An Analysis Of Selected Band Works With Composer Perspective

Abstract

Concentration in Conducting

This project contains the detailed study of three works for wind band. Each study
includes direct input by the composers whose pieces are represented. 1 The author
interviewed all the composers by e-mail.
The pieces analyzed are:
At Morning's First Light by David Gillingham
Hebrides Suite by Clare Grundman
Undertow by John Mackey
Questions asked in the interviews were unique to the particular musical elements present
in the works. 2 Each piece was analyzed with the same criteria using the following
elements:
1. Composer Information
2. Composition Background Information 7.
3. Score Description / Instrumentation
4. Form Analysis
5. Melodic Analysis
6. Harmonic Analysis
7. Meter/Tempo/Rhythm
8. Texture/Dynamics
9. Technical Demands
10. Conducting & Rehearsal Considerations
Each analysis also concludes with a section of "references and resources," listing the
various documents and media cited in this research, as well as additional pertinent
material. The result is three independent analyses, each one a complete resource for music
educators interested in utilizing the information in the study of the pieces analyzed.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Barry Houser (Supervisor)