| dc.description.abstract | When I first considered different ideas for an honors project, I initially felt that I had a plethora of options to pick from. My first thought was to do a lecture recital, possibly on a lesser-known composer. Upon further reflection, however, I felt that this was a bit too standard, and so I thought about organizing a lecture recital consisting of my own compositions. As attractive as this was to me, I also decided against it, just like I did with the first idea. Coordinating a recital of my own compositions with all of the other solo performances I would have to give at that point in my senior year would have been very difficult logistically speaking. It was finally at this time that it occurred to me to do my honors thesis on a project that I had been working on at the time, a concert series that I began organizing at the BLUU in my junior year. The more I considered it, I realized that I wanted to lay down a formal record of the endeavor and describe both how the project came to be and how it would expand in the future. | |
