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MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC NINETY-SECOND COMMENCEMENTPROCESSIONALThe audience is requested to rise and remain standing during the processional.

WILLIAM WALTON Prelude and Fugue from Spitfire (arr. Crees)(1902–1983)

RICHARD WAGNER Heil König Heinrich! from Lohengrin, Act III (arr. Saras)(1813–1883)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI Canzon duodecimi toni (1597)(1557–1612)

Commencement Brass and Percussion Ensemble Kyle Ritenauer (MM ’15), Conductor Gustavo Leite (MM ’19), Trumpet Tyler Nappo (MM ’19), Trumpet Minwoo Kang (PS ’18), Trumpet Matthew Beesmer (BM ’20), Trumpet Sean Alexander (BM ’20), Trumpet Kenneth Andrew Chauby (BM ’18), Trumpet Caleb R. Laidlaw (BM ’18), Trumpet Joseph Robert Soriano (MM ’18), Trumpet Imani Duhe (BM ’20), Trumpet Olivia Pidi (MM ’19), Trumpet Trevor Harrison Wells (BM ’17), Trumpet Sarah Konvalin (MM ’20), Horn Nicole A. Rodriguez (BM ’18), Horn Matthew Jaimes (BM ’18), Horn Luke Everett Breton (BM ’18), Horn Morgan Rae Wynne (MM ’18), Horn Matthew Hayden Bond (MM ’18), Horn Eli Pandolfi (BM ’20), Horn Liana Hoffman (BM ’20), Horn Myles Julian Blakemore (MM ’18), Trombone Tommy Urich (BM ’21), Trombone Christopher John Lindgren (MM ’18), Trombone Steven Emory Osborne (BM ’18), Trombone Samuel Amore (BM ’21), Euphonium Mark Broschinsky (DMA ’11), Euphonium Jasper Davis (MM ’18), Bass Trombone Jakob J. Uschold (MM ’18), Tuba Rolando Penate (MM ’18), Tuba Marcelina Suchocka (MM ’18), Percussion James Robert Colin Larter (MM ’18), Percussion Cooper Martell (BM ’20), Percussion

INTRODUCTIONMonica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students

GREETINGS Lorraine Gallard, Chair of the Board of TrusteesJames Gandre, President

PRESENTATION OF COMMENCEMENT AWARDSJoan Gordon, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President

MUSICAL INTERLUDELEONARD BERNSTEIN Make Our Garden Grow from Candide(1918–1990)

Commencement Vocal Ensemble Jorge Parodi, Conductor Thomas Morris (MM ’18), Piano Gabriella Rosaline Chea (BM ’18), Mezzo-Soprano Virginia Hayes DeMille Reed (BM ’18), Mezzo-Soprano Blair Elizabeth Cagney (BM ’18), Soprano Lauren Marie Curet (BM ’18), Soprano Ziyi Dai (BM ’18), Soprano Aleksandra Durin (BM ’18), Soprano Mónica Conesa González (BM ’18), Soprano Shelén E. Hughes (BM ’18), Soprano Jenny Yoojin Jung (BM ’18), Soprano Ashley Lea (BM ’18), Soprano Juliana Michelle Levinson (BM ’18), Soprano Melanie Hope Long (BM ’18), Soprano Lauren Alexandra Lynch (BM ’18), Soprano Makila Maree Redick (BM ’18), Soprano Tzu Ting Tsai (BM ’18), Soprano Gabriella Rose Will (BM ’18), Soprano Soyeon Cynthia Yu (BM ’18), Soprano Rong Yue (BM ’18), Soprano Chun-Hao Chiu (BM ’18), Tenor Clayton Matthews (BM ’18), Tenor Joshua Ross (BM ’18), Tenor Ramon Gabriel Santos Tenefrancia (BM ’18), Tenor Joseph Andrew Clavano Yu (BM ’18), Tenor Yiqiao Zhou (BM ’18), Tenor Zuhao Zhang (MM ’18), Baritone Yichen Xu (BM ’18), Baritone Andrew Henry (MM ’18), Bass Matthias Thomas Villwock (MM ’18), Bass

PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICEPresident GandreInterim Provost GordonAmy Anderson, Dean of EnrollmentPhillip Kawin, Piano FacultyLisa Yui, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Programs

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RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTYPresident GandreInterim Provost GordonIrene Breslaw, Orchestral Performance (Viola)Lisa Isenstead, HumanitiesBurton Kaplan, Violin and Viola

MUSICAL INTERLUDEJIMMY GREENE Second Breakfast (b. 1975) Dedicated to the life of Ana Grace Márquez-Greene

James Sidney Greene, Jr. (DMA ’18), Saxophone Matthew J. Malanowski (BM ’18), Piano Dierk Peters (MM ’18), Vibraphone Fabrizo Sciacca (MM ’18), Double Bass Ryan Joseph Sands (MM ’17), Drumset

PRESENTATION AND CONFERRING OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS, HONORIS CAUSAPresident GandreInterim Provost Gordon

Plácido DomingoPaquito D’RiveraBernard LabadieRobert McDonald (DMA ’90)Luis Perez

STUDENT SPEAKERJose Maldonado (MM ’18)

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSRobert McDonald (DMA ’90)

PRESENTATION AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND DIPLOMASPresident GandreInterim Provost GordonJeffrey Langford, Assistant Dean for Doctoral Studies and Chair of Music History

CLOSING REMARKSPresident Gandre

RECESSIONALJOHN WILLIAMS Quidditch from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(b. 1932)

JOHANN ERNST ALTENBURG Concerto for 7 Trumpets and Timpani (1734–1801)

GIOVANNI GABRIELI Canzon per sonare No. 2 (1608) (1557–1612)

Commencement Brass and Percussion Ensemble Kyle Ritenauer (MM ’15), Conductor

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THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICEInaugurated in 1998, the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service is the highest honor bestowed upon members of the Manhattan School of Music Community by the President of the School. It is given in recognition of extraordinary commitment to the School in two or more of the following areas:

Longevity of teaching and service at the School

Extraordinary pedagogical, artistic, or administrative influence in the community

Distinguished scholarship, research, and creativity as demonstrated inperformance, composition, publication, or outreach

Distinguished service to the institution as demonstrated byhumanistic activities outside of the teaching studio, classroom, and office

PAST RECIPIENTS1990s–2000s Richard Elder Adams (MM ’61), Vice President, Dean of Faculty and Performance Stanley Bednar (BM ’49, MM ’54), Violin Constance Colby, Humanities Leonard Davis, Viola Justin DiCioccio (MM ’71), Conductor, Assistant Dean and Jazz Arts Program Chair Rosetta Goodkind, Piano, Preparatory Division Toby Hanks, Brass Department Chair Lucile Lawrence, Harp Ursula Mamlok (BM ’57, MM ’58), Composition Homer Mensch, Double Bass Solomon Mikowsky, Piano David Noon, Composition, Dean of Academics and Students Maitland Peters, Voice Department Chair Joseph Robinson, Oboe Sylvia Rosenberg, Violin Marc Silverman (MM ’77, DMA ’83), Piano Department Chair Nathan Stutch, Cello Ludmila Ulehla (BM ’47, MM ’48), Composition

2010s Carol Ann Aicher (MM ’90), Graduate Pedagogy Faculty Arkady Aronov, Piano Linda Chesis (Precollege ’73), Flute, Woodwind Department Chair Mignon Dunn, Mezzo-Soprano David Geber, Cello, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs David Gilbert, Conductor in Residence John Hagen, Director of English as a Second Language Program Hilda Harris, Mezzo-Soprano Patinka Kopec, Violin, Co-Director of the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program Orin O’Brien, Double Bass Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts John Pagano, Humanities Department Chair

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HONORARY DOCTORATES PAST RECIPIENTS1970s–1980sFrances Hall Ballard William H. Borden Avery Fisher Dora Zaslavsky Koch (’22)Birgit Nilsson Elmar Oliveira (BM ’72)The Honorable Richard Owen (’61)Gunther Schuller (Precollege ’ 41)Andrés SegoviaFrank E. Taplin Alice TullyJosephine C. Whitford

1990sRose L. Augustine Ron Carter (MM ’61)John Corigliano (’63)Dianne Danese Flagello (BM ’52, MM ’52)Josef GingoldGordon K. GreenfieldJohn Lewis (BM ’52, MM ’53)Wynton MarsalisKurt MasurHarold PrinceMax Roach (BM ’52)Mstislav RostropovichJulius RudelMartin E. SegalClark TerryDawn Upshaw (MM ’85)Susan WadsworthPinchas Zukerman

2000sAdele AddisonDave BrubeckJon FaddisJoAnn FallettaClaude FrankPaul Gemignani

Susan Graham (MM ’87)Thomas HampsonSidney HarthMarilyn HorneMarta IstominBilly JoelConstance Keene Evgeny Kissin Robert MannDavid A. RahmNed RoremAlex RossPete SeegerDolora Zajick (MM ’83)

2010sAlan M. AdesJoan Taub AdesAlec BaldwinTerence BlanchardYefim BronfmanAnton Coppola (BM ’64, MM ’65)F. Paul DriscollRichard GaddesDave Grusin (’59)Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95)Shuler Hensley (BM ’90)Howard Herring (’78)Noémi Karpati Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72)Lang LangAngela LansburyWilliam R. MillerMichael F. NeidorffBebe NeuwirthJessye NormanEric OwensMenahem PresslerPeter G. RobbinsLarry Rosen (BM ’61)Leonard SlatkinLimor TomerMatthew VanBesien

Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, Soprano, Voice Faculty Chris Rosenberg (MM ’85), Guitar, Manager of the Jazz Arts Program Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83), Jazz Piano Kent Tritle, Director of Choral Activities Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera Programs Nils Vigeland, Composition Department Chair

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HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTSPLÁCIDO DOMINGO The more Plácido Domingo has studied, travelled and performed, the deeper his love of music has become. He maintains an active performing career as singer and conductor in addition to his work as a cultural impresario and entrepreneur. He serves as General Director of the Los Angeles Opera; Chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry; President of Europa Nostra; founder of Operalia, the World Opera Competition; and proprietor of Pampano, his restaurant in New York City.

