This page contains honors theses produced by senior Music majors. For a list of all honors theses since 2011, click here.
Theses from 2022
“Nobody’s More Country”: Identity in Country-Rap Crossover Music, Amanda Mai T. Becker
Suite: for Woodwind Quintet, Haik Oliver Der Manuelian
A Place Beyond all Hope, Thomas A. Hiscock
Theses from 2021
Sounds of Scotland, Ian W. Robertson
Sounds of Scotland, Ian W. Robertson
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