Manhattan School of Music Eighty-Ninth Commencement

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC EIGHTY-NINTH COMMENCEMENT Friday, May 15, 2015

The Riverside Church New York City

Manhattan School of Music

THOSE

WHO EXCEL, THUS REACH THE

STARS

Manhattan School of Music

FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, 2015 THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC EIGHTY-NINTH COMMENCEMENT PROCESSIONAL JEREMIAH CLARK

(1674–1707) EDWARD ELGAR

Prince of Denmark’s March (“Trumpet Voluntary”) (arr. David R. Thomas)

(1857–1934)

Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major, op. 39, no. 1 (arr. Jack Gale)

GUSTAV HOLST

Selections from First Suite in E-flat, op. 28, no. 1

(1874–1934)

Lynn Chao, Trumpet Casey Tamanaha, Trumpet Atse Theodros, Trumpet Pin-Chun Liu, Horn Victoria Rhea Matthews, Horn Chia-Hsien Lin, Trombone Christian Dana Paarup, Bass Trombone

GREETINGS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lorraine Gallard

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT James Gandre

PRESENTATION OF COMMENCEMENT AWARDS David Geber, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs

MUSICAL INTERLUDE FR ANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

String Quartet in G Major, op. 76, no. 1, Hob. III:75 (1732–1809) iv. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Jiangchen Xi, Violin Tian Zhao, Violin Yangzi Wang, Viola Vivian Chang, Cello

PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SERVICE President Gandre Marjorie Merryman, Provost and Dean of the College Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83) Dona D. Vaughn

MUSICAL INTERLUDE ART HICKMAN

(1886–1930)

Rose Room Patrick A. Bartley, Jr., Clarinet Gabriel Yoshina Schnider, Guitar

CONFERRING OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS, HONORIS CAUSA President Gandre Provost Merryman Yefim Bronfman Howard Herring ('78) Bebe Neuwirth Limor Tomer

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Howard Herring

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES Provost Merryman Jeffrey Langford, Assistant Dean and Chair of Music History, Dean of Doctoral Studies

CONFERRING OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND DIPLOMAS President Gandre

CLOSING REMARKS President Gandre

RECESSIONAL GIUSEPPE VERDI

(1813-1901)

Grand March from Aida (arr. Robin Benton)

Lynn Chao, Trumpet Casey Tamanaha, Trumpet Atse Theodros, Trumpet Pin-Chun Liu, Horn Victoria Rhea Matthews, Horn Chia-Hsien Lin, Trombone Christian Dana Paarup, Bass Trombone

RECESSIONAL ORDER Platform Party Faculty and Staff Graduates

THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SERVICE TED ROSENTHAL and DONA D. VAUGHN Inaugurated in 1998, the President’s Medal for Distinguished Faculty Service is the highest honor bestowed upon a Manhattan School of Music faculty member by the President of the School. It is given to faculty members who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the School in the following areas: Longevity of teaching and service at the School Extraordinary pedagogical influence in the community Distinguished scholarship and research as demonstrated in performance, composition, or publication Distinguished service to the institution as demonstrated by humanistic activities outside of the teaching studio and classroom

PAST RECIPIENTS 2006

Constance Colby, Humanities David Noon, Composition, former Dean of Academics and Students

2007

Justin DiCioccio, Conductor, Assistant Dean and Jazz Arts Program Chair

Sylvia Rosenberg, Violin 2008

Toby Hanks, Tuba, former Brass Department Chair Solomon Mikowsky, Piano

2009

Maitland Peters, Baritone, Voice Department Chair Marc Silverman, Piano Department Chair

2010

Arkady Aronov, Piano Orin O’Brien, Double Bass

2011

2012

2013

2014

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Mignon Dunn, Mezzo-Soprano Nils Vigeland, Composition Department Chair Linda Chesis, Flute John Pagano, Humanities Department Chair David Geber, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs David Gilbert, Conductor in Residence Hilda Harris, Mezzo-Soprano Chris Rosenberg, Guitar, and Manager of Jazz Arts Program

RECIPIENTS OF HONORARY DOCTORATES 1980s

2000s

Frances Hall Ballard William H. Borden Avery Fisher Dora Zaslavsky Koch* Birgit Nilsson Elmar Oliveira* The Honorable Richard Owen* Gunther Schuller* AndrĂŠs Segovia Frank E. Taplin Alice Tully

Adele Addison Dave Brubeck Jon Faddis JoAnn Falletta Claude Frank Paul Gemignani Susan Graham* Thomas Hampson Sidney Harth Marilyn Horne Marta Istomin Billy Joel Constance Keene Evgeny Kissin Robert Mann David A. Rahm Ned Rorem Alex Ross Pete Seeger Dolora Zajick*

