T.J. Campbell and Dr. Barry Bickmore, Geology The struggle to find and maintain sources of clean water faces billions of people throughout the world. Increases in groundwater contamination have made this problem even more severe. It is therefore of great importance to understand how contaminants travel and interact in the subsurface. Chemical reactions with the […]
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The Physiological Effects of Music on Children in Health Clinics and Orphanages in Beira, Mozambique and Bapatla, India
Jordan Joseph Ash and Dr. Shane Reece, Statistics Music therapy seeks to take advantage of specific sounds and rhythms that promote physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. While the physiological benefits of music have long been recognized, there have been few attempts to quantify the results and document their application. This paper seeks to […]
The Relationship Between Music Education and Mathematical Achievement
Rebekah L. Stuetz and Dr. Paul Broomhead, Music Education In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the extra-musical benefits of music education. In particular, the study of the relationship between musical instruction and mathematical achievement, or spatial-temporal reasoning, has received a great deal of publicity. This research, known as neuromusicology, has become […]
Algorithmic Composition Using a Computational Model of Music
Morgan Quigley and Dr. Steve Ricks, School of Music Algorithmic composition involves the application of systematic mathematical methods to the compositional process. Sequences of pitches, rhythms, or other musical elements are manipulated as if they were abstract mathematical symbols, and the resultant music contains patterns that can either be simple enough to recognize audibly or […]
Woodwind Doubling in Musical Theater Orchestras: Taking the Insanity out of Crazy for You
Bret Pimentel and Professor Ray Smith, School of Music Crazy for You is a Broadway-style stage musical by Ken Ludwig. The show, which premiered in 1992, uses songs written by George and Ira Gershwin for musicals in the 1930’s. In January and February, 2003, the Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Media Arts and School […]
The Sounds of Syria: Musical Instruments from the Azem Palace
Eric Kyle Lewis and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Art History During the days of the Ottoman Empire, the Azem Palace was the home of the local governor of Damascus. After World War I and Syrian independence, this residence was converted into Syria’s Museum of Popular Arts and Tradition. Now it contains clothing, furniture, and even musical […]
Sounds of a People: An Ethnomusicological Study in Rio de Janeiro
Scott Harwood Homer and Dr. Ron Brough, Music The music of Brazil has a rich heritage and great diversity. Its rhythms, developed by street musicians, are sophisticated and challenging. The people I met know well the songs they hear live and on the radio, and the musicians respond to this by constantly performing creative arrangements […]
The Marvelous American Reality: Making a Case for Carpentier’s Magical Realism in Latin American Music
Erika Edwards and Drs. Arden Hopkin, Music and George Handley, Latin American Studies In 1949 the Nobel Prize-winning Cuban novelist and musicologist, Alejo Carpentier, published his essay on lo real maravilloso Americano, an aggressively American discussion of the theory now known as magical realism. Carpentier refers to the German art critic Franz Roh (who initially […]
Baroque Influence in Tongan Church Music
Sara Black and Dr. Larry Shumway, Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature In Tongan culture, music is very much a part of the natural expression of the people. In the Western tradition, musical experience is often limited to a setting in which an isolated group of performers presents a work to the general public, who observe […]
Getting to the Heart of Matters: Applying Appropriate Performance Practices to Period Music
Bryson Mortensen and Dr. Ronald Staheli, Choral Department, BYU School of Music There is nothing worse than singing a boring piece. Often, when conductors decide to perform works from periods such as the Renaissance, Baroque, or even Classical periods, they find that it is difficult to make the piece exciting. The choir is quickly frustrated […]
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