Re-establishing and Developing the BYU Chapter of the American String Teachers’ Association

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Melissa Warr and Dr. Andrew Dabczynski, School of Music Part of the mission of BYU is to gain skills that can be used to serve others in the community. In the School of Music, one of the best ways to both gain these skills and serve others is through professional organizations. My mentor, Andrew Dabczynski, […]

Harold Coletta: Preserving the Life of a Great Musician

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Caroline Margaret Maxwell Eight cupboards stood in front of me, full of materials that once belonged to Harold Coletta, a prominent, influential violist of the twentieth century. I unlocked one of them, pulled out a stack of papers, and started sorting through them. Hidden treasures began to appear among the concert programs, snapshots, and letters: […]

Transcription Project of Composition Suite No. 5 by Marin Marais

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Eric Lew and Dr. Claudine Bigelow, School of Music In 1889, a revival of early instruments no longer used (then and now) was undertaken by the Société des Instruments Anciens. The purpose of this revival was to study and practice instruments once preferred but now almost completely unused and unknown in practice and performance. Among […]

Home, Family, and Nation – Inventory of the Manuscript Collections of Lucy Broadwood’s and Alice Gomme’s Pioneering Folksong Research in Great Britain

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Sarah Perry and Professor Jerry Jaccard, Music Education Lucy Broadwood was a researcher with a specific interest in English folk song, including children’s singing games. She was at the forefront of the English folk song, folk dance, and folk art revival that set the stage for widespread reform in school music, serious musical composition, and music […]

Peer Recordings

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J.S. Bergman, R.T. Lee and Dr. David Brown, School of Music “Peer Recordings” is a pilot project designed to build an archive of student recorded etudes for use as a pedagogical resource to teach style and musicianship. This project provides advanced trumpet students with valuable recording experience as they perform and record etudes at a […]

TWO APPROACHES TO THE INCLUSION OF JAZZ IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN MUSICAL TRADITION

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Spencer L. Layton and Dr. Stephan D. Lindeman, Music At the beginning of the twentieth century, the sounds that emerged from Europe differed greatly from the music produced in Africa and the Far East. Many composers of this time were trained in the musical traditions and theory of Western Europe. When they came to America, […]

CLEF: COMPUTER LISTENING EXAM FORMAT

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William Findlay and Harrison Powley with Dr. Steven Johnson, School of Music CLEF, a computer based test delivery system, makes possible creating and administering music listening tests on the Macintosh platform. The software I created aims to provide both teachers and students with a useful tool for the study of music history. Music history courses typically require […]

Gina Bachauer Archival Research

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Gerrit van Dyk and Professor David Day, Music/Dance Librarian My project was to spend time searching among the 30+ boxes of memorabilia concerning Gina Bachauer which was donated to the University by Alec Sherman her second husband. Research 1. Review of Wade, Graham. Gina Bachauer, a Pianist’s Odyssey. Leeds: GRM Publications, 1999. a. I learned a […]