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  • Parallax Real 
    Fedorova, Samantha
    This thesis describes parallels between the realm of internet, specifically virtual reality and the subconscious domain of dreams. The observation of how slowly and steadily humans become digitalized and migrated into ...
  • Parallelism: Past Perlustration / Future Formulation 
    Caramanna, Brigitte
    This thesis describes my process and presents the research I have used to create my work. I will provide an explanation to methods of printmaking I practice and how that relates to drawing, exploration, and scientific ...
  • Pica: A Design Community 
    Bartz, George
    The world of design has evolved, along with technology, from the days of print advertising to the digital world of websites and mobile apps. The Internet has created a greenfield environment with new design disciplines ...
  • Recent Paintings 
    McCoy, Ryan (2013-09-13)
    This thesis examines the origins and trajectory of the primary line of thought I had developed while creating a body of work over a several year period. I attempted to create a document that would be easily accessible and ...
  • Reframing Shakespeare as an Evolving Model of Inclusive Ensemble Theater 
    Kfoury Horner, Nicholas M
    This thesis investigates and articulates the process of directing a Shakespeare performance to create inclusive, ensemble storytelling. Interpretation and production of a play for public viewing was an integral part of ...
  • Rekindling the Dancer's Imagination 
    Kleinendorst, Robert
    This thesis investigates the trend of dancers losing their ability to access the imagination, to engage in child-like play, and to connect emotion to dance. In the process of researching this thesis, the author utilized ...
  • Rethinking Lines: A Removal of Narrative in Communication Design 
    Parada, Melvin
    This thesis describes the artwork created in the exhibited work of Rethinking Lines. The work is premised on the theoretical findings in the fields of linguistics and semiotics, alongside philosophies tailored under the ...
  • Reviving, Continuing, and Transforming: Stylistically Varied Approaches to Klezmer in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries 
    Benjamin Ryer (2020)
    “Klezmer” is the term commonly used today to refer to music Jewish music from Eastern Europe and is often associated with the Yiddish language and Ashkenazi Jews. Since the 1970s a renewed interest in klezmer has led ...
  • The Role of Arirang on Solo Piano Works of Three Twentieth-Century Korean Composers: Unhoe Park, Junsang Bahk, and Bang Ja Hurh 
    Kim, Yoonji (2013)
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  • Saving Memory in the Decline of Life 
    Warshaw, Raphael (2015-08-13)
    “When one reaches the decline of life it is imperative to try and gather together as many as possible of the sensations which have passed through our particular organism.” - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Much has been ...
  • Scott Wheeler's Piano Works: Musical Portraits and Tributes 
    Trinh An, Linh Thuy (2022)
    The purpose of this study is to understand the piano works by American composer ScottWheeler, a student of Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) who claimed to be the first musician in the world to have composed musical portraits ...
  • Selected Atabaques Rum-Drum Solos in Candomblé Ketu Music: Adaptations for Jazz Percussion Vocabulary 
    Juan Megna (2021)
    This research is focused on adaptations between Afro-Brazilian atabaque percussion, language performed in Candomblé music, and the drum set commonly used in Jazz styles. Candomblé is an Afro-diasporic religion developed ...
  • Self 
    Murray, Mahogany M (2014-10-08)
    From the day we are born, we are taught to conform, to believe, to fear, to love, to want, to need. And as a result of all of those teachings we find our selves lost and confused within this conformity. We are looking ...
  • Shelf Life 
    Grimsby, Gregory
    In the late 17th century, cabinets of curiosity reflected the birth of modern science, manifested in exotic collections of artifacts, specimens, and artworks. These precursors to modern museums juxtaposed natural science ...
  • Sleepwalking: The Creative Process 
    Reedy, Karen (2009-08-26)
    This document describes the choreographic inspiration and process for the creation of Sleepwalking, a dance commissioned by the Kennedy Center’s Local Dance Commissioning Project, performed September 4 and 5, 2008, by Karen ...
  • Some Things I Can’t Explain 
    Sawyer, Rahshia (2014-10-27)
    I make photographs as an inquiry into the existential questions of reality, identity, and the beliefs put in place by the individual. This thesis describes the photographic series of works leading up to and the installation ...
  • Something Out of Nothing: A Conversation on Waste 
    Giron, Olivier (2012-10-05)
    Something Out of Nothing developed out of a growing curiosity to explore the margins between public and private space. The spaces that surround us can be defined through our relationship to the landscape. This definition ...
  • Stim 
    Ruwet, Elizabeth Paxton (2014-03-15)
    This thesis documents specific relationships I observe and have with individuals living with autism. Through an extensive interview and interactive process, the varied interactions furthered my understanding of these ...
  • SYNTHESIZING KODÁLY PEDAGOGY AND EL SISTEMA PHILOSOPHY IN A CHORAL SETTING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CONNECTING CHILDREN’S CHORUSES WITH DISADVANTAGED YOUTH 
    Michael Wu (2019)
    In the past 50 years, American children’s choruses have flourished. Some were guided by four of the most influential conductors and leaders of the children’s choir movement—Jean Ashworth Bartle, Helen Kemp, Henry Leck and ...
  • The Technical and Expressive Aspects of the Clarinet in the Chamber Music of Ned Rorem 
    McCurdy, Brian Glenn (2013)
    THE TECHNICAL AND EXPRESSIVE ASPECTS OF THE CLARINET IN THE

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