Silence for Orchestra: Incorporating Silence in Musical Language through Theories of Expectation

Abstract

The purpose of Silence: for Orchestra is to incorporate silence as a captivating source of musical language. Silence's goal is to encourage the audience to appreciate silence as musch as music. David Huron's research in musical expectations served as a guide to create a piece that develops, contradicts, and conforms to a listener's expectations. Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis's work describes five functions of silence found in music. These functions can be applied to the silences used in my piece in order to further conform to the listener's expectations.

Date of Award	2016
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Brad Decker (Supervisor)