Mark Weinberg and Professor Paul Adams, Visual Arts – Photography A change of viewpoint can dramatically alter the way we interact with out surroundings. Photographing the Great Salt Lake from the air enabled us to show the beauty of our everyday landscape that often goes unnoticed due to our perspective from the ground. This project also allowed […]
The Creation and Reception of La Reine Topaze by Victor Massé Documented in Manuscripts, Reviews, and Auxiliary Sources
Lindsay Weaver and Professor David A. Day, Harold B. Lee Library Music & Dance Special Collections In our modern day, the Hollywood film industry is arguably the most popular source of entertainment available to our society. For the well-to-do Parisian of the nineteenth-century, his equivalent was the strange business of opera. When purchasing tickets for the season, […]
Sou da Bahia
Houston Trueblood and Professor Robert Barrett, Visual Arts One of the most well-known and admired areas of Brazil, the state of Bahia has come to be regarded as the “Second Africa” of the world. It’s people, culture, and heritage, have a unique and fascinating history. The title of the project, Sou da Bahia (translated, I’m from […]
Displacing the Poor: Photographs of Richmond’s Vanishing Working Class
Zachary Taylor and Professor Daniel Barney, Department of Visual Arts The renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods, otherwise known as gentrification, has been happening in Richmond, Virginia’s inner-city neighborhoods at an alarming rate over the last four years. This renewal has brought explicit benefits to those in its reach. For one, it has helped restore neglected and […]
Companion for Concert Studies for Trumpet
Benjamin Taylor and Dr. David Brown, School of Music The primary goal of this project was to compose a companion duet for eight of the sixteen etudes in Concert Studies for Trumpet, providing a pedagogical tool for use in the trumpet studio at BYU. The remaining eight etudes were already completed as part of a […]
Classical Crossroads: Searching for Common Ground between Pop and Classical Music
Maxwell Stoneman and Dr. Michael Hicks, School of Music Since the early 1980s, a trend has been observed in the demography of those who attend arts events across the United States. There was been a noticeable graying of this group, meaning their average age has steadily increased for several decades and now appears endemic throughout […]
“Untitled” aka “Unhinged”
Nicholas Stentzel and Professor Jeff Parkin, Theatre Media Arts Over the past year I have had the privilege to direct a senior film project entitled “Unhinged,” it is the story of Phillip, a struggling artist who is attempting to complete a final painting for his gallery opening. However, as he works his girlfriend, Mary, continually distracts […]
“When You Know Yourselves, You Will Become Known”: A Choral Setting of Apocryphal Texts
Joseph Sowa and Dr. Michael Hicks, Music Composition When I was a child (out of the many dreams I had as a child), I wanted to be a scientist. The idea of discovering new things about the world sounded fascinating. However, as I read about scientists, I noticed a funny thing. Many major scientific discoveries […]
Conservation of Archaeological Sites: A Case Study, Maseria de Carolis
Rosalie Sharp and Dr. Roger McFarlane, Classics Introduction The original purpose of my research was to develop a conservation plan for Maseria de Carolis (MDC), an archaeological site on the north slope of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Professional conservation of archaeological sites is a relatively new area of study. While conservation principles were first discussed in […]
Their Lives: Ghanaian Orphans
Kelli Saunders and Professor Paul Adams, Visual Arts On January 19th, 2008 I left for Ghana, Africa. I spent three weeks at the Hands of Mercy orphanage. During my time there I played, taught, loved, and photographed the children. There were around 20 kids ranging from the age of 2 to about 14. They are wonderful. They’re […]
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