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Trombone Compositions Written by Modern Day Female Composers, Inspired by Amy Riebs Mills (2025)

K L Blackburn
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This research paper belongs to the Performance Practice area of study. It is to give more insight into a not so well known female composer, Amy Riebs Mills. It’s also to understand why there is not so much brass music written by women. As well as finding new ways to compose and create unique pieces to add into the trombone repertoire whilst working with a female composer. Using research methods such as literature, interviews, reenactments, experiments, analysis of scores and recordings. I wanted to take time to explore an area that I'm passionate about and give another example to the future generation of female brass players, as nothing should change because of our gender. I looked to find approaches that suited my playing when it came to the parameters of articulation, dynamics and glissando; as well as exploring the attributes it takes to compose a challenging but enjoyable piece influenced by the works of Amy Riebs Mills. Examples include: Red Dragonfly, Golden, Catharsis, One More Mountain and Journey One: Hints of the Middle East. Additionally, I worked alongside a talented female composer, creating a personal piece of music that explores interesting parts of the trombone. I reached an artistic result of two new pieces for the trombone. Approaches to the parameters were explored, achieved and an analysis of Mills’ works were organised and utilized. I used this creatively in pieces that show not only my intended outcome, but also a part of myself. I hope that this research now provides information in an area that was not so commonly known and can also show that women can be powerful.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsTrombone, Glissando, Articulation, Staccato, Accents, Amy Riebs Mills, Megumi Kanda, Rhythm, Harmony, Structure, Composition, Co-creation, Own interpretation, Performance
date25/09/2025
published25/09/2025
last modified25/09/2025
statuspublished
affiliationCodarts, University for the Arts
copyright(c) Katie Blackburn
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3887190/3887191
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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nameKatie Blackburn - Artistic Research Report
copyright(c) Katie Blackburn
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