1990s Rose L. Augustine Ron Carter* John Corigliano* Dianne Danese Flagello* Josef Gingold Gordon K. Greenfield John Lewis* Wynton Marsalis Kurt Masur Harold Prince Max Roach* Mstislav Rostropovich Julius Rudel Martin E. Segal Clark Terry Dawn Upshaw* Susan Wadsworth Pinchas Zukerman

2010s Alan M. Ades Joan Taub Ades Alec Baldwin Anton Coppola* Dave Grusin* Shuler Hensley* Lang Lang Angela Lansbury William R. Miller Jessye Norman Menahem Pressler Peter G. Robbins Larry Rosen* Leonard Slatkin Matthew VanBesien

*Manhattan School of Music alumna/alumnus

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RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SERVICE TED ROSENTHAL (BM '81, MM '83) Acclaimed jazz pianist Ted Rosenthal has served as a member of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts faculty since 1999 and the School’s Board of Trustees since 2011. One of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, Mr. Rosenthal has been described as “a pianist of rarest skill” (Los Angeles Times). Winner of the 1988 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, he actively tours worldwide with his trio and as a soloist and has performed with jazz greats such as Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and James Moody.

Mr. Rosenthal has released fifteen CDs as a leader. His 2014 release, Ted Rosenthal Trio: Rhapsody in Gershwin, was included in three publications' Top 10 lists for the year. Out of This World (2011) reached No. 1 on the jazz radio charts. His 2010 CD, Impromptu, was praised as “a session that once again shows Rosenthal to be among the most creative musicians in the mainstream” (AllAboutJazz). Mr. Rosenthal’s solo album, The 3 B’s, received four stars from DownBeat magazine. It features renditions of the music of Bud Powell and Bill Evans and improvisations on Beethoven themes. His CD Wonderland (2013) was featured as a New York Times holiday pick.

Mr. Rosenthal has also performed with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Jon Faddis and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band.

He is the pianist of choice for many top jazz vocalists, including Helen Merrill, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Barbara Cook. He appeared on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on National Public Radio and performed with David Sanborn on NBC’s Night Music. Mr. Rosenthal’s orchestral performances include solo and featured appearances with the Detroit Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Baltimore Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Tucson Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Fort Worth Symphony.

A recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Rosenthal regularly performs and records his compositions, which include jazz tunes and large-scale works. He has also composed music for dance, including Uptown for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The Survivor, a concerto for piano and orchestra, has been performed by the Manhattan Jazz Philharmonic and the Rockland Symphony Orchestra, with Mr. Rosenthal at the piano. In 2011, Mr. Rosenthal premiered his second jazz piano concerto, Jazz Fantasy, with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in New York City.

Mr. Rosenthal received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music. He is also a member of Juilliard’s faculty and presents jazz clinics throughout the world. He was a contributing editor for Piano and Keyboard magazine and has published piano arrangements and feature articles for Piano Today, The Piano Stylist, and The Juilliard Journal.

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DONA D. VAUGHN Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera Programs at Manhattan School of Music, also serves as Artistic Director of PORTopera, a summer festival in Portland, Maine. From 1998 to 2010 she was Stage Director/Acting Coach for The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. A graduate of Brevard College (voice) she received her BA in music (vocal performance) from Wesleyan (Outstanding Alumni Award), an MA in theater (directing) from Hunter College, and an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Southern Maine. She studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen, and dance with Martha Graham. She began her career as a performer in the original Broadway productions of Company, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Seesaw. She was Assistant to Producer Kermit Bloomgarden for the Broadway productions of Equus and Hot l Baltimore, Associate Producer for Pavel Kohout’s Poor Murderer and ABC Television’s All My Children, Dramaturge for the O’Neill Conference on Opera and Musical Theater, HB Playwright’s Unit, and the University of Kansas New Play Season, and Assistant Director for the original production ofTennessee Williams’s Red Devil Battery Sign.

Directing credits include New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Wolf Trap, Palm Beach Opera, Ensemble Studio Theater, Lincoln Center Playwrights’ Festival, New York Repertory Company, Kennedy Center, Minerva Productions, Peterloon Festival, Heritage Theater (Calgary, Canada), DiVivreVoix (Vivonne, France), Florida Arts Festival, and many colleges and universities across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. She directed the premieres of Roberto Hazon’s L’Agenzia Matrimoniale, Robert Sirota’s Holy Women, Francis Thorne’s Mario and the Magician, Ray Luc’s Drowne’s Wooden Image and The Bullfrog, New York premieres of Milton Granger’s Talk Opera and The Proposal, the Off-Broadway production of Murphy Guyer’s World of Mirth, and the European premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s The Flower and the Hawk. Formerly a member of the voice faculties at SUNY-Plattsburgh and Marymount Manhattan College, she often conducts master classes across the U.S., Asia, and Europe, and serves as an adjudicator for vocal competitions including The Metropolitan Opera National Council, The Richard Tucker Foundation, Denver Lyric Opera, The Jenson Foundation, The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Artist-in-Training Program, and Premio Spiros Argiris International Competition (Italy). She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for The Jensen Foundation and for Brevard College. She has written for Opera News and Italy’s Musical!.

