Similarly, his research in music semiotics and ludomusicology explores the creation and interpretation of music as a meaningful, communicative, and quintessentially human activity. Thomas' music of Holocaust remembrance synthesizes his fierce commitment to musical meaning with a passion to spotlight acts of racial injustice throughout history and the world. As a composer, his artistic mission is to transmute meaningful human stories into immersive, transformative musical works.
1992) discovered his from the beeps and boops of the family Super Nintendo. Some composers found their love of music at the symphony hearing Brahms or Beethoven - Thomas B. Frederiksen hanging out with friends or helping her parents with their many basset hounds and cats. She holds a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from Texas Lutheran University and a Master of Music and Master of Music Education degrees from Baylor University, where she was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Fraternity. When she is not busy teaching, performing, or reed-making, you can find Dr. Frederiksen completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Michigan State University. The preliminary findings show that developing deeper connections with students, having student input on class structure and topics, and having clear personal and work boundaries allow for positive learning environments.ĭr. Their project, titled ‘Love the Learner,’ investigates professor/student relationships and their effects on student learning.
Frederiksen was a part of a team of researchers and artists from the Michigan State University Residential College of Arts and Humanities (RCAH) Fellowship Program. She also focuses on undergraduate teaching techniques and student learning in higher education in both private bassoon lessons and classroom teaching. Frederiksen is actively investigating the life and works of German composer Emilie Mayer, and actively transcribing her violin sonatas to be performable on bassoon.
She recently performed at the 2020 Virtual International Double Reed Society Conference and gave the WORLD PREMIERE of the wind band transcription of the Weber Bassoon Concerto this past May with the Heart of Texas Concert Band.Īs a researcher, Dr. ‘Tendril Rapture’ was written for oboe, bassoon, and piano as part of a commissioning project that was funded through a grant award from the 2019 MSU Running Start Entrepreneurship Competition. Frederiksen is a collaborator on Ricardo Lorenz’s chamber CD, Open Borders, which was released this past December. Her students have found continued success in Texas and Michigan All-State competitions and have gone on to universities such as San Angelo State University, University of North Texas, and Michigan State University.Īs an artist, Dr.
She also serves as principal bassoonist of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and section bassoonist for the Symphony of the Hills orchestra in Kerrville, TX. She currently serves as Lecturer of Bassoon at the University of Texas at San Antonio and teaches a large studio in the area. Rachel Frederiksen is an active freelance bassoonist and educator from New Braunfels, TX.