Akiko Chau and Faculty Mentor: Joel Campbell, Communications Introduction A Japanese newspaper called Utah Nippo which headquartered in Salt Lake City became an integral part of the establishment of Japanese American community in Utah in the 20th century. Founded in 1914, Utah Nippo was one of the four newspapers in the U.S. that were allowed […]
The Accompaniment Techniques of British Organists
Dallin Baldwin and Faculty Mentor: Don Cook, Department of Music The purpose of my research was to better understand the choral accompaniment techniques of English organists. Most of the choral music that is performed in the United States today is accompanied by the piano. Yet there are great choral masterpieces that are neglected because there […]
Fading the Lines: A Photographic Essay on Bajan Religious Tolerance
Ashley Gordon and Dr. Jerry Garns, Design Department Introduction During the summer of 2017, I traveled to the island of Barbados to better understand and accurately document two of the island’s diminishing religions: The Apostolic Spiritual Baptists and the Rastafari. I wanted to photograph the Bajan people in such a way as to display and […]
Music for Ballet West’s Upcoming Children’s Ballet
Emmaline Sanders and Faculty Mentor: Aaron Merril, Commercial Music While many students apply for an ORCA grant to fund scientific research or, in the case of other Commercial Music majors, technical audio application, I wanted to complete a project that was purely artistic. My emphasis has always been in classical concert composition first and foremost, […]
An Enduring Testament
Jordan Layton and Faculty Mentor: Paul Adams, Photography An Enduring Testament has been one of the greatest projects I’ve had the privilege to work on. The personal and spiritual development I experienced has changed the way I hope to shape my future career in the arts. The ORCA grant helped support a trip to California […]
The Littlest Ballerina (Kamilla) An Original Ballet in One Act
Daniel Fifield and Faculty Mentor: Shayla Bott, Department of Dance At the beginning of Fall semester 2016, I discussed the possibility of composing music for an original ballet with Elise Meiners, an adjunct professor for the BYU Dance Department. She agreed to choreograph the ballet and together we assembled a production team. Daniel Schwicht, a […]
Pyramid Dream: An Unbelievable Opportunity
Emma Meurs and Faculty Mentor: Brad Barber, Theater and Media Arts Pyramid Dream is a documentary film that investigates the reality of the promises of Multi-Level Marketing companies of financial success to their distributors, through the eyes of three female distributors. These three woman experience varying degrees of success as they endeavor to make millions […]
Uncovering Hidden Post-War Music of Stefan Kisielewski
Haley Gammon and Luke Howard, Music History Stefan Kisielewski – writer, publicist, politician, and composer – not only lost many of his works as a result of the Second World War, but was controlled under Soviet censorship many years after it. Today there is a current surge of excitement and opportunity to uncover missing information […]
NCECA Presentation
Lindsey Jensen and Faculty Mentor: Tara Carpenter, Art Educaiton Tara Carpenter and I traveled to Portland and led a discussion with about 50 people at the National Ceramic Education Association. We researched the trend of unskilled ceramic artwork that has been happening in the art world lately. Conceptual work that is done by someone who […]
Relic Hunter — A Student Multidisciplinary Video Game Development Project
PI: Sam Nielson Co-PI’s: Seth Holladay and Justin Kunz Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met We set out with the objectives to create a fully-working slice of a video game, to develop art pieces for students’ portfolio pieces, to help students develop leadership and team skills, and give our […]
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