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COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATION 2020 UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC Friday, June 19, 2020

REFLECTING UPON THIS TIME UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT Eileen L. Strempel SPEAKER Inaugural Dean Torrey Stasia Bubien B.A. Musciology, Minor in Music Industry A MUSICAL TRIBUTE Dean’s Medal Recipient PERFORMANCE. SCHOLARSHIP. INNOVATION. “Lift Every Voice and Sing:” Performed by Angel Riley, M.M. INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATES: Our Mission: MUSICOLOGY INTRODUCING THE UCLA HERB ALPERT Elisabeth Le Guin Esteeming all musical traditions as vital cultural expressions of our SCHOOL OF MUSIC CLASS OF 2020 Chair, Department of Musicology evolving global society, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music cultivates models for musical studiesthat integrate exemplary scholarship OPENING REMARKS INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATES: MUSIC and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on Eileen L. Strempel Travis Cross campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond. Inaugural Dean Chair, Department of Music

INTRODUCTION OF INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATES: Our Values: COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Voice - Through our voiceswe express our thoughts, passions, and stories Herbie Hancock Mark Kligman in the most immediate way. Voice has come to represent that expressive Hancock Institute Chairman Chair, Department of Ethnomusicology capacity more generally; we voice ourselves through musical COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER INTRODUCTION OF CANDIDATES: performance, composition, scholarship, and teaching, and strive in our Carlos Santana GLOBAL JAZZ STUDIES teaching to cultivate the individual voice of each student. GRAMMY Award-Winning Musician Steve Loza Chair, Global Jazz Studies Counterpoint - Individual voices have the greatest impact when they MUSICAL PERFORMANCE engage others in dialogue, discussion, and debate—in a word, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Performance at UCLA Eileen L. Strempel counterpoint—whereby they establish the basis formusical and Introduction by Herbie Hancock Inaugural Dean intellectual communities capable of activating the generative power of diversity. INTRODUCTION OF GRADUATE TASSEL TURN CELEBRATION COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Resonance - Resonance provides the space for harmony and rhythm to Juliana Gondek WELCOME TO OUR NEW ALUMNI Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion magnify the impact of the individual. Resonance starts with people CLOSING REMARKS listening to each other as the first step towardcommunity, which enables GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Eileen L. Strempel them to engage the world beyond more powerfully. Desiree Balfour Inaugural Dean D.M.A., Dean’s Medal Recipient Virtuosity - By cultivating voice, counterpoint, and resonance, we UCLA ALMA MATER INTRODUCTION OF UNDERGRADUTE Christina Perez allow virtuosity—in its dual sense of virtue and skill—to flourish, with COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS B.A. Music each performer, composer, scholar, and educator striving for the highest Raymond Knapp (Concentration in Harp Performance) level of ethical excellence, responsible stewardship, and commitment. Academic Associate Dean FAVORITE SCHOOL OF MUSIC MEMORIES UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT Featured Music: “Just be Happy” by David SPEAKER Ghesser, Inaugural Recipient, The Brian Wilson Jack Green Aron Scholarship for the Composition, Arrangement B.A. Music (Concentration in Composition) and Production of Popular Music B.A. Music Education Minor in History Dean’s Medal Recipient

Families and friends are invited to join graduates for virtual receptions hosted by their academic departments following the ceremony.

