Department of Music

FULL-TIME FACULTY Christine Park, Chair; Dr. Marc Blake, Dr. Christine Gengaro, Dr. Luther Henderson III,

Dr. Kevin Kelly, Dr. Irene Kim, Charles Suovanen, Dr. Daniel Wanner ADJUNCT FACULTY

Wesley Abbott, Dr. Ron Anderson, Dr. David Arbury, Jon Armstrong, Erin Armstrong, Alisha Bauer, Terry Carter, Jimmy Cheesman, Douglas Dutton, Dr. Patricia Hannifan, Eileen Holt, Richard Kahn, Michael Kozubek,

Brian Kwon, Barbara Laronga, Joseph Mitchell III, Dr. Susannah Murray, Lori Musicant, Dr. Gregory Newton, Dr. Steven Niles, John Nunez, Dr. Michael Powers, Dr. Jackie Petitto, Tina Raymond, Henry Shin,

David Stahl, Lori Stinson, Dr. Lori Stuntz, Diana Tash, Dr. Page Williams ACCOMPANISTS

Tom Gerhold, Leigh Anne Gillespie, David Stahl, Christian Stendel INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS

James Grude, Lori Musicant * * *

Los Angeles City College Administration Renee Martinez, President; Dr. Dan Walden, Vice President; Dr. Lawrence Bradford, Vice President; Anil Jain, Acting Vice President;

Dr. Randy Anderson, Dr. Todd Scott, Dr. Thelma Day, Allison Jones, William Marmolejo, Dr. Edward Pai, Dr. Alex Davis, Deans; Corey Rodgers, Jeremy Villar, Associate Deans, Shayna Campbell, Acting Associate Dean; Christi O’Connor, Bookstore Manager

Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees Miguel Santiago, President; Scott J Svonkin, Vice President; Mike Eng, Mona Field, Ernest H. Moreno, Nancy Pearlman, Steve Veres, Michael J. Griggs; Student Trustee

Los Angeles Community College District Administration Dr. Adriana D. Barrera, Interim Chancellor; Dr. Yasmin Delahoussaye, Vice Chancellor for Educational Programs & Institutional Effectiveness; Camille A. Goulet, General

Counsel; Jeanette Gordon, CFO/Treasurer; Felicito Cajayon, Vice Chancellor for Economic and Workforce Development, James D. O’Reilly, Chief Facilities Executive

Los Angeles Junior College was established on September 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. The first Associ-ate in Arts degrees were conferred June 19, 1931. Leslie P. Clausen, member of the Music Department from 1931-1972 and Department Chair for the last 26 years of his career, organized the weekly concert series in 1932, a series still in existence as Music 152. He also helped establish the commercial music curriculum. The Music Department inhabits the building that honors his name. With the establishment of its Commercial Music curriculum in 1946, LA City College became the first college in the nation to offer a degree in jazz. Numerous important jazz musicians attended the program, including Chet Baker, Irving Bush, Eric Dolphy, Bob Florence, Herb Geller, Jerry Goldsmith, Les McCann, Charlie Mingus, Lennie Niehaus, Tommy Oliver, Jack Sheldon, Julius Wechter and Hal Owen. Many talented musicians have studied at LACC, including David Alpert, Jean Fenn, Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, George London, Odetta, Leonard Slatkin and John Williams.

In addition to the AA degree, the Music Department currently offers vocational certificates in Instrumental Performer (Brass, Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Strings or Woodwinds), Vocal Performer, Orchestrator/Arranger, and Music Tech-nology. The Music Department currently serves over 1,200 music students per semester. Faculty members are dedicated professors who are active in the music industry as solo performers, arrangers, singer/songwriters, composers, theorists, and recording/sound engineers. Our mission is to offer the highest quality music courses designed for students seeking a variety of educational goals, including applied music program, general education, vocational experience, and the Associate of Arts degree and preparation to transfer to four-year undergraduate schools.

