediate and advanced techniques with four new works, William Alderman
The origins and development of the Cuban Danzas for the piano in the works of Manuel Saumell, Ignacio Cervantes, Ernesto Lecuona and Gisela Hernandez, Yanet Bermudez Ortiz
An examination of Maria Schneider’s big band artistry through the lens of wind band arranging, Amy Birdsong
Camargo Guarnieri's Twenty Estudos: A commitment to Brazilian nationalism and virtuosity, Steven Brancaleone
Reevaluating student engagement: Exploring and applying alternative assignments in higher education undergraduate applied saxophone, Anthony S. Cincotta II
An introduction to five selected modern Korean art songs, Gagok, by composers Guisook Lee and Jiyoun Chung, Ji Hee Kim
Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin: Human emotions, grief, and the history of the Tombeau, Tin V. La
Selected Lieder transcriptions of Franz Liszt and Leopold Godowsky: A comparative analysis, Jeremiah Padilla
The reed-above embouchure: History, geography and new avenues for clarinet pedagogy, Gregorio Maria Paone
The art of sustaining orchestras through intentional educational experiences, Kimberly Souther
Dissertations from 2022
Decolonizing and enriching opera: A Nigerian folktale one act opera, Miracle O. Amah
A poet's voice: Music in service to poetry: Elements of text painting in Juliana Hall's song cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin
A poet's voice: Music in service to poetry: Elements of text painting in Juliana Hall's song cycle "How Do I Love Thee?", Hayley Z. Coughin
A Compositional Trinity for Viola: Three Caprices Evoking Heritage, Faith, and Urban Culture, Aiveen Gallagher
Musikah v’Ḥalil, “Music and the Flute”: The use of Jewish prayer in flute and piano music, Kathryn L. Rudnik
An investigation of the violin teaching method of Lin Yaoji from a personal perspective, Mo Zhou
Dissertations from 2021
A pedagogical approach to the technical aspects of Eugène Ysaÿe’s solo violin sonatas No. 5 and No. 6, Jianda Bai
An annotated list and searchable database of works for trumpet and piano by living American composers, Shelby R. Carico
American euphonium literature: Trends and analysis from the Golden Age of Bands through the 21st century, Phillip M. Marion
Words, music, memory: An exploration of four soprano song cycles by Lori Laitman based on poetry by victims of the Holocaust, Sheena Ramirez
The underrepresented French trombone: A recording and written document of rarely performed 20th century trombone literature of the Paris Conservatory, Kyle A. Remnant
Five songs by Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960): From nostalgia to Christian hope and the assurance of heaven, James K. Richardson
Exploring unpredictability in Augusta Read Thomas' Six Piano Etudes and Traces, Gianne Ge Zhu
Dissertations from 2020
Influence and innovation: Beethoven's impact on the sonatas for piano and cello by Mendelssohn and Chopin, Patrick T. Bellah
The integration of the Interactive Teaching Method (ITM) of the Alexander Technique in vocal pedagogy, Susan D. Gouthro
Recording a solo instrumental album: A methodology and representative album, John Nye
Survey and analysis of undergraduate music education percussion methods courses in relation to the practical needs of secondary music educators in American public schools, Bryan C. Pickering
Shared dramatic pacing in Jake Heggie's Three Decembers, Cynthia Wohlschlager
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Music and peacebuilding: A survey of two Israeli ensembles using music and dialogue to build understanding, empathy, and conflict transformation, Benjamin Philip Bergey
Music for a new era: Selected works dedicated to flutist Louis Fleury (1878-1926), Lydia Carroll
Tone production, musicianship training, repertoire development, performance practice: A pedagogical overview of selected international children's choirs, Janet Hostetter
Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67: Connecting tonality to tempo, character, and interpretation, Chyh Shen Low
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Nikolai Medtner: A new source for Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5, Clement Barrera Acevedo
String fundamentals for the non-string-playing conductor, Dianna Fiore and Dianna Marie Fiore
