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Item Amateur community choruses: exploratory case studies of ensembles in Texas(Texas Tech University, 2005-08) Pendleton, Joe C.This study is a qualitative examination of the origins and organizational information of selected amateur community choruses in the state of Texas. This study is designed as an in-depth evaluation of each ensemble and will compare the methodology used by these ensembles in specific areas. The conclusions reached in the results of this research revealed unified musical purposes across the choirs like advancing the choral art and producing beautiful music, while an incredible diversity of methods are employed to achieve those purposes. The comparison of methods is organized by grouped responses to interview questions, and then placed in chapters by general areas of information addressed in the questions. The responses were gleaned from personal interviews with the directors of these organizations. This study does not offer a musical comparison or success evaluation of the ensembles, but compares the organizational methods used to achieve the goals listed in the chorus’s mission statements. Additionally, the selection of choruses does not represent a cross section of amateur community choruses in Texas, but closely examines the operation and activities of six choirs. The criteria for selecting the choirs for this study included their proximity to each other, which allowed me to interview each director in person. There are three groupings that emerged as a result of the interviews; unique circumstances, shared circumstances, and unified purpose. Concerning unique factors, the focuses of this study are a symphony chorus, a gender-specific chorus, a chorus supported by a religious school, a children’s chorus, a true stand-alone chorus, and a chorus associated with a state university. Secondly, the ensembles can be grouped by certain shared circumstances, such as funding support. One group is fully funded by a parent arts organization, three must raise their own support individually, and two are given some support by a larger educational organization. Finally, every organization shares the goals of advancing the choral art, being challenged by the rigors of rehearsal and performance, and producing beautiful music.Item Amateur community choruses: Exploratory case studies of ensembles in Texas(2005-08) Pendleton, Joe C.; Stoune, Michael; Donahue, Linda L.; Cejda, Brent D.; Elrod, Pamela; Hobbs, Wayne C.; Wood, BruceThis study is a qualitative examination of the origins and organizational information of selected amateur community choruses in the state of Texas. This study is designed as an in-depth evaluation of each ensemble and will compare the methodology used by these ensembles in specific areas. The conclusions reached in the results of this research revealed unified musical purposes across the choirs like advancing the choral art and producing beautiful music, while an incredible diversity of methods are employed to achieve those purposes. The comparison of methods is organized by grouped responses to interview questions, and then placed in chapters by general areas of information addressed in the questions. The responses were gleaned from personal interviews with the directors of these organizations. This study does not offer a musical comparison or success evaluation of the ensembles, but compares the organizational methods used to achieve the goals listed in the chorus’s mission statements. Additionally, the selection of choruses does not represent a cross section of amateur community choruses in Texas, but closely examines the operation and activities of six choirs. The criteria for selecting the choirs for this study included their proximity to each other, which allowed me to interview each director in person. There are three groupings that emerged as a result of the interviews; unique circumstances, shared circumstances, and unified purpose. Concerning unique factors, the focuses of this study are a symphony chorus, a gender-specific chorus, a chorus supported by a religious school, a children’s chorus, a true stand-alone chorus, and a chorus associated with a state university. Secondly, the ensembles can be grouped by certain shared circumstances, such as funding support. One group is fully funded by a parent arts organization, three must raise their own support individually, and two are given some support by a larger educational organization. Finally, every organization shares the goals of advancing the choral art, being challenged by the rigors of rehearsal and performance, and producing beautiful music.Item The concept of autochthony in Euripides' Phoenissae(2014-05) Sanders, Kyle Austin; Beck, DeborahEuripides’ Phoenissae is a challenging work that is often overlooked by scholars of Greek drama. This study analyzes how the concept of autochthony occupies a central thematic concern of the play. On the one hand, autochthony unites humans to soil, political claims to myths, and present to past. On the other hand, autochthony was often invoked to exclude foreigners, women and exiles from political life at Athens. We observe a similar dichotomy in the Phoenissae. Autochthony unites the episode action–the story of the fraternal conflict—with the very different subject matter of the choral odes, which treat the founding myths of Thebes. By focalizing the lyric material through the perspective of marginalized female voices (Antigone and the chorus), Euripides is able to problematize the myths and rhetoric associated with autochthony. At the same time, Antigone’s departure with her father at the play’s close offers a transformation of autochthonous power into a positive religious entity. I suggest that a careful examination of the many facets of autochthony can inform our understanding of the Phoenissae with respect to dramatic structure, apparent Euripidean innovations, character motivation, stage direction and audience reception.Item The river of light : an oratorio for soloists, chorus, & orchestra(2016-05) Armstrong, Troy (Musician); Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Grantham, Donald, 1947-The River of Light was commissioned by the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection orchestra and chorus in Leawood, KS in dedication of a 300 square foot stained glass window that is to be installed in their new sanctuary in 2017. The window, though conceived and built as one cohesive piece of art, is divided into three sections. Part I of “The River of Light” pertains to the images in the left third of the window. These scenes portray the events of creation, the Garden of Eden, and famous historical events and figures from the Old Testament. Part II, the middle of the window, alternates conversations between Jesus and various people from the New Testament with settings of three hymns dealing with the crucifixion that are near and dear to the church that commissioned the work. Part III, the right third of the window, utilizes quotations from figures important to the history of the Christian church that are depicted in the work of art. Flowing through all three sections is a river in the shape of the last Greek letter Omega. This river binds the three sections of the window together as does the hymn, “Shall We Gather at the River”, which flows through various musical numbers throughout the entire work.