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Abstract
Dissecting the disparities of women from my personal life experience through four themes: Cycle of Creation, Cycle of Control, Cycle of Survival, and the Cycle of Joy. I chose to focus on these themes because they were experiences that had a great impact on my life as I lived through them, and still live through them. I wanted to highlight them with the knowledge that this could raise awareness to what women go through on a personal level. Each theme represents a different cycle of womanhood representing the ability to create, the control government and society holds on our bodies, the choice to fight for our freedoms and not just survive, and still experiencing a lot of joy in our lives as we choose to live. To execute this I wrote and recorded the music and then filmed a 20 minute short film to highlight these themes. Not only have I acquired better compositional and band leading skills, but I also discovered my ability as a producer and as a leader for these types of projects. I plan to expand this project, and lead more throughout my life.
Publication Date
7-1-2024
Campus
Boston Campus
Award
With Distinction
Recommended Citation
Channell, Holly. “Cycle of a Woman - A Look into the female life experience explored through 4 themes: Creation, Control, Survival and Joy..” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2024. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/159.