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Item Chamber chip : an album of six pieces for instrument(s) and fixed media(2015-12) Wilson, Zackery Joseph; Pinkston, Russell; Pennycook, Bruce; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Grantham, Donald; Justin, DavidChamber Chip is a thirty-five-minute musical album consisting of six pieces written for electronic fixed media and various instruments and instrumentations, including: solo piano, solo tuba, flute and cello duo, brass quintet, and saxophone quartet and piano. The album is essentially a compilation of commissioned works collectively governed by a common theme: the intersection and juxtaposition of chiptune, classical, and jazz musical elements. The first chapter of this dissertation examines the genesis of the album and its compositions, the definition of chiptune music and its underlying influence, and the challenges inherent in the medium. The second chapter is a piece-by-piece analysis of the album, complete with explanations of major motives, harmonic language, and formal structure. The Chamber Chip physical and digital CD album will be commercially released on the chiptune, electronic, and video game inspired music net label Ubiktune in its 2016 catalog year.Item Doctoral thesis recital (composition)(2012-10-12) Wilson, Zackery Joseph; Unable to DetermineMy parents' phone number / Ethan Frederick Greene -- Cheat trio: Five Appalachian meditations / Zachary Wilson -- tu-BIT / Zachary Wilson -- Lissajous / Ethan Frederick Greene -- Three Eady songs / Ethan Frederick Greene -- GAME OVERture / Zachary Wilson.Item Música dramática(2010-05) Wilson, Zackery Joseph; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Pinkston, RussellIn my years as a composer, I’ve had a great fascination with the concept of juxtaposition and superimposition of various moods and styles of music. Although I’d written many pieces before thesis, I had yet to examine the results of this polarization in music. Thus, the purpose of this present composition was to explore contrasting musical elements while combining them in a coherent, competent manner. To begin, I chose two differing instrumentations of which to amalgamate: strings and percussion. música dramática exploits the different timbres and colors of the instruments and presents them by a uniform method. Musical elements of the piece such as style, mood, harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, register, and dynamics all work together in order to conform to a single composition no matter how jarring the differences may be. Altogether, the various elements of this single movement work for string orchestra and percussion were fused to create a well-balanced, well-proportioned piece of music. The results were spectacular: regardless of the extreme differences in the many factors of music, one coherent composition was formed. In música dramática, this single idea is brought to fruition.