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MessageMessage fromfrom UCUC PresidentPresident Message from from UCLA UCLA Chancellor Chancellor MessageMessage from from InauguralFounding Dean Dean JanetJanet Napolitano Napolitano Gene BlockBlock EileenJudith L. L. Strempel Smith

Congratulations,Dear UCLA Graduate, UCLA Class of 2020! Congratulations,Dear UCLA Graduate, class of 2020! WelcomeWelcome toto the 20192020 Commencement Commencement expanded its offerings to establish three degree programs: B.A. Today is the culmination of years of ceremony for the UCLA Herb Alpert Today we join your family, friends, and the Ceremony of The UCLA Herb Alpert School in Music (1939), M.A. in Music (1940), Ph.D. in Music (1946). Congratulations, UCLA Class of 2019! dreamingCongratulations! and sacrifice, tenacity and School of Music. Today is an exciting entire University of California community of Music. This is a magnificent day for our During the next 40 years, 1949 to 1988, the Department of Today we join your family, friends, and the creativity, I hope deep you, thought along with and your hard friends work. day for our students and their families. in celebrating you and your wonderful students and their families and friends; it Music expanded its academic programs to offer fully developed entire University of California community I andhope family, you are enjoy proud this ofday. all You’ve you have earned it. Although the format of this year’s accomplishment. You have worked hard, is an immensely proud one for our faculty programs in composition, ethnomusicology, music education, in celebrating you and your wonderful accomplished!I also hope you will take time to reflect upon celebration may be different, it does not sometimes overcoming great obstacles, in and staff as we complete our third year of music performance, historical musicology, and systematic accomplishment. You have worked hard, all that you have accomplished here — and change the special nature of this occasion, pursuit of your UC education. full operation as a new school at UCLA. musicology. The expansion of these specializations eventually led sometimes overcoming great obstacles, in Despitethat this the moment different inspires nature you of as the you face nor does it take away from the important Today at our commencement to a split within the original department, and three independent celebration, I hope you will still take the achievements of our students. I hopepursuit you of willyour always UC education. take great pride in challenges in the future. Earning admission time to rejoice at how your UCLA education ceremony, 61 students will be awarded the bachelor of arts departments were created in 1989: Ethnomusicology, Musicology, what youUCLA have alumnus accomplished and tennis at great the University Arthur Ashe of California,once gave someand in to UCLA, navigating its complexities, creating a path for yourself has broadened your horizons, deepened your relationships, degree, It has been25 students said that will the be awardedclass of 2020 a master’s is exceptional, degree, either and this and a restructured Department of Music. From 1990-2006, each beingsimple a butpart elegant of the UC advice: family “Start for life. where I wish you you are. the Use best what of you luck in academically and socially, and, of course, graduating, all took strengthened your skills and expanded your opportunities. Those is true.the master This is of our arts fourth or the year master as the of music,UCLA Herb and 12 Alpert students School will beof of the three departments thrived and gained national recognition whateverhave. Do comeswhat you next. can.” vision, persistence and hard work. Those qualities will serve you accomplishments will remain with you wherever you may be Musicawarded and thea doctoral graduates degree, we will either applaud the doctor today ofinclude musical the arts first or for academic programs. In 2007, a visionary gift from The Herb Your time at UCLA has given you the knowledge, skills, and well throughout your life. today and in the future. groupthe doctor of musicians of philosophy. and scholars Each tostudent have startedhas fulfilled and completeda rigorous Alpert Foundation in 2007 led to the eventual formation of The confidence Your time you at UCLAneed tohas go given out into you the knowledge,world and change skills, it and for I hope you benefitted from the support of others over the their studies with us an academic unit on campus. This class also confidence you need to go out into the world and change it for program in one of three departments comprising the school of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, which was approved by the the better. Nationally and globally, we face serious challenges. past You few areyears graduating — from family, into a friends, time that colleagues, needs you faculty like no and other represents an inspiring level of strength and determination. Over the better. UCLA alumnus and tennis great Arthur Ashe once gave music: Ethnomusicology, Music or Musicology; or in our new University of California Board of Regents on January 21, 2016. But as a UCLA graduate, you are well prepared to do your part to timestaff inwho our wantedmemory. you This to succeed. pandemic As isyou teaching move forward important in life, lessons the course of the spring, they have confidently navigated remote some simple but elegant advice: “True heroism is remarkably academic unit, the Global Jazz Studies