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THOSE WHO EXCEL REACH THE STARS Thursday, May 20, 2021 Virtual Ceremony SCHOOL OF MUSIC NINETY-FOURTH AND NINETY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT

Opening Musical Performance Presentation of the President’s Medal Somewhere from (1918-1990) for Distinguished Service J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09) President Gandre Cheryl Bains (BM ’21) Provost Griggs Margaret Macaira Shannon (BM ’21) Recipients Michelle Baker, Brass Department Chair Melanie Dorsey, Director of Student Engagement and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Greetings Cynthia Hoffmann,Classical Voice faculty Warren Jones, Collaborative faculty Lorraine Gallard, Chair of the Board of Trustees Michael Lockhart, Director of International Student Services and Associate Registrar James Gandre, President Marlena Malas, Classical Voice faculty Kathleen Hochul, Lieutenant Governor of State

Student Speaker Presentation and Conferring of the Degree Veronica Mak (BM ’19, MM ’21), of Doctor of Musical Arts, Honoris Causa President Gandre Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Greeting Recipients Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98), Chair of Alumni Advisory Council Anthony Davis (BM ’99, MM ’00) (’67) Isabel Leonard (PC ’98) Commencement Address J’Nai Bridges (BM ’09) Yoonshin Song (PS ’09, AD ’10) Hao Jiang Tian Presentation and Conferring of Degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas Recognition of Retiring Faculty President Gandre Michael Brown, Humanities Provost Griggs June Murano-Murray, Theatre Jeffrey Langford,Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies and Music History Department Chair Stephen Norrell, Brass Christopher Oldfather, Contemporary Performance Frances Patrelle, Related Voice Studies André-Michel Schub, Piano Closing Remarks William Tracy, Opera Theatre President Gandre David Geber, faculty, Vice Provost and Dean of Artistic Affairs THE PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR David Gilbert, Conductor in Residence John Hagen, Director of English as a Second Language Program DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano, Voice faculty Phillip Kawin (BM ’82, MM ’85), Inaugurated in 1998, the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service is the highest honor Piano faculty Patinka Kopec, bestowed upon current members of the Manhattan School of Music Community by the Co-Director of the Performance Program Orin O’Brien, President of the School. It is given in recognition of extraordinary commitment to the Double faculty Christianne Orto, School in two or more of the following areas: Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts John Pagano, Humanities Department Chair Longevity of teaching and administration at the School Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, soprano, Voice faculty Extraordinary pedagogical, artistic, or administrative influence in the community Chris Rosenberg (MM ’85), guitar, Manager of the Arts Program (BM ’81, MM ’83), Jazz Piano faculty Distinguished scholarship, research, and creativity as demonstrated in performance, , Director of Choral Activities composition, publication, or outreach Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director of Opera Programs Distinguished service to the institution as demonstrated by humanistic activities Nils Vigeland, Composition Department Chair outside of the teaching studio, classroom, and office Lisa Yui (DMA ’05), Assistant Dean for Assessment and Programs HONORARY DOCTORATES Past Recipients –2000s Past Recipients Richard Elder Adams (MM ’61), Vice President, Dean of Faculty and Performance Stanley Bednar (BM ’49, MM ’54), faculty 1979–2020 Constance Colby, Humanities faculty 1979 Josephine C. Whitford, long-time MSM dean and administrator Leonard Davis, faculty 1980 William H. Borden, philanthropist; former Chair, MSM Board of Trustees Justin DiCioccio (MM ’71), Conductor, Assistant Dean and Jazz Arts Program Chair Martin Feinstein, first Executive Director, The Kennedy Center Nicholas Goluses (BM ’81, MM ’82, DMA ’85), Guitar Department Chair 1982 , soprano Rosetta Goodkind, Piano, Preparatory Division 1983 Avery Fisher, philanthropist Toby Hanks, Brass Department Chair 1984 Frank E. Taplin, lawyer; philanthropist; President, Association Lucile Lawrence, Harp faculty 1985 Elmar Oliveira (BM ’72), violinist Ursula Mamlok (BM ’57, MM ’58), Composition faculty 1986 Dora Zaslavsky Koch (’22), long-time MSM Piano faculty member Homer Mensch, faculty 1987 (Precollege ’41), conductor; Solomon Mikowsky, Piano faculty Andrés Segovia, guitarist David Noon, Composition faculty, Dean of Academics and Students 1988 Frances Hall Ballard, philanthropist; former MSM Piano faculty member Maitland Peters, Voice Department Chair Alice Tully, philanthropist Joseph Robinson, faculty 1989 The Honorable Richard Owen (’61), judge; composer; MSM Trustee Rosenberg, Violin faculty 1990 Josef Gingold, violinist; educator Marc Silverman (MM ’77, DMA ’83), Piano Department Chair Max Roach (’52), jazz drummer and percussionist Nathan Stutch, Cello faculty 1991 Rose L. Augustine, philanthropist Ludmila Ulehla (BM ’47, MM ’48), Composition faculty 1992 (’63), composer 1993 Harold , stage director; choreographer 2010s Pinchas Zukerman, violinist; violist; conductor Carol Ann Aicher (MM ’90), Graduate Pedagogy faculty 1994 Gordon K. Greenfield,philanthropist; MSM Trustee Amy Anderson, Dean of Enrollment , Music Director, ; Kapellmeister, Arkady Aronov, Piano faculty Gewandhausorchester Leipzig John K. Blanchard (MM ’89), Institutional Historian and Director of Archives 1995 , jazz musician; Artistic Director, Jazz at Laurie Carney, Member of the American , MSM Artists in Residence, Susan Wadsworth, founder, Young Concert Artists and Violin faculty 1996 John Lewis (BM ’52, MM ’53), jazz pianist; composer; co-founder, Modern Jazz Quartet Linda Chesis (Precollege ’73), , Woodwind Department Chair , conductor , mezzo-soprano, Voice faculty 1997 , cellist; conductor (via videoconference from France) John Forconi (BM ’77, MM ’79), Collaborative Piano Department Chair , jazz trumpeter

4 5 1998 (MM ’61), jazz 2017 Terence Blanchard, jazz trumpeter; composer (MM ’85), soprano Richard Gaddes, founder, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; former General Director, 1999 Dianne Danese Flagello (BM ’52, MM ’52), long-time Director of Preparatory Division Martin E. Segal, executive; philanthropist; former Chair, Lincoln Center Michael F. Neidorff,philanthropist; business leader 2000 , composer Noémi Karpati Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72), philanthropist; MSM Trustee 2001 Addison, long-time MSM Voice faculty member 2018 Paquito D’Rivera, saxophonist; clarinetist; composer , pianist Plácido Domingo, opera singer; conductor; General Director, Opera 2002 (MM ’83), mezzo-soprano Bernard Labadie, Principal Conductor, of St. Luke’s 2003 Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter Robert McDonald (DMA ’90), pianist; educator , Broadway conductor, musical director Luis Perez, founder and former Director, MSM Program 2004 Sidney Harth, violinist; conductor 2019 , Metropolitan Opera general manager Constance Keene, long-time MSM Piano faculty member , conductor; educator; author 2005 Claude Frank, pianist Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’65, MM ’66), composer; educator Marta Istomin, former MSM president Barry Harris, jazz composer; pianist; educator 2006 , mezzo-soprano 2020 , Metropolitan Opera soprano , violinist; teacher; co-founder, Deborah Borda, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Philharmonic 2007 , jazz pianist; composer Carla Bossi-Comelli, arts philanthropist; MSM Trustee; Chair, International David Rahm, retiring Chair, MSM Board of Trustees Advisory Board 2008 (MM ’87), mezzo-soprano , jazz artist; Founder and Artistic Director, Berklee College , pianist; composer of Music Center for Jazz and Gender Justice , singer-songwriter; activist Kelli O’Hara, Broadway star 2009 JoAnn Falletta, conductor, Symphony Orchestra , choreographer; stage director , , writer; music critic 2010 Alan M. Ades, philanthropist; MSM Trustee (BM ’64, MM ’65), conductor; composer , singer; actress 2011 William Miller, philanthropist; MSM Trustee , soprano 2012 , actor; arts advocate , pianist 2013 (’59), jazz pianist; composer Menahem Pressler, pianist (BM ’61), jazz arts executive , Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Orchestre National de Lyon 2014 Joan Taub Ades, philanthropist Shuler Hensley (BM ’90), actor; singer Peter Robbins, philanthropist; Chair, MSM Board of Trustees Matthew VanBesien, Executive Director, New York Philharmonic 2015 , pianist Howard Herring (’78), President and CEO, New World Symphony , actress; singer Limor Tomer, music impresario; General Manager of Concerts and Lectures, Metropolitan 2016 F. Paul Driscoll, Editor in Chief, Kelly Hall-Tompkins (MM ’95), violinist Eric Owens, bass-baritone

