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Fragile: Notes to Accompany a Performance and Recording Project
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
The saxophone’s capacity to produce a wide range of sounds, timbres, and techniques has astounded performers, composers, and audience members throughout its short history. This Doctoral thesis, which is composed of a recording project, accompanying scholarly program notes, and a live recital performance, explores some of the many sounds available to the saxophonist. The works performed and discussed are predominantly unaccompanied works for a variety of members of the saxophone family. They are: Mysterious Morning III for solo soprano saxophone by Fuminori Tanada, Sakana for solo tenor saxophone by Dai Fujikura, Zahir III for baritone saxophone and electronics by Simone Movio, Strata, mvmt 1: Sonder for solo tenor saxophone by Colin Labadie, Alter Ego for solo tenor saxophone by Georges Aperghis, and The Last Leaf for solo sopranino saxophone by Chaya Czernowin. As discussed in these program notes, each of these pieces explore the theme of fragility through different means thus informing my title. These notes, written as an accompanying document to the CD recording, discuss the history and impetus behind these pieces, the techniques used, and their challenges from a performer’s perspective. The notes also reflect on the techniques, sounds, and ideas that connect these pieces, with a focus on the soundscape that each composer intends and the challenges that face the interpreter in bringing these ideas to life. The recordings were produced and edited at the University of Alberta in Convocation Hall under the guidance of Russell Baker.
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- 2020-01-01
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- Research Material