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• Singing cello (2016) author(s): Aleix Sala Ribera Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Aleix Sala Ribera Main Subject: Cello Research Supervisor: Enno Voorhorst Title of Research: Singing Cello Research Question: How can we use vocal resources in order to improve our cello playing? Summary of Results: A vocal approach to the cello can be extremely beneficial. In this research paper, I analyzed what singers do and how we can transfer some of their resources to cello playing so it can enrich our sense of communication. The results that I came up with are the following: •I have experienced that the use of singing during practice improves the advantage of the time you spend. •Through singing, it is much easier to find your own interpretation and then be able to transmit it to the cello •The use of inner singing while performing gives you much more focus in music and not in technical aspects of the playing. •The importance of breath in playing; the amount of energy that it can give to you, is one the most valuable things I have discovered in my playing. Biography: Aleix Sala was born in 1988 in Barcelona and began studying the cello at the age of eight. He is currently a master student at the Royal Conservatoire with professors Jan-Ype Nota and Michel Strauss. Aleix graduated from the Conservatori Superior del Liceu with Amparo Lacruz in 2013. He has played with orchestras such as Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Barcelona Filarmonia and Orquestra de Cambra del Penedès.
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• An analysis and realization of André Jolivet's Deux etudes de Concert for solo guitar (2016) author(s): Leo Sorlin Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Leo Sörlin Main subject: Guitar Research supervisor: Enno Voorhorst Title of research: An analysis and realization of André Jolivet's Deux Etudes de Concert for solo guitar. The ambition of this research was to study André Jolivet's Deux Etudes de Concert (1965) for solo guitar with the ambition to find out how he responded to the nature of the guitar when he composed the piece. This was done with the help of two research questions: 1. When composing Deux Etudes de Concert, how did Jolivet respond to the nature of the instrument? 2. In what ways can I justify my performance, based on my knowledge of the instrument combined with my musical analysis of the piece? A thorough analysis with this focus results in a couple of located instances – with varying level of certainty – where adaptation is believed to been made. Being unfamiliar with the guitar, the influences from the instrument that were found during the analysis couldn't always be realized to its fullest potential. In the second part of this research the problems of realizing the score were adressed. Some of the focused spots required certain solutions, and the correspondence with the analysis gave an opportunity to value different aspects of the music. The effects of this research resulted in motivated solutions for the difficult problems encountered in the piece, as well as an understanding for how Jolivet's influences by the guitar shows itself in the music. Keywords: Guitar, André Jolivet, adaptation, realization, analysis.
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• Sound and harmonic possibilities of guitar. In pursuit of my own sound on guitar and of a wider independence in music performance through the study of classical guitar technique and repertoire. (2016) author(s): Davide Zambon Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Davide Zambon Main Subject: Jazz Guitar Research supervisor: Enno Voorhorst Title of Research: Sound and harmonic possibilities of guitar. In pursuit of my own sound on guitar and of a wider independence in music performance through the study of classical guitar technique and repertoire. Research Question: How can the study of classical guitar technique and repertoire contribute in helping me reach a personal sound on guitar, broaden my harmonic possibilities, and develop the music independence I’m aiming at in music performance? Summary of Results: The study of classical guitar technique and repertoire can be a source of inspiration for a contemporary guitarist and improviser when working on finding a personal sound, broadening the harmonic possibilities, and accessing the full polyphonic potential of the instrument through the use of the right hand fingers. The research is therefore an investigation into three aspects of classical guitar which I consider being of particular interest for these purposes: the use of open strings within a chord structure or scale, the independence of the thumb from the other fingers of the right hand in its melodic and rhythmic function, and natural and ‘extended natural harmonics’. My conclusion is that a process of learning and developing these aspects can be of strong enrichment for musicians aiming at finding a personal sound and music identity, and consequently making them more suited to diverse music contexts both inside and outside the jazz and improvised music area. Biography: Davide Zambon (Valdagno, Italy, 1991) is a guitarist, improviser, and composer mainly involved in jazz and improvised music. Since 2012 he has been living in the Netherlands, studying at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, where he graduated with a bachelor degree in jazz guitar. Since then he has been performing as a leader of his trio, as well as a sideman in various other projects. In 2015 he was given the chance to go to the Rhythmic Music Conservatory of Copenhagen as an exchange student, where he performed and came in contact with its vibrant improvised music scene.
