Senior honors recital (Muspe 498) : [an honors thesis (HONRS 499)]

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Authors
Cummins, Katie M.
Advisor
Ehnes, Fred R. (Fred Rickard)
Issue Date
2004
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Degree
Thesis (B.?.)
Department
Honors College
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Abstract

This recital began developing according to my tastes and performance level on the French horn. I chose a wide variety of music all in the "modern music" category for horn. This was done with the help of my private teacher, but more importantly, we tried to select music that I could study and prepare for an entire year, resulting in a very difficult program. The program notes should explain why I chose each individual piece, but as an overview, the pieces were chosen because of their sheer beauty and powerful display of emotions through music. Research for the program notes was basically done through the Internet sources available. Most of the composers are still living and have personal web pages, which helped me create the program notes. When arranging the program notes, I knew that I was restricted to one page of real notes. Thus, I had to decide which pieces were more important than others, so that I could have a thorough overview of all of the pieces and only get specific on a few examples. The recital itself went very smoothly, I was in good physical shape from months of rehearsals, and I felt very happy with the result.