Plácido Domingo has sung in every important opera house in the world and has made an unparalleled number of recordings, including more than 100 full-length operas, often recording the same role more than once, for which he has earned twelve Grammy awards, including three Latin Grammys. He has made more than 50 videos and is the winner of two Emmy awards. In addition to three theatrically released films—Franco Zeffirelli’s La Traviata and Otello and Francesco Rosi’s Carmen—he has made excursions into popular culture. His voice was featured in the 2008 Disney film Beverly Hills Chihuahua, in a special 2012 edition of the children’s educational cartoon Dora the Explorer, and as Skeleton Jorge in the 2014 animated film Book of Life. He also appeared as himself (in cartoon form) in a 2007 episode of The Simpsons.

Plácido Domingo’s telecast of Tosca from the authentic settings in Rome was seen by more than one billion people in 117 different countries. He subsequently took the title role in a 2010 live telecast of Rigoletto from Mantua, Italy, the city in which the opera’s story takes place. In 2008, he appeared in the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, performing for an estimated television audience of almost two billion people worldwide. He has opened the Met season a record-setting 21 different times, having surpassed in 1999 the old Caruso record of 17 opening nights. As a conductor, he has led more than 500 performances, including opera performances in all the important theaters, from the Metropolitan to London’s Covent Garden and the Vienna State Opera, and symphonic concerts with such renowned orchestras as the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, and Chicago Symphony, while also making recordings as a conductor. He made the Guinness Book of World Records for the size of his repertoire and for the record 101 curtain calls he received for Verdi’s Otello at the Vienna State Opera. His appearances around the world with his colleagues José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti in the now legendary Three Tenors concerts were one of the great musical success stories of the 1990s.

As administrator, he was the music director of the Seville World’s Fair, inviting the world’s foremost orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, to Seville. He has played an essential role in making regional American companies into internationally recognized ensembles, first as General Director of Washington National Opera, and currently as General Director of Los Angeles Opera.

Born in Madrid to parents who were zarzuela performers, Plácido Domingo moved with his parents to Mexico at the age of eight. He went to the Mexico City Conservatory to study piano and conducting, but was sidetracked into vocal training after his voice was discovered. He made his operatic debut at Monterrey as Alfredo in La Traviata and then spent two and a half years with the Israel National Opera, singing 280 performances of twelve different roles. In 1966, he created the title role in the U.S. premiere of Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, appearing there in standard repertory as well. His Metropolitan Opera debut came in 1968, as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. He has subsequently sung there in more than 800 performances of over 50 different roles, and he is currently celebrating his 49th consecutive season there (2017–18). He appears regularly at all the big opera houses, including Milan’s La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, London’s Covent Garden, Paris’s Bastille Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Chicago’s Lyric Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Los Angeles

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Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, the Colon in Buenos Aires, and the Real in Madrid, as well as at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.

Domingo’s recordings, whether complete operas or crossover hits, invariably appear on the bestseller charts. Not long ago, seven of his CDs appeared simultaneously on Billboard’s top-selling charts of classical and crossover recordings. Eight of his records have gone gold, selling well over one million copies. His recording projects include a double CD of every aria Verdi wrote for the tenor voice, and a CD of excerpts from Wagner’s Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, which includes most of the music written for the Heldentenor part of Siegfried.

With a repertoire that includes almost all the important parts in Italian and French operas, he is also constantly challenged by new roles; his ever expanding foray into other repertoire during the 1990s and early 2000s included Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre and the title part in Parsifal, as well as Gherman in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades. In 2007 Domingo devoted himself to important works of the baroque and early classical eras, giving his first performances as Oreste in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Seattle Opera and the Met, and as Bajazet in Handel’s Tamerlano at the Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Since 2009 he has been adding baritone parts to his repertoire: the title role of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra at the Vienna Staatsoper, Berlin Staatsoper, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and Teatro Real; the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto in an on-location worldwide telecast; Athanaël in Massenet's Thaïs; and several other Verdi roles: Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Francesco Foscari in I due Foscari, Giorgio Germont in La traviata, the title parts in Nabucco and Macbeth, Giacomo in Giovanna d’Arco, and the Count di Luna in Il Trovatore. He is also interested in broadening his repertory with new compositions, such as Tan Dun’s The First Emperor, Anton Garcia Abril’s Divinas Palabras, Deborah Drattell’s Nicholas and Alexandra with him as Rasputin, and Daniel Catán’s Il Postino, with him as Pablo Neruda.

Since 1993 Domingo has promoted highly talented young singers through his Operalia voice competition. Each year, in a different international city, forty singers have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities before an international jury. Operalia has helped to launch the careers of such artists as Nina Stemme, Joyce DiDonato, Eric Owens, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Rolando Villazón, Erwin Schrott, Joseph Calleja, Isabelle Bayrakdarian, and many others. In 2002 the Domingo–Cafritz Young Artist Program—another of Domingo’s undertakings to nurture and give opportunities to promising young talents—came into being at the Washington National Opera. Similar objectives are at the heart of the Domingo–Colburn–Stein Young Artist Program, subsequently founded under the auspices of Los Angeles Opera, and the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo at the Palau de las Arts in Valencia, Spain.

Within the past few years Plácido Domingo has become one of the most decorated and honored artists before the public today. A Kennedy Center honoree and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States, he is also a Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, an Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both a Grande Ufficiale and a Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He has received honorary doctorates from Oxford University and New York University for his lifelong commitment and contribution to music and the arts. In 2009, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden presented him with the first Birgit Nilsson Prize (at one million dollars, the most generous prize in the world of classical music) for his outstanding achievements in opera; the prize was donated to help fund Operalia. Domingo has raised millions of dollars through benefit concerts to aid the victims of Mexico’s devastating 1985 earthquake; of Hurricane Paulina in Guerrero and Yucatán (also in Mexico and in El Salvador); and of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, where, in 2009, the stage of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts was named for him. In 2006, he conducted Verdi’s Requiem in Warsaw, to commemorate the first anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s passing. He was chosen for an award by Opera News magazine for the inauguration of its first annual awards.

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Domingo is president of Europa Nostra, an organization that champions projects to restore and preserve Europe’s cultural heritage. As Chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, he lobbies for the protection of intellectual property within the music industry and on the Internet. He also sits on the board of trustees of the National YoungArts Foundation, which supports all artistic disciplines among young American-based high school graduates.

Plácido Domingo has been acclaimed as the “King of Opera,” originally in a banner headline on the cover of Newsweek, and pronounced “a true renaissance man in music,” first by Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper. In 2008, the BBC Music Magazine published the result of a poll of renowned opera critics and experts hailing him as the “greatest tenor of all time.” London’s newspaper The Guardian summed it all up recently by simply naming him “the greatest operatic artist of modern times.”

PAQUITO D’RIVERA Paquito D’Rivera defies easy categorization. The winner of fourteen Grammy Awards, he is celebrated both for his artistry in Latin jazz and his achievements as a classical composer.

Born in Havana, Cuba, he performed at age 10 with the National Theater Orchestra, studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and, at 17, became a featured soloist with the Cuban National Symphony. He was a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna and of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere. With its explosive mixture of jazz, rock, classical, and traditional Cuban music never before heard, Irakere toured extensively throughout America and Europe, winning several Grammy nominations (1979, 1980) and a Grammy (1979).

In 1988, he was a founding member of the United Nation Orchestra, a 15-piece ensemble organized by Dizzy Gillespie to showcase the fusion of Latin and Caribbean influences with jazz. D’Rivera continues to appear as guest conductor. A Grammy was awarded the United Nation Orchestra in 1991, the same year in which D’Rivera received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Carnegie Hall for his contributions to Latin music. D’Rivera’s other highly acclaimed ensembles—the Chamber Jazz Ensemble, the Paquito D’Rivera Big Band, and the Paquito D’Rivera Quintet—are in great demand worldwide.