6 7 HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS Anthony Davis Opera News has called composer Anthony Davis “a national treasure” for his pioneering National Endowment of the Arts, the Arts Council, the Carey Trust, work in opera. His most recent opera, The Five, with a libretto by Richard America, the Meet-the-Composer Wallace Fund, the MAP fund with Wesley, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2020. His first, X, The Life and Times the Rockefeller Foundation, and Opera America. He has been an artist fellow at the of , with a libretto by , received a Grammy nomination for Best MacDowell Colony, Civitella Ranieri, and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. Contemporary Composition in 1992. Anthony Davis’s music has made an important contribution not only in opera, but in chamber, choral, and orchestral music. On the cutting edge of improvised music and jazz for over four decades, he continues to explore new avenues of expression while retaining a distinctly original voice.

In May 2022, Michigan Opera Theater will present a new production of X, The Life Kirill Gerstein (BM ’99, MM ’00) Pianist Kirill Gerstein combines a heritage of the traditions of Russian, American, and and Times of Malcolm X, which had its world premiere at Opera in 1986, earning its Grammy nomination with the release of the recording on the Gramavision Central European music-making with an insatiable curiosity. These qualities and the relationships that he has developed with , conductors, instrumentalists, singers, label. Under the Double Moon, with a libretto by Deborah Atherton, premiered at the and have led him to explore a huge spectrum of repertoire both new and Opera Theatre of St. Louis in 1989. Tania, with a libretto by Michael John La Chiusa, based on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, premiered at the American Music Theater old. From Bach to Adès, Gerstein’s playing is distinguished by its clarity of expression, discerning intelligence, and virtuosity. It is “the kind of serious, intelligent and virtuosic Festival in 1992. A recording was released by Koch International in 2001. Tania received its European premiere in Vienna in 2003. music-making that keeps alive” (The Observer). Born in the former , Gerstein is an American citizen based in . His fourth opera, Amistad, created with librettist Thulani Davis, premiered at the Lyric Opera of in 1997, directed by George C. Wolfe. In 2008, a production directed His career is similarly international, with worldwide performances ranging from by Sam Helfrich debuted at the Spoleto USA Festival and a New World recording was concerts with the Chicago and Orchestras, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Royal Concertgebouw, Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, Symphony Orchestra, and released. Wakonda’s Dream, with a libretto by Yusef Komunyakaa, had its world premiere the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, to recitals in London, Berlin, Vienna, , and with in 2007. Lilith, an opera about Adam’s first wife, based on Allan Havis’s acclaimed play with a libretto by the playwright, debuted in 2009, followed by New York. A longtime believer in the role of teaching, Kirill Gerstein is currently on the faculty of Kronberg Academy and Professor of Piano at Berlin’s Hanns Eisler Hochschule. Lear on the 2nd Floor, an opera inspired by King Lear, in 2013. Under the auspices of Kronberg Academy, his series of free and open online seminars In the summer of 2022, will be presented at Central Park’s Delacorte The Central Park Five entitled Kirill Gerstein invites is now into its third season, featuring conversations with Theater, co-produced by and the Public Theater. First presented leading musicians, artists, and thinkers. Guest speakers to date have included Andreas at Long Beach Opera in 2019, it will also be presented at Portland Opera in March 2022. Staier, Brad Mehldau, Thomas Adès, Iván Fischer, Alex Ross, , Simon & Two music theatre works are also in development, Shimmer, about the McCarthy era, with Gerard McBurney, Robert Levin, Reinhard Goebel, and Simon Callow. Sarah Schulman and , and Tupelo, about the life of , written with Arnold Weinstein. Over the last year, Gerstein’s decade-long relationship with Thomas Adès resulted in the release of two recordings: the world première of Adès’s for Piano and Orchestra, Anthony Davis’s numerous works for orchestra and chamber ensemble include written especially for Gerstein, released by , and a compendium commissions from the Symphony, Philharmonic, of Thomas Adès’s works for piano on myrios classics. Both discs garnered an impressive Symphony Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Kansas City Symphony, and the series of accolades, including a 2021 International Classical Music Award, a 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He composed the music for the acclaimed Gramophone Award, and three Grammy Award nominations. This season, in May 2021 Broadway production of ’s Angels in America, which premiered in 1993. He in Amsterdam, Gerstein will première another new concerto written especially for him, has written two choral works: Voyage Through Death to Life Upon These Shores, an this time by the Austrian composer Thomas Larcher, and co-commissioned by the Berlin work based on Robert Hayden’s harrowing poem about the slave trade, “Middle Passage,” Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, and Vienna and Restless Mourning, an oratorio for mixed chorus and chamber ensemble with live Konzerthaus. electronics, setting the of Quincy Troupe and Allan Havis with the 102nd Psalm in a powerful evocation of the 9/11 tragedy. Kirill Gerstein’s latest release is a recording of Mozart Four-Hand Piano Sonatas with his mentor of 17 years, Ferenc Rados, for myrios classics. He first collaborated with the A 1975 graduate of , Mr. Davis is currently Distinguished Professor of label in 2010 and, through the partnership, has been able to realize many thoughtfully Music at the University of , . Elected to the American Academy curated projects such as Strauss’s Enoch Arden with the actor Bruno Ganz (Wings of of Arts & Letters in 2021, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2020, the Desire, Downfall), recorded shortly before the actor’s death in February 2019; Busoni’s “Lift Every Voice” Legacy Award from the National Opera Association in 2008, and a monumental with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and ; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2006. Mr. Davis has also been honored by the and The Gershwin Moment with the St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson, Gerstein’s jazz American Academy of Arts and Letters, the New York Foundation of the Arts, the

