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In order to cope with the decreasing availability of symphony jobs and collegiate faculty positions, many musicians are starting to pursue less traditional career paths. Also, to combat declining audiences, musicians are exploring ways to cultivate new and enthusiastic listeners through relevant and engaging performances. Due to these challenges, many community-based chamber music ensembles have been formed throughout the United States. These groups not only focus on performing classical music, but serve the needs of their communities as well. The problem, however, is that many musicians have not learned the business skills necessary to create these career opportunities. In this document I discuss the steps ensembles must take to develop sustainable careers. I first analyze how groups build a strong foundation through getting to know their communities and creating core values. I then discuss branding and marketing so ensembles can develop a public image and learn how to publicize themselves. This is followed by an investigation of how ensembles make and organize their money. I then examine the ways groups ensure long-lasting relationships with their communities and within the ensemble. I end by presenting three case studies of professional ensembles to show how groups create and maintain successful careers. Ensembles must develop entrepreneurship skills in addition to cultivating their artistry. These business concepts are crucial to the longevity of chamber groups. Through interviews of successful ensemble members and my own personal experiences in the Tetra String Quartet, I provide a guide for musicians to use when creating a community-based ensemble.
ContributorsDalbey, Jenna (Author) / Landschoot, Thomas (Thesis advisor) / McLin, Katherine (Committee member) / Ryan, Russell (Committee member) / Solis, Theodore (Committee member) / Spring, Robert (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
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Detecting early signs of neurodegeneration is vital for measuring the efficacy of pharmaceuticals and planning treatments for neurological diseases. This is especially true for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) where differences in symptom onset can be indicative of the prognosis. Because it can be measured noninvasively, changes in speech production have been proposed as a promising indicator of neurological decline. However, speech changes are typically measured subjectively by a clinician. These perceptual ratings can vary widely between clinicians and within the same clinician on different patient visits, making clinical ratings less sensitive to subtle early indicators. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for the objective measurement of flutter, a quasi-sinusoidal modulation of fundamental frequency that manifests in the speech of some ALS patients. The algorithm detailed in this paper employs long-term average spectral analysis on the residual F0 track of a sustained phonation to detect the presence of flutter and is robust to longitudinal drifts in F0. The algorithm is evaluated on a longitudinal speech dataset of ALS patients at varying stages in their prognosis. Benchmarking with two stages of perceptual ratings provided by an expert speech pathologist indicate that the algorithm follows perceptual ratings with moderate accuracy and can objectively detect flutter in instances where the variability of the perceptual rating causes uncertainty.
ContributorsPeplinski, Jacob Scott (Author) / Berisha, Visar (Thesis director) / Liss, Julie (Committee member) / Electrical Engineering Program (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2018-05
ContributorsGronnier, Henry (Performer) / Ngwenyama, Nokuthula (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Dokshitsky, Rina (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2017-04-02
ContributorsLandschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Marelli, Michele (Performer) / Millea, Joe (Performer) / Spring, Robert (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2017-11-08
ContributorsJiang, Danwen (Performer) / McLin, Katherine (Performer) / Swartz, Jonathan (Performer) / Buck, Nancy (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Rotaru, Catalin (Performer) / Schuring, Martin (Performer) / Spring, Robert (Performer) / Pagano, Caio, 1940- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2006-03-26
ContributorsRyan, Russell (Performer) / Campbell, Andrew (Pianist) (Performer) / Buck, Nancy (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / Schuring, Martin (Performer) / FitzPatrick, Carole (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-09-26
ContributorsGronnier, Henry (Performer) / Diener, Thomas (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Dokshitsky, Rina (Performer) / Rossetti Piano Quartet (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2016-01-24
ContributorsMancuso, Simone (Director) / Ryan, Russell (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2014-11-16
ContributorsMoeling, Robert (Performer) / Rosenthal, Paul (Performer) / Werff, Ivo-Jan van der (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2015-01-25
ContributorsCardenes, Andres (Performer) / Landschoot, Thomas (Performer) / Chen, Wendy (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-01-21