Robert Blocker, Dean

One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Commencement

Monday, May 24, 2021 Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall program

Prelude Polnischer Tanz, Deutscher Tanz Valentin Haussmann (ca. 1560–ca. 1612) performance An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Joshua Bialkin ’22MM, trumpet Henry Bond ’21MM, horn Katherine Arndt ’19MM ’20MMA ’26DMA, violin Connor David Giovanni Olivia Josephine Martinez ’21MM, horn Recorded Sept. 13, 2020 Holland ’21MM, trumpet Nathan Peebles ’21MM, horn Benjamin Dettelback ’22MM, trombone Jaimee Reynolds ’22MM, horn Ryan Matthew Capozzo ’21MMA, tenor William Karceski ’21MM, trombone Kyle David Thompson ’21MM, horn Nicole Grace Ho Yun Leung ’21MM, soprano Ryan James Murray ’21MM, trombone Michael James Fleming ’21MM, tuba Phillip Robert Lopez ’21MMA, bass-baritone Matthew Rose ’22MM, trombone Vivian Kung ’22MM, tuba Martina Ardell Myskohlid ’21MM, mezzo-soprano David Seder ’22MM, trombone Julia Orosz ’20MM ’21MMA, mezzo-soprano Jonghyun Park ’21MM, tenor William Purvis, conductor * Matthew C. Peterson ’21MMA, baritone Alireza Seyedi Tousi ’21MMA, bass Welcome Robert Blocker opera students The Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music Rhianna Leigh Cockrell ’21MMA, mezzo-soprano Invocation Elegy (for those we lost) Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960) * Alexander Lee Longnecker ’21MMA, tenor Christopher R. Talbot ’21MM, baritone Yale Philharmonia Andrea Brooke Walker ’21MM, soprano Peter Oundjian, principal conductor early music voice students Recorded Feb. 12, 2021 Gerald Martin Moore, collaborative pianist * awards Presentation of Honors Banquet Student Prizes Recorded May 10, 2021

Presentation of Commencement Prizes recessional Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, (1756-1791) K. 361/370a, “Gran Partita” The Dean’s Prize, The School’s highest excellence award, given to a member I. Largo. Molto allegro of the graduating class who is selected by the Dean in consultation with the faculty. Soo Min Ha ’21MM, oboe Eleni E. Katz ’20MM ’21MMA, bassoon Amelia Brynne Merriman ’20MM Tamara Frances Snyder ’21MM, bassoon The Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, to a returning student selected by ’21MMA, oboe Henry Bond ’21MM, horn the faculty as best fulfilling Dean Parker’s lofty musical ideals. Hae Sol Amy Hur ’20MM ’21MMA, Nathan Peebles ’21MM, horn David Shifrin, clarinet * Jaimee Reynolds ’22MM, horn The Harriet Gibbs Fox Memorial Prize, awarded to a first-year student Alejandro Dergal ’22MMA, Kyle David Thompson ’21MM, horn who has achieved the highest grade-point average. César A. Palacio ’21MM, basset horn Zachary Merkovsky ’22MMA, double bass charge to Choices: What Now? Thomas C. Duffy, conductor * the class Dean Blocker * Faculty awarding Doctor of Musical Arts of diplomas Master of Musical Arts The 2021 commencement ceremony is presented virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Master of Music Artist Diploma Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Certificate in Performance Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speak- ing peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land. degrees conferred

