Lawrence T. Odom: Techniques and Commentary on Arranging for the Wind Band

Orchestral works transcribed for wind and percussion ensembles have been a standard component of the performance literature throughout the twentieth century to the present. Though an increasing number of composers were beginning to write original works of merit for wind bands during the mid-twentieth century, selections from the orchestral canon remained a staple of secondary school, college, community, and military wind and percussion ensembles. This study analyzes the textural, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of Lawrence T. Odom’s transcription techniques used arranging masterworks for the United States Air Force Band from 1958 to present day. He transcribed over three hundred orchestral and keyboard works for the United States Air Force Band and performed with many of the most prestigious orchestras and wind bands in the world. After his service as principal harpist in the United States Air Force Band, Odom was appointed the principal harpist of the Kennedy Center Opera in 1978. In addition to his performance career in Washington D.C., he has performed with the Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, French National Radio and Television Orchestra, Radio Berlin, and the New York Philharmonic. His extensive study and performance with the world’s finest teachers, performers, and conductors helped to fashion Odom’s transcriptions into sophisticated works of art. His commentary will serve as a resource of techniques and methods as a guide to conductors, performers, and historians. In addition, the author will transcribe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s MauerischeTrauermusik, KV 477 for wind band using techniques of Odom’s paradigm

Doctoral Recital

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UNLV New Horizons Band & Red Rock Saxophone Quartet & UNLV Symphonic Winds

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UNLV Wind Orchestra

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Embodied truths: How dynamic gestures and speech contribute to mathematical proof practices

Grounded and embodied theories of cognition suggest that both language and the body play crucial roles in grounding higher-order thought. This paper investigates how particular forms of speech and gesture function together to support abstract thought in mathematical proof construction. We use computerized text analysis software to evaluate how speech patterns support valid proof construction for two different tasks, and we use gesture analysis to investigate how dynamic gestures—those gestures that depict and transform mathematical objects—further support proof practices above and beyond speech patterns. We also evaluate the degree to which speech and gesture convey distinct information about mathematical reasoning during proving. Dynamic gestures and speech indicating logical inference support valid proof construction, and both dynamic gestures and speech uniquely predict variance in valid proof construction. Thus, dynamic gestures and speech each make separate and important contributions to the formulation of mathematical arguments, and both modalities can convey elements of students’ understanding to teachers and researchers

UNLV Symphonic Winds

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UNLV New Horizons Band & UNLV Community Concert Band

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Las Vegas Flute Ensemble & UNLV Symphonic Winds

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