Music as a means of connecting, understanding, and being understood

Author

Michael Chase Dickerson, University of Northern IowaFollow

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• 01 Spoken introduction
• 02 Dickerson - Blango
• 03 Spoken interlude
• 04 Dickerson - Rhythmic Gimmick
• 05 Dickerson - Cumbia de un invierno largo
• 06 Dickerson - Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord
• 07 Dickerson - Snow
• 08 Dickerson - Expectations
• 09 Dickerson - 16 June 2013
• 10 Dickerson - While Walking
• 11 Dickerson - Spoken closing remarks

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Open Access Thesis

Keywords

Composition (Music);

Abstract

The recital described in this abstract is the result of an active engagement with friends and acquaintances in artistic fields—students and teachers, performers, composers, and audience members, authors, poets, and painters. Some of the pieces included are abstract, in that they are neither programmatic nor texted, but every piece is, in another sense, concrete, because my music is a representation of the creative intelligences of a community, which together produce something real and embodied. My music is intended to be a centerpiece for interaction, a means of connecting with and understanding one another in a way that is perhaps unique to the interplay of sounds.

Year of Submission

2016

Degree Name

Master of Music

Department

School of Music

First Advisor

Alan Schmitz, Chair

Comments

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Date Original

5-2016

Object Description

11 audio files + 1 PDF file

Copyright

©2016 Michael Chase Dickerson

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Dickerson, Michael Chase, "Music as a means of connecting, understanding, and being understood" (2016). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 320.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/320