While Paquito D’Rivera’s discography reflects a dedication and enthusiasm for jazz, bebop and Latin music, his contributions to classical music are also impressive, including solo performances with the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. He has also performed with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Costa Rica National Symphony, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, the Bronx Arts Ensemble, and St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, among others. In his passion to bring Latin repertoire greater recognition, Mr. D’Rivera has successfully created and championed classical compositions, including his three chamber compositions recorded live in concert with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 2003. The chamber work Merengue, from that live concert at Zankel Hall, was released by Sony Records and garnered Paquito his seventh Grammy (Best Instrumental Composition) in 2004.

Also an accomplished composer, Mr. D’Rivera was awarded a 2007 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition and appointed Composer-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s for the 2007–08 season. As part of Caramoor’s Latin American music initiative, Sonidos Latinos, D’Rivera wrote his concerto for double bass and clarinet/saxophone, Conversations with Cachao, paying tribute to Cuba’s legendary bass player, Israel “Cachao” Lopez. Mr. D’Rivera’s works often reveal his widespread and eclectic musical interests. His numerous commissions include compositions for Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress, the National Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam

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Philharmonic, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Ying String Quartet, the International Double Reed Society, Syracuse University, Montreal’s Gerald Danovich Saxophone Quartet, and the Grant Park Music Festival. The Washington Post called his flute concerto Gran Danzon, his 2002 commission for the National Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic, a “dazzling work” that “reveals D’Rivera’s sophistication as a composer.” His latest commission for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Rice and Beans Concerto for cello, clarinet and orchestra, written as a tribute to the Chinese community that flourished in La Habana, will be premiered in 2019 at the Kennedy Center. The title of the concerto refers to the endearing way he and his friend Yo-Yo Ma address each other.

Paquito D’Rivera was awarded both the National Medal of the Arts and the NEA Jazz Masters Award in 2005 and was the recipient of the Living Jazz Legend Award from the Kennedy Center in 2007. His many other honors include the Jazz Journalist Association’s Clarinetist of the Year Award in both 2004 and 2006; the International Association for Jazz Education President’s Award and the Frankfurter Musikpreis in Germany in 2008; and the Medal of Honor from the National Arts Club in 2009. In 2010, he was named a Nelson A. Rockefeller Honoree and given Spelman College’s African-American Classical Music Award.

He received his tenth and eleventh Grammy for Panamericana Suite (Best Latin Album and Best Classical Contemporary Composition), having been awarded his eighth Grammy for Riberas (Best Classical Recording) and ninth for Funk Tango (Best Latin Jazz Album 2008). Mr. D’Rivera is the first artist to win Latin Grammys in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories—for Stravinsky’s Historia del Soldado (L’Histoire du Soldat) and Brazilian Dreams with New York Voices.

Paquito D’Rivera previously served as artistic director of jazz programming at the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, the D.C. Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C., and Jazz Patagonia 2013 in Chile. He continues today as Artistic Director of the famous world-class Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta Del Este in Uruguay, now in its twenty-third year. He is the author of four books: My Sax Life (Northwestern University Press), Letters to Yeyito (Restless books), a novel, Oh, La Habana (MTeditores, Barcelona), and Ser o No Ser, (Esa es la Jodienda) (Ediciones Universal).

In 1999, the Universidad de Alcala de Henares presented Mr. D’Rivera with a special award recognizing his contribution to the arts and his defense of the rights and liberties of artists around the world. As the National Endowment for the Arts website affirms, “he has become the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart.”

BERNARD LABADIEBernard Labadie has established himself worldwide as one of the preeminent conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire, a reputation closely tied to his work with Les Violons du Roy (for which he served as Music Director from its inception until 2014) and La Chapelle de Québec. With these two ensembles he has regularly toured Canada, the U.S., and Europe, in major venues and festivals such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Barbican, the Concertgebouw, and the Salzburg Festival, among others. He begins a four-year term as Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in the 2018–19 season.

In 2017–18 Maestro Labadie leads the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall as its designated principal conductor. Also in 2017–18 he is guest conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). Internationally, his season includes conducting the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Finnish Radio Orchestra, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (in Hamburg), and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

Since his triumphant debut with the Minnesota Orchestra, Labadie has become a regular presence on the podiums of the major North American orchestras, including the Atlanta,

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Chicago, Detroit, and Toronto symphony orchestras; the Boston, Colorado, Houston, St. Louis, and San Francisco symphonies; the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras; the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics; the Handel & Haydn Society; and L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

In past seasons Maestro Labadie has conducted the Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Nationale de France, Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Collegium Vocale Ghent, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester (Cologne), and Zurich Chamber Orchestra.

On the opera podium, Maestro Labadie has served as Artistic Director of L’Opéra de Québec and L’Opéra de Montréal. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut with Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, a work he also led at the Cincinnati Opera. Other highlights include Handel’s Orlando with Glimmerglass Opera, Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Mozart’s Lucio Silla with Santa Fe Opera, and concert versions of Handel’s Theodora and Samson. In 2017 he made his long-awaited debut with the Canadian Opera Company, conducting Die Zauberflöte.

Bernard Labadie’s extensive discography includes many critically acclaimed recordings on Dorian, ATMA, and Virgin Classics labels, including Handel’s Apollo e Dafne and a collaborative recording of Mozart’s Requiem with Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, both of which received Canada’s Juno Award. Other recordings include C.P.E. Bach’s complete cello concertos with Truls Mørk and Les Violons du Roy; J. S. Bach’s complete piano concertos with Alexandre Tharaud, both on Virgin Classics; and Haydn’s piano concertos with Marc-Andre Hamelin as soloist, released by Hyperion.

In 2016, Bernard Labadie received the Samuel de Champlain award in Paris. The Canadian government appointed him an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005, and his home province named him a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Québec in 2006.

ROBERT MCDONALD (DMA ’90)An eminent figure in the 21st-century world of piano, Robert McDonald has toured extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. He has performed with major orchestras in the United States and was the recital partner for many years to Isaac Stern and other distinguished instrumentalists. A participant at the Marlboro, Casals, and Luzerne Festivals, he has played for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has broadcast for BBC Television worldwide. Mr. McDonald has appeared with the Takács, Vermeer, Juilliard, American, Brentano, Borromeo, Shanghai, St. Lawrence, and Miro string quartets, as well as Musicians from Marlboro. His discography includes recordings for Sony Classical, Bridge, Vox, Musical Heritage Society, Cedille Records, ASV, and CRI.

Mr. McDonald’s prizes include the Gold Medal at the Busoni International Piano Competition, the top prize at the William Kapell International Competition, and the Deutsche Schallplatten Critics Award. He studied with Theodore Rehl, Seymour Lipkin, Rudolf Serkin, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Beveridge Webster, and Gary Graffman and holds degrees from Lawrence University, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and Manhattan School of Music.

A member of the piano faculty at the Juilliard School since 1999, Mr. McDonald joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2007, where he holds the Penelope P. Watkins Chair in Piano Studies. His students have taken the top prizes in many of the world’s leading piano competitions, including the Leeds, Chopin, Van Cliburn, Queen Elizabeth, Rubinstein, Kapell, Cleveland, Bachauer, Geza Anda, and Naumburg competitions. Numerous others hold positions at major music schools in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and China.

Mr. McDonald gives classes on a regular basis at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto and throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has been a member of the faculties

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RECIPIENTS OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICEAMY ANDERSON Amy Anderson feels fortunate to call three childhood places home—Lakewood, New York, just a few miles from the famed Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Winchester, Massachusetts. She attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she studied with the legendary Helen Hodam, receiving her Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance. She continued her studies at New England Conservatory and received her Master of Music in vocal performance. It was while a student at NEC that Amy discovered through her work-study job in the Office of Financial Aid that she had strong administrative skills and a keen desire to work in higher education.

at the Steans Institute in Ravinia, Kneisel Hall, the Banff Centre, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. He is the artistic director of the Taos School of Music and Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico, where he has been in residence for the past thirty-seven summers.

LUIS PEREZAssociate Dean and Founding Director of Manhattan School of Music’s Musical Theatre Program, Luis Perez was a principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet for seven years, where he worked with such luminaries as Agnes DeMille, Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, Twyla Tharp, and Jerome Robbins. On Broadway, he appeared in The Phantom of the Opera (original NY cast), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (original cast), Dangerous Games (original cast), Man of LaMancha (1992 and 2001 revivals), Ain’t Broadway Grand (original cast), Grand Hotel, Passion, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Chicago (original revival cast). He was Bernardo in the 1986 national tour of West Side Story and Harry Beaton in New York City Opera’s production of Brigadoon.

