College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2025-05-06 06:38:19
Major
Music
Honors Course
HONORS 498
Number of Credits
3
Degree Name
Bachelor of Music
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2025
Abstract
This research project will work to answer the question of how reed books in musicals have evolved over the years, and how those changes affect the woodwind players who take on those jobs and roles.
Additionally, this project aims to pinpoint outside factors that have helped to create the changes that reed books have experienced. This will help to create eras of musical theater. Also, if these changes can be attributed to specific changes, then a strategy can be created to help musicians who work for musicals; as most of those roles are by contract and not long-term full time jobs. That way, musicians who are passionate about the musical sphere can stay employed in the sector that they have worked towards and be able to better predict future employment.
Research Sponsor
Brooks Toliver
First Reader
Jack Harel
Second Reader
Craig Wohlschlager
Honors Faculty Advisor
Todd Gaffke
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Coon, Bailey, "How Has Popular Types of Musicals Throughout Time Affected Reed Book Pit Musicians?" (2025). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 2010.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/2010
Comments
Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance, concentration on oboe