This collection includes theses and dissertations from the School of Music. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Life beyond the Port of Beirut, album & drum triggering system., Ayman Abi Kheir

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Aspects of style in selected works by Takashi Yoshimatsu., K. Alex Hatton

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Exploring cultural enrichment and musical development: The role of the Brazilian ensemble in the jazz program at the University of Louisville., Diego Jose da Silva

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Fingerprinting cinematic soundtracks: Examining identity in film music through gender and temporality., Sarah Elizabeth Moser

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Do what you love, an opera in one act., Kamil Jozef Pedziwiatr

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Perceptions of preparedness regarding administrative responsibilities: a comparative analysis of preservice and in-service secondary music educators., Ashley Ann Hokenson

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The perpetual hell of your own undoing., Emery Tackett

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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The last straw for mixed ensemble and electronis., Nicholas Hall

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Maria on the moon: a chamber opera., Tanner Jones

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Ashley: a chamber opera in four scenes., Rron Karahoda

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Clickbait., Roger Knight

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on the subject of loneliness., Isaac Raymond Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Winter suite., Timothy Amalavage-Smith

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Vestiges and dry-erase ghosts., Isaac Barzso

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The high school choral classroom as a platform for cross-cultural education: a content evaluation of the 2020 TNMEA SATB all-state repertoire., Michael Ian Colavita

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Becoming culturally responsive: A guide for music educators., Bailey Haynes

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Clube Da Esquina 1970-1972: a compositional analysis according to Ron Miller's modal jazz concepts., Tullio Mesquita Cunha

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Formula, moment, and IPS in Stockhausen's Evas Erstgeburt., Jonathon Pan

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Medusa for three sopranos and chamber orchestra., Joshua Baerwald

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Backing tracks/play-along materials: origins of several currently popular platforms and strategies for their use., Giovanni De Castro Sena

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Rethinking Meredith Monk., Tracy Monaghan

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The dinner: An opera in one act., Rachael Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Dreamscape no. 2, "Songs for the woman in the sun hat"., Derek D Carter

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Amalgam., Tim Clay

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Brazilian rhythms on the drum set: stylizations of baiao, frevo and maracatu by drummers Airto Moreira, Nene and Marcio Bahia., Lucas Gomes Maia Tome Pimentel

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Liminal aesthetics : perspectives on harmony and timbre in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho., Jackson Harmeyer

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mabalêl., Johannes Visser

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Breathing instruction of successful high school marching band directors., Michael A. Alsop

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The spectral atom : cohesion of spectral particles in the music of Alvin Lucier., Timothy Carl Bausch

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When the ground shakes., James May

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Score study procedures and processes among instrumental music teachers and students of varying experience., Jacob Mark Mitchell

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Asylum for mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, & chamber orchestra., Cullyn D. Murphy

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Jazz bass method books versus actual performance : the case study of Charlie Haden., Hamilton Pinheiro

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The far green country., Lincoln A. Sandham

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The sounds behind language : three musical settings of Beckett's not I by Heinz Holliger, Paul Rhys, and Agata Zubel., Trevor Roy DeJarnett

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Winds of courage a mallet concerto for solo mallets and wind ensemble., Ross Elliott

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Deceptions., Travis Huff

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"Given time..." for soprano and orchestra., Alex Isackson

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Genesis : for orchestra., Zachary Dwight Lowery

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Sight-singing pedagogy : a survey of high school choral directors., Marissa Lee Pollock

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Tonal shift, cadence and transition in the brass sonatas of Paul Hindemith., Blake Taylor

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Factors that lead students to study music education : a descriptive study., Alexander T. Hamilton II

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Iet., Andrew Maxbauer

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Baby book for soprano and orchestra., Lauren Spavelko

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Why we love music : a case study of high school principals., D. Benjamin Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Adarna : for flute & orchestra., Jabez Co

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Dess(o)us Paris : for viola and chamber orchestra., Justin Giarrusso

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Cephalophore : a chamber opera., Chris Kincaid

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Stars for large orchestra., Matt Wetmore 1989-

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Cognitive vs. aesthetic musical experiences : an examination of the relationships between music aptitude and musical preference in third grade students., Erin Archer Elliott

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Life on Mars : for soprano and orchestra., Bryce Fuhrman

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Fearfully, wonderfully : for solo tenor, solo baritone, and orchestra, Anna E. Garman 1990-

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To awaken a god., Kris Peysen

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A realization and analysis : the manifestation of Franz Schubert within Manuel Maria Ponce's Sonata romantica., Parker S. Scinta

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Eighteenth-century reception of Italian opera in London., Kaylyn Kinder

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Administrator and band director perceptions of the implementation of KY Core Content for Assessment in Music., David A. Buchholz 1985-

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The KMEA and its string program : teaching techniques of string teachers., Lyndsay Blair Joseph 1984-

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The effect of singing on the intonation of middle school flute players., Ashley Marie Mattingly 1983-

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Self-regulated practice : a comparison between senior and freshman trumpet students., Jennifer Pope 1988-

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Lieb-, Lied- und Weines Trunkenheit : interrelationships in Hugo Wolf's "Schenkenbuch" Lieder., Theresa Luebbers Cole

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Gyorgy Kurtag's Kafka Fragments, OP. 24 : fragment as form., Kaitlin Doyle

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Sound image and organic form in Höller's "Regen-Kanon" (Sphären, IV)., Adriana Guzman 1977-

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Passion for little people : personal paths for teaching elementary general music., Rebecca Dennis 1983-

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The compositional language of Maurice Durufle as manifested in Prelude, Adagio, et Choral Varie, Op. 4 and Quatre Motets, Op.10., Charlyn Dumm 1953-

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Transforming the past : Luciano Berio's appropriation of folk materials and idioms in "Folk Songs" (1964)., Jamison Tyler Fritts

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Shostakovich, Yevtushenko, and criticism in the Thirteenth Symphony., John Peter Hausmann

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The effect of practice with the Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzer on rhythm accuracy of non-percussion undergraduate music majors., Aaron Patrick Klausing 1981-

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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New theories for old music : an analysis of Lamentations settings by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd., Enoch Samuel Alan Jacobus 1983-

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Syllable systems : four students' experiences in learning rhythm., Tammy Renee Fust

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Geometric pitch structure and form in "Deserts" by Edgard Varese., Michael David Sprowles

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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The bilingual motets of the old corpus of the Montpellier Codex., Kimberly Adelle Harris

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

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Jean Thomas' American Folk Song Festival : British balladry in Eastern Kentucky., Marshall A. Portnoy