Robert Blocker, Dean
One Hundred Twenty-Sixth Commencement
Monday, May 20, 2019 Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
pro g ra m Prelude and Processional
Canzona Terzadecima Canzona Terza Pièce Instrumentale Canzona Prima German Dances brass ensemble Allan Dean, trumpet * Mikio Sasaki ’15mm, trumpet Jonathan Shadle ’17MM ’18MMA, trumpet David Wharton ’11mm, trumpet *Faculty
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) Gioseffo Guami (1542–1611) Melchior Franck (ca. 1579–1639) Claudio Merulo (1533–1604) Valentin Haussmann (ca. 1560–ca. 1612) Cody Halquist ’16mm ’17mma, horn William Purvis, horn * Scott Hartman, trombone * Lyman McBride ’20mm, trombone
Welcome and Introductions
Robert Blocker, The Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music
Invocation
Daniel S. Lee ʼ06MM ʼ08AD Lecturer, Early Music Violin
Presentation of Student Prizes
Harriet Gibbs Fox Memorial Prize, to a student who has achieved the highest gradepoint average during the first year at the School of Music Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, to a student selected by the faculty as best fulfilling Dean Parker’s lofty musical ideals Dean’s Prize, the School’s highest excellence award, given to a member of the graduating class who is selected by the Dean in consultation with the faculty
Charge to the Graduating Class Dean Blocker
Awarding of Diplomas
Doctor of Musical Arts Artist Diploma Master of Musical Arts
Master of Music Certificate in Performance
An die Musik
Allan Dean, trumpet • Thomas Murray, piano The audience is invited to sing after the first two verses are performed
Recessional
Volta Michael Praetorius (1571–1621) brass ensemble A luncheon for graduates and their guests will be held immediately following these exercises at the Quinnipiack Club, 221 Church Street, New Haven.
An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Text by Franz von Schober (1796–1882) Translation by Richard Cross
degr e e s co nferred Doctor of Musical Arts
Eric Donald Dionne, piano Patrick Campbell Jankowski, horn Paul Thomas Kerekes, composition Henry Thomas Kramer, piano * Michael Rees Weinberg, choral conducting Larry Weng, piano
Artist Diploma
Sirena Huang, violin *
Master of Musical Arts
Leonardo Thomas Moncrief Ziporyn, oboe * Kristy Rorie Tucker, bassoon Antonia Katherine Chandler, horn ‡ William Bruce Wortley, trombone Jacob Ryan Fewx, tuba YoungKyoung Ivy Lee, percussion Maxwell Robert Foster, piano Nenad Ivovic, piano San Jittakarn, piano Wenting Shi, piano Sophiko Simsive, piano Diana Lisa Chou, organ Aaron Josiah Cardenas, guitar Tyler Caine Rhodes, guitar Nicoletta Todesco, guitar Luis Rodolfo Aguilar Regalado, voice Matthew Cossack, voice Lauren Jean McQuistin, voice Rachel Lauren Weishoff, voice Marianne Di Tomaso, violin § Jung Eun Kang, violin Je Young Kim, violin Yun Chou, viola Anita Balazs, cello Russell Davis Thompson, double bass Kohei Yamaguchi, double bass Chun Fung Hon, choral conducting Haitham Haidar, early music voice
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§ Degree conferred February 2019
Master of Music
Amir Farsi, flute Lucas Guedes Oliveira, flute Maria Luisk, flute Jungah Yoon, flute Shawn Allan Hutchison, oboe Noah Kay, oboe Elliot Samuel Lichtenberg, oboe Lauren Claire White, oboe Richard Adger, clarinet Michael Moy, clarinet Ziqi Yue, clarinet Dana Brink, bassoon Ethan Wade Lippert, bassoon Esteban Garcia, horn Steven Harmon, horn Gabriel Alan Mairson, horn Stephen Patrick Newberry, horn Oscar Mason, trumpet Eric Joseph Rizzo, trumpet Chloe Louise Swindler, trumpet Ingram Lee IV, trombone Daniel Juozas Vaitkus, trombone Jisu Jung, percussion Shiqi Zhong, percussion Anna Ellsworth, harp Yandi Chen, piano Hilda Huang, piano Gabriele Strata, piano Matthew Oliver Daley, organ Jacob Alexander Reed, organ David Michael von Behren, organ Drake Michael Duffer, guitar Nathan Huvard, guitar Andres Mauricio Benavides Cascante, voice Leah Christine Brzyski, voice Brady William Muth, voice Fidel Angel Romero, voice Katherine Arndt, violin Lauren Olivia Bennett, violin
degr e e s continued Dongsoo Cha, violin Ariel Horowitz, violin Elliot Chung Lee, violin Gregory Joseph David Lewis, violin Nu Ri Lim, violin Yintong Liu, violin Ye Jin Min, violin Kyungah Oh, violin Maura Shawn Scanlin, violin Emily Marie Switzer, violin Matthew Abraham Woodard, violin Ye Jin Yoon, violin Abigail Paula Elder, viola Mary Marta Hortobagyi Lambert, viola * Marlea Danielle Simpson, viola Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong, viola Valentina ฤ rnjak, cello Bo Bae Lee, cello Ssu-Yang Yu, cello Chin To Ng, double bass Amy Nickler, double bass Eric William Timperman, double bass Sophie Cash-Goldwasser, composition ยง Anteo Martin Fabris, composition Aaron Israel Levin, composition Ryan Elliott Lindveit, composition Grant Luhmann, composition Katharine Frances Pollock, composition Tanner Porter, composition Margaret Kimberly Burk, choral conducting Jasmine Gelber, choral conducting Hannah Maya Kohlenberg Goodwillie, choral conducting Emily Cedriana Donato, early music voice Ashley Elizabeth Mulcahy, early music voice Edward Wright Vogel, early music voice
