Rhythmic Structures in Mozart’s Linz Symphony

'Understood at Last'?: A Memetic Analysis of Beethoven's 'Bloody Fist'

As a singular moment in the western canon, the opening of the recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has prompted a variety of structural and expressive readings. This paper explores its intertextual connections with Mozart’s Don Giovanni from a memetic perspective, outlining certain extra-musical interpretations, including some related to Susan McClary’s controversi...

The Beatbug Network: A Rhythmic System for Interdependent Group Collaboration

The Beatbugs are hand-held percussive instruments that allow the creation, manipulation, and sharing of rhythmic motifs through a simple interface. When multiple Beatbugs are connected in a network, players can form large-scale collaborative compositions by interdependently sharing and developing each other’s motifs. Each Beatbug player can enter a motif that is then sent through a stochastic c...

Decision Making in British Symphony Orchestras: Formal Structures, Informal Systems, and the Role of Players

Chromosomal Aneuploidies and Early Embryonic Developmental Arrest

Background Selecting the best embryo for transfer, with the highest chance of achieving a vital pregnancy, is a major goal in current in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. The high rate of embryonic developmental arrest during IVF treatment is one of the limitations in achieving this goal. Chromosomal abnormalities are possibly linked with chromosomal arrest and selection against abnormal fe...

Operational, economic and mission elements in not-for-profit organizations: the case of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The term not-for-profit often brings to mind the idea of an altruistic organization serving society. The reality is that the notfor-profit is a far more complex organization that is responsible to diverse groups of stakeholders. Unlike for-profit organizations, not-for-profit (NFP) organizations have to focus on dual, and often conflicting, goals relating to fulfilling their overall mission whi...