Music Appreciation has been a standard curricular offering since the early 20th century. While the overall goal has been to provide students with tools to understand not only what they are hearing but also the “story” behind an example, many of our popular textbooks still provide material in a chronological (historical) way. Instead of guiding […]
Budapest, Hungary | Summer, 2024 Video and music recording with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Poelking remotely recorded (via Zoom) with this orchestra in a 1 hour recording session for a new piece for string orchestra with percussion. This music is now available on all streaming platforms. For When We Arrive demonstrates the beauty that can […]
Dowland celebrates the story of one of the most important composers to emerge from early modern England. This book contextualizes the geographical, political, religious, cultural, and musical aspects of the life of John Dowland (1563-1626). It provides a window into life as a musician in the Elizabethan-Jacobean era, illuminating the importance of social, courtly, and […]
Cayla Bellamy collaborated with CSU colleagues Jooyeon Chang and Kevin Poelking, current CSU composition student Jalen Thompson, and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra. The works on this album include solo, chamber, and concerto compositions by Thomas Dempster, Reena Esmail, Nancy Hill Cobb, Kevin Poelking, Jalen Thompson, Joan Tower, and damali willingham.
This book analyzes two pieces by American composer George Crumb (1929-2022) as artifacts of American collective memory of war. *Black Angels* (1970) has long been associated with the Vietnam War, even though its relationship to the war specifically has changed over time. *Winds of Destiny* (2004) is specifically about the Civil War and shows how […]
The band West Side Joe and the Men of Soul released their first album, Keep On Climbin’, in 2021. The album has gained critical acclaim and was the #1 played album by Colorado artists on Colorado radio for the month of June 2021. Keep On Climbin’ is mostly blues, R&B, and rock & roll. The […]
“John Dowland: A Research and Information Guide” offers the first comprehensive guide to the musical works and literature on one of the major composers of the English Renaissance. Including a catalog of works, discography of recordings, extensive annotated bibliography of secondary sources, and substantial indexes, this volume is a major reference tool for all those […]
Part I: Advice to the young musician with stories about Prof. Bress’ career playing the harp. Part II: A guide to composing/arranging for the harp with examples of what to write and what not to write and why.
This book looks at the musical culture of death in early modern England. In particular, it examines musical funeral elegies and the people related to commemorative tribute – the departed, the composer, potential patrons, and friends and family of the deceased – to determine the place these musical-poetic texts held in a society in which […]