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HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS YEFIM BRONFMAN Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim (“Fima”) Bronfman has been acclaimed by critics and audiences worldwide for his solo recitals, orchestral engagements, and catalogue of recordings.

Especially admired for his performances of modern Russian repertory, he was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1991, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. Mr. Bronfman was featured Artist-in-Residence with the New York Philharmonic for the 2013–14 season. He has given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe, and Asia, including acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 2009 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his Deutsche Grammophon recording of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s piano concerto with Salonen conducting. His recording of the three Bartók Piano Concerti with Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic won a Grammy in 1997.

Mr. Bronfman’s performances of Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto with Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle were released on DVD by the EuroArts label.

Recent CD releases include Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2, commissioned for him and performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Alan Gilbert; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Mariss Jansons and the Bayerischer Rundfunk; and the Beethoven piano concerti, as well as the Triple Concerto, with violinist Gil Shaham, cellist Truls Mørk, and the Tönhalle Orchestra Zürich under David Zinman.

Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union in 1958, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at the Juilliard School, Marlboro, and the Curtis Institute, and with Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. He became an American citizen in 1989.

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HOWARD HERRING ('78) A pianist by training, Howard Herring, a native of Oklahoma, is now President and CEO of the New World Symphony. After his academic work at Southern Methodist University and Manhattan School of Music, he was pianist of the Claremont Trio, a winner of the Artists International Competition, and an active musician and teacher in New York City. In 1986, he became Executive Director of the Caramoor Music Festival. Mr. Herring led that institution’s development of the Rising Stars program for young instrumentalists, Bel Canto at Caramoor for young singers, and a curriculum-based arts program integrating music and visual art into K–12 studies. During his 15-year tenure, Caramoor celebrated its 50th anniversary and established its first endowment. Mr. Herring assumed leadership at the New World Symphony in 2001 with the charge of revitalizing the institution’s national and international profile and developing a new building designed to explore its unique experiential curriculum and cutting-edge internet work. Under his leadership, the New World Symphony has been in residence at the Kennedy Center, at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and at Carnegie Hall three times. In July 2004, the New World Symphony embarked on the development of a new campus, a 21st-century laboratory for generating new ideas about the way music is taught, presented, and experienced. Built to exploit the global reach of broadband technology, this facility establishes the New World Symphony’s experiential curriculum at the crossroads of Western musical thought. Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the campus encourages audience engagement and invites exploration of new performance formats. The building, completed on time and on budget, opened to national and international acclaim in January 2011.

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BEBE NEUWIRTH Over the course of her distinguished career, Bebe Neuwirth has achieved extraordinary success in theater, television, and film.

In 1980, she made her Broadway debut in A Chorus Line. She then appeared in Little Me, Dancin’, and Sweet Charity, for which she won her first Tony Award, followed by Damn Yankees, Fosse, and The Addams Family. Ms. Neuwirth won her second Tony, as well as the Drama Desk, Astaire, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Distinguished Performance of the Year awards, for her portrayal of Velma in Chicago. A few years later she played Roxie in the show, making her the only triple-threat to have played both parts on Broadway.

Her broad diversity of roles in regional theater and off-Broadway have ranged from Anita in West Side Story at the Cleveland Opera to Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, from a Richard Greenberg play at Lincoln Center to a Woody Allen play directed by Mr. Allen at the Atlantic Theatre Company. Several years ago she appeared in the critically acclaimed Here Lies Jenny, a music theater piece comprised entirely of music by Kurt Weill, at the Zipper Theatre. It was directed by Roger Rees and choreographed by Ann Reinking.

Ms. Neuwirth is well known for her work in film and television. She won two Emmy Awards for her role as Lilith Sternin Crane on Cheers and was nominated for Emmys for her work on Frasier and for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in the TV movie Dash and Lilly. After recent guest appearances on The Good Wife and Blue Bloods, she now has a regular role on CBS’s new series Madam Secretary. She has appeared in numerous films, including Say Anything, Green Card, Bugsy, Jumanji, Summer of Sam, Liberty Heights, Celebrity, and Tadpole.