8 9 mentor , and Storm Large. Gerstein has also recorded Scriabin with the Oslo Philharmonic and for LAWO Classics; and Tchaikovsky with Semyon Isabel Leonard (PC ’98) Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic as part of The Tchaikovsky Project released by Decca A graduate of Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege Division, multiple Grammy award- Classics. winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard continues to thrill audiences both in the and on the concert stage. She has graced the stages of the , Paris Born in 1979 in Voronezh, , Kirill Gerstein attended one of the country’s special Opera, , , , Glyndebourne Festival, music schools for gifted children and taught himself to play jazz by listening to his Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric parents’ record collection. Following a chance encounter with jazz legend Gary Burton Opera of Chicago, , and , performing the music of in St. Petersburg when he was 14, he was invited as the youngest student to attend the composers from Vivaldi to Mozart to Muhly. in Boston, where he studied jazz piano in tandem with his classical piano studies. At the age of 16, Gerstein decided to focus on classical music, Isabel Leonard received the Richard Tucker Award days after making her debut at completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees with Dr. Solomon Mikowsky at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and appeared as Blanche in the Metropolitan Opera’s production Manhattan School of Music, followed by further studies with in of Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites three weeks later. She has appeared as Rosina in Madrid and Ferenc Rados in Budapest. Gerstein is the sixth recipient of the prestigious Rossini’s , Angelina in Rossini’s , Cherubino in Mozart’s Gilmore Artist Award, first-prize winner of the 10th Competition, and , Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Charlotte in Massenet’s an Avery Fisher Career Grant holder. , Costanza in Vivaldi’s Griselda, the title roles in Offenbach’s La Périchole and ’s , and Sesto in both Mozart’s and Handel’s . Isabel Leonard has appeared with some of the foremost conductors of her time: , , , Charles Dutoit, Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Rupert Holmes Salonen, Yannick Nézét-Seguin, Franz Welser-Möst, Plácido Domingo, Edward Declared “a true Renaissance man” (Newsweek), “brilliant” (London Times), and “a comic Gardner, , , James Conlon, Marin Alsop, Sir , genius” (Kirkus Reviews), Rupert Holmes is the first person in theatrical history to solely Michele Mariotti, Harry Bicket, , and , appearing win for Best Book, Best , and Best Music. His Broadway musical with the , , Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood, based on the novel by and solely York Philharmonic, , Boston Symphony Orchestra, and San authored and composed by Holmes, also won the Tony award for Best Musical. Other Francisco Symphony, among others. She is also in demand as a recitalist. Broadway productions include his Tony-nominated comedy-drama about the life of Ms. Leonard has appeared on multiple Grammy award-winning recordings, including comedian , Say Goodnight, Gracie, for which he also composed the incidental , an all-Spanish recording for voice and guitar with Grammy award-winning music. , written with the legendary songwriting team of , won Alma Española the for Best Book of a Musical as well as two Tony nominations. Also guitarist Sharon Isbin (2017); Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges on Decca (2016); and Thomas Adès’s at the Metropolitan Opera on Deutsche Grammophon (2014). In a mystery novelist, Rupert Holmes has twice won the Edgar award. His first novel,Where The Tempest March 2021, Ms. Leonard won her most recent Grammy Award for the Truth Lies, was named a Top 10 Debut Novel by Booklist and made into a film starring From the Diary of Anne Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon. In 2014, ASCAP presented him with its George M. Cohan Frank & Meditations on Rilke in the Best Classical Compendium category. Her television Award for the range and depth of his extraordinary career. and film appearances include as a guest on and as a host for the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD transmissions. She is a member of Carnegie Hall’s Board of Trustees. The son of an American army band leader and British mother, Rupert Holmes grew near Nyack, New York, attending as a clarinetist, then Manhattan School of Music, where he changed his major to music theory. His for music, matched by a love of storytelling, led to a career as a pop singer-songwriter in the 1970s, when named him “best new songwriter of 1975.” He wrote, arranged, and Wayne Shorter conducted platinum albums for and contributed to the score of A Star Is The music of Wayne Shorter has left an indelible mark on the development of music . His own Billboard #1 hit as both singer and songwriter is the inescapable “Escape,” Born for the last half-century. He first rose to prominence in the late as the primary aka “The Pina Colada Song.” The diverse list of leading vocalists who have performed and composer for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. A few years later, he joined the acclaimed recorded his songs is remarkable: , , Williams, Quintet, becoming what Miles referred to as the ensemble’s “intellectual Melissa Manchester, , , Audra McDonald, , musical catalyst.” In the 1970s, with pianist Joe Zawinul, he cofounded the pioneering Patti LuPone, Renée Elise Goldsberry of , rappers Wyclef and , Renée group Weather Report, marking the birth of “fusion” music. The group stayed together Fleming, , Dame Cleo Laine, reggae legend Lady Saw, , and for over a decade, playing for audiences of unprecedented size. At the end of the Broadway’s , Melissa Errico, , and Brooke Shields, to name and throughout the ’90s Mr. Shorter continued to push the envelope, releasing Grammy- only some. winning works such as High Life, where he began to explore merging jazz with classical Rupert Holmes states that his honorary doctorate today from his beloved MSM is the instruments. Since 2001, he has led his own highly acclaimed Wayne Shorter Quartet, most personally meaningful honor of his career. while developing a repertoire of symphonic works, commissioned by some of the world’s

10 11 most renowned orchestras, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Chamber Orchestra, the Hao Jiang Tian Philharmonie de Paris, and the Royal Concertgebouw. Hao Jiang Tian, born in , has sung over 1,400 performances of 50 operatic roles worldwide. He has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 26 since his debut in “Mr. Shorter’s mastery,” as the wrote, “is in knocking down the walls between New York Times 1991. Tian has been highly praised for his appearances in international theaters such as jazz and classical.” Acclaimed classical artists and ensembles such as Renée Fleming, the Imani the Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Arena Winds, and Julian Bliss have also performed his works. In all, Mr. Shorter has realized over di Verona, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; the San Francisco Opera, Chicago Lyric 200 compositions, which have been performed and studied all over the globe. Opera, Canadian Opera , and Washington National Opera; and opera houses in The recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, along with 11 Grammys, France, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Portugal, Chile, Russia, Japan, and . and of a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award, Wayne Shorter was also Highlights of his recent engagements include Gremin in at the White recently awarded the , in “international recognition of excellence in Nights Festival at Mariinski Theatre, conducted by Valery Gergiev; Liu Siye in the world of music.” He has received honorary doctorates from , the Rickshaw in Genoa, Florence, and Turin with the tour of Beijing’s National Centre for the , , the New Conservatory of Music, and the Boy Performing Arts (NCPA), and Fiesco in with Plácido Domingo in the Berklee College of Music. Michelle Mercer has documented his incredible life’s journey in title role at NCPA. His recent seasons also include The Diaries of John Rabe at Berlin Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter (TarcherPerigee). Staatsoper, ’s Elbphilharmonie, and Vienna; the title role of Voyage to the East at Mr. Shorter is currently writing an opera in collaboration with , Lincoln Center, at NCPA under the baton of , and with soon to be premiered. In his own words, “Jazz means, ‘I dare you!’” He strives to inspire Opera Hong Kong. audiences to “find a new way of dialoguing, based on being comfort-zone free, and Tian’s credits in Chinese modern opera include a number of world premieres: the role summoning the courage to be fearless in the face of the unknown, while learning to of General Wang in ’s at the Metropolitan Opera opposite negotiate the unexpected.” The First Emperor Plácido Domingo; the title role of Guo Wenjing’s Poet Li Bai in Central City Opera; the role of Chang in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter at the San Francisco Opera; the title role in The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci in Hong Kong; and the role of Liu Siye in Guo Wenjing’s opera Rickshaw Boy at NCPA in Beijing. Yoonshin Song (PS ’09, AD ’10) Video recording credits include Gomez’s Il Guarany (Sony Classical), Tan Dun’s The First Violinist Yoonshin Song, acclaimed as “a wonderfully talented violinist...whose sound Emperor (EMI Classics), and Simon Boccanegra (Deutsche Grammophon), all with Plácido and technique go well beyond her years,” was born in , where she began her Domingo; his solo album of opera arias (Naxos); and his Chinese art songs, Over the Ocean. musical studies at age 5. Since making her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age Hao Jiang Tian’s autobiography, Along the Roaring River: My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met, 11, she has built a successful international performing career. Yoonshin was appointed published in 2008, was made into a PBS special that aired nationwide. Sing Brother Sing, Concertmaster of the Symphony in August 2019, having served in the same his one-man autobiographical show, was featured on CNN’s Talk Asia in 2012. position with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons. She has also served as Hao Jiang Tian received his Master’s degree in voice from Lamont School of Music, guest concertmaster of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer. Beyond her University, which honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. first chair duties, Yoonshin has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, A Committee of 100 member, Tian is the founder and artistic director of iSING! including the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, International Young Artists Festival. During the COVID shutdown, the festival initiated the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Paul the iSING! International Young Composers’ Competition, encouraging global young Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and the composers to write songs inspired by Chinese poems dating to the Tang Dynasty (618– KBS Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. Highlights of her 2020–21 season as a 907). On November 24, 2020, the festival presented its world premiere concert, Ancient soloist include with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, Tang Poems from iSING! Suzhou to the World. and the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra. Yoonshin Song has also participated as a soloist and chamber musician in many of the major music festivals, including the Marlboro, Deer Valley, Great Lakes, and Aspen festivals in the ; the Miyazaki Chamber Music Festival in Japan; and the Verbier, Lucerne, and Bayreuth festivals in Europe. Yoonshin has earned many prizes throughout her career, including top awards in the Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy; the Lipinski & Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland; and the Henry Marteau International Violin Competition in ; as well as first prize at the Stradivarius International Competition in the United States. She studied under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein at the Conservatory and continued her studies with Robert Mann, Lisa Kim, and Glenn Dicterow at Manhattan School of Music.

