Graduate Student Research
(Bruce Mahin as principal advisor)

2010
Nathan Phillip “A Comparison of the First Movements of Two Brass Sonatas by Paul Hindemith”
Winner, Best Research Thesis Award, Radford University

2007
Jaime Walsh "The Use of Cuban Rhythms in the Works of Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland"
Winner, Best Research Thesis Award, Radford University

Jarrod T. Smerk "Structural Attributes of the Argentine Milonga in the Solo Guitar Works of Maximo Diego Pujol

2006
Richard Skvorec "Developing a New Model for Computer-Assisted Music Instruction"

2003
Peter Joseph Pohorence
Design Considerations for the Construction of a new electronic stringed instrument to be used as a controller of MIDI devices"
Winner, Best Research Thesis, Radford University

2000
John Hildreth "The Phonetic Method of Musical Sound Classification"
Winner, Best Creative Thesis, Radford University

1998
Joseph T. Reinsel "Musical Form found in Francis Dhomont's "marine" from "Mourir un peu": a timbral analysis