Ms. Neuwirth toured a symphony show, Bebe Sings Weill and Kander & Ebb, and a piano cabaret show, Stories with Piano. Her two CDs are a studio album called Porcelain, and another recorded live at 54 Below called Stories...in NYC. Ms. Neuwirth is the recipient of the CTFD Rolex Dance Award, the Dance Magazine Award, and the Sarah Siddons Society Award, among others. She is both an honorary Zeigfeld Girl and an honorary member of Local 1, the stagehands’ union. She is a vice-chair of the Actors Fund, for which she founded the Dancers’ Resource—a program aimed at relieving the particular emotional and physical challenges dancers face.

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LIMOR TOMER Born in Israel, Limor Tomer moved to the United States at age 13. She earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano at the Juilliard School and studied for her doctorate in music and aesthetics at New York University.

For 10 years, she was a professional classical pianist giving solo and orchestral performances throughout the United States and Europe. After transitioning from performance to arts management, Tomer worked closely with Harvey Lichtenstein at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on many diverse projects, including the design and launch of BAM Rose Cinemas and the launch and programming of the BAMCafé. Following a six-year tenure at BAM, she worked as a freelance performance curator, creating unique, cutting-edge series and festivals at many venues, including Lincoln Center, EXIT ART, JVC Jazz Festival, and Symphony Space. In 2006 she became Executive Producer for Music at WNYC radio, where she produced award-winning programs and launched a new web-based radio station, Q2. Simultaneously, Tomer served as Adjunct Curator for Performing Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she created the performing arts department and presented dance, theater, music, and multimedia performances. In July 2011, she joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art as General Manager of Concerts and Lectures. She began her tenure by launching MET MUSEUM PRESENTS, a unique, groundbreaking series of live performances that takes place in the Met’s auditorium as well as its galleries and iconic spaces. Now in its third season, MET MUSEUM PRESENTS has garnered consistent audience and critical praise and has been at the forefront of the Met’s renewed focus on bringing fresh relevance to its dazzling collection, iconic spaces, and exhibitions.

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COMMENCEMENT AWARDS Harold Bauer Award

Mauro Ronca

This award was established by Janet D. Schenck, founder of Manhattan School of Music, to honor her teacher, pianist Harold Bauer, who was instrumental in the development of the School. It is given to a graduating student in recognition of outstanding accomplishment, cooperation, and promise.

William H. Borden Award

Patrick A. Bartley, Jr.

A trustee of Manhattan School of Music for thirty years, ten of which he served as Chairman of the Board, Mr. Borden had a great affinity for jazz. This award is given in his memory for outstanding accomplishment in jazz.

Saul Braverman Award

Anne Helene Goldberg

This award is given for outstanding achievement in the study of music theory.

Pablo Casals Award Brenton Douglass Foster In honor of Maestro Casals, who served as an early member of the Advisory Board of Manhattan School of Music, this award is given for musical accomplishment and human endeavor.

Helen Cohn Awards

Pengcheng He Sasha Gee E. Enegren Cherie Shang Jin Khor

These awards, created by friends of Mrs. Cohn, honor her memory and her devotion to the piano. This year, one award is being given to a pianist who has done outstanding work in chamber music, and two awards are being given to outstanding graduates of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program.

Helen Airoff Dowling Award

Emilia Frances Laity

This award is given to an outstanding violinist graduating from the Bachelor of Music degree program.

Richard F. Gold Career Grant

Kendra T. Broom

This award is given by the Shoshana Foundation to recognize a graduating student who demonstrates exceptional promise for a career on the operatic stage.

Hugo Kortschak Award

Jacob Nordlinger

This award is given for outstanding achievement in chamber music.

Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award

Elizabeth A. Wright

This award is given to a student who has excelled in chamber music performance.

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Outreach Award

Joseph Daniel Kelly

This award is given to acknowledge a graduating student’s outstanding contribution to Manhattan School of Music’s Arts-in-Education and Community Engagement programs.

The Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence

Stephanie Anne Christian and Michael Leser Johnson

The Provost’s Award is given to a student who has excelled academically.

Roy M. Rubinstein Award Silvie Cheng and Kho Woon Kim This award is given to a young woman who demonstrates exceptional promise in piano performance.

Andrés Segovia/Rose Augustine Award

Damien L. Kelly

The Andrés Segovia Award was established by Mrs. Augustine to honor her friend and colleague, one of the great artists of the 20th century. It is awarded annually to a graduate of the Guitar Department.

Stan Sesser Career Award

Shi Li

The Stan Sesser Career Award in Voice is given to an exceptional graduating student from the Graduate Program in Voice at Manhattan School of Music with extraordinary potential for a career in opera.

