Below are some selected writings of mine which analyze various topics relating to music, philsophy, or cultural studies.
Music
Illuminating Postmodern Elements in the Music of John Cage (M.A. Thesis)
Analyzing the New York School through the Music of John Cage
Analyzing the Role of the Composer in the Second Viennese School through the Music of Arnold Schoenberg
A Comparison of the Stylistic Differences between Bach and Handel
Baroque Performance Practices of Figured Bass Accompaniment
Influences upon Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Monteverdi’s Contributions to the Development of Opera
A Comparison of Baroque Opera through Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Handel’s Giulio Cesare
Examining the Role of John Cage's Aleatoric Music
Examining Narratives of Social Change within the Popular Music of Brazil
An Examination of the Sociopolitical Influences Upon the Popular Music of Haiti
Examining the Concept of Identity within the Realm of Ethnomusicology through the Popular Music of Indonesia
An Analysis of the First Movement of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony
An Analysis of The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives
An examination of the Piano Work of Robert Schumann through Fantasie in C
An Analysis of Mozart's String Quintet No.5 in D Major, K. 593
An Analysis of Mozart's Menuet K. 355
Music Score Review of Psycho
Music Score Review of Batman
The Development of the Harpsichord
An Examination of Van Halen and their Music
Philosophy and Political Science
An Analysis of the Italio Calvino's "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler"
Comparing the Views of Gender in Postmodernism Through the Works of Hutcheon, Butler, and
Analyzing "The Postmodern Condition" by Jean-Francois Lyotard
Comparing the Views of B.F. Skinner and William Morris on Governance and Social Control
Comparing the Concept of Freedom Across Varying Political Ideologies
An Examination of the Evolution versus Creationism Debate
A Literature Review of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Examining the Materialist Theory of the Mind
The Responsiblity of Criminals
Examining Contemporary Issues of Philosophy
NDP's Role in Canadian Politics
The Importance of a Women's Group Right
The Dangers of the Medical Double Agent
Can Driftwood be Art?
The Relationship of Value and Accessibility in Art
The Himalaya Ice-Melt Threat in Nepal
Critique of Henry Shue's "Security and Subsistence"
Critique of Lily de Silva's "The Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature"
Gender Differences Relating to Partner Selection