Honors Program Theses

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Open Access Honors Program Thesis

First Advisor

Daniel Swilley

Abstract

I have known for a long time that in order to complete my honors thesis, I would need to write some sort of “big, monolithic” piece to show my work. Initially, I had decided that I wanted to pursue a path of electroacoustic composition to complete this piece, as this area was, and still is, a field of music composition that I lack general knowledge with. The progress on this piece was rapid at first, yet slowly came to a halt. My lack of familiarity with the processes and options available led to quickly feeling overwhelmed with the scope of what the project could be. After careful consideration of how I could progress, I decided to switch gears to something equally as challenging and overwhelming, if not more so, for a composer - a piece for orchestra. The piece that resulted is titled The Thing With Feathers, which is a 3.5 minute work that was written for standard orchestral instrumentation. This includes 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 french horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 timpani, 2 percussionists, 1 harpist, and standard string section with violins I and II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

Year of Submission

2024

Department

School of Music

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

Date Original

5-2024

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Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License
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en

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