New Media Research and Development

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Taylor Rose and Professor Jeff Parkin, Media Arts New Media technologies are changing consumer engagement expectations. As media author and researcher Mimi Ito observed in the Transmedia Hollywood forum, the Pokemon audience—who grew up engaging with highly social, customizable forms of media—has now reached adulthood and has very different media expectations than previous generations. In addition, […]

Understanding William Primrose: The Transcription of Technique is Memory

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Noelle Rader and Dr. Claudine Bigelow I received my ORCA grant to transpose and transcribe for viola the out-of-print violin method book Technique is Memory, written by the famous violist William Primrose. BYU is home to the largest viola music archive in the world, the William Primrose International Viola Archive (PIVA). William Primrose was the […]

Community Magazine

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Kevin C Pinegar and Professor Adrian Pulfer, Visual Arts When I enrolled in Brigham Young University, I had decided that “for the sake of education” I would give up art and culture for a few years and live in Provo. I was naive back then: I thought that BYU would be a place that discouraged creative […]

From Silver to Bamboo

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Nicole Okeson and Dr. Kirt Saville, Music The flute is one of the oldest musical instruments in history. Flutes can be found in civilizations across the globe throughout time. While basic similarities exist between all flutes, including similar fingerings and embouchure, musical style and notation differ widely. China is one of the oldest continuous civilizations […]

The IRA: Terrorists?; A Study of the Northern Irish Conflict through Writing, Interviews and Audio Documentary

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Arielle Badger, Clifford Newman and Dr. Michael Findley, Family, Home, and Social Sciences The Easter Rising of 1916 began the end of British rule in Ireland. While the Republic of Ireland gained full independence in 1922, Northern Ireland remained under British control. Many Irish nationalists continued to fight for a fully united, independent Ireland. Small-scale […]

Two New Works in the Development of a Playwright and Director

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Zach Kempf and Professor George Nelson, Theatre and Media Arts This Project was intended to produce and culminate in two public works of theater, One, written by myself, entitled ‘The Monster of Dr. Frankenstein” and Directed by David Lidell Thorpe; the other, written by Matthew Greene, entitled “for Dear Life” and Directed by myself. The former […]

Sacred Architecture: How Where We Worship Tells about What We Worship

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Carly Hyatt and Professor Val Brinkerhoff, Visual Arts Through my ORCA project and working closely with a mentoring professor, I have learned much more than how to conduct effective research. I was able to explore a passion of mine, religious architecture, in a very unique setting. Originally, my plan was to go to Italy and evaluate […]

Facebook Users’ Perceptions of Businesses’ Facebook Pages

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Nicole Goring and Dr. Steven Thomsen, Communications College students in the United States and New Zealand were surveyed about their Facebook usage patterns, attitudes toward businesses’ pages on Facebook, and factors that could motivate them to join a business’s Facebook page. Several studies have researched businesses’ perspectives on using social media to reach their audiences, […]

BREAD TO KILL And the Future of Filmmaking at BYU

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Thousands of talented filmmakers have learned their craft while studying at BYU. After years of studying, talented seniors competed for limited resources to produce a 419 project – a senior film; an epic, industry-quality film that represents the pinnacle of this journey and launches the filmmakers into the professional world. This year a shift occurred […]