JERRY AND CAROL GOLDSMITH SCHOLARSHIP Ruby Vasquez

LESLIE P. CLAUSEN PERFORMER & COMPOSER AWARD

Joshua Miller

LENORE SAUNDERS GUITAR AWARD Pedro Bautista

LENORE SAUNDERS SINGER/SONGWRITER AWARD

Carleen Williams

LENORE SAUNDERS STRINGS AWARD Marza Panther (Jill James)

LENORE SAUNDERS PIANO AWARD

Mei Kato

DAVID A. ALPERT SCHOLAR AWARD

Anna Grigoryan

DAVID A. ALPERT SCHOLARSHIP Joshua Miller, Mei Kato, Luna Achiary, Ramya Mukund

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presents

Los Angeles City College

Department of Music

2014 Spring Honors Ceremony

Awards & Scholarships

WELCOME Christine Park, Department Chair Renée Martinez, LACC President

Allison Jones, Dean of Academic Affairs

Dr. John al-Amin, Vice President of Administrative Services Dr. Randy Anderson, Interim Vice President of Student Services

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD David Chung, Jeffrey Rocco Harris, Lenin Lugo, Yoonsun Lee,

Jose Martinez, Josh Sanders, Kangmin Shin

COMPLETION OF LACC APPLIED MUSIC PROGRAM Abigail Hernandez, Lyndraice Papa, Rebeca Rodriguez, Ruby Vasquez

HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD Ruby Vasquez, Mei Kato, Marza Panther (Jill James)

COMMERCIAL MUSIC SKILLS CERTIFICATES

Aristides Alvarez: Vocal Performer Level 1

Lisette Alvarez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 2, Instrumental Performer/Percussion Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1 Jordan Brodie: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 Julia Carrillo: Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1 Vladimir Chicas: Instrumental Performer/Percussion Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1 Julio Espinoza: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1 Sylvia Hernandez: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1, Orchestrator/Arranger Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 1 Mei Kato: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Copyist Level 2, Music Technology Level 1, Music Technology Level 2 Eric Latham: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 3, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3 Enma Morataya: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3, Music Copyist Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 Mariela Ochoa: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1 Carmen Perez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 2 Marcia Robertson: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Technology Level 2 Rebeca Rodriguez: Instrumental Performer/Guitar Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 3, Instrumental Performer/Woodwinds Level 1, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 3 Evan Sanders: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Vocal Performer Level 2, Vocal Performer Level 3 Benjamin Shirley: Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 2, Instrumental Performer/Strings Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Strings Level 2, Music Copyist Level 1, Music Technology Level 1, Music Technology Level 2, Music Technology Level 3, Music Technology Level 4

COMPLETION OF LACC MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATE Benjamin Shirley

*HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Marza Panther (Jill James)*

Instrumental Performer/Percussion Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano Level 1, Instrumental Performer/Piano

DAN RAYMOND AWARD Terena Williams, Elizaveta Boldyreva

SERVICE AWARDS

ABBOTT AWARD

Elaine Guest

OUTSTANDING MUSIC PERFORMANCE SERVICE AWARDS Vahan Bznuni, Owen Flannagan, Sean Rzewnicki, Kangmin Shin

WILLIAM D. KEVANY SCHOLARSHIP

Nancy Crisostomo

CHEROKEE DE WILLIAMS JAZZ BAND AWARD Owen Flannagan

JOSEPH DYER PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

Julia Carrillo, Jose Martinez

ROBERT E. WILKINSON PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP Nicholas Eskow, Sean Jones

ELIZABETH R. MAYER BOOK AWARDS

Luna Achiary, Stephanie Aragon, Pedro Bautista, Julia Carrillo, Nancy Crisostomo, Tirsa Cueva, Nicholas Eskow, Elaine Guest, Ozeli Harrison,

Abigail Hernandez, Andres Hernandez, Matthew Irwin, Marza Panther (Jill James), Saehoon Jang, Sean Jones, Mei Kato, Alexander Kupelian, Woo Lee Lee, Joshua Miller, Mayuko Miyata,

Ramya Mukund, Lyndraice Papa, Tarhea Ray, Maritza Ruiz, Edward Sanders, Jr., Jakob Sandmeier, Kangsuk Seo, Benjamin Shirley, Ruby Vasquez, Carleen Williams

*HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Mei Kato*

ELIZABETH R. MAYER PIANO & CHAMBER MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP

Luna Achiary, Saehoon Jang

PAUL PARK MOST IMPROVED PIANO AWARD Woo Lee Lee, Matthew Irwin

LACC CHORAL COMPOSITION WINNER

David Yon Wook Chung

AMERICAN GUITAR SOCIETY AWARD Jakob Sandmeier

ABE ROBYN GUITAR SCHOLARSHIP

Andres Hernandez

MARION SUOVANEN CLASSICAL GUITAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Jakob Sandmeier

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Luna Achiary, Pedro Bautista, Elaine Guest, Matthew Irwin, Mei Kato, Joshua Miller, Ramya Mukund, Kangsuk Seo, Ruby Vasquez, Carleen Williams

OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Joshua Miller

*HONORS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE by Ruby Vasquez*