Topics from General Examination for DMA from the University of Washington (links will point to my outlines in PDF format)
- The Aging Voice: Physiological changes, supportive exercises and repertoire suggestions
- Reading session of Women Composers
- The Dialogue Cantatas of J.S. Bach
- An Overview of Dietrich Buxtehude’s Abendmusiken: A benchmark even in corporate funding of the arts
- University of Washington Baltic Choral Music Library: Collection, Database and Search Tools
- A Catalog of the Choral Compositions of Estonian Composer Ester Mägi
- To the Bards: An overview of Ester Mägi’s choral works
- Implementing music fundamentals into the musical theater rehearsal
- Choral Methods Syllabus
- History of Choral Music in America
- Children’s Choir Repertoire
- F. Melius Christiansen and the St. Olaf tradition
- American Hymnals and Changes in Liturgy since Vatican II
- The Complete Conductor: Breath, Body and Spirit
- Pedagogical Considerations during the choral rehearsal
- Beyond the Cues: A new outlook on score analysis
- Natural Movement: Using the Concepts of Yoga, Tai Chi, Laban and others in the teaching of choral conducting
- Parasemantike: Greek Musical Notation Overview
- Hans Pfitzner’s Palestrina and its representation of conservative political ideology
- Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning: A look at temperment and intervallic relationships
- The neo-medieval elements as representation of the neo-classical style in Ottorino Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity
- The Compositional Signature of Anton Bruckner