Luis Perez has also performed extensively in off-Broadway and regional productions. He choreographed and starred in the national and international tour of Forbidden Christmas with Mikhail Baryshnikov in 2004. His TV and film work includes several daytime serials, Cosby, Murder Mystery, and the Woody Allen film Everyone Says I Love You. As a choreographer, his credits include the Broadway shows Man of La Mancha, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and The Civil War. He was fight director on Wild Party, Marie Christine, and Dangerous Games. Mr. Perez was assistant director/choreographer to Graciela Daniele for Marie Christine, A New Brain, and Everyone Says I Love You. He assisted Tina Paul with the choreography for Nick and Nora. Off-Broadway, he choreographed Open Hearts, written by and starring Robby Benson; Thunder Knocking on the Door, with music by Keb Mo; The Spitfire Grill; Carson McCullers; and Light Years. Other notable productions are Pokemon Live! (director, choreographer) at Radio City Music Hall; Venecia (choreographer) for George Street Playhouse, starring Chita Rivera; The Threepenny Opera (choreographer) at ACT, starring Bebe Neuwirth; and Don't Stop the Carnival (choreographer), written by Jimmy Buffet and Herman Wouk. Mr. Perez choreographed the films Random Hearts, starring Harrison Ford, and Liberty Heights, starring Bebe Neuwirth and Joe Mantegna, as well as several commercials.

Luis Perez was named Associate Dean and Chair of the Musical Theatre Program at Manhattan School of Music in 2016. From 2006 to 20015, he was Head of the Musical Theatre Department and Associate Professor at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In 2007 Mr. Perez became a Fulbright Senior Specialist and received a grant to teach in Prague, Czech Republic.

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After graduation, Amy continued to perform both professionally and with community groups in the Boston area, as well as holding a full-time job as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at NEC. Her love of higher education became her main focus, and she moved on to Salem State College (now University) in Salem Massachusetts, where she worked in the Office of Financial Aid for ten years in growing roles of importance within the office.

In April of 1994, she began her tenure with Manhattan School of Music as Director of Financial Aid. In December 2001, Amy was named Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. The addition of Admissions to her role was a perfect fit. Since that time, her role has continued to expand, and in 2013 she was named Dean of Enrollment Management. She works with the Admissions and Financial Aid teams on recruitment, marketing, and access to an MSM education, and with senior leadership on strategies to shape the enrollment to meet the needs of the Manhattan School of Music mission. She is Chair of the Scholarship Committee and of the Enrollment Management Committee.

Amy lives in Bronxville with her husband Jon, an MSM alum and pianist/chamber musician, and their two children, Madeleine, a graduating senior majoring in psychology at Binghamton, and Noah, a junior at Belmont University in Nashville, majoring in audio engineering and pursuing songwriting.

PHILLIP KAWIN Phillip Kawin has received critical acclaim for his performances in venues throughout the world—from Sydney’s Angel Place Recital Hall to Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall. As recitalist and soloist with orchestra, he has performed throughout Australia, China, Korea, Italy, Russia, Spain and the U.S. His debut album featuring works of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Prokofiev was launched at Steinway Hall in New York in 2008. He has an exclusive recording contract with the Master Performers Record Label. Kawin’s all-Schubert solo CD was received with critical acclaim. His recording of the Beethoven Concerto No. 3 with the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow under the baton of renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz will be released this year on Blu-ray.

Mr. Kawin has given lectures and master classes in Russia, Germany, Italy, Israel, China, South Korea, the U.S., and Australia and is sought after at the premier international conferences and festivals. His engagements have included the Moscow Conservatory, Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, Tel-Hai International Piano Masterclasses, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Seoul National University, Van Cliburn Piano Institute, the Harvard Club in New York, the Sibelius Academy in Finland, and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Denmark through Manhattan School of Music’s Global Conservatory Videoconference Master Class Series. For more than two decades, he has been affiliated with the PianoSummer International Institute/Festival at SUNY New Paltz (New York), as well as appearing regularly at the Summit Music Festival (New York), the Euro Music Festival and Academy (Germany), the International Academy of Music (Italy), the Beijing International Music Festival (China), and the Busan International festival (South Korea). He is currently coordinator of the Intensive Piano Seminar at the Summit Music Festival.

Mr. Kawin’s students have won top prizes in numerous national and international competitions, including the Young Concert Artists Auditions, the Martha Argerich International, Jacob Flier International, World Piano, Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano, Thelonious Monk International (jazz piano), Mieczyslaw Munz, Leschetizky, the Long–Thibaud Crespin International (France), and the Osaka International ( Japan) competitions. Phillip Kawin has also been an active adjudicator for the Beethoven International Piano Competition Vienna, Bösendorfer USASU International Piano Competition, Sydney International, and the Sixth

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International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Suwon, Korea). A Steinway Artist, he is featured on five DVDs recorded live at the annual World Piano Pedagogy Conference.

Phillip Kawin served as a faculty representative for the Manhattan School of Music Board of Trustees (2008–2011) and is Chair of the College Faculty Council. He has been a member of the College piano faculty at Manhattan School of Music since 1989 and of the Precollege faculty since 1986.

LISA YUI Described as “a musical phenomenon” (Pianiste), Yamaha Artist Lisa Yui enjoys a multifaceted musical career as pianist, lecturer, educator, author, and musical director. Since making her concerto debut at the age of seven, she has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She is the top prizewinner of the Senigallia International Piano Competition in Italy, and has twice been the recipient of a Canada Council Scholarship.

Lisa Yui has performed as soloist with prominent orchestras including the Tokyo Symphony, the Polish National Radio, the Toronto Symphony, and the Krakow State Philharmonic. She has performed in Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum in Budapest. In 2005 she represented Canada to perform in the World Exposition in Aichi, Japan. Her DVD/Blu-ray of four Beethoven Sonatas and CD of the music of Carl Maria von Weber and Jan Ladislav Dussek garnered rave reviews.

Lisa Yui’s insightful writing on a variety of topics has appeared in Clavier, EPTA Journal, and Listen. She has worked extensively with cutting-edge music technology through her long-distance remote lessons and performances using the Yamaha Disklavier, an acoustic/digital hybrid player piano.

Lisa Yui’s principal teachers and mentors include Byron Janis, Marc Silverman, Giovanni Valentini, Oxana Yablonskaya, Edna Golandsky, David Dubal, and Leonid Hambro. She received her Bachelor of Music degree at the Juilliard School, where she received the Humanities Award, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at Manhattan School of Music, which awarded her both the Roy M. Rubinstein Award, given to a graduate with exceptional promise in piano, and the Helen Cohn Award as outstanding doctoral graduate.

At Manhattan School of Music, where she is also Associate Dean of Assessment and Academic Programs, Dr. Yui teaches piano literature, keyboard skills, Historical Recordings of Great Pianists, and The Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Ms. Yui originated The Lives of the Piano, MSM’s first piano lecture/concert series, now in its nineteenth season. She is on the piano faculty at Montclair State University.

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COMMENCEMENT AWARDSAlan M. and Joan Taub Seok Jong Baek, Hongni Wu,Ades Vocal Competition Shaina Sophia Martinez, Philippe Richard L’EsperanceThis annual competition sponsored by Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades awards support to singers with outstanding potential for careers in opera.

Harold Bauer Award Daniel T. LeThis 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 Matthew J. MalanowskiA 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 James Andrei Diaz AcostaThis award is given for outstanding achievement in the study of music theory.

Raphael Bronstein Award Naxin YinEstablished 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.

Pablo Casals Award Nafset ChenibIn 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.

John Clark Award Steven Emory OsborneJohn 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.

Helen Cohn Awards Po-Wei Ger, James Sidney Greene, Jr.These awards, created by friends of Mrs. Cohn, honor her memory and her devotion to the piano. The awards are given to a pianist with outstanding work in chamber music and an outstanding student in the DMA program.

Cecil Collins Award Caleb R. LaidlawCreated 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.

Helen Airoff Dowling Award Yigit KaratasThis award is given to an outstanding violinist graduating from the Bachelor of Music degree program.

Nicolas Flagello Award James Andrei Diaz AcostaThis 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.

Richard F. Gold Career Grant Jose Luis MaldonadoThis award is given by the Shoshana Foundation to recognize a graduating student who demonstrates exceptional promise for a career on the operatic stage.

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Carl Kanter Prize Hansol Choi, Jae Deok SeoThis prize was established by Carl Kanter, a composer and active member of MSM’s International Advisory Board for several years. Recipients are selected from among those graduating students who compose orchestral works during their final year that are performed at one of the two student orchestral composition concerts.

Hugo Kortschak Award Roan MaThis award is given for outstanding achievement in chamber music.

Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award Neil Leonard BeckmanThis award is given to a student who has excelled in chamber music performance.

Homer Mensch Award Samuel Alec Hunter ZagnitThis 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.

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

Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence Amanda Rose AustinThe Provost’s Award is given to a student who has excelled academically.

Bronson Ragan Award Henry Yi-Hisen Lee Honoring the memory of a former Manhattan School of Music faculty member who taught both organ and theory, this award goes to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding promise in organ performance.

Hugh Ross Award Shelén E. HughesThis award is given annually to a singer of unusual promise.

Roy M. Rubinstein Award Yifei XuThis award is given to a young woman who demonstrates exceptional promise in piano performance.

Janet D. Schenck Award Christa Marie Dalmazio, Kenneth Andrew ChaubyThe 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.

Andrés Segovia/Rose Augustine Award John Joseph BoganThe 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 Amanda Rose AustinThe 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.

Josephine C. Whitford Award Na Kyung Julie LeeThis 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.

