{"id":78192,"date":"2014-05-05T16:06:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=78192"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:16:27","slug":"music-students-present-thesis-projects-in-composition-cultural-musicology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/05\/music-students-present-thesis-projects-in-composition-cultural-musicology\/","title":{"rendered":"Music students present thesis projects in composition, cultural musicology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59115\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Parakilas5427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59115\" class=\"size-large wp-image-59115\" alt=\"James Parakilas, James L. Moody, Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts at Bates.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Parakilas5427-600x400.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Parakilas5427-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Parakilas5427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/Parakilas5427.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pianist James Parakilas, James L. Moody, Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts, is among performers at a concert of student compositions. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bates showcases the senior thesis projects of music majors in a two-part event, titled <em>Celebrating Thesis: Cultural Musicology and Music Composition Presentations From the Class of 2014<\/em>, starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10.<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the program consists of thesis presentations by students in cultural musicology, taking place in Commons 221-222, 136 Central Ave.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:30 p.m., student composers present their music in performance by artists including the renowned Momenta Quartet in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2014\/05\/05\/momenta-returns-for-quartet-series-concert-student-thesis-presentations\/\">The Momenta Quartet also performs the previous evening<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE TO READERS<\/strong>: The <\/em>May at Bates<em> printed listing of college events incorrectly indicated that admission to the cultural musicology event is free. In fact, admission is $15.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Admission to the cultural musicology panel is $15 and includes a buffet dinner and admission to the evening concert. Tickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/batestickets.universitytickets.com\/user_pages\/event_listings.asp\">www.batestickets.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the concert is free, but tickets are required, available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/o\/olin-arts-center-4643338427\">bit.ly\/oacbates<\/a>. A reception concludes the night. For more information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:olinarts@bates.edu\">olinarts@bates.edu<\/a> or 207-786-6163.<\/p>\n<p>The cultural musicology students presenting theses include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easton Morang of Winthrop, Maine, who explores the networks of social media in today&#8217;s music;<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Vanasse of Lancaster, Pa., whose honors thesis examines digital sampling in hip hop production in relation to intellectual property issues;<\/li>\n<li>and Julia Hanlon of Cambridge, Mass., whose ethnomusicology thesis looks at Jai Uttal, leader of an American movement dedicated to the practice of a type of devotional chant from India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_77443\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Momenta-Quartet-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77443\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77443\" alt=\"Dedicated to living composers, the Momenta Quartet performs on May 8.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Momenta-Quartet-2013-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Momenta-Quartet-2013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Momenta-Quartet-2013-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Momenta-Quartet-2013.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Momenta Quartet is among performers in Saturday&#8217;s presentation of student-composed music. (John Gurrin)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hanlon is a student of Associate Professor of Music Gina Fatone, and Morang and Vanasse are students of Associate Professor of Music Dale Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>Student composers presenting thesis work in the evening concert include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bo Ra Kim of Seoul, Korea, with &#8220;La Temp\u00eate,&#8221; a piece that depicts a turbulent time of life, with many challenges and uncertainties;<\/li>\n<li>Will Green of New Canaan, Conn., whose &#8220;For Film&#8221; reflects film soundtrack music, with each movement named for a prominent film director;<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Strauch of Exeter, Maine, whose thesis incorporates original music and combines her music major and education minor in a project with middle school students;<\/li>\n<li>and Brendan Davidson of Plymouth, Mass. Performed by the Momenta Quartet and pianist James Parakilas, James L. Moody, Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts, Davidson&#8217;s four-movement work &#8220;Frostfire&#8221; incorporates techniques used by video game composers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kim and Green are students of Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Scott Ordway. Strauch and Davidson are students of Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music William Matthews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty pianist James Parakilas, Momenta Quartet perform as music majors present thesis projects on May 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":52173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[4,11010,130,133],"tags":[6135,6889,7842,9087],"class_list":["post-78192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-life","category-arts","category-collaboration","category-creativity","tag-music-tag","tag-performing-and-visual-arts","tag-senior-thesis","tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78192"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78200,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78192\/revisions\/78200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}