Doctor of Musical Arts Yebeen Seo, violin Maryam Hajialigol, guitar Artist Diploma Dae Hee Ahn, violin Hannah Pauline Tarley, violin Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo, guitar Szymon Barnana Nehring, piano * Ethan Jeremy Gordon Braun, composition Hikaru Yonezaki, violin Marvin Ren, guitar Michael James Gilbertson, composition * Nicole Grace Ho Yun Leung, voice Certificate in Performance Nathan James Reiff, choral conducting Master of Music Martina Ardell Myskohlid, voice Wenfang Han, piano Rebecca Danielle Wiebe Burke, viola Cameron Ross Cullen, flute Jonghyun Park, voice James Poe, violin * David Lassila, flute Shenae Lauren Anderson, violin Master of Musical Arts Elise Marie Conti, oboe Ann Sangeun Cho, violin Amelia Brynne Merriman, oboe Soo Min Ha, oboe Michael Patrick Ferri, violin Hae Sol Amy Hur, clarinet Jillian Christine Honn, oboe Elena Monica Kawazu, violin Eleni E. Katz, bassoon Laurel Elizabeth Young Wellman, oboe Charissa Ronia Leung, violin Griffin McKay Botts, horn Juan Esteban Camilo Martinez Martinez, clarinet ^ Anna Marguerite Leunis, violin ^ Kevin Lee Zetina, percussion Ng Sin Nam Claudia, clarinet Bing Yang Li, violin Kevin Chow, piano César A. Palacio, clarinet Boyu Li, violin Po-Wei Ger, piano Mateen Asad Milan, bassoon Wei Zhu, violin Na Young Koo, piano Tamara Frances Snyder, bassoon Harris Schow Bernstein, viola Chungho Lee, piano Henry Bond, horn Charles Peter Galante, viola Yun Lu, piano Olivia Josephine Martinez, horn Ai Ching Huang, viola Aaron Christopher Tan, organ Nathan Peebles, horn Christopher Rogers-Beadle, viola Roberto Cheung Granados, guitar Kyle David Thompson, horn Emma Wernig, viola Ryan Matthew Capozzo, voice Connor David Giovanni Holland, trumpet James Yoon, viola Phillip Robert Lopez, voice Connor Robert Jenkinson, trumpet Hongli Diao, cello Julia Orosz, voice Brian Voelz, trumpet Ji hyun Hwang, cello Matthew C. Peterson, voice Samuel Louis Anderson, trombone Hye In Lee, cello Alireza Seyedi Tousi, voice William Karceski, trombone Miriam Liske-Doorandish, cello * Yun Han, cello Ryan James Murray, trombone Atticus Samuel Mellor-Goldman, cello Samuel Caleb Walter, cello Michael James Fleming, tuba Ziying Hu, double bass Megan Yip, cello Violetta Maria Norrie, harp Seojin Kim, double bass Linda Kay Dallimore, composition Yi-Chen Feng, piano Max Mulpagano, double bass Anteo Martin Fabris, composition s Derek Hartman, piano Matthew Ryan Peralta, double bass Rhianna Leigh Cockrell, early music voice * Salome Jordania, piano Zhenyuan Yao, double bass Alexander Lee Longnecker, early music voice Jonathan Tsz Hin Mak, piano Soomin Kim, composition Ryan Tani, orchestral conducting ‡ Alexa Dorottya Stier, piano Samantha Maree Wolf, composition Arjun Ganguly, viola Seho Young, piano Jim Davis Jr., choral conducting Minkyoung Lee, viola Kanako Koyama, harpsichord Meghan Marcia Venditti Stoll, choral conducting Alexander Ryan McLaughlin, viola Carolyn Ann Craig, organ Maura Elizabeth Tuffy, choral conducting Rebecca Benjamin, violin Clara Gerdes, organ Christopher R. Talbot, early music voice Beatrice Peiju Hsieh, violin Richard Riley Gress, organ Andrea Brooke Walker, early music voice Yoon Be Kim, violin Ethan Mark Haman, organ Pei Wen Liao, violin Abraham William Wallace, organ Kyung Ah Oh, violin * Marshal * Degree conferred Apr. 17, 2021

* Marshal ‡ Banner Bearer s Degree conferred Oct. 3. 2020 Names as of May 24, 2021. List is provisional and subject to change after degrees ^ Degree conferred Feb. 20, 2021 are conferred on June 4, 2021. student prizes

Brass and The Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Memorial Prize, to a student who has voice The David L. Kasdon Memorial Prize, to an outstanding singer in the woodwinds demonstrated the highest standard of excellence in woodwind playing. School of Music.

The John Swallow Prize, to an outstanding brass player whose artistry and The Smriti Deb Memorial Prize, to an outstanding graduating singer who dedication have contributed to the department. best reflects and exemplifies the ideals and values of Smriti Deb and her commitment to teaching low-income and under-represented children. choral The Robert Shaw Prize, given in honor of the renowned American choral conducting conductor, is awarded to a choral conducting major in the School of Music The Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize, to assist in launching the career of a chosen for distinguished achievement by the choral conducting faculty. graduating voice student who demonstrates exceptional talent as an artist and promise for a professional career. composition The Woods Chandler Memorial Prize, for the best composition in a larger form written during the year. DOCTOR OF The Friedmann Thesis Prize, for a DMA thesis notable for its distinguished MUSICAL ARTS research, original perspective, in-depth engagement with its subject, and The Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize, for the best piano composition written well-crafted presentation. during the year. school The Malcolm L. Mitchell and Donald M. Roberts, Class of 1957 Prize to the The John Day Jackson Prize, for outstanding chamber music compositions outstanding graduating teaching artist in the Music in Schools Initiative. written for strings, with or without other instruments. The Philip F. Nelson Prize, for a student whose musicianship is outstanding The Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize, for the best composition and who demonstrates curiosity, talent, and an entrepreneurial spirit in the written in a contrapuntal style. many dimensions of the music profession.

The Prize, for the best compositions written for musical The Presser Foundation Music Award, to advance the music education of an theater or voice. outstanding returning student. organ The Charles Ives Prize, to an outstanding organ major. The Plank Music Residency, established by the estate of Raymond Plank ’4 4BA, is awarded to two students for distinguished achievement in their The Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize, for excellence in organ playing. major. Each will complete a two-week residency of independent work in the extraordinary setting of the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. piano The Charles S. Miller Prize, to a gifted pianist who has done outstanding work during the first year of study. The Alumni Association Prize, to students who have not only excelled in their respective fields but have also made important The Elizabeth Parisot Prize, to an outstanding pianist in the School of Music. contributions to the general life of the school. strings The Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize, to be awarded to the violist in the graduating class whose performances while at Yale have exhibited the highest potential for success as a soloist or chamber musician in the field.

The Aldo Parisot Prize, to gifted cellists who show promise for a concert career.

The Broadus Erle Prize, to outstanding violinists in the School of Music.

An die Musik

Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Text by Franz von Schober (1796–1882) Translation by Richard Cross