"Lower Parts": A Gospel-Classical Choral Portrait of the In-Between

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dc.contributor.advisorCoghlan,Michael
dc.contributor.authorDonald, O'Neil Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T14:40:43Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T14:40:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-08
dc.date.updated2023-12-08T14:40:43Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractLower Parts is a choral piece written for gospel and classical choir. The piece presents the concept of deep mental anguish as told through the lens of the 63rd Psalm. The work uses the timbral differences between the two ensembles to illustrate the “in-between” - the liminal space that the author settled in as a result of life’s stressors. Nonetheless, Lower Parts emerges as a testimony of the author’s survival of the turmoil. The work serves as a plan for reconciliation between two choral practices that are usually kept very separate from one another. The separation of classical choral formats from gospel choral formats presents an assumption of superiority. Thus, Lower Parts is an attempt to heal the rift and tell the story of a composer’s plight with an identity that falls in between mental stability and emotional anguish.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/41726
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subject.keywordsGospel music
dc.subject.keywordsGospel choir
dc.subject.keywordsChoral works
dc.subject.keywordsPsalm 63
dc.subject.keywordsMusic
dc.subject.keywordsFusion of gospel and classical music
dc.subject.keywordsReconciliation
dc.subject.keywordsPainting
dc.subject.keywordsBiblical choral music
dc.subject.keywordsBible and music
dc.subject.keywordsWord painting
dc.subject.keywordsDouble choir
dc.subject.keywordsEmotional descent and discovery
dc.subject.keywordsAcapella choral music
dc.title"Lower Parts": A Gospel-Classical Choral Portrait of the In-Between
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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