Dissertation
Fanfare for a new century: the concert organ works of Aaron David Miller
University of Iowa
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
Autumn 2021
DOI: 10.17077/etd.006303
Abstract
The final product of this recording project is a high-quality recording of solo concert organ works of Aaron David Miller (b. 1972), a prolific composer, prize-winning improviser, and gifted organist. The American Organist labelled Miller as one of the “finest organists playing today”1. The publication further described him as exhibiting “great expertise”2, his performances as displaying “amazing versatility”3, and his organ improvisations as “imaginative”4.
This project features the works Dr. Miller has self-published on his website between 2010 and 2020, excluding the compositions that he has performed himself for an album. The works included on this project are Sanctus (2019), Toccata on WACHET AUF (Transcription, 2017), Fantasia on a Theme of Gustav Holst (2016), The Cathedral (2016), Fanfare for a New Century (2015), Habanera (2015), Haunted Divertimento (2012), and Chorale Fantasy on LOBE DEN HERREN (2010). It was recorded on the 2010 Ruffatti organ in the Betty and Kenneth Hawkins Centennial Chapel at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL.
1 "PIPINGS," The American Organist 48, no. 10 (Oct 2014): 24. https://www-proquest-
com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/trade-journals/pipings/docview/1616424959/se-2?accountid=14663.
2"AGO National Convention 2006 - Chicago, Illinois: Convention Reports," The American Organist 40, no.
10 (Oct 2006): 74. https://www-proquest-com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/trade-journals/ago-national-
convention-2006-chicago-illinois/docview/1285681/se-2?accountid=14663.
3"PIPINGS," The American Organist 48, no. 10 (Oct 2014): 24.
4Kimberly Marshall and David Yearsley, "Houston Convention 2016: Exploring New Frontiers with the
Organ," The American Organist 50, no. 9 (Sept 2016): 53. https://fwww.proquest.com%2ftrade-
journals%2fhouston-convention-2016-exploring-new-frontiers%2fdocview%2f1829425457%2fse-
2%3faccountid%3d14663.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fanfare for a new century: the concert organ works of Aaron David Miller
- Creators
- Josh Ring
- Contributors
- Gregory Hand (Advisor)Rene Lecuona (Committee Member)Daniel Moore (Committee Member)Melanie Sigafoose (Committee Member)Stephen Swanson (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Project Type
- Recording Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Music
- Date degree season
- Autumn 2021
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.006303
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- viii, 56 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2021 Josh Ring
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- music
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-39).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
The final product of this recording project is a high-quality recording of solo concert organ works of Aaron David Miller (b. 1972), a prolific composer, prize-winning improviser, and gifted organist. The American Organist labelled Miller as one of the “finest organists playing today”. The publication further described him as exhibiting “great expertise”, his performances as displaying “amazing versatility”, and his organ improvisations as “imaginative”.
This project features the works Dr. Miller has self-published on his website between 2010 and 2020, excluding the compositions that he has performed himself for an album. The works included on this project are Sanctus (2019), Toccata on WACHET AUF (Transcription, 2017), Fantasia on a Theme of Gustav Holst (2016), The Cathedral (2016), Fanfare for a New Century (2015), Habanera (2015), Haunted Divertimento (2012), and Chorale Fantasy on LOBE DEN HERREN (2010). It was recorded on the 2010 Ruffatti organ in the Betty and Kenneth Hawkins Centennial Chapel at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL.
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; DMA Recording Thesis
- Record Identifier
- 9984210641702771
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