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THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Ronald J. Daniels, President Sunil Kumar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs THE PEABODY INSTITUTE OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Fred Bronstein, Dean PEABODY CONSERVATORY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVENTH GRADUATION EXERCISES 1868–2019 Wednesday, May 22, 2019 10:00 am Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall PROGRAM Processional Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Old Bay Brass Jason Aylward, trumpet David Sayers, trumpet Scott Ullman (M.M. ’18, G.P.D. ’19, Horn), horn Sarah Lynne Lewandowski (M.M. ’17, G.P.D. ’19, Trombone), trombone Harry Oehler (B.M. ’16, Bass Trombone and Music Education; M.M. ’18, Bass Trombone), bass trombone *** Greetings Fred Bronstein, Dean Sunil Kumar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Johns Hopkins University *** Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34 Charles-Marie Widor IV. Final. Vivace (1844–1937) Andrew Jerome Dardis (B.M. ’19, Flute), flute Hui-Chuan Chen (M.M. ’06, D.M.A ’14, Piano), piano *** Induction of the 2019 Graduating Class into the Society of Peabody Alumni Elizabeth L.K. Berman (B.M. ’05, Oboe; KSAS B.A. ’05, Romance Languages) Second Vice President, Immediate Past President, Society of Peabody Alumni Awarding of the Azalia H. Thomas Prizes and the Peabody Alumni Award Abra Bush, Senior Associate Dean of Institute Studies *** Presentation of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award to Michael Kannen Sidney M. Friedberg Chair in Chamber Music Abra Bush, Senior Associate Dean of Institute Studies Bryan McMillan (Bus B.S. ’00, Business and Management; M.B.A. ’02, Business Administration), Secretary, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association -2- Presentation of the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America to Tori Amos Singer-songwriter Fred Bronstein, Dean *** Remarks to the Graduating Class Tori Amos Singer-songwriter *** Gracias a la Vida Violeta Parra (1917–1967) Lorenzo Zapata (B.M. ’19, Voice), baritone Sean Brennan (B.M. ’14, G.P.D. ’19, Guitar; M.M. ’17, Guitar/Pedagogy), guitar *** Presentation of the Graduating Class Nilaya Baccus-Hairston, Conservatory Registrar *** Awarding of Diplomas Abra Bush, Senior Associate Dean of Institute Studies Townsend Plant, Associate Dean for Enrollment and Student Life *** Remarks to the Graduates Fred Bronstein, Dean *** Recessional Highland Cathedral Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb Arranged by Jason Aylward Old Bay Brass Jason Aylward, trumpet David Sayers, trumpet Scott Ullman (M.M. ’18, GPD ’19, Horn), horn Sarah Lynne Lewandowski (M.M. ’17, G.P.D. ’19, Trombone), trombone Harry Oehler (B.M. ’16, Bass Trombone and Music Education; M.M. ’18, Bass Trombone), bass trombone -3- The Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award presented to Michael Kannen Michael Kannen, you have distinguished yourself creating unusual and unique interdisciplinary as a musician and teacher of extraordinary performance projects. Your pre-concert lectures accomplishment, a cellist whose celebrated have illuminated works for audiences at Shriver performance career and artistic versatility Hall, the University of Chicago, and others. profoundly inform your teaching. Your students value knowing that the guidance and advice you As director of chamber music at the Peabody offer comes from decades of performing on the Conservatory, where you hold the Sidney M. world’s greatest stages. Friedberg Chair in Chamber Music, you are known for always seeking to enhance every student’s As a founding member of the renowned Brentano chamber music experience — encouraging Quartet, you appeared in such venues as excellence through the Honors Ensemble program, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Wigmore Hall, collaborating with the Composition Department to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Sydney champion new music, and seeking out meaningful Opera House. The prestigious honors accorded performance and outreach opportunities. to you with the quartet include the Naumburg Colleagues note that your commitment to Chamber Music Award, the Martin E. Siegel Award fostering the chamber music program at Peabody from Lincoln Center, and the first Cleveland has been unwavering, passionate, and gracious, Quartet award. You recently collaborated with the and that the impact of your focus on the growth of Brentanos in a live performance recording of the the individual student can be seen in every aspect great Schubert Cello Quintet. of Peabody’s artistic life. Now a member of the Cooperstown Quartet, Students remember working with you as a joy; you have also been a member of the Apollo Trio, one saying: “Mr. Kannen helped me fall in love with which you recorded the complete piano with chamber music.” Your enthusiasm for trios of Dvořák. You have appeared at many chamber music is infectious; your knowledge prestigious chamber music festivals, including of the repertoire vast; and the high level of your those of Spoleto, Taos, Tanglewood, Prussia Cove, own playing inspiring. These qualities, combined