Interdepartmental Program. respond to these challenges, and help your local community, the aboutI encourage vulnerability you to seekand inequality,out and create but alsocommunities about science of mutual and instruction and the uncertainties of this historic time. sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at In addition, we will celebrate undergraduate students who have nation, and the world. As you embark on this journey, you are service,support empathywith people and of community. integrity who We want will theall need best forto shape you and a whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” completed a minor in musicology and a minor in music industry. equipped with the tools you need to gather information, think recoveryencourage that you makes to achieve our society your greatest more prepared, aspirations. more resilient Although graduates may feel nervous about the future, I hope The faculty and staff offer congratulations to our students for their critically, and continually adjust your understanding of the world and moreThis is whole. also an That important will require moment imagination for our campus, and vision. as we Your begin they will take heart in the fact that their artistry is needed more than Your graduation this year will be memorable for many achievements and wish them every success in the future. We invite imagination and vision. ever. Our nation requires creative and just solutions to current reasons,around you.but I see it as a moment of great hope and a promise for celebrating UCLA’s 100th anniversary. That makes your graduation challengesyou to stay including connected systemic with us racism, as active which alumni inflicts in future violence years. upon the future.I hope At you this will point always in timetake whengreat pridethe world in what is facing you have ceremony today a very special occasion for the entire Bruin While we may face unexpected challenges, hopefully your our black communities and undermines our country’s promise of unprecedentedaccomplished at dilemmas, the University you areof California, the future and leaders in being who a will part community. Your contributions and achievements are part of our time at UCLA will have prepared you in unforeseen ways. At UCLA, equality.2019 Commencement May the pursuit ofSpeaker. music in Our the commencement lives of our graduates– speaker seekof the out UC the family answers. for life. Nationally I wish you and the globally, best of luck we see in whatever challenges history and will help propel us into the next century. we stress the values of compassion and inclusion, careful research whethertoday is in Emerita scholarship, Professor education, Jacqueline industry C. DjeDje. or performance–bring She earned her ahead.comes But next. as a UCLA graduate, you are well prepared to do your Whether you are now headed to graduate school, to the and thoughtful analysis, innovation and collaboration. Those are usM.A. all hope. (1972) May and they Ph.D. harness (1978) thefrom ability the (then) to connect Department to the healing of Music part toGo respond forth, Bruins, to these and challenges, make the world and help a better, your brighter local place. private sector, or to public service, or you are still figuring out the very virtues that will serve you as you make your way through power of music to bridge social and cultural divides. May our community, the nation, and the world. As you embark on this (see history below) with a concentration in Ethnomusicology. Fiat lux — let there be light! thisyour crisis next andsteps, beyond. please know that you are a Bruin for life. UCLA will graduates inspire change and continue to shape the most noble journey, you are equipped with the tools you need to gather Later she joined the Department of Music (1979) and then the always have a place for you, and we hope that UCLA will always aspects of our shared humanity. information, think critically, and continually adjust your newly formed Department of Ethnomusicology in 1989, where she Sincerely yours, remain This in UCLA your heart.community you have been a part of, the UCLA understanding of the world around you. did research and taught courses on African and African-American community you helped create, and the broader UCLA alumni This year, we will recognize 130 graduates who proudly represent music until her retirement in 2013. We are honored to welcome her During the reception following the ceremony today, I invite you to communityAll my best wishes, you are now joining will be with you always. May they our school’s academic departments including: Ethnomusicology, Go forth, Bruins, and make the world a better, brighter place. back to UCLA today. view our colorful wall graphic in the foyer of the Schoenberg Music always give you strength and inspiration, hope and guidance. Global Jazz Studies, Music, Musicology and Music Industry. Our Fiat lux – let there be light! Building that summarizes the 100 Years of Music Studies at UCLA. Janet Napolitano School of Music faculty and staff congratulate our students on their Faculty Honor Roll. