A Study of Compositional Techniques Used in the Fusion of Art Music with Jazz and Popular Music

摘要

An analysis of the author’s composition portfolio is presented with reference to selectedudcompositions by relevant contemporary composers interviewed in this study: Australianudcomposers Judy Bailey, Stuart Greenbaum, Mark Isaacs, Andrea Keller, and South Africanudcomposer Stefans Grové. The aim is to identify the existence of fusion in the art musicudcomposed by the above mentioned composers and to determine the kind of fusion. Enquiriesudare being conducted into a composer’s body of work, whether or not there is a specializationudin a fusion of genres or whether only certain compositions feature this phenomenon. Furtherudreference is made to the influence of American composers Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, MariaudSchneider, and Australian composers Paul Grabowsky and Carl Vine upon the accompanyingudcomposition portfolio. Composers have to employ certain compositional techniques in orderudto overcome difficulties in practice. Presenting classical or jazz performers with musicaludgenres they do not normally perform can be confronting. This thesis is an evaluation ofudcompositions, as well as innovations by composers used to overcome difficulties in fusion.