Caramoor, and Four Seasons, and this year will with your kindness and genuine care for students, be your 20th summer mentoring students at the make them feel supported, encouraged to realize Yellow Barn Music School. Your collaborators their own interpretations, and challenged to grow have included such luminaries as Jessye Norman, in their musicianship. Your responsiveness and Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Leon Fleisher, Mitsuko personal investment in your students have made Uchida, Itzhak Perlman, Sergiu Luca, Pamela you a tremendous influence in their development Frank, Paula Robison, Kenneth Cooper, Jörg not just as musicians, but as people. Widmann, Steven Isserlis, and Michael Formanek. Michael Kannen, in recognition of your many gifts You have performed and recorded a wide range of and accomplishments, and with our profound repertoire, from music on period instruments to gratitude for all that you are and the good that works of many living composers. Performing for you do, it is our pleasure to present to you the diverse audiences without access to typical concert Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association’s experiences has always been and continues Excellence in Teaching Award for 2019. to be a priority in your career and you enjoy -4- The Johns Hopkins University The George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America presented to Tori Amos Tori Amos, you are among the most influential album Night of the Hunters, which pays tribute solo artists of your generation, beloved by to composers such as Bach and Chopin, Bartók millions for your emotionally honest, narratively and Debussy and which won an Echo Klassik complex, and unapologetically unconventional award. Your stage musical The Light Princess — songs. A singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, an adaptation of the George MacDonald fairy and eight-time Grammy Award nominee, you tale — premiered at London’s Royal National began your study of music here at the Peabody Theatre in 2013 and was nominated for Best Preparatory. You were performing professionally, Musical at the Evening Standard Awards. under your father’s guidance, by the age of 13, playing for lobbyists and politicians in a You and your music have inspired many official Washington, D.C., piano bar. and unofficial books in addition to your 2005 autobiography. In the Eisner- and Harvey-Award From your 1992 breakthrough album Little winning anthology graphic novel Comic Book Earthquakes to 2017’s Native Invader, you Tattoo, each of the stories is based on one of have maintained a distinctly personal voice your songs. and achieved uncommon recording industry success, with seven of your 15 commercial A longtime advocate for victims of sexual assault, albums debuting in the top 10 of the Billboard you were the first spokesperson for the Rape, 200. Written on themes of feminism, family, Abuse and Incest National Network (rainn). sexuality, politics, and religion, your string of Your semi-autobiographical 1991 song “Me and chart-topping singles has included inspiring a Gun” has become something of an anthem for and personal songs like “Crucify,” “Silent All the #MeToo movement, and you continue your These Years,” and “A Sorta Fairytale.” involvement with rainn as a member of their National Leadership Council. On your recordings and in live shows, you play not just piano, but also harpsichord, Tori Amos, you have followed the muses and harmonium, clavichord, Hammond B-3 organs, charted your own course to the pinnacle of a Rhodes piano, and Electronic Keyboards. success, speaking your truth, and attracting Devoted to your fans, you have performed more an ever-larger following with every lyric. With than 1,000 shows since your first world tour in this award, we celebrate your singular career 1992 and, in 2003, were voted fifth-best touring and outsized impact. I am proud to bestow act by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine. on you today the highest honor conferred by the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins During your most recent journey in the world University — the George Peabody Medal for of classical music, you worked with the German Outstanding Contributions to Music in America. musicologist Alexander Buhr, PhD, on your 2011 -5- CLASS OF 2019 The appearance of a name in this section of the program is not considered conclusive evidence of graduation nor is the omission of a name evidence that a degree was not awarded. Performer’s Certificate Viola Guanlun Li Bachelor of Music Bass Trombone Jacob Niemann Bassoon Mateen Asad Milan Clarinet Chadwick Glenn Thomas Composition Cameron B. Falby Atticus Jahn Hebson Christine Liu Meimei Zhu Computer Music Composition Eric Kantor Alexander Timm Ringo Nuowen Tu-Wang Double Bass Samuel Corrado Dugo Winston Malik Harris Rachel Elizabeth Tucker Keene Luke Morrison Reilly Flute Andrew Jerome Dardis Guitar Jordan D. Colquitt Ernest Alexander Green Sojourner McClure Infinity Jazz Willner -6- Harp Olivia Castor Thea Kammerling Horn Jordan Alia Dinkins Noah Tingen Music Education Mercy Anne Calhoun Winston Malik Harris Robert Austin Lingerfeldt Oboe MengYing Han Piano Yi-Chen Feng Yunhan Gu Jeremy Thomas Hassell Timothy J.