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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTSEmily Aida DiAngelo, Classical Oboe A Technical Analysis of the Sixteen Daily Exercises for the Advanced Oboist by Bruno Labate Ithaca, New YorkMM, Manhattan School of MusicBM, Ithaca College

James Sidney Greene, Jr., Jazz Arts Advancement Jackie McLean at The Hartt School: A Co-Existence of Cultural and Pedagogical Perspectives Newtown, Connecticut MM, Boston University BM, University of Hartford, The Hartt School

Xiaoxi Guo, Classical Piano The Solo Piano Works of Tan Dun: An Examination of Influences and an Analysis of the MusicChengdu, Sichuan, ChinaMM, Manhattan School of MusicBM, Manhattan School of Music

Matthew Nelson Holman, Jazz Arts Advancement The Jimmy Giuffre 3 of 1960–1962: Compositional and Improvisational Integration Tucson, Arizona MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Indiana University, Bloomington

Joanne Kim, Classical Clarinet A Clarinet Transcription of Schubert’s Fantasie in C MajorToronto, Ontario, CanadaMM, Manhattan School of MusicBM, Mannes School of Music

Jeong Yoon Lee, Classical Piano Piano and Fixed-Electronic Media: A Chronological Survey from its Birth to the PresentSeoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Yangzhi Ma, CompositionAural Analysis of Contemporary MusicNanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaMM, Manhattan School of MusicMM, Shanghai Conservatory of MusicBM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Eun Ji Oh, Classical Flute A Comprehensive Analysis of Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s Suite Pointillistique, Op. 135 for Flute and PianoSeoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Seoul National University

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Soyeon Park, Classical Piano Cadenzas for the First Movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 in C Major: A Performer’s Guide to ChoicesSeoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Ronen Shai, Classical CompositionTodd and the Vampire, An animated musical story in three acts: Overview and insightsTel-Aviv, IsraelMM, Manhattan School of Music BM, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

James Allen Saltzman, Jr., Jazz Arts Advancement The Ravel/Strayhorn Connection: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales and Jazz CompositionFranklin, New Jersey MM, William Paterson University of New Jersey BM, University of the Arts

Wolfgang Schedl, Classical ClarinetThe Fundamentals of Clarinet Playing from the Pedagogical Perspective of Charles NeidichVienna, AustriaMM, University of Music KarlsruheBA, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna

Slavina Zhelezova, Classical PianoThe Grand Dame of the Music Salon: The Legacy of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac, and Her Role in the Emancipation of Women Composers, Conductors and PerformersVeliki Preslav, BulgariaMM, Manhattan School of MusicBM, Mannes School of Music

CANDIDATES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CERTIFICATECLASSICALKristina Marie Brost, Soprano Flossmoor, Illinois MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Jie Chen, Piano Suzhou, Jiangsu, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Nafset Chenib, Soprano Moscow, Russian Federation MM, The Choral Arts Academy, Moscow BM, Krasnodar Rimsky-Korsakov College,

Conservatory of Music

Li Dang, Piano Xi'an, Shaanxi, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Central Conservatory of Music

Xue Ding, Viola Changchun, China MM, New England Conservatory BM, Mannes School of Music

Blair Elise Hamrick, Horn Fairfax County, Virginia MM, University of New Mexico BM, University of Miami

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Ryan Thomas Hayward, Tuba Rochester, New York MM, Pennsylvania State University BM, Hofstra University

Saki Kaneko, Violin Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Toho Gakuen College of Drama

and Music

Chung Yan Karen Lau, Collaborative Piano Hong Kong, Hong Kong MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Central Conservatory of Music Hyojun Kim, Clarinet Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Hanyang University

Sangmi Kwon, Soprano Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Seoul National University

Hohyeon Kyung, Collaborative Piano Guri-si, Gyeonggi, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Joanne Sang Min Lee, Violoncello

Camille Le Mézo, Bassoon Paris, France MM, Conservatoire National Supérieur de

Musique et de Danse de ParisBM, Conservatoire National Supérieur de

Musique et de Danse de Paris

Philippe Richard L’Esperance, Tenor Grafton, Massachusetts MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, University of Hartford, The Hartt

School

Lan-Hsuan Lin, Piano

Kathryn Fiona McKay, Viola Perth, Australia MA, Western Australian Academy of

Performing Arts BM University of Western Australia

Sujin Oh, Violin Daegu, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Yonsei University

Emma Podlesnik, Piano Palo Alto, California MM, University of Southern California BM, University of Southern California Abigail Leah Roth, Soprano Valley Village, California MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, University of Southern California

Rachel Lise O’Neill Stewart, Soprano Calgary, Alberta, Canada MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, University of British Columbia

Fan Su, Piano Zhuhai, Guangdong, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Xing Hai Conservatory of Music

Weiting Sun, Violoncello

Lok Yan Charlotte Tang, Piano Hong Kong, Hong Kong MM, Temple University BBA, University of Hong Kong

Jingjing Wang, Clarinet Zhengzhou, Henan, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Samuel White, TenorColumbia, South CarolinaMM, Ohio State UniversityBM, Florida State University

Jessica Ann Wiley, Bassoon Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada MM, University of Utah BS, Utah Valley University

Hongni Wu, Mezzo-Soprano Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

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Yunlei Xie, Mezzo-Soprano Zhuzhou, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BA, Central Conservatory of Music

Amy Chesed Yarham, Mezzo-Soprano Perth, Australia MM, Manhattan School of Music Gdip, Western Australia Academy of

Performing ArtsBM, Western Australia Academy of

Performing Arts

Yesul Yeon, Soprano Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Seoul National University

Wooyoung Yoon, Tenor Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Kyung Hee University

Yiying Zhang, Piano Ningbo, Zhejiang, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Shanghai Normal University

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCESeth Albert Biagini, Violoncello La Crescenta, California MM, The Juilliard School BM, The Juilliard School

Nicole Caligiuri, Oboe Wading River, New YorkMM, New England Conservatory BM, New England Conservatory

Donghyeon Choi, Clarinet Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Dankook University

Minwoo Kang, Trumpet Seoul, South Korea MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Seoul National University

John-Paul William-Leo Norpoth, Double Bass

Brooklyn, New YorkMM, Mannes School of MusicBS, Ithaca College

Jeremías Francisco Sergiani Velázquez, Violin

Córdoba, ArgentinaPS, Manhattan School of MusicMM, The Juilliard SchoolBM, New England Conservatory

Benjamin Stephen Zannoni, Viola Houston, Texas MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, The Julliard School

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CLASSICAL Nuriel Abdenur, Soprano Buenos Aires, Argentina BM, University of Southern California

Alexander Agate, Piano Moorpark, California BM, California State University,

Northridge

Aris Antoniades, Composition Limassol, Cyprus BM, Manhattan School of Music

Zachary Stanley Argabrite, Composition Louisville, Kentucky BM, Manhattan School of Music

Narek Arutyunyan, Clarinet

Amanda Rose Austin, Soprano Maplewood, New Jersey BM, Manhattan School of Music

Emilyn Elizabeth Badgley, Soprano Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania BM, Eastman School of Music

Seok Jong Baek, Baritone Jeon-Ju, Jeollabkdo, South Korea BM, Manhattan School of Music

August S. Bair, Baritone Atlanta, Georgia BA, Bard College

Devan Balaguer, Mezzo-Soprano Boyertown, Pennsylvania BM, West Virginia University

Ezekiel Joseph Bardash, GuitarBrooklyn, New YorkBM, Queens College, CUNY

Moises Mayolo Barradas Cinta, Piano Xalapa, Verecruz, Mexico BM, Manhattan School of Music

Neil Leonard Beckmann, Guitar Cincinnati, Ohio BM, University of Cincinnati College–

Conservatory of Music

Julian Bennett Holmes, Composition Brooklyn, New York BM, Mannes School of Music

Alicia Michele Bisha, Violin Toronto, Ontario, Canada BM, Queens College, CUNY

Michelle E. Blauman, Mezzo-Soprano Wenatchee, Washington BS, Pacific Lutheran University

Matthew Hayden Bond, Horn Fullerton, California BM, Chapman University

Chantal Elizabeth Brundage, Soprano Verona, New York BM, Nazareth College

Alexander Le Bui, Piano Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey BM, Manhattan School of Music

Yiping Cai, Piano Xiamen, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Angela Candela, Soprano Bayside, New York BM, The Catholic University of America

Kelly Mackendra Catlin, Flute Palo Alto, California BM, California State University,

Long Beach

Lingen Cen, Piano Tianjin, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Carolina Mercedes Diaz Chan, Viola Greenville, South Carolina BM, Eastman School of Music

Ka Man Ivy Chan, Piano Hong Kong, Hong Kong BM, Manhattan School of Music

Lydia Wayne Chang, Composition Keelug City, Taiwan BM, National Taiwan Normal University

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC

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Wenxi Che, Piano Jilin, China BM, Tianjin Conservatory of Music

Chia-Wen Chen, Soprano Miaoli, Taiwan BFA, National Taiwan Normal University

Christine Elise Chen, Composition West Windsor, New Jersey BM, Wellesley College

Mengyiyi Chen, Piano Wuhan, Hubei, China BM, Wuhan Conservatory of Music

Qiyu Chen, Soprano Chongqing, China BM, University of Miami

Yu-Wen Chiu, Piano Hualien, Taiwan BM, University of Taipei

Sulgi Cho, Soprano Seoul, South Korea MM, Ewha Womans UniversityBM, Ewha Womans University