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music salutes With today’s graduation, we begin the 101st year of music studies President Congratulations again and stay heathy. success and we all invite you to stay connected with us alumni in the 24 honored faculty, emeriti professors whose careers from 1969 at UCLA and look forward to the next 100 years of achievements Gene D. Block years ahead. to 2018 were essential to the establishment of UCLA’s excellence in composition, ethnomusicology, global jazz studies, music Chancellor Within composition, Appreciation conducting, & Gratitude, ethnomusicology, music education, education, music industry, music performance, and musicology. music performance, and musicology. Today is special! Let us celebrate the achievements of our Janet Napolitano Gene D. Block President graduating students. Enjoy the ceremony. Chancellor UCLA’s Centennial Anniversary. This year marks our Centennial Anniversary as UCLA was founded in 1919 as the “Southern Sincerely, Branch” of the University of California. A small Department of Music was among its founding academic units and key to the Eileen L. Strempel establishment of Teachers College within the Southern Branch, Dean as the department at that time focused only on educating future Judith L. Smith music education teachers for the State of California. During Founding Dean the first 30 years, from 1919 to 1948, the Department of Music 4 4 5 5 Student Speakers Commencement Speaker GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Desiree Balfour Desiree Balfour is completing her doctoral degree in choral conducting. She has directed and sung for UCLA’s choral ensembles, chorus-mastered for the UCLA Opera, and Carlos conducted the Symphony. Desiree’s research and writing endeavors have led her across the country and connected her with some of the world’s leading scholars. Balfour was also named the inaugural Paul and Barbara Bent Choral Fellow for meritorious achievement. Prior Santana to her studies at UCLA, Desiree directed ensembles at a The sound of Carlos Santana is performing arts high school, served as a master teacher, festival one of the world’s best-known adjudicator, honor choir conductor and leader within musical signatures. For more than organizations that support teachers and students throughout Los four decades, Carlos has been the Angeles. Desiree received her Master’s degree in Choral visionary force behind an artistry Conducting and was the first assistant conductor for VOX Femina that transcends musical genres where she was pivotal in launching the organization’s youth and generational, cultural and outreach program. geographical boundaries. Santana’s sound continues to be ahead of its time in its appeal, and UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER is in sync with today’s 21st century pan-cultural landscape. With a Jack Green Aron dedication to humanitarian Jack Green Aron is graduating from UCLA outreach and social activism, with a dual bachelor’s degrees (concentration Carlos Santana is as much an in composition) and Music Education, with a exemplary world citizen as he is a minor in History. During his time as a UCLA global music icon. student, Aron has presented research on Santana emerged onto the chant notation at Powell Library, taught music global stage with the Woodstock production through BGSA/YMF, had his music festival in 1969, the same year his recorded by visiting pianists Jose Menor and Dr. Jihye Chang, and self-titled LP debuted. served as Social Chair on the UCLA CNAfME chapter. Aron has also Introducing Santana’s first Top 10 served as president of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society. hit, “Evil Ways,” the disc remained Following graduation, he hopes to teach composition/theory to on Billboard’s album chart for two high school students, while pursuing his master's degree years and was soon followed by in composition. two more #1 albums – Abraxas and Santana III. UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Fifty years and almost as many albums later, Santana Torrey Stasia Bubien has sold more than 100 million Torrey Bubien is graduating with her records and reached millions of fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won 10 GRAMMY® bachelor’s degree Musicology and a minor in Awards, including a record-tying nine for a single project, 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of Music Industry, focusing on 20th Century Pop the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”) as well as three Latin GRAMMY’s. In 1998, the group music, primarily the Beach Boys. She received was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also received Billboard Latin Music Awards’ the Edgardo & Francesca Acosta Endowed 2009 Lifetime Achievement honor, and was bestowed Billboard’s Century Award in 1996. He was the Scholarship in 2019 and is a 2019 Dean’s recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Award and Rolling Stone Magazine has named him #15 Academic Ambassador for Creating Musical its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.” Community. Torrey has been involved in a variety of activities Santana’s career is complemented by a lifelong devotion to social activism and humanitarian during her time at UCLA. She has represented the School of Music causes. The Milagro Foundation, which he and his family established in 1998, has granted more than as a Troubadour, has served as an editor for MUSE, UCLA’s first eight million dollars to non-profit programs supporting underserved children and youth in the Musicology Undergraduate Research Journal, and is a member areas of arts, education and health. of MIC, Music Industry Committee. Torrey also volunteered with SLAM at UCLA, where she taught music to grade school students. Her internships include work with local radio stations in San Diego and with the Santa Monica Symphony.

