HINSON, DANIEL ROSS, DMA Are You Serious? - The University of ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A number of individuals and organizations helped make this dissertation possible.
Special thanks are in order for my committee chair, Dr. Carla LeFevre, for her assistance
as well as the contributions of other members of my DMA committee, Dr. Nancy Walker,
Professor David Holley and Dr. Brett Nolker. Both Dr. Tim Carter at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dr. Eleanor McCrickard at the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro were influential in spurring the inspiration for, and organization
of, this document. I must also recognize the efforts of Ms. Danielle Pecone and my
father and mother, Maj. Gary S. Hinson (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Mrs. Margaret C. Hinson,
all of whom provided essential critical feedback and proofreading. I am also deeply
indebted to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for their generous financial support provided
throughout my graduate study at both the Eastman School of Music and the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
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