Hansol Choi, CompositionQueens, New York BM, Aaron Copeland School of Music,

Queens College

Yura Choi, Soprano Busan, South Korea BM, Yonsei University

Yoon Soo Chung, Tenor Seoul, South Korea BM, Kyung Hee University

Christa Marie Dalmazio, Soprano Colts Neck, New Jersey BM, Manhattan School of Music

James Andrei Diaz Acosta, Composition Fosca, Cundinamarca, Colombia BM, National University of Colombia Yunfei Feng, Piano Xi'an, China BM, West Chester University

Elijah Jimmie Jerome Graham, Tenor

Xin Guan, Piano Qingdao, Shandong, China BM, Central Conservatory of Music

Shaoxiong Guo, Piano Shenyang, Liaoning, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

John Hahn, Piano Daejeon, South Korea BM, Manhattan School of Music

Andrew Ryan Henry, Bass Midland, Texas BMEd, Texas Tech University

Andrew Howes, Composition

William Anthony Huyler, Baritone Florham Park, New Jersey BMEd, Indiana University Bloomington

Hyunyoung Hwang, Clarinet Union City, New Jersey BM, Korea National University of Arts

Maho Irie, Violin Nishi-tokyo, Japan BM, Toho Gakuen School of Music

William Janiszewski, Conducting Avon, Connecticut BMEd, University of Connecticut

Dohyun Jeon, Composition Suwon, Gyeong-gi, South Korea BM, Ewha Womans University

David Ji, Collaborative Piano Seoul, South Korea BM, Seoul Theological University

Le Ji, Collaborative Piano Datong, Shanxi, China BM, Central Conservatory of Music

Xutong Ji, Piano Wuyi, Jiangsu, China BM, Nanjing Normal University

Jiangzi Jiang, Soprano Xiamen, Fujian, China MM, Xiamen UniversityBM, Xiamen University

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Wei Jiang, Piano Guangzhou, Guangdong, China BM, South China Normal University

Katharina Kyu Eh Kang, Viola Düsseldorf, Germany AD, Cleveland Institute of Music BM, Manhattan School of Music

Katherine Kappelman, Harp San Angelo, Texas BM, Baylor University

Charity Shi Hui Kiew, Harp Singapore, Singapore BM, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

Cha Dol Kim, Baritone Incheon, South Korea BM, Korea National University of Arts

Hae Rin Kim, Collaborative Piano Seoul, South Korea MM, Kyung Hee University BM, Kyung Hee University

Han A Kim, Soprano Elmsford, New York BM, Seoul National University

Hye Bin Kim, Violin Daejeon, South Korea BM, Manhattan School of Music

Hyun Joung Kim, Soprano Daegu, South Korea BM, Seoul National University

Laura Dong Yeon Kim, Soprano Seoul, South Korea BM, Dankook University

Sae Lin Kim, Mezzo-Soprano Seoul, South Korea BM, Kyung Hee University

Shinyeong Kim, Violoncello Seoul, South Korea BM, Seoul National University

Siyeon Kim, Soprano Daejeon, South Korea BM, Ewha Womans University

Yong-Hyun Kim, Baritone Seoul, South Korea BM, Seoul National University

Youngha Kim, Flute Seoul, South Korea BM, Yonsei University

Young Jung Kim, Violin Seoul, South Korea BM, Yonsei University

Eun Joo Ko, Flute Seoul, South Korea BM, Seoul National University

Le Kong, Piano Dalian, Liaoning, China BM, Lawrence University

Nicholas James Krsnich, Bass-Baritone Miami, Florida BM, Manhattan School of Music

Joseph George Krycia, Composition Macomb, Michigan BM, Michigan State University

Yu-Jou Kuo, Viola Tainan, Taiwan BM, National Taiwan University of Art

Travis Larson, Bassoon Appleton, Wisconsin BM, Manhattan School of Music

James Robert Colin Larter, Percussion Northampton, Northamptonshire,

United Kingdom BM, Royal Academy of Music Daniel T. Le, Piano Melbourne, Vic, Australia BM, Yong Seiw Toh Conservatory of Music

at National University of Singapore

Henry Yi-Hsien Lee, Organ Taipei, Taiwan BA, University of California, Berkeley

Shaun Lee, Tenor Singapore, Singapore LLB, National University of Singapore

So Jung Lee, Violoncello Seoul, South Korea BM, Hanyang University

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Shirunyu Li, Composition Qingdao, Shan Dong, China BM, Central Conservatory of Music

Xu Li, Clarinet Irvine, California BM, Cleveland Institute of Music

Yufan Li, Piano Liaoyang, Liaoning, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Yadi Liang, Collaborative Piano Yulin, Guangxi, China BM, China Conservatory of Music

Shih Chia Lin, Piano Taichung, Taiwan BM, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Nefer Alexandra Linde, Soprano Stockholm, Sweden MA, University of Gothenburg, Academy

of Music and Drama BA, University of Gothenburg, Academy of

Music and Drama

Enying Liu, Soprano Zhengzhou, Henan, China BM, Eastern New Mexico UniversityBM, Sichuan Conservatory of Music

Sisi Liu, Piano Ningbo, Zhejiang, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Xiaoyue Liu, Soprano Shenzhen, Guangdong, China BM, Xinghai Music Conservatory

Yu-Chun Liu, Soprano Changhua County, Taiwan BM, Taipei National University of Art

Keyin Lou, Composition Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Yao Lu, Piano Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China BM, Wuhan Conservatory of Music

Roan Formosa Ma, Violin East Lansing, Michigan BM, Manhattan School of Music

José Luis Maldonado, Baritone Whittier, California BM, California State University, Fullerton,

School of Music

Alexandra Therese Marilley, Soprano Watertown, New York BM, Manhattan School of Music

Shaina Sophia Martinez, Soprano Germantown, Maryland BM, University of Maryland, College Park

Dalton Darby McLaughlin II, Guitar Citrus Heights, California BM, San Francisco State University

Charlotte A. Merz, Mezzo-Soprano Sydney, Australia Gdip, Sydney Conservatorium of Music,

University of Sydney BM, Sydney Conservatorium of Music,

University of Sydney

Hector D. Milete, Viola Clifton, New Jersey BM, Queens College, CUNY

Richard Andrew Mines, Guitar Macon, Georgia BM, University of Georgia

Celeste Alexandria Morales, Soprano San Antonio, Texas BM, Texas State University

Thomas Robert Morris, Collaborative Piano Atlanta, Georgia BM, Indiana University

Marshall Joseph Morrow, Baritone Las Vegas, Nevada BM, Manhattan School of Music

Lingyao Mu, Collaborative Piano Fuxin, Liaoning, China BA, China Conservatory

Sitan Mu, Piano Shenyang, Liaoning, China BM, Shenyang Conservatory of Music

Lehaier Ni, Oboe Beijing, China BM, Renmin University of China

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Maki Omori, Violin Okazaki, Aichi, Japan BM, Toho Gakuen School of Music

Jun Lin Ong, Piano Singapore, Singapore BM, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

Sun Gyung Park, Soprano Seoul, South Korea BM, Kyung Hee University

Christina Nola Parnell, Soprano Bakersfield, California BM, Azusa Pacific University

Rolando Penate, Tuba Miami, Florida BM, University of South Florida

Tiffany Poon, Collaborative Piano Fremont, California BM, Manhattan School of Music

Allison Lorraine Porter, Soprano Upper Marlboro, Maryland BM, The Juilliard School

Zhongyu Ren, Violin Beijing, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Eganam Kwawu Segbefia, Trumpet Tadzewu, Ghana BM, South Carolina State University

Yibai Shao, Collaborative Piano Harbin, Heilongjiang, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, China Conservatory of Music

Kelly Heejeong Shin, Piano Irvine, California BM, California State University of

Fullerton

Hyeree Shin, Soprano Cheon-an, Chungcheongnam-do,

South Korea BM, Hanyang University

Il Hong Shin, Soprano Seoul, South Korea BM, Kyung-won University

Jenna Christine Sobolewski, Viola Sewell, New Jersey BM, Manhattan School of Music

Joseph Robert Soriano, Trumpet Succasunna, New JerseyBM, Mannes School of Music

Michael Edward St. Peter, Tenor Elmhurst, Illinois BM, The Julliard School

Anna Takeda, Violin Bangkok, Thailand BM, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music

Monica Alejandra Talavera Gallegos, Mezzo-Soprano Chihuahua, Mexico BM, Manhattan School of Music

Shiyu Tan, Collaborative Piano Changsha, Hunan, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Yixin Tan, Collaborative Piano Changsha, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Shiya Tang, Piano Guangxi, China BM, Guangxi Arts Institute Shiyue Tang, Piano Dechang, Sichuan Province, China BA, Central Conservatory of Music