Selected folksong arrangements of Zoltán Kodály: An analysis and performer’s guide, Sebastian A. Haboczki
A performer’s guide to the role of Aspasia, Melissa McCann
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
La Chasse: The legacy of hunting calls in French Compositions for solo horn and piano, Daniel J. Atwood
The Development of a Fach System for the Tenor Oratorio Repertoire, Randall C. Ball
The role of narrative in performing Schumann and Chopin’s music, Yu-Wen Chen
The art songs of Zachary Wadsworth: A guide to style performance, and literature, Jordan R. Davidson
Connection between visual arts and music: The painting and music of I-Uen Wang Hwang, Yining Jenny Jiang
A musical crusade: Reviving the music of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini through a comparative statistical, pedagogical, and theoretical analysis, Jessica R. Spafford
College orchestra director programming decisions regarding classical twentieth-century music, Mark D. Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Finding Jean-Blaise Martin: An italianate approach for a modernized baryton-Martin Fach, Aaron D. Agulay
The creation of a skills-based grading system for Solo Trumpet Repertoire, Charles R. Ahlhorn
The origins and development of the euphonium concerto with brass band, Joel M. Collier
Afro-Caribbean stylistic elements as topics in the music of Silvestre Revueltas: Conveying a political discourse in Caminando, No sé por qué piensas tú, and Sensemayá, Elsy M. Gallardo-Diaz
Meditation and awakening: An exploration of the wind music of Eric Guinivan, Henry C. Hess Jr.
Notes for a writer: The role of the flute as narrator in Jon Lord's To Notice Such Things, Brianne Little
Rhetoric and wit in Nicolas Bernier's Le Caffé, Anne C. Wick
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
'More divine than human': Early Tudor plainchant and polyphony of the Lenten Compline Office in the Use of Salisbury, 1485-1558, Mark Wayland Ardrey-Graves
What do I assume? An applied lesson approach integrating critical thinking and student-directed learning, Ayn T. Balija
Effective elements of conducting: A study of high school orchestra directors, Matthew J. Brooks
Choro of Gordon Stout: Representation in a living art, Elayne Harris
Use your words: A lyrical guide to the opera-inspired paraphrases of Antonino Pasculli (1842-1924), Aaron S. Hill
The Hungarian Rhapsodies and the 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs: Historical and ideological parallels between Liszt and Bartók, David B. Hill
Debussy and Schoenberg: Two musical reactions to late romanticism, Priscila Ott Falcao Oliveira
Olivier Messiaen: A performance guide for selected mélodie, Melissa M. Sumner
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Violin pedagogy through time: The treatises of Leopold Mozart, Carl Flesch, and Ivan Galamian, Steffany Ann Shock
Early music influences in Paul Hindemith's Compositions for the Viola, Domenico L. Trombetta
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A stylistic analysis and performance guide to selected compositions of Dave Douglas for the Tiny Bell Trio, Taylor Roy Barnett
Robert Schumann's Piano Sonata no. 1 in f-sharp minor, op. 11–style and structure, Stephanie Abigail Emberley
Pedagogical use of cinematic imagery in Augusta Read Thomas's Piano Etudes, Luis Bernardo Gonzalez
Artistic influence, stylistic irony, and musical reference in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, Ryan Michael Hoffman
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
J. S. Bach and the high school choir: A resource guide for teachers of intermediate and advanced level high school choirs, Lynn G. Atkins Jr.
The illusion of chaos: The compositional structure of Olivier Messiaen’s Le Merle Noir, Tiana Lynn Grise
A conductor's analysis: The birthday cantatas of Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), John Patrick McCarty
Early flute pedagogy: The utilization of alternative types of flutes for young children, Erin Murphy
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Continuing Abby Whiteside's legacy--The research of pianist Sophia Rosoff's pedagogical approach, Carol Ann Barry
Franz Liszt: The Sonata in B Minor as spiritual autobiography, Jonathan David Keener
The evolution of style in the neoclassical works of Stravinsky, Kyle Szabo