ALUMNI AWARDS Raphael Bronstein Award

Xiao Wang

Established by friends to honor the memory of a beloved faculty member, this award is given to an outstanding violinist who demonstrates great promise as a performer and dedication to carrying on the pedagogical devotion Professor Bronstein so exemplified.

John Clark Award Masamitsu Ohtake John Clark was an alumnus of Manhattan School of Music and a faculty member for over forty years. This award, established in his memory through gifts from his family and friends, is given for excellence in brass performance.

Cecil Collins Award Atse Theodros Created by Manhattan School of Music alumni to honor the memory of Mr. Collins, a former faculty member and chair of the Brass Department, this award is given for excellence in brass performance.

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Nicolas Flagello Award

Rebecca Erin Smith

This award is given annually to a student for outstanding achievement as a composer. The award was established by family, friends, and colleagues to honor the memory of Mr. Flagello, a former faculty member and esteemed composer.

Homer Mensch Award

Ivy S. Wong

This award celebrates the life of a remarkable gentleman, an exceptional musician and a devoted teacher. He touched our hearts and will always serve as an inspiration to all. The Homer Mensch Award is given to a double bass student who exemplifies his spirit.

Hugh Ross Award

Sol Jin

This award is given annually to a singer of unusual promise.

Janet D. Schenck Award

Qin Ding

The Janet D. Schenck Award honors the woman who, in 1917, founded the Neighborhood Music School. Through the years, that School grew to become Manhattan School of Music, one of the largest and most prestigious private conservatories in the United States. This award, bestowed in Mrs. Schenck’s memory, is in recognition of distinguished contribution to the life of the School.

Josephine C. Whitford Award

Alaysha Bonita Fox

This award honoring Mrs. Whitford, who was for many years a dean of Manhattan School of Music, is given to a student whose exceptional personal qualities have contributed significantly to the enrichment of the spirit of the School.

SPECIAL HONORS 2015 Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition

Alaysha Bonita Fox

This annual competition sponsored by Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades awards support to singers with outstanding potential for careers in opera.

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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC CLASSICAL Justin Michael Austin, Baritone Lisa Angela Barone, Mezzo-Soprano Jae Young Bea, Violin Maria Fernanda Brea, Soprano Ryan Brown, Piano Lisa Marie Burwinkel, Mezzo-Soprano Thérèse-Marie P. Chaix, Composition Elizabeth S. Chang, Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Elizabeth Chestney, Viola Yoon Sang Cho, Violin Da Yeon Choi, Violin Yerim Choi, Flute Stephanie Anne Christian, Soprano Eleanor Resolute Coleman, Soprano Milad Daniari, Double Bass Nicholas Valentino DeFrancesco, Tenor Gia Zhiping DiLorenzo, Soprano Michael Eby, Violin Jessica Elizabeth Emile, Soprano Alanna Victoria Noreen Fraize, Mezzo-Soprano Ge Gao, Piano Zhiyi Naonao Ge, Piano Xiaoyan Guo, Piano Rachel Faith Hawkins, Oboe Luoqianqian He, Harp Pengcheng He, Piano Lindsay A. Hogan, Oboe Wei-Ni Hung, Violin Vincent Ip, Piano Yun Fei Jiang, Composition Michael Leser Johnson, Oboe Cathryn Rebecca Jones, Oboe Joanne Jungyoun Kang, Piano Yelena Khaimova, Violin Kyoung Hwan Kim, Violoncello See Hwan Kim, Oboe Haley Elizabeth King, Soprano Joseph Avraham Greenberg Klebanoff, Tenor Brittany Rose Knapp, Soprano Margarita Kreine, Violin Amy Frances Kuckelman, Soprano Emilia Frances Laity, Violin Daniela Elena Lancara, Violin Dongeun Sylvia Lee, Piano Seung Eun Lee, Violin

Songeun Lee, Piano Yang Li, Viola Diana Lin, Piano Pin-Chun Liu, French Horn Ronald V. Long, Jr., Violin Taylor Martin Marino, Clarinet Abraham Masso, III, Double Bass Jihyeon Min, Violin Brian Michael Moore, Tenor Jacob Nordlinger, Violoncello Elizabeth Claire Ortúzar, Soprano Rongxin Peng, Composition/Piano Lucía Carolina Pérez Cristina, Mezzo-Soprano Gina Perregrino, Mezzo-Soprano Kendrick Paige Pifer, Soprano Zoey Elizabeth Preston, Soprano Wei Qi, Mezzo-Soprano Agne· Radzevicˇ iu¯ te· , Piano Erika Rush Robinson, Mezzo-Soprano Gabriel Alexander Rollinson, Basso Pedro Rosales, Tenor Georgina Isabel Rossi, Viola Mikayla Suzanne Sager, Soprano Yehong Shi, Piano Julia Marie Suriano, Soprano Jonathon Robert Thierer, Baritone Noah G. Wallace, Viola Mojiao Wang, Composition Alexandria Grace Williams, Mezzo-Soprano Guining Xu, Piano Ting-Yu Yang, Violoncello Shuainan Zhang, Piano Zhe Zhang, Piano Lina Zhao, Violin