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Student Speakers Latin Honors Dean’s Medal & PROCESSIONAL Latin Honors Dean’s Medal Recipients Featured Music Other Awards West African Drum Ensemble GRADUATE Directed by Francis Awe and Omowale Orisayomi COMMENCEMENT SUMMA CUM LAUDE ETHNOMUSICOLOGY SUMMA CUM LAUDE William Stevens Lift Every Voice and Sing SPEAKER Ray Ace Meagan Martin UCLA Commencement Brass Ensemble Enru Rebekah Yang Rebecca Bacich Winner, All-StarFriends Concerto of Musicology Competition Best (2019) PerformedWinner, Hershey by Angel Felder Riley, Competition M.M. Georgia Broughton Directed by Travis J. Cross Blanca Arriaga Victoria Cecilia Seminar Paper and Dean’s Medal for Classical Musicians and Dean’s A classically trained MAGNA CUM LAUDE Excellence Award for OverallRosalind Neisinger Sean Tang-WangRecipient (2019) “TavernaMedal Recipient Blue” (2018) Commencement Processional composed by Tara Fay violinist and a Achievement (2020) Sierra Scott Winner, Benno Rubinyi Memorial Piano Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Francis Awe and Steven Loza, arranged and Jake Boring Risa Cindy Okabe Luna A. Suzuki member of the Competition (2019) Performance at UCLA orchestrated by Nick DePinna Winner, All-Star Concerto Musicology Undergraduate Award Eliana Danielle Van RenterghemAmerican Federation Rachel Scott Composed by Roni Eytan MAGNA CUM LAUDE Competition and Dean’s Medal for Civic Engagement (2019) Excellence Award for Overall Eliana Van Renterghem Blanca Carla Arriaga, David F. Castañeda, William Matczynski, of Musicians (AFM), Mariko De Napoli Recipient (2016) Achievement (2020) Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2019) Katelynn Nguyen, Rachel Scott, drums CUMLocal LAUDE 47, Georgia Broughton is a Los Troy Daniel Kutch FlowerJuan LuisDuet Rivera from the opera Lakmé by Léo Mario Arias Georgia Broughton DelibesUCLA Gluck Fellows Music Angeles native and a proud California Vanessa Jazmín Lopez Jessica Lipman, Ellen Shinogle, Kayla Solomon, Jonathan Tompkins, trumpets; Edward “Teddy” Knick Breck GLOBAL JAZZ STUDIES Elizabeth VanGraduate Renterghem Commencement Speaker WilliamOutreach Stevens, Program B.M. Award – Community Colleges transfer student. She Ari E. Shiller Annabel Park, Duncan Smith, horns; Cole Davis, Christopher Routh, Diana Lin Greenwood Winner, All-Starand ConcertoDean’s Medal Competition Recipient (2019) (2019) BrandonOutstanding Zhou, Ensemble B.M. and is the recipient of multiple scholarships Connie Song Byron Sleugh, trombones; Sivory Chastain-Castellanos, tuba Sydney Hsueh Ennis Harris Dean’s Medal Recipient (2019) and fellowships that supported her as she Excellence Award for OverallLaura Jane Yee Bo Feng Sebastian Owen Jones Tiffany Wee “Just be Happy” FIRST INTERLUDE completed her B.A. and M.A. at UCLA, Achievement (2020) Third Place, Benno Rubinyi Memorial Samuel Martin Robertson Vivian Kung Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2018) David Ghesser, B.A. Music (Concentration in Persian Music Ensemble CUM LAUDE Piano Competition and Dean’s Medal Ethnomusicology Award – World Jelenaand now Lee her Ph.D. in the Department of Winner, Atwater Kent String Concerto Composition) Directed by Amir Pourjavady Justin Birchell Recipient (2018) Music Performance and Dean’s Medal JenniferEthnomusicology. Jungwha Lee Her dissertation research Sebastian Owen Jones Competition (2017) Inaugural Recipient, The Brian Wilson Polina Vadimovna Cherezova Recipient (2019) Elaineexamined Lim traditional music education Excellence Award for Overall Marina Yvonne Gomez Scholarship for the Composition, Tasnif (dastgah mahour) Achievement (2020) Risa Cindy Okabe Vocal Vision Awards – 3rd Prize and Kevinpractices Needham in Northern Europe and how Caleb Yang ArrangementSierra Scott and Production of Amir Pourjavady, Shahin Arab, Simo Chen, Jinyang Jiang, Aoh Jin Myeong, Dean’s Medal Recipient (2017) Sara Nemiro Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2019) PopularFriends Musicof Musicology Best Joseph Seyedan, Jimin Toun, setars; Pejman Hadadi, Arman Abdolsalehi, communities of musical practice positively Each Latin Honors candidate Senior Thesis and Dean’s Medal Omead Brandon Pooladzandi, tombaks; Niloufar Shiri, guest artist, Chloecontribute Dale Poswillo to building inclusive national is designated as a Juan Gonzalez MUSIC Brandon Zhou Recipient (2019) kamancheh; Taylor Benztzen, vocal Williamidentity. Stevens Broughton has performed with Commencement Marshal and Global Jazz Studies Award – UCLA Alma Mater Winner, Atwater Kent Piano Samantha Sabedra Webster also a Dean’s Medal recipient Outstanding Senior and Dean’s Medal ChristinaCarimei Perez,Smith B.A. Music (Concentration several of the school’s ensembles, including Elisse Albian Concerto Competition (2020) SECOND INTERLUDE Cameron Michael Joyce Wirtz Recipient (2019) in EthnomusicologyHarp Performance) Award – Overall the Irish, China, Early Music, and the Old- Winner, Vocal Vision Awards (2018) Saxophone Quartet Caleb Yang Excellence and Dean’s Medal Time Music ensembles. She thanks UCLA Michael Anthony Gurrola Bandon Zhou Sydney Hsueh Recipient (2019) Ninjutsu for the camaraderie (“Victory from Jack Green Aron Inaugural Recipient,Ethnomusicology Frances A.Award Wright – Jazz Studies In memoriam (excerpt), Joel Love where you are!”) and her friends and family Commencement 2020 Speaker Centennial Scholarshipand Dean’s Medal in Music Recipient (2019) Schuyler Whelden Jake Boring, O’Connor Langi, Joshua Park, Alexander Lee, saxophones Education (2019) Musicology Award – Herman and for making this journey with her. Jared Daniel Jones Tyler Baillie Celia Wise Best Dissertation Chapter THIRD INTERLUDE Winner, All-Star Concerto Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2019) MUSICOLOGY and Dean’s Medal Recipient (2019) UNDERGRADUATE Competition and Dean’s Medal Global Jazz Ensemble COMMENCEMENT Recipient (2018) Sarah Rose Worden SPEAKER Juan Gonzalez, saxophone; Pedro Gomez, clarinet; Juan Rivera, guitar; Desiree Balfour Torrey Stasia Bubien Winner, All-Star Concerto Vanessa Lopez Sebastian Jones, bass Commencement 2020 Speaker CommencementJoyce 2020 Kwak Speaker Competition and Dean’s Medal Vanessa Jazmín Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition Recipient (2018) ALMA MATER Lopez is the principal Shota Homma Alana Chesterand Dean’s Medal Recipient (2017) Vocal Students flutist of the Central Third Place, Benno Rubinyi Memorial Piano Innovative ExcellenceHershey Felder in Musicology Competition Active for Laura Jane Yee Competition (2019) Classical Musicians – Runner-up (2018) Ethnomusicology Award – Overall California Youth Wind Listening Club and MUSE (2020) Justin Birchell, Jade Cook, Hanna Deloe, Marina Gomez, Katharina Haberl, Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2018) Excellence and Dean’s Medal Ensemble, and she is Zheqin Li Marsha Haezer, Jared Jones, Eric Levintow, Meagan Martin, Emmet