12 13 RECIPIENTS OF THE Cynthia Hoffmann A treasured member of the Manhattan School of Music Voice faculty, Cynthia PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR Hoffmann is also a member of the Voice faculty of the Juilliard School, where she served as Chair from 1995 to 2006. She has been an adjunct Voice faculty member of DISTINGUISHED SERVICE the Curtis Institute of Music and from 1984 to 1992 directed the Opera Class at the 92nd Street Y School of Music. Ms. Hoffmann has been a Voice faculty Michelle Baker member of summer programs including the American Institute of Musical Studies Currently Chair of Manhattan School of Music’s Brass Department, Michelle Baker was in Graz, Austria; the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy; the Yong Second Horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1990 to 2017. She has been an Pyong Music Festival in Korea; the Centro Studi Italiani program in Urbania, Italy; the esteemed member of the Classical Horn and Orchestral Performance faculty since 2002 University of Miami School of Music program in Salzburg, Austria; the Amalfi Coast and also serves on the Precollege Division’s faculty. Music Festival; the Institute in Baden bei Wien, Austria; and the Opera on the Avalon in Newfoundland, Canada. Born in Gulfport, Mississipi, Michelle Reed Baker earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, where she studied with A frequent master teacher and panelist for the Voice Foundation’s Symposia on the Julie Landsman, Nancy Goodearl, and Jay Andrus, and her Master of Music degree at the Care of the Professional Voice, Ms. Hoffmann has presented master classes throughout Juilliard School under the tutelage of James Chambers. the United States and Europe, as well as judging vocal competitions, and teaches in the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Before joining the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, she was a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and a regular substitute with the New York Philharmonic. Her Ms. Hoffmann’s students have appeared with the world’s major opera houses, including focus now is on teaching and freelancing (Mostly Mozart Orchestra, the newly formed the Metropolitan and New York City Operas, and have won Metropolitan National Montclair Orchestra, ProMusica, San Diego Symphony) and spending time with family. Council auditions and awards; Richard Tucker Foundation study grants; George London She also serves on the faculty of Montclair State University and Mannes College of and Puccini Foundation grants; Sullivan and Opera Index awards; “The Joy in ” Music and is an assistant professor at the Juilliard School. She has given master classes award recital; Marilyn Horne Foundation recital awards; the McAllister Competition; the at conservatories and universities throughout the United States and been featured by Placido Domingo “” Competition; the Adler Fellowship at San Francisco Opera; the International Horn Society in its “Ask the Pros” series. She appears each summer at the Liederkranz Foundation’s General Opera Competition; and the Metropolitan Opera’s Music of the Hill in Rhode Island and at the Round Top Music Festival in and has award. taught and coached at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine and the Verbier Ms. Hoffmann received her degrees from the University of Redlands and Columbia Festival in Switzerland. University, with professional study at the University of Southern California. Her coaches Michelle Baker has also performed with Michael Buble and and recorded and have included Hugues Cuenod, Judith Raskin, Gerard Souzay, Ralf Gothoni, Robert performed with and Harry Connick, Jr. She can be heard on the soundtracks Evans, , and Margaret Singer. She studied voice with Larra Browning, of the movies True Grit, Failure to Launch, Manchurian Candidate, Hail Caesar!, Moonrise Daniel Ferro, Oren Brown, Margaret Harshaw, Vera Rozsa, Beverley Peck Johnson, and Kingdom, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Zoolander 2. Her recordings include the Margaret Schaper and participated in the acting classes of and Wynn Hindemith Sonata for Alto Horn with pianist David Korevaar on the Kleos Classics label. Handman. Ms. Hoffmann has studied the Alexander Technique for more than 15 years and considers it of great importance in her work.

Melanie Dorsey Melanie Dorsey began her successful career at Manhattan School of Music in 2004 as Warren Jones Assistant Director of Student Life and was soon promoted to Associate Director of Esteemed Collaborative Piano faculty member and current Board of Trustees faculty Student Life. She assumed her current role as Director of Student Engagement in 2009 representative Warren Jones is a frequent partner with many of today’s best-known and took on the additional position of Deputy Title IX Coordinator in 2014. Melanie artists—Stephanie Blythe, , , Bo Skovhus, Eric Dorsey’s responsibilities include producing important institutional annual events for the Owens, John Relyea, and Richard “Yongjae” O’Neill—and is Principal Pianist for the School such as Orientation and Commencement. She has made a valuable contribution in chamber music group Camerata Pacifica. In the past he has performed with such great her critical role on many of the School’s committees, including Strategic Planning, as well artists as Marilyn Horne, Håkan Hagegård, , , Barbara as in her important work with students. Her expansive vision, eye for detail, and gift for Bonney, , , Salvatore Licitra, , James Morris, building and nurturing relationships continue to have a profound impact on Manhattan and Martti Talvela. He also serves as a member of the faculty of the Music Academy of the School of Music. West. Warren Jones was named Collaborative Pianist of the Year by Musical America in 2010 and received the Achievement Award from the Music Teachers National Association of America, their highest honor, in 2011.

14 15 Mr. Jones has been invited to perform at the for state dinners in honor of the leaders of Canada, Russia, and Italy and three times has been the invited guest STUDENT SPEAKER of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court for musical afternoons in the East Conference Room at the Court. A graduate of New England Conservatory, he currently Veronica Mak (BM ’19, MM ’21) serves on the Board of Visitors for that institution; he has been honored with the Doctor Chinese American soprano Veronica Mak is very honored to be the 2021 student of Music degree from San Francisco Conservatory. His discography contains 31 recordings commencement speaker. She is the recipient of the Margaret Hoswell van Der Marck on every major label—and his newest musical ventures include , having led Scholarship in Opera at Manhattan School of Music. Her previous operatic credits sold-out critically acclaimed performances of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz, Rossini’s Il barbiere include Albert Herring (Nancy), (Lauretta), and L’enfant et les sortilèges di Siviglia, and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in recent years. (L’enfant). Her scene work includes (Cunegonde), (Ilia), Die Zaubeflöte (Papagena), (Rose Maurrant), and L’incoronazione di Poppea (Damigella). Her featured concert solo works include the Mozart , the Brahms Requiem, and Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang. As a Master of Music student at Manhattan School of Music, Veronica participated in Opera Scenes, the Singers and Collaborative Pianists Seminar, Michael Lockhart Contemporary Opera Ensemble, and Spring . Ms. Mak has completed her Master Currently serving as Director of International Student Services and Associate Registrar, of Music degree under the tutelage of Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. Michael Lockhart has been a highly valued member of the Manhattan School of Music administration since 2005. He has played a critical role in advising MSM’s sizeable population of international students, helping them to navigate student visas and to liaise with large government agencies, not least the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. His responsibilities also include keeping Manhattan School of Music in compliance with the rules and regulations governing institutions with international student enrollment. Among his valuable contributions to the School has been of MSM’s International Student Concert, an inspiring collaborative showcase that has been presented annually since 2006.