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• Integration of harmonic concepts in the improvisation through rhythmic exercises. (2016) author(s): Miguel Sucasas Bujones Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Miguel Sucasas Bujones Jazz Saxophone Research Supervisor: Patrick Schenkius Integration of harmonic concepts in the improvisation through rhythmic exercises. How can I internalize and apply harmonic concepts through the study of rhythmic exercises and where can I find rhythmical ideas? This research paper is presented as a handbook of exercises. It contains a first chapter as introduction to my own rhythm exercises. Part of these exercises were inspired on the traditional Indian methods of solfege. I could get access to this information thanks to the advanced rhythm lessons that I assisted at Amsterdam conservatory. This Indian tradition have a strong focus on the study of rhythm. Another part of the exercises were developed by me in my daily practice as a result of months of practice and transcriptions from traditional rhythms. In the second chapter I apply this exercises to the different harmonic concepts. The objective of these exercises is make the musician get fluent and free to use this new harmonic sources in a natural way on the improvisation. Biography: Born in Galicia, Spain. I started studying traditional Galician music at the age of six in Redondela and went to study classical saxophone in the “Professional Conservatory Victor Ureña” (Galicia-Spain). I moved to Portugal in 2010 in order to study Jazz saxophone at ESMAE (Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo de Porto). I finished the Saxophone Jazz Bachelor in 2014 at ESML (Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa). I have been playing in the European Saxophone Ensemble since 2013 around all Europe. I have played in several international bands, including the “Saxophone Orchestra of Redondela”. I recorded my first album with the Spanish master of the saxophone, Pedro Iturralde. I have played in the famous band of Roy Ellis, Mr. Symarip (Ska-Rocksteady). I recorded an album with him and played on two European tours with this band. I performed at the International Jazz Festival in Guimarães with the Big Band of Porto Jazz High School. I have recorded with the “Orquestra de Saxos de Redondela”, “La vaga banda” (Ska and Reggae), Caraba (Rock), Roy Ellis (Ska-Rocksteady), European Saxophone Ensemble (Jazz, Classical and Free improvisation) and have recorded other works like sideman in the area of Pop and Rock music.
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• Development of horn's playing technique in 19th century (2016) author(s): Seunghun Kim Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name of student: Seunghun Kim Main subject: French Horn Name of research supervisor: Pete Saunders Title of research: Development of horn's playing technique in 19th century Research question: What is the development of horn playing technique from the beginning to the late 19th century? What was the playing technique of horn used in orchestral music in the 19th century? Summary of results and little explanation: This paper researches the development of horn playing technique throughout the 19th century. And the result of my research is the natural horn and valve horn are completely different instruments. Starting from the point of the natural horn, which was the instrument used at the beginning of the century, it describes the changes made to the horn itself, most notably the incorporation of valves. Through examples drawn from orchestral repertoire from three periods of the 19th century (the beginning of the 19th century: 1800-1840, the middle: 1840-1890, the late: 1890-1910). From simple parts in Beethoven's 3rd symphony through the increasingly difficult and complex parts of works by, among others, (Rossini, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss) many aspects of the evolving technique of playing the horn are described. The paper concludes that now modern horn players should be aware of these developments, and also be able to play in the styles and on the instruments of the periods, such as the natural horn with hand stopping. It are very helpful to modern horn players when playing the music from the classical to the beginning of the romantic period. Short biography of the student: I was born in Gwangyang city, South Korea. And I studied the horn from 17 years old and I graduated the Seoul arts high school. And I studied in the Seoul national university college of music and graduated in 2013. And I am studying in master course in Royal conservatory from 2013.
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• Discovering the bowing techniques for articulation in Jazz (2016) author(s): Bernardo Sacconi Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
  Name: Bernardo Sacconi Main Subject: Jazz Double Bass Research Supervisor: Yvonne Smeets Title of Research: Discovering the bowing techniques for the articulation in jazz Research Question: How can I use the classical bowing technique in order to create exercises for practicing swing phrasing within a Jazz Solo with the bow? Summary of Results: The double bass has mostly been played with the “Pizzicato” technique throughout history the history of jazz, even though some famous bassists in the 30s and 40s were incorporating the bow in their solos in order to explore different sound possibilities. My methodology is to write bowing articulation over the transcriptions of five solos, two by tenor saxophone-players and three by bass-players, in order to sound as close as possible to the original and then I wrote five bowing-examples that could be used as an exercise to practice some of the lines in the transcriptions. Biography: I was born in Florence (Italy) on December 1989 and I grew up in a family where my father and my brother were both electric bass players and I started playing guitar and bass on my fifteenth birthday. I graduated at the Conservatory of Florence “Luigi Cherubini” in Jazz arrangement “Cum Lauda” and composition with Riccardo Fassi, Barend Middelhoff and Stefano Zenni and at the Royal Conservatoire in Double Bass with Janos Bruneel, Roelof Meijer, Clemens van der Feen, Tony Overwater and getting workshops with Renaud Garcia Fons, Dominic Seldis, Panagiotis Andreou, Eddie Gomez, Anders Jormin, Paolino Dalla Porta, Furio Di Castri, Omer Avital, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nicholas Walter and others.
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