부산대학교 도서관

Summary: Symphonic Poems is a collection of two movements Arcadian Flair (06:30) and The Wing of a Lark (8:30) written for wind ensemble. For inspiration, I looked to notable composers John Corigliano, John Mackey, Adam Schoenberg, and Joseph Schwantner. This work was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music from Florida State University.Inspired by the sounds of video games, Arcadian Flair is meant to represent the childhood wonder of a video arcade. Post-minimalist in style, the work incorporates fun, exciting textures, and grooving bass lines reminiscent of many video game soundtracks. Arcadian Flair is comprised of 3 main sections: 2 sections drawing on similar motives followed by a coda. The harmonic structure was systematically constructed through chaining together diatonic pentachords. These pentachords were ordered to create the sharp chromatic modulations between tonal centers of the first two sections. The coda features a chromatic sequence alternating suspended chords with inverted major triads while a slow melody provides contrast to the rapid texture that brings the movement to a climatic close.The Wing of a Lark is inspired by a simple 6 note motive [C-B-C-G-G-E] borrowed from a good friend of mine JaRon Brown. This motive is interwoven into most musical aspects of the movement. The motive itself serves as a melody and is fragmented into various ostinato. The intervallic content informed much of the harmonic nature by incorporating the half-step as sudden harmonic shifts and fifths as quintal harmony. The movement is comprised of many short contrasting sections that form a loose narrative of a bird in flight. Larks are birds that sound like they are singing while in flight, thus much of the melodic content is short & fragmented, has a wide range, or comprises of fast rhythms as a bird call might. Over the course of the movement one can hear a rise and fall, often occurring at different rates, meant to depict how a bird may fly in the various air streams in the sky.