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Item Producing young adult literature in the 21st century(2012-08) Appell, Stephanie Ann; Immroth, Barbara Froling; Abbott, StephanieThe book publishing industry experienced a period of drastic change during the final decades of the twentieth century. Small publishing companies consolidated and were purchased by large, profit-minded media conglomerates. The widespread adoption of digital media technologies prompted many questions about the very future of the book itself. Yet at the pinnacle of these changes, the American young adult publishing market gradually began to experience not a decline, but a renaissance. In this report, I explore ways that changes in book publishing have manifested themselves in contemporary young adult literature through two case studies. Are today’s young adult books works of literature or commercial products? Is their increased popularity due to widening readership or more savvy marketing? Are the companies producing them more concerned with the public good or their own profit margins?Item Two boys kissing : an oratorio for men's voices and instruments(2016-12) Shank, Joshua, 1980-; Pinkston, Russell; Grantham, Donald; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Drott, Eric; Bennett, ChadChoirs made up primarily of individuals from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community have been around for nearly 40 years. Because there is very little repertoire which tells their particular story, they have supported the creation of many new, LGBT-centric works to present in concert over the course of their history. This dissertation will concern itself with the creation of "Two Boys Kissing: An Oratorio for Men's Voices and Instruments" which stems from a commission the author received in the spring of 2015 from the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus (TCGMC1) to adapt David Levithan's 2013 award-winning, young adult novel, "Two Boys Kissing," into an evening-length, musical work to be presented by the TCGMC during their 35th-anniversary season. Composing such a work presents many challenges on many levels both musical, literary, historical, and emotional. Over the course of this document the source material will be examined, and the history of pieces commissioned by gay men's chorus in the United States will be examined. Finally, the method of adaptation of the source material and the compositional process which resulted in the final work will be explained.