Marlena Malas A treasured member of MSM’s Classical Voice faculty since 1982, mezzo-soprano Marlena Malas also serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. She is Chairman of the Voice Department of the Chautauqua Institute and a vocal consultant and teacher for the (since 1979), the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, the English National Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Castleton Festival, and the Chicago Lyric Opera Young Artist Program. Her students appear in the world’s major opera houses and teach at esteemed conservatories and universities worldwide. Ms. Malas has taught master classes at the Blossom Music Festival, the San Francisco Opera Center, the Santa Fe Opera, the European Center for Opera and Vocal Studies in , the Vocal Studies Center, the English National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Westminster Choir College, and Rutgers University. In 1993, she taught master classes in collaboration with her mentors , , and Luigi Alva in association with the Opera House, at their first Opera Symposium. She has also served as a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Ms. Malas sang with opera companies including Santa Fe, Boston, Miami, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, San Diego, and , and made appearances with the Marlboro and Casals Festivals, as well as concert appearances with the Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. She is featured on a definitive recording of Brahms’sLiebeslieder Waltzes under the direction of Rudolf Serkin and .

16 17 COMMENCEMENT AWARDS Harold Bauer Award Kelin Wang Carl Kanter Prize William N. Bolles-Beaven, Elizabeth R. Gartman This award was established by Janet D. Schenck, founder of Manhattan School of Music, to This prize was established by Carl Kanter, a composer and active member of MSM’s honor her teacher, pianist Harold Bauer, who was instrumental in the development of the International Advisory Board for several years. Recipients are selected from among School. It is given to a graduating student in recognition of outstanding accomplishment, those graduating students who compose orchestral works during their final year that are cooperation, promise, and excellence in piano performance. performed at one of the two student orchestral composition concerts.

William H. Borden Award Imani Rousselle Williams Hugo Kortschak Award Sam Chung A trustee of Manhattan School of Music for 30 years, 10 of which he served as Chairman This award is given for outstanding achievement in chamber music. of the Board, Mr. Borden had a great affinity for jazz. This award is given in his memory for outstanding accomplishment in jazz. Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award Jennifer Ahn This award is given to a student who has excelled in chamber music performance. Giampaolo Bracali Award for Music Composition Elizabeth R. Gartman Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence In memory of composer, conductor, and Manhattan School of Music Composition faculty Marcus Edward Jefferson, member and graduate (’70), this award is given annually for excellence in composition. Austin Zhang The Provost’s Award is given to students who have excelled academically. Saul Braverman Award Mélanie Clapiès This award is given for outstanding achievement in the study of music theory. Hugh Ross Award Maria Consamus This award is given annually to a singer of unusual promise. Raphael Bronstein Award Christine Wan-Ru Wu Established by friends to honor the memory of a beloved faculty member, this award is Roy M. Rubinstein Award Sunhwa Kim given to an outstanding violinist who demonstrates great promise as a performer and This award is given to a young woman who demonstrates exceptional promise in piano dedication to carrying on the pedagogical devotion Professor Bronstein exemplified. performance. Janet D. Schenck Award Award Thomas Urich Rayna Mia Campbell, Owen Storey John Clark was an alumnus of Manhattan School of Music and a faculty member for over The Janet D. Schenck Award honors the woman who, in 1918, founded what was to become 40 years. This award, established in his memory through gifts from his family and friends, Manhattan School of Music, one of the largest and most prestigious private conservatories is given for excellence in brass performance. in the United States. This award, bestowed in Mrs. Schenck’s memory, is in recognition of distinguished contribution to the life of the School. Helen Cohn Awards Sining Liu, Cong Wu These awards, created by friends of Mrs. Cohn, honor her memory and her devotion to the Andrés Segovia/Rose Augustine Award Tiancheng Ping, piano. The awards are given to a pianist with outstanding work in chamber music and an Mackenzie Mendez Del Valle outstanding student in the DMA program. The 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 Cecil Collins Award Mirinda S. Holthe of the Guitar Department. Created 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 Stan Sesser Career Award Makila Maree Kirchner excellence in brass performance. The Stan Sesser Career Award in Voice is given to an exceptional graduating student from Program in Voice at Manhattan School of Music with extraordinary potential Helen Airoff Dowling Award Yihan Zhu for a career in opera. This award is given to an outstanding violinist graduating from the Bachelor of Music degree program. Josephine C. Whitford Award Nicholas Morgan Mrakovcic, Catiana Tron This award honoring Mrs. Whitford, who was for many years a dean of Manhattan School Nicolas Flagello Award William N. Bolles-Beaven of Music, is given to a student whose exceptional personal qualities have contributed This award is given annually to a student for outstanding achievement as a composer. significantly to the enrichment of the spirit of the School. The award was established by family, friends, and colleagues to honor the memory of Mr. Flagello, a former faculty member and esteemed composer. Jan Williams Award for Composition/ Jordan Bartow, Young A. Han Contemporary Performance Collaboration Richard F. Gold Career Grant Mia Rose Ludwig In honor of Jan Williams (BM ’63, MM ’64), world-renowned percussionist, this award This award is given by the Shoshana Foundation to recognize a graduating student who celebrates the collaboration of the Composition Department and Contemporary demonstrates exceptional promise for a career on the operatic stage. Performance Program and is given annually to two students who demonstrate outstanding collaboration.

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2020 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

Kayoung An, piano Kyu Yeon Kim, piano 20th Century Piano Etudes: Special Challenges and Special Rewards An Analytical Approach to Jeajoon Ryu’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: Form, Motive, Seoul, South Korea and Instrumentation AD The Colburn School MM New England Conservatory Tereza Lee, piano BM Cleveland Institute of Music Immigrant Composers and the American Sound Chicago, Víctor Alejandro Báez, composition MM Manhattan School of Music There Is Geometry in the Humming of the Strings: A Practical Approach to String Subharmonics BM Manhattan School of Music Mexico City, Mexico MA Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien Joo Yeon Park, piano BA Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien The Folia and Unity via Romantic Metamorphosis: A Comparative Study of Franz Liszt’s Rhapsodie Espagnole and ’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli Derek Cooper, composition Seoul, South Korea Extended Technique Notation: A Notation Guide to Extended Techniques for Common PS Manhattan School of Music Instruments MM Manhattan School of Music Felton, Pennsylvania Diplôme de Concert Conservatoire de Musique de Genève MM Manhattan School of Music BFA of Pennsylvania Tong Tong, collaborative piano Stylistic Evolution in Leoš Janáček’s Violin and Piano Works Gideon Dabi, baritone Tianjin, China Degenerate Music: An Overview of the Composers and the Philosophy Behind the Hatred MM Conservatory of Music Highland Park, New Jersey BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BM Rutgers University Peng Wang, piano The Piano Concerto in China: A Study of the Modern Chinese Piano Concerto Focusing on Zhou Ruiqi Fang, piano Long’s Postures Originality and Influence in the Keyboard Techniques of Domenico Scarlatti Xian, China PS Manhattan School of Music Paul Jarski, collaborative piano MM Manhattan School of Music Leitmotifs in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande BA China Conservatory of Music Irvine, California MM Manhattan School of Music Kyoung ah Yeom, collaborative piano BM San Francisco Conservatory of Music : An American Composer Whose Music Reflects East and West Daejeon, South Korea Edwin Kaplan, viola PS Manhattan School of Music A Performer’s Guide to Haydn’s Rhetoric in Op. 50 MM Manhattan School of Music New York, New York BM Hanyang University AD Yale University MM Yale University Jie Yi, composition BA University of California at Los Angeles A Pedagogy of the Diction of Chinese Vocal Music for Non-Chinese Speakers Shanghai, China Michael Kaykov, piano MM Manhattan School of Music The Evolution of Alexander Scriabin’s Harmonic Language and Pianistic Textures Across His MM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Etudes Opp. 8, 42, and 65 BA Shanghai Conservatory of Music New York, New York MM The Juilliard School BM Mannes School of Music