Certificate in Performance
Vanessa Meiling Haynes, piano *
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ยง Degree conferred April 2019
201 9 s t u d e nt p rizes Awarded at the Yale School of Music Honors Dinner, May 5, 2019 Woods Chandler Memorial Prize, for the best composition in a larger form written during the year » Nathaniel May Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize, to a graduating voice student who demonstrates exceptional talent as an artist and promise for a professional career » Lauren Jean McQuistin Broadus Erle Prize, to outstanding violinists in the School of Music »M atthew Abraham Woodard, Ariel Horowitz, Sirena Huang The Smriti Deb Memorial Prize, to an outstanding graduating singer who best reflects and exemplifies the ideals and values of Smriti Deb and her commitment to teaching low-income and underrepresented children » Rachel Lauren Weishoff Eliot Fisk Prize, to an outstanding guitarist whose artistic achievement and dedication have contributed greatly to the department » Nicoletta Todesco Friedmann Thesis Prize, for a DMA thesis notable for its distinguished research, original perspective, in-depth engagement with its subject, and well-crafted presentation » Nathaniel May Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize, for the best piano composition written during the year » Miles Van Walter Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize, to the violist in the graduating class whose performances while at Yale have exhibited the highest potential for success as a soloist or chamber musician » Marlea Danielle Simpson Charles Ives Prize, to an outstanding organ major » Ryan Kennedy John Day Jackson Prize, for an outstanding chamber music composition written for strings, with or without other instruments » Aaron Israel Levin David L. Kasdon Memorial Prize, to an outstanding singer in the School of Music » Matthew Cossack Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize, for the best composition written in a contrapuntal style »G rant Luhmann
pr i ze s continued Ezra Laderman Prize, for the best compositions written for musical theater or voice »T anner Porter Charles S. Miller Prize, to a gifted pianist who has done outstanding work during the first year of study » Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner Malcolm L. Mitchell and Donald M. Roberts Class of 1957 Prize, to an outstanding graduating teaching artist in the Music in Schools Intiative » Esteban Garcia Philip F. Nelson Prize, for a student whose musicianship is outstanding and who demonstrates curiosity, talent, and an entrepreneurial spirit in the many dimensions of the music profession » Edward Wright Vogel Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Prize, to a student who has demonstrated the highest standard of excellence in woodwind playing » Jungah Yoon Aldo Parisot Prize, to gifted cellists who show promise for concert careers » Guilherme Nardelli Monegatto, Anita Balazs Elizabeth Parisot Prize, to outstanding pianists in the School of Music »G abriele Strata, Yun Lu Presser Foundation Music Award, for an outstanding returning student, to advance the student’s music education » Daniel Lawrence Tucker The Robert Shaw Prize, given in honor of the renowned American choral conductor and awarded to a choral conducting major in the School of Music chosen for distinguished achievement by the choral conducting faculty » Margaret Kimberly Burk Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize, for excellence in organ playing » Jacob Alexander Reed John Swallow Prize, to an outstanding brass player whose artistry and dedication have contributed to the department » Jacob Ryan Fewx Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize, for students who have excelled in their respective fields and have made important contributions to the School of Music » L uis Rodolfo Aguilar Regalado, Andrew Chun Fung Hon, Nicoletta Todesco, Matthew Abraham Woodard, Antonia Katherine Chandler, Chloe Louise Swindler, Katherine Arndt, Ye Jin Min, Emily Marie Switzer, Szymon Nehring, and David Simon