David Valbuena, ClarinetQueens, New YorkBM, Queens College, CUNY

Shannon Lynn Vandzura, Flute Minotola, New Jersey BM, University of Hartford,

The Hartt School

Matthias Thomas Villwock, Bass San Diego, California BM, San Diego State University

Heng Wang, Soprano Wuyuan, Jiangxi, China BM, Xiamen University

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Jue Wang, Piano Shanghai, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Pei-Chun Wang, Soprano Taipei, Taiwan BM, University of Taipei

Shan Wang, Piano Zibo, Shandong, China BM, Tianjin Conservatory of Music

Weiyi Wang, Piano Changsha, China BMEd, South China Normal University

Xinyu Wang, Piano Tianjin, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Yi Wang, Piano Qingdao, Shandong, China BBM, Nanchang University

Yifan Wang, Piano Puyang, Hewan, China BMEd, Tianjin Conservatory of Music

Yuhang Wang, Tenor Chongqing, China BS, Chongqing University of Technology

Mitchell Allen Widmer, Baritone Williamsburg, Iowa BA, University of Iowa

Johanna Wienholts, Harp Cincinnati, Ohio BM, University of Toronto

Yuliana Wijaya, Piano Jakarta, Indonesia BM, University of Kansas

Yingtong Wu, Piano Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China BM, Shenyang Conservatory of Music

Morgan Rae Wynne, Horn Midland, Michigan BM, University of Michigan

Yifei Xu, Piano Tianjin, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Yucen Xue, Piano Nanjing, Jiang Su, China BM, Nanjing Normal University

School of Music

Han Yan, Piano Tianjin, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Lucy Yao, PianoAnn Harbor, Michigan BM, Western Michigan University

Yeji Yoo, Piano Seoul, South Korea BM, Sangmyung University

Gi Yeon Yoon, Violin Seoul, South Korea MM, Seoul National UniversityBM, Seoul National University

Maiko Yoshida, Piano Kanagawa, Japan BM, Manhattan School of Music

Mizuho Yoshimune, Piano New York, New York BA, Yale University

Liangping Yu, Collaborative Piano Tai Zhou, Zhejiang, China MM, Fujian Normal University BM, Liaoning Normal University

Yiming Yuan, Piano Shenzhen, Guangdong, China BM, Guangxi Arts Conservatory

Geng Zhang, Composition Shenyang, Liaoning, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Jianing Zhang, Soprano Luoyang, Henan, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Jing Zhang, Piano Dalian, Liaoning, China BM, Shenyang Conservatory of Music

Peng Zhang, Bassoon Taiyuan, Shanxi, China BM, The New School University

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Tianqu Zhang, Piano Shenyang, Liaoning, China BM, Shenyang Conservatory of Music

Xinxin Zhang, Piano Zhengzhou, Henan, China BM, Moscow State University

Xuejin Zhang, Piano Huangshi, Hubei, China BM, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Yihao Zhang, Piano Shanghai, Shanghai, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Zhen Zhang, Baritone Shouguang, Shandong, China BMEd, Xi’an Conservatory of Music

Zuhao Zhang, Baritone Zhengzhou, Henan, China BM, Henan University

Ming Zhao, PianoWuhan, Hubei, China BM, Manhattan School of Music

Qing Zhao, Collaborative Piano Taiyuan, Shanxi, China BM, Queens College, CUNY

Xulei Zhao, Soprano Nanchang, Jiangxi, China BM, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCECaitlin Frances Cawley, PercussionWest Islip, New YorkBM, Boston University Brian Connor Daurelle, Piano Salt Lake City, Utah MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, Utah State University

Amber Kristiaan Evans, Voice Brisbane, Australia MM, University of Cambridge BM, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith

University Francesca Corinne Ferrara, Flute Santa Monica, California BM, Boston Conservatory

Ford Joseph Fourqurean, Clarinet Fayetteville, Georgia MM, Stony Brook University BM, Columbus State University

Humay Nariman Gasimzade, Piano Baku, Azerbaijan PDM, University of Stavanger, Norway MM, Grieg Academy, Norway BM, Baku Academy of Music

Jung Un Suh, Violin Seoul, South Korea PS, San Francisco Conservatory BM, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Lena Alia Vidulich, Violin Chicago, Illinois BM, Northwestern University

JAZZAlexander James Aldred, Trumpet Waukesha, Wisconsin BM, University of Miami

Daniel Taylor Dickinson, Composition Jacksonville, Florida BM, University of North Florida

Steven Adam Feifke, Composition Lexington, Massachusetts BM, New York University

Gareth Adam Fowler, Guitar Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom BM, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Rémy Jean Marie F Labbé, Composition Brussels, Belgium MM, Université catholique de Louvain BM, Berklee College of Music

Bo Li, Trumpet Beijing, ChinaBM, Korea National University of Arts

Chase Lokke, Percussion Granite Bay, California BM, State University of New York at

Purchase

Stuart J. Mack, Trumpet Washington, Illinois BM, University of North Texas

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Horace Phillips McNeal III, Percussion Virginia Beach, Virginia BA, Princeton University

Zachery William O’Farrill, Percussion Brooklyn, New York BM, City College at CUNY

John Michael O’Leary, Tenor SaxophonePeachtree City, GeorgiaBM, Florida State University

Dierk Peters, Vibraphone Winsen, Lower Saxony, Germany Diploma of Jazz Vibraphone, The Cologne

University of Music

Keegan Christopher Riley, Trumpet Mesa, Arizona BM, University of North Texas

Ryan Joseph Sands, Percussion Orange, Connecticut BA, New England Conservatory

Fabrizio Sciacca, Double Bass Catania, Italy BM, Berklee College of Music

Grant David Smith, Tenor Trombone Charlotte, North Carolina BM, Appalachian State University

Vaughn Stoffey, Guitar

Hugh Robert Stuckey, Guitar Melbourne, Australia BM, University of Adelaide BM, Victorian College of the Arts,

University of Melbourne

Beserat Tafesse, Tenor Trombone Redmond, Washington BM, Central Washington University

Kushal Ravi Talele, Tenor Saxophone Hamilton, New Zealand BM, New Zealand School of Music

Oriol Vallis, Trumpet Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain BM, Catalonia College of Music

ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCEMyles Julian Blakemore, Tenor Trombone Dallas, Texas BM, Southern Methodist University

Jasper Luroy Davis, Tenor Trombone Houston, Texas BM, University of Houston

Lindsay Kathleen Laird, Oboe Houston, Texas BM, University of Michigan

Christopher John Lindgren, Tenor Trombone Naperville, Illinois BM, Eastman School of Music

Hannah Mariah Murphy, Harp Westchester, New York BM, Columbia University

Ji Weon Ryu, Flute Seoul, South Korea MM, The Juilliard School BM, The Juilliard School

Marcelina Suchocka, PercussionBialystok, Poland BM, Manhattan School of Music

Jakob J. Uschold, Tuba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada BM, University of Manitoba

Yangzi Wang, Viola Qingdao, Shandong, China BM, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music

Tian Zhao, Violin Chengdu, Sichuan, China MM, Manhattan School of Music BM, National University of Singapore

CANDIDATE FOR THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAMo Mo, Classical VioloncelloBeijing, ChinaMM, Yale School of MusicBM, New England Conservatory

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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSICCLASSICALWenbo Ai, Piano Beijing, China

Elizabeth Ann Beck, Violin Oil City, Louisiana

John Joseph Bogan, Guitar Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Luke Everett Breton, Horn Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

Ryan Joseph Bridge, PianoBelleville, New Jersey

Michael Joseph Brinzer, Saxophone Lindenhurst, New York

Sujari Britt, Violoncello New York, New York

Blair Elizabeth Cagney, Soprano Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Di Cao, Flute Anhui, Hefei, China

Kenneth Andrew Chauby, Trumpet Bloomfield, New York

Gabriella Rosaline Chea, Mezzo-Soprano Los Angeles, California

Meiru Chen, Piano Liaoyang, Liaoning, China

Yeu-Tay Chen, Saxophone Taipei City, Beitou, Taiwan

Chun- Hao Chiu, Tenor Taipei, Taiwan

Lauren Marie Curet, Soprano Queens, New York

Ziyi Dai, Soprano Beijing, China

Hanxiao Deng, Double Bass Xiamen, Fujian, China

Camille D. Dietrich, Violoncello West Nyack, New York

Joseph William Douglass, Guitar Toms River, New Jersey

Aleksandra Durin, Soprano Novi Sad, Serbia

Wenchao Fang, Bassoon Qingdao, China

Gregory Thomas Fassuliotis, Saxophone Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

