This page contains honors theses produced by senior Music majors. For a list of all honors theses since 2011, click here.
Theses from 2020
Representations of Black Queer Masculinity in Contemporary Popular Music: A Close Analysis of Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean, Josephine Blanchon
A Taste of Life, Christian A. Bradna Diaz
Theses from 2018
Opposition to a Neoclassical Scenario: Hip hop in Contemporary Jazz, Ian Thomas Clarkson
Theses from 2017
Gibbon's Rome for Chamber Orchestra, Kevin H. Franco
How do you interpret Heartbreak?: A prototype theory based approach to understanding genre’s effect on musical persona, Madeline McLean
One Hand Clapping: Hearing Zen in «Recueil de pierre et de sable», Duncan Reehl
Theses from 2014
Giant in the Hillside: Hip-hop and Copyright Law, Benjamin L. Vanasse
Theses from 2013
Classical Music Education: a transcontinental comparative study of classical music for today’s youth, Jessica Diana Cooper
Hamd and Naat: Muslim Women Singers in Pakistan, Amna Ilyas
Requiem Mass for Chamber Orchestra and Choir, Miles C. Isacke
Theses from 2012
Program Music and the Influence of Extra-Musical Narratives on Performance, Karen E. Nicoletti