Solomon, Recipient (2019) the flutist of Zephyrus Trio, which recently Matthew GilbertEthnomusicology Award – Overall Michael Valentekovic Elizabeth LaCoste was invited to compete at the prestigious Innovative ExcellenceExcellence in and MUSE Dean’s (2020) Medal Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2020) Recipient (2019) RECESSIONAL 2019 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Ramona Gonzalez UCLA Commencement Brass Ensemble As a UCLA student, Lopez was a Gluck Matthew Lombard Amanda J. Lee Best Seminar Paper (2020) Winner, All-Star Concerto “La Mourisque” by Tylman Susato Fellowship recipient, performing as part Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2020) of UCLA’s Gluck Woodwind Quintet, and Competition and Dean’s Medal Rosaleen RheeRecipient (2017) she served on various faculty committees, Sara Nemiro Best Dissertation Chapter (2020) including the school of music’s Faculty Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2020) Vanessa Jazmín Lopez Executive Committee. She earned her B.A. Pheaross GrahamUndergraduate Commencement in Music Performance, with a minor in Math- Angel Riley Department SpeakerTeaching and Award Dean’s (2020) Medal Recipient (2019) ematics. Lopez gives back to the Los Ange- Second Place, Vocal Vision Awards (2018) Kerry BrunsonWinner, All-Star Concerto les community by teaching young flutists Competition and Dean’s Medal Kayla Solomon Department Teaching Award (2020) through the Music Partnership Program. Recipient (2018) Winner, All-Star Concerto Competition (2019)

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Departmentdepartment of of Department of global jazz EthnomusicologyEthnOmusicOloGy music studies

BACHELORBACHELOR OF OF ARTS ARTS – MASTER OF ARTS In fall 2018, the school of music added a new BACHELOR OF ARTS, MUSIC BACHELOR OF MUSIC, MASTER OF ARTS, MUSIC BlancaWORLD Carla MUSIC Arriaga Lucas Avidan bachelor of arts degree in Global Jazz Studies. Mario Arias MUSIC PERFORMANCE Daniel Bayot EdwardMetebrafor “Teddy” James Knick Agindotan Breck The major provides students with a cross- Jack Green Aron Elisse Albian Shengkun Ma CameronAlec John Caceres Bailey DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY disciplinary education, drawing from various Moses Aubrey Diana Lin Greenwood KimikoJack Dalton Daniels Bastian Albert Nasser Agha areas within The UCLA Herb Alpert School Tyler Ballie Rachel Hsieh MASTER OF MUSIC SebastianMegan Grace Owen Goetsch Jones Farzad Amoozegar-Fassaie of Music, as well as the African American Samantha Buchanan Vivian Kung Mindy Cheng AndrewRamon Francisco Karperos Hernandez Georgia Vance Broughton studies department. Congratulations to the Isaac Caldas Jelena Lee Paul Cornish BrianJustin (Eui Dean Shin) Inbar Kim John Harvey Widman program’s first two degree recipients. Hsiang Chou Miles Mateus Emma Kelly Hood Dayhuff SarahEvan RoseElana Levy McKagan Anqi Chen Kimberly A. Mendez-McLeish Michelle Drever NadiaZheqin Saghei Li Jennifer Cheng Kevin Needham BACHELORChristina Esser OF ARTS RachelMary Sayama Scott McHenry Lancelot Chu Sara Nemiro JacobRoni EytanAnthony Augustine AlexSamuel Smith Martin Robertson Zach Freeman Annabel Park JuanBenjamin Emmanuel Hare Gonzalez VanessaKelly Seto Lee Whitford Carimei Smith Elana Gitterman Sophie Patterson Tasiaeafe Hiner Laura Jane (Huirong Laura Jane) Yee Lauren Hickey Anjali Pillai Killian Kelly Christopher Michael Hightower William Stevens Gwang Kim BACHELOR OF ARTS – Shota Homma