20 21 2020 2020

Wenzhe Li, piano Sihan Zhang, piano 2020 CANDIDATES FOR THE Liaocheng, China Shandong,China MM Manhattan School of Music MM Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln ARTIST DIPLOMA BA Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie Laura Min, soprano Jinhee Park, collaborative piano Seoul, South Korea Namhae, South Korea MM Manhattan School of Music Yike Zhang, composition MM The Juilliard School MA Teachers College, Wuhan, China BM Mannes School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music John-Henry Crawford, cello BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music Ida Norby Sorensen, cello Orchestral Performance 2020 CANDIDATES FOR THE Somin Park, piano PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Cheryl Mair Fries, Yoo Sun Park, piano Red Creek, New York CERTIFICATE Seoul, South Korea MM Manhattan School of Music MM Seoul National University BM New England Conservatory BM Seoul National University Classical I-Jung Huang, violin Rubén Ernesto Rengel Cardona, viola Adam Dedic, composition Chorong Kim, collaborative piano Caracas, Venezuela Svalöv, Seoul, South Korea Mookun Jang, viola MM Rice University MM Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn MM Manhattan School of Music Busan, South Korea BM Cleveland Institute of Music College MM Yonsei University MM Manhattan School of Music BM Kookmin University BM Manhattan School of Music Zhiyu Shi, Joshua Israel Gomberoff,viola Changsha, China , Canada Hyunji Kim, soprano Eunsol Sharon Jo, double bass MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea Seoul, South Korea BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music BM University of Victoria MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BM Yonsei University BM Seoul National University Marcel Sokalski, baritone Luanxiong Gu, tenor London, Canada Nanjing, China Jaeyoung Kim, piano Kyoungmin Lee, MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea Seoul, South Korea BM Western University BM Nanjing University of the Arts MM The Juilliard School MM New York University BM The Juilliard School BM Yonsei University Ken Ichimaru Yanagisawa, conducting Peiyao Hu, mezzo-soprano Closter, New Jersey Nanchang, China Sae Lin Kim, mezzo-soprano Nuri Lim, violin MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BA Yale University BM Minzu University of China Shinji Kim, mezzo-soprano Li Pang, cello Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China Fan Yu, mezzo-soprano Youngsoo Jang, viola MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BM Hanyang University Tengzhou, China BM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music Le Ji, collaborative piano BM Communication University of China Datong, China Eunsung Lee, baritone MM Manhattan School of Music Fullerton, California Rong Zhang, BA Central Conservatory of Music MM Manhattan School of Music conducting BM California State University, Fullerton Shanghai, China BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Seungmin Kang, piano

Seoul, South Korea Jury Lee, soprano MM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea BM Ewha Womans University MM Manhattan School of Music BM Ewha Womans University

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David Farrell, tenor Xiaoyu Hu, soprano 2020 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE Geelong, Jiangsu China MM The University of BM Nanjing Normal University OF MASTER OF MUSIC BM The University of Melbourne Huimin Huang, soprano Classical Robert Ellsworth Feng, basso Nanping, China Kailua, BA Central Conservatory of Music Wenbo Ai, piano Gabriella Rosaline Winifred Chea, BM The of The Johns Beijing, China mezzo-soprano Hopkins University Xiaoshu Huang, piano BM Manhattan School of Music Los Angeles, California Chengdu, China BM Manhattan School of Music Caitríona Finnegan, cello Lufei Bai, mezzo-soprano Dublin, Ireland Zhen Huang, viola Meiru Chen, piano BM Royal Danish Academy of Music Shanghai, China Jiayi Baolin, baritone Liaoyang, China BM Manhattan School of Music Beijing, China BM Manhattan School of Music Thomas Forletti, double bass BA Wake Forest University Shelén Hughes, soprano Yiran Chen, viola Yuanxinyue Gao, viola Cochabamba, Bolivia Julian Barrera, double bass Yueyang, China Nanjing, China BM Manhattan School of Music BM Oberlin Conservatory of Music BM East China Normal University Elizabeth , viola Seth Seung-Hyun Jang, composition Oil City, Louisiana Ramiro Cortez, tenor trombone Ziqing Guo, viola Seoul, South Korea BM Manhattan School of Music Houston, Texas Luoyoung, China BM Hanyang University BM Texas State University BM Manhattan School of Music Constanze Fernanda Beckmann, piano Clara Hongju Jeon, violin Potsdam, Germany Lauren Marie Curet, soprano Jiyoon Han, collaborative piano Daejeon, South Korea BA Thompson Rivers University New York, New York Seoul, South Korea BM Kyung-Hee University PDip The Royal Conservatory of Music BM Manhattan School of Music BM Seoul National University Guoqing Jian, baritone Travis Edward Benoit, tenor Szymon Czerniak, piano Yun Hao, piano Worcester, Massachusetts Houston, Texas Beijing, China Hao Jiang, baritone BM Gordon College BA University of Houston BM Manhattan School of Music BA Southern Methodist University Emi Kaneda, piano John Joseph Bogan, guitar Chunxue He, piano Tokyo, Japan Point Pleasant, New Jersey Corinne Grace DeJong, mezzo-soprano Wenzhou, China BM Manhattan School of Music BM Manhattan School of Music Burlington, Canada BM University of Hartford BM Wilfrid Laurier University Domantas Karalius, piano Reine Bourderionnet, cello Jingping He, flute Vilkija, Lithuania New Orleans, Louisiana Camille Dietrich, cello BM Bard College BM West Nyack, New York Seung Chan Hong, baritone BA Bard College BM Manhattan School of Music Uijeongbu-si, South Korea Blair Cagney, soprano BM Hanyang University Emma Kato, cello Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Joseph William Douglass, guitar New York, New York BM Manhattan School of Music Toms River, New Jersey Hao-Yuan Hsu, viola BM Eastman School of Music BM Manhattan School of Music New Taipei City, Taiwan Hannah Lingen Cen, organ BM Soochow University Da Eun Kim, piano Tianjin, China Duqingna, soprano Seoul, South Korea MM Manhattan School of Music Inner Mongolia, China Li-Han Hu, piano BM Hanyang University BM Manhattan School of Music BM Minzu University of China Pingtung City, Taiwan BA Tainan National University of the Arts Gisoo Kim, cello Spencer Adam Chapman, tenor trombone Yunxiang Fan, guitar Seoul, South Korea The Woodlands, Texas BM Yonsei University BM

