UC San Diego

ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

Portfolio of Selected Performance and Academic Work

by

Alexander Alexandrovich Ishov

Master of Arts in Music

University of California San Diego, 2020

Professor Wilfrido Terrazas, Chair

The following thesis is a selection of performance and academic work completed during my first two years as a Graduate Student in the Music Department at UC San Diego. The three-part portfolio consists of two creative projects, as well as a piece of academic writing, as specified by the guidelines of the department. The first Creative Project describes my role in organizing and documenting a two-week workshop in The Alexander Technique, which took place in Spring 2018, and led by Master Teacher Eileen Troberman. The second Creative Project is an Immersive Audio Installation, Pythmenas, that I was involved in the creation of. Part 3 is a paper that describes a year-long exploration of various facets of my instrumental practice, specifically in the field of injury prevention and mitigation. These projects all intend to be expanded on throughout my Doctoral work at UC San Diego.