JAZZ Patrick A. Bartley, Jr., Alto Sax Willem Bryce de Koch, Trombone Silvio Defilippi, Alto Sax Guy Shmuel Mintus, Piano Benjamin Shawn Ruben-Schnirman, Double Bass Gabriel Yoshina Schnider, Guitar Evan Alexander Sherman, Drumset Benjamin Sutin, Violin Benjamin P. Zweig, Drumset 17

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC CLASSICAL Tomasz Arnold, Percussion Min Ji Baek, Piano Yoojin Baek, Violin Caitlin Alyssa Beare, Clarinet Adam Joseph Bilchik, Guitar Kendra T. Broom, Mezzo-Soprano Lovell Park Chang, Trumpet Lynn Chao, Trumpet Silvie Cheng, Piano Sarah Katherine Childers, Mezzo-Soprano Giye Choi, Piano Kidon Choi, Baritone Ryan Eu-Jyn Chow, Piano Yoobin Chung, Violoncello Alexandra Lynne Clint, Soprano Michael E. Crowley, Piano Xinyun Deng, Piano Yuda Deng, Guitar Noragh Kathryn Devlin, Mezzo-Soprano Carina Mariel DiGianfilippo, Soprano Qin Ding, Composition Xinyi Dong, Piano Thomas Andrew Duboski, Viola Amelia Cecille Guloy Elson, Soprano Yu Yan Feng, Piano Jessica Cari Fishenfeld, Soprano Alaysha Bonita Fox, Soprano Jeanne GĂŠrard, Soprano Megan Elizabeth Gillis, Soprano Daniel Benjamin Goldblum, Bassoon Alyssa Celia Greengrass, Flute Addison Boose Hamilton, Soprano Michael K. Harrison, Composition Jia-Jun Hong, Baritone Ge Hu, Piano Yingzhou Hu, Piano Jiyeon Hwang, Soprano HoiLam Ip, Piano Stephanie Marie Jabre, Soprano Ji Un Jang, Violoncello Haena Jeong, Soprano Xiao Jiang, Soprano Sol Jin, Baritone Amy Yang Jin, Piano Sun Hee Joo, Piano 18

Jamie Yoon Ji Kang, Bassoon Minhee Kang, Piano George Katehis, Composition Paull-Anthony James Keightley, Baritone Eric Killen, Bassoon Ahran Kim, Piano Beomjae Kim, Flute Minyoung Kim, Mezzo-Soprano Namhoon Kim, Violin Juliette Yeonji Kim, Soprano Anthony Paul LaLena, Guitar Julia Elizabeth Lamon, Soprano Eun Ji Lee, Violoncello Ji Hae Lee, Piano Coco Leung, Piano Aileen Li, Piano Shi Li, Basso Ying-Han Li, Piano Katherine Michele Liccardo, Violin Christopher S. Lilley, Tenor Jihee Lim, Violin Niru Liu, Mezzo-Soprano Wenwen Liu, Piano Yingying Liu, Mezzo-Soprano Zoe Chun Lu, Piano Chuan Lu, Tenor James Robert Ludlum, Tenor Mario Antonio Marra, Accompanying Amanda Lynn Mason, Soprano Juan Daniel Melo, Baritone Qianru Meng, Soprano K’idar Jaquinne Miller, Tenor Nickolas James Miller, Baritone Jae Hee Min, Piano Sanae Miyazaki, Organ Carlton Hans Moe, Tenor Devon Michael Morin, Baritone Alexander Charles Halls Muetzel, Baritone Brittany Leigh Nickell, Soprano Mattie Virginia Obregon, Soprano Masamitsu Ohtake, Trombone Turkkan Osman, Violin Noi Otomasu, Piano Christian Dana Paarup, Trombone Elliott David Paige, Tenor Melissa Panlasigui, Conducting