Luna A. Suzuki Hana Kim JAZZ STUDIES Chelsea (Chaeyoon) Lee Sean Tang-Wang Elizabeth LaCoste Amanda Albini Amanda J. Lee Charlie Thollander Emily Lazernik Jordan Avesar Elaine Lin Eliana Danielle Van Renterghem Natalie Leonard Austin William Gatus Grace Martino Elizabeth Marguerite Van Renterghem Christian Lewis Sahara Emili Grim Madison Miller Samantha Sabedra Webster Aidan Terence Lombard Michael Anthony Gurrola Ha Kyung Na Tiffany E. Wee Alexander Joseph Papandrea Cole Raymond Riddle Will Nazareno Simiao Xiao Angel Nicole Riley Sami L. Oliveira Caleb Yang Reese Rose global jazz studies Christina Perez Enru Rebekah Yang William Garrett Schoonover Duong Thyuet Phan Brandon Zhou Lenard Albert Simpson Christopher Routh Byron Sleugh Jr. BACHELOR OF ARTS Oliver B. Taylor BACHELOR OF ARTS, Kayla Solomon Jacob Augustine Cameron Michael Joyce Wirtz MUSIC EDUCATION Jonathan Tompkins Ashley Elizabeth Crowe Jack Green Aron Malachi Whitson Isaac Rudy de Vera BACHELOR OF ARTS, Ashley Bowman Hanna Yocute Ennis Suavengco Harris MUSIC COMPOSITION Tara Fay Collin Jerome McCrary Paul Mekailian Elana Gitterman DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS Bryn Kirsch Sydney Hsueh Desiree Balfour Vivian Kung Xenia Deviatkina-Loh “The experience I had at the school of music Kyung Jin Lee (KJ) Anastasia Petanova Jennifer Jungwha Lee Anahit Rostomyan opened my eyes to a larger world of music. Here, I studied jazz as well as different types of PH.D. MUSIC Christian Guebert world music for the first time.” Patrick S. Gutman Zachary Klein Arash Majd Zach Neufeld Tomàs Peire Serrate 10 12 13 11 UCLAUCLA HERBHERB ALPERT SCHOOLSCHOOL OF OF MUSIC MUSIC | |COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT 2019 2020 Department of departmentmusicology of BACHELOR OF ARTS, MUSICOLOGY MusicOlogyTorrey Stasia Bubien Seoyoung Grace Choi Joseph Galasso BACHELORMatthew Gilbert OF ARTS – MASTER OF ARTS MUSICOLOGYLori McMahan Erin Fitzpatrick Risa Cindy Okabe Terri Richter PH.D. MUSICOLOGY BACHELOR OF ARTS – Rosaleen Rhee DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MUSIC HISTORY Jeffrey T. Riggs Taylor Lee Bentzen Schuyler Dunlap Whelden Victoria Cecilia Jennifer (Ye Ji) Cho MUSICOLOGY MINOR Sophia Hiromi Inaba Ciara Nicole Leilani Martin Sierra Scott Nikolai Reinier Petrov musicAndrew Tang history & industryJohn Austin Van Dongen

BACHELOR OF ARTS, MUSIC HISTORY AND INDUSTRY Alexa Baruch Alana Marija Chester Brendan Palomo Chloe Dale Poswillo music industry minor

Edward “Teddy” Knick Breck “TorreyI used Stasia to Bubien look at music through a keyhole, Dianaperceiving Lin Greenwood it from only one viewpoint where Christopher Michael Hightower Sebastianmusic Owen consisted Jones of human-made sounds Andrewthat IKarperos either liked or disliked. But now I listen Amanda J. Lee Elaineto everything. Lin I explore, I question, I study.” Sara Nemiro Luna A. Suzuki Cameron Michael Joyce Wirtz

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Hail to to the hills hills of ofWestwood, Westwood, To thethe mighty mighty sea sea below; below; Hail to to our our alma alma mater, mater, She will will conquer conquer every every foe. foe. For we’re we’re loyal loyal to to the the Southland, Southland Her honor honor we’ll we’ll uphold; uphold; We’ll gladly gladly give give our our hearts hearts to thee to thee To thethe blue blue and and to to the the gold. gold.

—Jeane Emerson ’29 - Jeane Emerson ’29

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