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Online-based Collegiate Wind Conducting Pedagogy in the Pandemic Era
No full textThesis (D.M.A.)--University of Washington, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected instructional practices at universities around the world, necessitating mostly virtual instruction for safety reasons. Particularly impacted were the performing arts, which often rely on live, in-person interaction. In the field of music, professors of conducting were forced to reconsider their teaching methods, as the nature of the practice depends on live, non-verbal visual communication that is adjusted in real-time in reaction to performer output. Conductors of wind musicians also faced an additional barrier to meeting in-person: wind instrumentalists inevitably spread aerosols while playing. In order to understand the challenges virtual instruction presented in the field of wind conducting, it is helpful to review the pre-pandemic state of wind conducting instruction at the university level. The teaching of conducting within academia is a relatively recent phenomenon, with widespread prevalence in the United States only occurring after World War II. Since then, many general trends have emerged within the field of conducting pedagogy. Most conducting programs combine private study with podium time in front of full ensembles, which was no longer feasible during the pandemic.
The instruction of music within a virtual setting is not yet a widely studied phenomenon. Regarding conducting, there does not yet exist a study examining the use of distance-learning methods to deliver instruction. As online-based virtual instruction became a new paradigm during the pandemic, several professors of wind conducting were surveyed and interviewed about how they adapted their philosophies, curricula, and teaching methods during this unprecedented time. Based on these findings, the author has developed curriculums for online-based conducting courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level, which will be presented in this document
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Cultivating the Contemporary Clarinetist: Pedagogical Materials for Extended Clarinet Techniques
No full textThesis (D.M.A.)--University of Washington, 2021The exploration and implementation of new timbral possibilities and techniques over the past century have redefined approaches to clarinet performance and pedagogy. As the body of repertoire involving nontraditional, or “extended,” clarinet techniques has grown, so too has the pedagogical literature on contemporary clarinet performance, yielding method books, dissertations, articles, and online resources. Despite the wealth of resources on extended clarinet techniques, however, few authors offer accessible pedagogical materials that function as a gateway to learning contemporary clarinet techniques and literature. Consequently, many clarinetists may be deterred from learning a significant portion of the repertoire from the past six decades, impeding their musical development. The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the pedagogical literature pertaining to extended clarinet techniques. The document consists of two main sections followed by two appendices. The first section (chapters 1-2) contains an introduction and a literature review of extant resources on extended clarinet techniques published between 1965–2020. This literature review forms the basis of the compendium of materials, found in Appendix A of this document, which aims to assist performers and teachers in searching for and selecting pedagogical materials involving extended clarinet techniques. The second section (chapters 3-5) discusses my original materials that will prepare clarinetists, especially those with little experience with contemporary music, to perform music involving extended techniques, and aid teachers who are working with students on extended techniques. These original materials—comprising preparatory exercises, studies, and sketches—are presented in their entirety in Appendix B. Techniques covered are multiphonics, microtones, and air sounds. My intent is that the information and materials in this dissertation will help to make resources on contemporary music more accessible to clarinetists and part of a well-rounded musical education
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A Comparative Study of Four American Professional Wind Bands
No full textThesis (D.M.A.)--University of Washington, 2020This study compares the repertoire, business models, and philosophies of four American professional wind bands; Dallas Winds, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, San Diego Winds, and the Royal Hawaiian Band. For the purposes of this study, “professional” is defined as generating sufficient income to pay the performers. The Royal Hawaiian Band is an outlier of professional wind bands because of its history and function. The other three bands perform two to nine concerts per season like the first American orchestras. For these young professional bands to achieve comparable success as current professional orchestras, they should make similar revolutionary leaps (not evolutionary steps) that early American orchestras made to guarantee their performers a full season of concerts, enough to provide a livable income
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