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Spring 2024
This thesis explores the aesthetics of sorrow and melancholic expression in Iranian classical music, with special focus on the discursive and performing aspects of its pedagogical tradition. Although barely defined by performers, the ethos of huzn (sorrow) and melancholic ardor of suz (a burning...
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Spring 2020
The full thesis for this degree consists of two public juried performances, a performance edition of Alexis Contant’s Caïn, and a major paper. The first performance took place on June 4, 2016 at Robertson-Wesley United Church, Edmonton, Alberta, and featured works by William Byrd, Orlando di...
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Spring 2015
The Western classical system of musical notation is a powerful and flexible tool, one of proud heritage and expressive complexity. My interest has been to expand and reconfigure this tool to express and benefit my personal compositional interests. I aim to retain enough familiarity wherein...
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an interlude between two nothings: A Musical Composition for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Augmented Electric Guitar, and Fixed Electronics, with Accompanying Document
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"an interlude between two nothings" is a musical work approximately thirty-five minutes in length. It is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, fixed electronics, and an augmented electric guitar. The work is divided into six movements, which alternate between two contrasting streams....