Diego Fernandez Arraya, Guitar Cochabamba, Bolivia

Noemi Gasparini, Violin Paris, France

Po-Wei Ger, Piano Tamsui, Taiwan

Mónica Conesa González, Soprano Venice, Florida

Ziqing Guo, Violin Luoyang, China

Yun Hao, Piano Beijing, China

Lulu Huang, Violin Chongqing, China

Zhen Huang, Viola Shanghai, China

Shelén Elizabeth Hughes, Soprano Cochabamba, Bolivia

Matthew Jaimes, Horn Los Angeles, California

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Jisuk Jeon, Piano

Qingyun Jiang, Piano Shangyu, Zhejiang, China

Jenny Yoojin Jung, SopranoSydney, Australia

Zagisha Kamil, Violin Almaty, Kazakhstan

Emi Kaneda, Piano Tokyo, Japan

Su Jin Kang, Composition Seoul, South Korea

Yiğit Karataş, Violin Istanbul, Turkey

Jeeyoon Kim, Violin Seoul, South Korea

Jimin Kook, Viola Seoul, South Korea

Xiu Yi Kow, Violin Singapore, Singapore

Caleb R. Laidlaw, Trumpet Levittown, Pennsylvania

Jeremy Christian Julio Laureta, Viola Hempstead, New York

Ashley Lea, Soprano Seoul, South Korea

Nah Kyung Julie Lee, Flute Seoul, South Korea

Juliana Michelle Levinson, Soprano Chicago, Illinois

Kexin Li, Percussion Beijing, China Ruoting Li, Piano Beijing, China

Siman Li, ViolinShenyang, China

Ying Li, Piano Yanji, Jilin, China

Melanie Hope Long, Soprano Freehold, New Jersey

Mengjia Lu, Piano Bengbu, Anhui, China

Qiren Lu, Composition Nanning, Guangxi, China

Yi Lu, Piano Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Shiqi Luo, Violin Shanghai, China

Lauren Alexandra Lynch, Soprano Columbus, New Jersey

Sichao Ma, Piano Tianjin, China

Clayton Shafer Matthews, Tenor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Keika Mori, Piano New Providence, New Jersey

Martin N. Movagh, Trumpet Elmhurst, Illinois

Violetta Norrie, HarpMontclair, New Jersey

Conor Woodhouse O’Hale, Double Bass Millburn, New Jersey

Steven Emory Osborne, Tenor Trombone Kennesaw, Georgia

Ye Seul Park, Violin Suwon, South Korea

Bradley Parrimore, Viola Makila Maree Redick, Soprano Grand Haven, Michigan

Virginia Hayes DeMille Reed, Mezzo-SopranoAlbany, New York

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Nicole A. Rodriguez, Horn Orlando, Florida

Joshua Ross, Tenor Virginia Beach, Virginia

Jae Deok Seo, Composition Seoul, South Korea

Zhihan Shauna Shang, Piano Shen-Yang, Liao-Ning, China

Daniel Shapiro, HornWestport, Connecticut

Keyi Shen, Violin Shanghai, China

Minjee Shim, Piano Seoul, South Korea

You Joung Sohn, Oboe Seoul, South Korea

Ramon Gabriel Santos Tenefrancia, Tenor Quezon City, Philippines

Tzu Ting Tsai, Soprano Taichung, Taiwan

Yudan Wang, Piano Baoding, Hebei, China

Yu-Hsuan Wang, Piano Taoyuan, Taiwan

Gabriella Rose Will, Soprano Mount Laurel, New Jersey

Xinman Wu, Piano Bengbu, Anhui, China

Yichen Xue, Baritone Anshan, Liaoning, China

Jixue Yang, Piano Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Se Eun Yang, Piano Incheon, South Korea

Sindy Yang, Piano Trumbull, Connecticut

Naxin Yin, Violin Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Joseph Andrew Clavano Yu, Tenor Cebu City, Philippines

Soyeon Cynthia Yu, Soprano Seoul, South Korea

Rong Yue, Soprano Shanghai, China

Samuel Alec Hunter Zagnit, Double Bass Brooklyn, New York

Xinyu Zeng, Double Bass Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yi Zeng, Piano Jurong, Jiangsu, China

Anqi Zhong, Piano Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yiqiao Zhou, Tenor Beijing, China

JAZZMax Joseph Boiko, TrumpetSunrise, Florida Matthew Anthony Burkett, Tenor

Saxophone Annapolis, Maryland

Toby Ekpunobi, Tenor Trombone Eustis, Florida

Cole Henry Hazlitt, Percussion Clearwater, Florida Roberto Kirby Lee, Piano Tucson, Arizona

Matthew J. Malanowski, Piano Farmingdale, New York

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Patrick James McGee, Alto Saxophone Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

John Daly Otten, Trumpet Seattle, Washington

Charles Harrison Steiner, Percussion Cooper City, Florida

Andres Valbuena, Percussion New York, New York

Peter Stephen Wikle, Bass Trombone Santa Ana, California

KeyAD = Artist DiplomaBA = Bachelor of ArtsBBA = Bachelor of Business Administration BBM = Bachelor of Business ManagementBFA = Bachelor of Fine ArtsBM = Bachelor of MusicBMEd = Bachelor of Music EducationBS = Bachelor of ScienceGdip = Graduate Diploma (Australia)LLB = Bachelor of LawMA = Master of ArtsMM = Master of MusicPDM = Postgraduate Diploma in Music

Performance PS = Professional Studies Certificate

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ACADEMIC REGALIAThe 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:

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.

Arts, Letters, Humanities WhiteLaw Purple Music Pink Education Light Blue

Library Science LemonTheology ScarletPhilosophy Dark BlueBusiness Drab

Science GoldFine Arts BrownMedicine Kelly Green

In Memoriam

Michael Tree(1934–2018)

Robert Mann(1920–2018)

President and Board of TrusteesThe President and members of the Board of Trustees wear special robes in the colors of Manhattan School of Music (maroon and off-white) to symbolize shedding their individual academic identities and taking on the School’s leadership and governance responsibilities as a collective group.

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PRESIDENT’S COUNCILJames Gandre, PresidentJoan Gordon, Interim Provost and Senior Vice PresidentGary Meyer, Vice President for Business and FinanceStephen Jacobsohn (MM ’03), Vice President for AdvancementJeff Breithaupt, Vice President for Media and CommunicationsCarol Matos, Vice President for Administration and Human RelationsMonica Coen Christensen, Dean of StudentsAmy Anderson, Dean of EnrollmentBryan Greaney (BM ’08, MM ’10), Dean of Academic Operations Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording ArtsNolan Robertson (BM ’05), Dean of Performance OperationsLuis Plaza, Director of Facilities and Campus SafetyKelly Sawatsky (MM ’02), Dean of the Precollege

2017–18 FACULTY COUNCIL

Joan Taub Ades (HonDMA ’14)Ed AnnunziatoTerence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17)Carla Bossi-ComelliDelin BruSusan EnnisJames Gandre, PresidentMarcia Clay HamiltonThomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09)Nancy Freund HellerDavid G. KnottClaude MannLinda Bell Mercuro

Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15)Bill O’ConnorJohn PaganoMaitland PetersMelody Sawyer RichardsonLeonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13)Trustees EmeritiMarta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President EmeritaWilliam R. Miller (HonDMA ’11)David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Chair EmeritusRobert G. Simon

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

Phillip Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85) (Piano), ChairLaurie Carney (Strings), Vice ChairJocelyn Stewart (Harpsichord), SecretaryPer Brevig (Brass/Orchestral Performance Program)Miriam Charney (Related Vocal Studies/Music History/Opera)Mark Delpriora (BM ’82, MM ’87) (Guitar) John Hagen (ESL)Hilda Harris (Voice)Warren Jones (Collaborative Piano)Margaret Kampmeier (Contemporary Performance)Wolfram Koessel (Strings)David Macdonald (DMA ’97) (Theory)Ted Rosenthal (BM ’81, MM ’83) (Jazz)

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COMMENCEMENT COORDINATORSMonica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Melanie Dorsey, Director of Student Engagement COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEEAmy Anderson, Dean of EnrollmentFrancesca Axam-Hocker, Manager of Patron ServicesMary Kathryn Blazek, Director of ProductionKeri Bush, Production CoordinatorAlexis Caldwell, Production CoordinatorMarc Day (MM ’11), Interim Chief of StaffRosalie Gambino, Building ManagerJoan Gordon, Interim Provost and Senior Vice PresidentBryan Greaney (BM ’08, MM ’10), Dean of Academic OperationsErin Houlihan, Director of DesignJeffrey Langford, Associate Dean for the Doctoral Program and Chair of Music History

Susan Meigs, EditorChristianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording ArtsLuis Plaza, Director of Facilities and Campus SafetyNolan Robertson (BM ’05), Dean of Performance OperationsChris Shade (MM ’07), Recording Services ManagerRobert Smith, Assistant Manager for Theatrical ProductionsChristina Teichroew (BM ’08), Production ManagerSamantha Tymchyn, Director of Residence LifeCrystal Wilson, Coordinator of Student Engagement

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDCarla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, SwitzerlandMita Aparicio, MexicoMarcos Arbaitman, BrazilDelin Bru, United StatesAlejandro Cordero, ArgentinaRaul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/SpainMichele Ong, Hong KongMargot Alberti de Mazzeri, ItalyMargot Patron, MexicoMaria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United StatesChiona X. Schwarz, GermanyAngel Sosa, MexicoGuillermo Vogel, Mexico

ARTISTIC ADVISORY COUNCILTerence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17)Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08)Glenn DicterowPeter DuchinRichard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17)Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09)

Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97)Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President EmeritaLang Lang (HonDMA ’12)Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13)Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93)

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