Eunmi Park, Soprano Helen Hye Jin Park, Flute Min Park, Piano Yeseul Park, Oboe Eleanor Pearl, Soprano Wei Quan, Accompanying Beatriz Elizabeth Ramirez, Oboe Aleh Remezau, Oboe Geneviève Rivard, Clarinet Youjin Roh, Oboe Scott Russell, Basso Jordan Rutter, Countertenor Laura K. Sacks, Viola Juhee Seo, Soprano Kyulee Seo, Violin David Rogado Sepulveda, Composition Gyuyeon Shim, Soprano Valeriya I. Sholokhova, Violoncello Michelle L.B. Siemens, Mezzo Matthew Alfasi Siffert, Composition Rebecca Erin Smith, Composition Jinyoung Song, Violin Jooyeon Song, Mezzo-Soprano Andrew R. Steinberg, Saxophone Alan Terence Stone, Tenor Cameron Christopher Strine, Bass Trombone Michelle Sugiarto, Soprano Ming Sun, Piano Kristina Marie Teuschler, Clarinet Xiaoming Tian, Baritone Kazuki Ueki, Guitar Xiao Wang, Violin Zhuxi Wang, Violoncello Cherissia Johanna Williams, Soprano Samantha P. Williams, Soprano Elizabeth A. Wright, Violin Mengchen Xu, Piano Cheong Seon Yang, Violin Jie Yi, Conducting Hila Zamir, Clarinet Weiwei Zhai, Piano Jian Zhang, Piano Xiaomeng Zhang, Baritone Yingjie Zhou, Soprano Xiaoyin Zhu, Piano Icli Rafael Zitella Hidalgo, Composition

CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE Kelley Marie Barnett, Flute Jonathan B. Dettling, Piano Maria C. Hadge, Violoncello Charlotte A. Munn-Wood, Violin Kyle C. Ritenauer, Conducting Mollyann E. Shambo, Flute Jason Roger Johnston White, Piano Jennifer Su-Jeong Yum, Violin

JAZZ Mercedes Anne Beckman, Alto Saxophone Ben E. Benack iii, Trumpet Owen J. Broder, Baritone Saxophone Ruby Seunghye Choi, Voice Lucas Paul Robert Dodd, Alto Saxophone Suzzanne Douglas Cobb, Voice Guilhem Flouzat, Drumset Grant Goldstein, Guitar Nash Guillermo, Trumpet Matthew David Honor, Drumset Astrid Kuljanic, Voice Peter Lenz, Drumset Curtis Graham Nowosad, Drumset Joseph G. Peri, Drumset Shawn Ryan Rhoades, Trombone Sylvester-Christian Sands, Piano Matthew J. Savage, Piano Svetlana Shmulyian, Voice William Lynn Test, Piano Seth Morgan Weaver, Trombone Alexander David Woods, Alto Saxophone Matthew Woroshyl, Alto Saxophone Brandon Todd Wright, Tenor Saxophone Mina Yu, Piano

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Patrick Garrett Hopkins, Violoncello Joseph Daniel Kelly, Percussion Chia-Hsien Lin, Trombone Victoria Rhea Matthews, French Horn Tyler J. Schwirian, Tuba Atse Theodros, Trumpet David Westen, Trombone

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CANDIDATES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CERTIFICATE CLASSICAL

MyungJin Oh, Piano Eunji Park, Violin Jesus Rodriguez Gonzalez, Viola Mauro Ronca, Accompanying Jun Sun, Piano Motomi Tanaka, Soprano Jieqing Wang, Piano Kyoung ah Yeom, Accompanying Chung Yoo, Clarinet Jane Yu, Piano

Jason Benjamin Balish, Guitar Kai Chen, Baritone Longxiang Chen, Piano Zhen Chen, Accompanying Minji Choi, Violoncello Yinji Cui, Piano Fanyong Du, Tenor Gregory Durozel, Violin Fangyue He, Violin Wenqi He, Piano Wenjie Jia, Piano Damien Kelly, Guitar Chloé Kiffer, Violin Kho Woon Kim, Piano Jae Young Lee, Violoncello Jiye Lee, Violin Kyuyoung Lee, Tenor Yeseul Lee, Piano Esther Lim, Accompanying Zuoliang Liu, Flute Fei Luo, Piano Maria Teresa Natale, Soprano

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE Wing Lam Au, Horn Hsuan-Fong Chen, Oboe Jong-Hyun Cho, Clarinet Yeon Hwa Chung, Harp Brenton Douglass Foster, Bassoon Katherine Blair Francis, Flute Ji Min Lee, Violin Casey Tamanaha, Trumpet Henry William Wang, Violin Ivy S. Wong, Double Bass

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS CLASSICAL Janet Sora Chung, Organ Sasha Gee E. Enegren, Bassoon Pavlo Gintov, Piano Anne Helene Goldberg, Composition Cherie Shang Jin Khor, Piano Erin Margaret Lesser, Flute Steven Kenneth Mann, Piano Malcolm Jay Merriweather, Conducting Kyung-Eun Na, Accompanying

