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Doctoral Programs
Marita Stryker
Doctor of Musical Arts in Pedagogy – Voice

Recognizing the Invisible: Singing with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome


Clair Cangialosi
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Bassoon

The Bel Canto Bassoon: Using Vocalises to Develop Legato, Resonance, and Breath Management


Karen Olson Culbertson
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Horn

Horn Solos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A Comparative Study of Three Heroes and Their Leitmotifs—Captain America: the First Avenger (2011), Thor: the Dark World (2013), and Captain Marvel (2019)


Noah Alden Hardaway
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Piano

Music in Metaphor: Cross-Domain Mapping the Neuhaus School


Yuan-I Jeffrey 
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Flute

Revival and Innovation of Taiwanese Indigenous Music: A Study on Three Ballads from Taiwanese Aborigines and Saisiyat Capriccio


Nathaniel David Lease
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Trombone

Beyond Tradition: Utilizing Blake Howe's Model for Contemporary Trombone Repertoire


Qiuyu Li
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice

Shutong Li’s creative process and his transition to monastic life: an analysis of text and music of selected works for voice and piano


Jean Lin
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Piano

Conquering the Eroica Variations: A Performer’s Guide to Form, Stylistic Performance, and Technique in Beethoven's Op. 35


James Aaron Martin
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Trombone

The Effectiveness of Narrative Structures in the Analysis of Three Works for Trombone: Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Trombone and Piano, Stjepan Sulek’s Sonata (Vox Gabrieli), and Anthony Barfield’s Meditations of Sound and Light


Katelyn Eileen McClinton
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Violin

African Dances: Analyzing and Comparing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s and William Grant Still’s Approaches to Black Music


Sarah Elizabeth McCown
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Woodwind Doubling

A Guide to Woodwind Doubling in American Musical Theater: Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, and Alto Saxophone


Hidemi Minagawa
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Piano

Fostering Creative and Critical Listening Skills and Unearthing Individual Musical Style: The Efficacy of Personal Recording Devices as Practice Method


Vincent James Peterson
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Conducting

Composing a Life's Work: On Conrad Susa's Pivotal Vocal Work, "Hymns for the Amusement of Children" and His Life Transition Surrounding its Composition


Sarah Thompson
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Trombone

A Pedagogical Guide to Johann Ernst Galliard’s Six Sonatas for Bassoon for Trombonists


Bixiao Wang
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice

Selected Chinese Art Songs of Tzu Huang: A Performance Guide


Yu Wang
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Clarinet

Analyzing Brahmsian Influences in the Arthur Somervel's Clarinet 


Shaofeng Zheng
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance – Voice

Melodies of Longing: Portrayals of Homesickness in Selected Chinese Art Songs 1920 - 2022