Ivaylo Nanev, Piano James Hyung Ra, Composition Ronnie Reshef, Composition Tatiana Michko Tessman, Piano Azusa Liu Ueno, Piano Raymond Hoi Tao Wong, Piano Jing Yang, Piano

JAZZ Helge Torkewitz, Jazz Arts Advancement

In Memoriam McNeil Robinson (1943–2015)

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Joseph Seiger (1923–2015)

Lew Soloff (1944–2015)

ACADEMIC REGALIA The pageantry of academic costume derives from medieval university practices, and each element symbolizes the wearer’s academic achievement. Bachelor’s gowns are plain with long, pointed sleeves, while master’s robes feature closed slit sleeves; doctoral gowns are distinguished by double-belled sleeves and velvet bar trimmings. The hood is lined with the official color or colors of the granting university and is bordered in a color indicating the subject in which the degree was earned. Disciplines represented in today’s procession include: Arts, Letters, Humanities White Law Purple Music Pink Education Light Blue

Library Science Lemon Theology Scarlet Philosophy Dark Blue Business Drab

Science Gold Fine Arts Brown

In the Middle Ages, as today, the academic color associated with the study of theology was scarlet, a representation of religious fervor. When doctorates were first awarded in music, they were awarded in liturgical music: the academic scarlet of theology was transformed to a lighter shade, pink, for music. This color designation has remained constant throughout the centuries.

Some faculty, staff, or students may wear honor cords awarded from their alma mater indicating exceptional achievement in their major area of study.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lorraine Gallard, Chair Edward Lowenthal, Vice Chair and Treasurer Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72), Secretary Ed Annunziato

David G. Knott

Carla Bossi-Comelli

Claude Mann

Linda Chesis

Linda Bell Mercuro

Glenn Dicterow

David A. Rahm, Chair Emeritus

Peter Duchin

Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83)

Susan Ennis

Leonard Slatkin

James Gandre, President Marcia Clay Hamilton Thomas Hampson Nancy Freund Heller Marta Istomin

Trustees Emeriti Alan M. Ades William R. Miller The Honorable Richard Owen Robert G. Simon

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL James Gandre, President Marjorie Merryman, Provost and Dean of the College Helen Ouellette, Interim Vice President for Business and Finance Andrea T. Sanseverino Galan, Vice President for Advancement Jeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and Communications David Geber, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts Carol Matos, Director of Administration and Human Relations/Special Assistant to the President Luis Plaza, Director of Facilities Kelly Sawatsky, Dean of the Precollege

2014–2015 FACULTY COUNCIL Phillip Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85) (Piano), Chair Per Brevig (Brass/Orchestral Performance Program), Vice Chair Tom Dale Keever (Humanities), Secretary Laurie Carney (Strings) Mark Delpriora (BM '82, MM'87) (Guitar)

Jeffrey Langford (Music History and Doctoral Studies)

John Hagen (ESL)

David Macdonald (DMA '97) (Theory)

Hilda Harris (Voice)

Michael Parloff (Woodwinds)

Warren Jones (Accompanying)

Ted Rosenthal ( Jazz)

Wolfram Koessel (Strings)

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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland Mita Aparicio, Mexico Delin Bru, United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain JeeHyun Kim, South Korea Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy Brian C. McK. Henderson, United States Margot Patron, Mexico Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Guillermo Vogel, Mexico Satoko Yahata, Japan

ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCIL Charles Bergman

Thomas Hampson

John Corigliano ('63, Hon. DMA '92)

Lang Lang

Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM '08)

Robert Mann

Glenn Dicterow

Ealan Wingate

Richard Gaddes

Pinchas Zukerman

COMMENCEMENT COORDINATORS Melanie Dorsey, Director of Student Life Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students

COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment Francesca Axam-Hocker, Manager of House Staff Mary Kathryn Blazek, Director of Production Keri Bush, Production Coordinator Alexis Caldwell, Production Coordinator Marc Day, Assistant to the President and Liaison to the Board of Trustees David Geber, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs Bryan Greaney, Assistant to the President Erin Houlihan, Director of Design Jeffrey Langford, Assistant Dean and Chair of Music History Jim Love, Director of Residence Life David L. McDonagh, Registrar

Susan Meigs, Editor Marjorie Merryman, Provost and Dean of the College Jacqueline Mitchell, Director of Donor Engagement Joan Perlman, Manager of Donor Relations Luis Plaza, Director of Facilities Brooke Quiggins Saulnier, Assistant Director of Student Life Sandra Seminara, Graphic Design and Social Media Associate Chris Shade, Recording Services Manager Heidi Stubner, Assistant Dean for Performance Operations & the Graduate Program in Orchestral Performance

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