24 25 2020 2020

Jee Won Kim, composition Yejin Lee, soprano Shiqi Luo, viola Jae Seo, composition Daegu, South Korea Incheon, South Korea Shanghai, China Seoul, South Korea BM Chung-Ang University MM Kookmin University BM Manhattan School of Music BM Manhattan School of Music BM Kookmin University Jeeyoon Kim, viola Sichao Ma, piano Freya Spence, clarinet Seoul, South Korea Yena Lee, violin Tianjin, China BM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea BM Manhattan School of Music Lucija Stilinović, flute BM Kyunghee University Varaždin, Croatia Jeonghye Kim, soprano Gerardo Miranda, guitar MM Academy of Music, Seoul, South Korea Chujun Li, composition University of Zagreb BM Sookmyung Womens University Beijing, China Keika Mori, piano BM Royal Conservatoire Antwerp BA Union College Irvine, California Yerin Kim, violin BM Manhattan School of Music Robert S. Stricklin III, composition Bucheon, South Korea Mingzhe Li, piano , Texas BM Seoul National University Sichuan Province, China Luis Daniel Ortega Arias, guitar BM Southern Methodist University BM Sichuan Conservatory of Music Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Yoojeong Kim, double bass BM Columbus State University John VanDuzer, double bass Seoul, South Korea Ruoting Li, piano AD University of Cincinnati Beijing, China Yun Sun Pie, piano Weichang Wang, basso BA Korea National University of Arts BM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea Fuzhou, China BM Manhattan School of Music BM Fujian University Amanda Skye Laborete, cello Shu Li, mezzo-soprano San Diego, California Yantai, China HyoJin Park, piano Yilun Wang, piano BM Eastman School of Music BM Xinghai Conservatory of Music Ulsan, South Korea Beijing, China BM Ulsan University BM Central Conservatory of Music William Albert Laney, cello Tongyao Li, collaborative piano Greenville, South Carolina Xuzhou, China Jeehyun Park, viola Yudan Wang, piano GDip Boston Conservatory MM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Seoul, South Korea Baoding, China BM University of South Carolina BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music BM Korea National University of Arts BM Manhattan School of Music

Amos Lee, viola Chia-Wen Liao, soprano Jimin Park, baritone Haotian Wei, piano New York, New York Taicjung City, Taiwan Nanjing, China BM Mannes School of Music BM National Taiwan Normal University Kyung Won Park, double bass BA Nanjing University Seoul, South Korea Dong Suk Lee, viola Jonathan Lin, cello BA Yonsei University Xiao, mezzo-soprano San Diego, California Changsha, China Hyeunji Lee, cello BM University of Cincinnati Myeonghoon Park, viola BM China Conservatory of Music Seoul, South Korea College-Conservatory of Music Busan, South Korea BM Korea National University of Arts BM New England Conservatory Tianjian Xie, piano Mengjia Lu, piano Nah Kyung Julie Lee, flute Anhui, China Saehyun Park, piano Zhixiang Xie, baritone Seoul, South Korea BM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea Changsha, China BM Manhattan School of Music BM Seoul National University BA Beijing Normal University Qiren Lu, composition Soojeong Lee, soprano Nanning, China Ao Peng, piano Nuo Xu, piano Jinju, South Korea BM Manhattan School of Music Changsha, China Dalian, China MM Sangmyung University BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music BM Oberlin Conservatory BM Sangmyung University Yi Lu, piano Hangzhou, China Laureano Quant, baritone Chaonan Yan, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music Barranquilla, Colombia Da Liam, China BM Pontificia Universidad Javeriana BA Normal University

26 27 2020 2020

Ni Yan, cello Allan Morgan Hultgren Wärn, guitar David Zheng, piano Contemporary Performance Barrington, Rhode Island Yi Yang, Mathias Jensen, BA basso Hyei-Ri Ahn, violin double bass Qingyuan, China Seoul, South Korea BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Kimon Grigoris Karoutzos, MM Indiana University double bass Orchestral Performance BM Oberlin Conservatory Joseph Andrew Clavano Yu, Shun Katayama, tenor flute Kenton Alexander Campbell, tenor trombone Cebu City, Philippines Chiba, Japan Rose Xiu Yi Kow, violin Lawrenceville, Georgia BM Manhattan School of Music , Singapore BM Kunitachi College of Music BM BM Manhattan School of Music Kayun Yu, Garyfallia Despoina Kerkezou, mezzo-soprano percussion Kevin Casey, tenor trombone Athens, Tyler Neidermayer, Winter Park, Yiming Yuan, collaborative piano Flagstaff, BM Berklee College of Music BM Columbus State University Hong Kong, China BM Northern Arizona University Jeffrey Krol, percussion Changhyun Cha, Yi Zeng, piano Luke Paulino, voice Busan, South Korea Zhenjiang, China Arlington, Massachusetts Danbee Lee, voice BM Korea National University of Arts BM Manhattan School of Music BA Fairfield University Matthew J. Malanowski, piano Xue Ding, viola Ruo Lin Zhang, Farmingdale, New York soprano Stefanie K. Proulx, flute Changchun, China Jin Jiang, China Monroe, New York BM Manhattan School of Music PS Manhattan School of Music BM Zhejiang Conservatory of Music MM Purchase College MM New England Conservatory BM Anthony Marsden, voice BM Mannes School of Music Yihao Zhang, piano BA University of Delaware Angus Mason, percussion Wenchao Fang, bassoon Anqi Zhong, piano Shannyn Rinker, voice Wuhan, China Adi H. Meyerson, double bass Saki Kaneko, violin BM Manhattan School of Music Jerusalem, Israel Jixue Yang, piano Tsukuba-shi, Japan Fuzhou, China BM PS Manhattan School of Music Xinyi Zhou, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music Suzhou, China Benjamin Nelson Miller, piano BM Toho Gakuen School of Music BA Nanjing University of the Arts Ithaca, New York Jazz BM McGill University Zack Merkovsky, double bass Yihao Zhou, collaborative piano Dumont, New Jersey Joshua Allen, double bass Chengdu, China Sabeth Pérez, voice BM Montclair State University BM Sichuan Conservatory of Music Cologne, Germany Paco Andreo, tenor trombone BM Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln Chambéry, France You Joung Sohn, oboe Esteban Jose Zuniga, tenor BM Conservatoire National Supérieur de Seoul, South Korea Cartago, Costa Rica Dabin Ryu, piano BM Manhattan School of Music BM Universidad National de Costa Rica Musique et de Danse de Paris Seoul, South Korea BM Berklee College of Music Magalí Toy, Rosina Celia Anne Bullen, voice cello London, England Toronto, Canada Rin Seo, composition BM New England Conservatory BM The Guildhall School of Music Seoul, South Korea and Drama PDip Berklee College of Music

Steven Crammer, percussion Michail Tsiftsis, guitar Athens, Greece Cole Henry Hazlitt, vibraphone BM Ionian University Clearwater, Florida BM Manhattan School of Music

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Claudia Hu, piano Cooper Alan Martell, percussion 2020 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE Raritan, New Jersey Delmar, New York

OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC Kuan-Wen Huang, piano Logan Manuel May, double bass Lagrangeville, New York Classical Nianyi Huang, piano Hefei, China Nathaniel Reed Himes McBride, baritone Hamza Able, percussion Imani Lenore Duhe, trumpet Enon Valley, Pennsylvania Jacksonville, Florida Atlanta, Georgia Yisong Huang, piano Quanzhou, China Tae McLoughlin, percussion Sean Alexander, trumpet Brandon Eggert, trumpet South Orange, New Jersey Yuna Jo, viola Andrew Angelos, Brandon Figueroa, Seoul, South Korea Dominique Priscilla Moreno, harp , Washington Dorval, Canada Houston, Texas Jinwoo Jung, viola Riley Christopher Barnes, percussion Alina Eva Flatscher, soprano Seoul, South Korea Keiju Mori, piano Flower Mound, Texas Vienna, Austria Marshall, Tianduo Kang, piano Kaitlin Rochelle Barron, mezzo-soprano Simón Garcia Leyva, baritone Constance Margaret Porter Mulford, Orange County, California New York, New York Frances Fong Ee Konomi, harp french horn Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Setauket, New York Matthew J Beesmer, trumpet Maïthéna Girault, viola Accord, New York Montreal, Canada Sarah Kuo, viola Yiying Niu, piano Zurich, Switzerland Anyang, China Nicoletta Julia Berry, soprano Chloe HyoJin Gwak, piano Queens, New York Ulsan, Korea Wing Yan Kwok, viola Josué Kennedy Núñez, piano Hong Kong, Hong Kong New York, New York Nicholas Burkel, cello Shan Hai, soprano Sayville, New York Evan Michael Lazdowski, baritone Vasilisa Obradovic, piano Richard He, piano Moultonborough, New Hampshire Belgrade, Serbia Lilly Eden Cadow, mezzo-soprano Vancouver, Canada Norwich, Vermont Chaemyung Lee, viola Eli Carl Pandolfi,french horn Alexander Held, composition Goyang-si, South Korea Webster Groves, Geoffroy Chapelle,piano , Germany Waterloo, Belgium Ju Hyun Lee, clarinet Ki-Deok Park, clarinet Rosario Hernandez Armas, mezzo-soprano Seoul, South Korea Chicago, Illinois Jack Jiaqi Cheng, piano Tlaxcala, Mexico Sydney, Australia David Jung Woo Lee, clarinet Elizabeth Ann Perry, soprano Isabela Hernandez Jimenez, soprano Flushing, New York Collierville, Tennessee . Condon, soprano Bogotá, Colombia Kalamazoo, Michigan Sophia Jungyun Lee, oboe Heloise Pieaud, piano Andrew Hoben, tenor Great Neck, New York Toulouse, France Pranav Datla, composition Lake Katrine, New York Luyang Liu, piano Victoria Policht, soprano Victoria Ann Drexler, french horn Liana Hoffman,french horn Guangzhou, China Brooklyn, New York Coral Springs, Florida Nathan Kaixuan Qi, piano Ripley Lucas-Tagliani, soprano Ottawa, Canada Melanie Dubil, mezzo-soprano En Hsu, piano New York, New York Horsham, Pennsylvania Taipei, Taiwan Vasily Ratmansky, composition Cole Marino, baritone Copenhagen, Denmark Williston, Vermont

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Logan Reid, bass trombone Giovanni K. Xu, tenor Santosh Sharma, Solange Gosselin , Florida Great Neck, New York Seattle, Washington Buffalo, New York

Joel Roches, oboe Lumeng Yang, viola Sam Thomas Towse, piano Joseph M. Grosso Beijing, China Huntington, New York Bradenton, Florida Luiza Sayão, soprano AA Florida School of the Arts São Paulo, Brazil Yuxi Yang, flute Stefan Von Schweinitz-Haerle, AS Florida School of the Arts Qingyuan, China Alexis Seminario, soprano BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Lana Fenella Graves Levittown, New York Musical Theatre Palo Alto, California Wonyoung Yoon, clarinet Hyunsung Shin, baritone Seoul, South Korea Haley Abbott Mackenzie E. Greiner Fort Collins, Colorado Newport Beach, California Lilith Sophie Spivack, soprano Haihui Zhang, composition Los Altos, California Shanghai, China Gabriella Adickes Lars Kristian Hafell Houston, Texas Louisville, Nikita Stepanenko, piano Jiawen Zhang, piano Prague, Czech Republic Changchun, China Joann Armstrong Paul Jake Hernandez AM Prague Conservatory Overland Park, Kansas Rocky Point, New York Jingwen Zhang, piano Ryan A. Sujdak, double bass Fushun, China Savannah Claire Ashford Samuel Liam Johns Gainesville, Florida Sarasota, Florida Seattle, Washington Ruihan Zhang, piano Adrianna Svitak, piano Shanghai, China Willie Beaton II Daniel Greg Lawrence Jacksonville, Florida , Pennsylvania Keiju Mori, piano Peixuan Zhong, piano AS St. Johns River State College Marshall, Virginia David Gabriel Lerner Jazz Whitnee A. Bomkamp Melville, New York Wenya Tang, piano Rockwall, Texas Chengdu, China Remee Ashley, tenor trombone Jennifer Alice Levere Berkeley, California Rachel Brideau Los Altos, California Julien David Thomas, tenor Carterville, Georgia Granville, Ohio Jason Daniel Chrisman, tenor saxophone Talitha Jura McDougall Jones Weaverville, Connor Cheek Aspen, Colorado Mateo Vintimilla, guitar West End, North Carolina Nicholas Anthony DiMaria, trumpet Claudia Miesner Doudou Wang, piano Syracuse, New York Raffaela Cicchetti Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Lanzhou, China Eastchester, New York Christopher Fishman, piano Amber Kiara Mitchell Zhisheng Wang, piano Helena Claesson Portland, Chengdu, China Rico Gabriel Falcón Jones, tenor saxophone Zurich, Switzerland Denver, Colorado Jessica Morilak Dylan K. Wong, piano Liam Collins San Diego, California San Francisco, California John Kotze, tenor trombone Liverpool, New York Frankfort, Illinois Jarrett Winters Morley Jeh Young Michael Woo, tenor Hana Kristian Culbreath Grandview, New York Hong Kong, Hong Kong Christopher Palmer, double bass Los Angeles, California Mary Kate Petsky Hangli Wu, piano Joan Andrés Sánchez Aguilera, piano Sofia Cristina Faus Garden City, New York Beijing, China Guayaquil, Ecuador Texas City, Texas

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Alexander Ross Pietenpol Yorba Linda, California 2021 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE

Vanessa Isabel Porras OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS Antioch, California Mélanie Clapiès, violin Austin Prebula The Familiar and the Foreign in Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 131: A Performer’s Perspective Hillsborough, North Carolina Carqueiranne, France AD Yale University Gianna Roccaro MM Yale University Staten Island, New York BM Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon

Christa Steiner Ana García Caraballos, saxophone Beach Haven, New Jersey A Pedagogical Approach to the Modern Saxophonist: Incorporation of Jazz and Improvisation into the Training of Classical Saxophonists Desi Stephens Pamplona, Spain Houston, Texas MM Manhattan School of Music BM Conservatorio Superior de Música de Navarra Trista Tratos BS Universidad de Navarra , YounJi Lee, piano Kristyn Vario Comparing Late Schubert with Early Beethoven: A Study of Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 2, No. 2 Brewster, New York and Schubert Piano Sonata D. 959 Seoul, South Korea Laura Elizabeth Zimmer MM Indiana University Rochester, New York BM Indiana University

David Charles Tay, tenor Key: The Integration of Eastern and Western Elements in the Operatic Works of Huang Ruo AA Associate of Arts Singapore, Singapore AM Associate of Music MM New England Conservatory AS Associate of Science BM Manhattan School of Music BA Bachelor of Arts BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts Jason O. Thomas, piano BM Bachelor of Music The Evolution of the Style of as Seen through His Piano Music BS Bachelor of Science Cambria Heights, New York DMA Doctor of Musical Arts MM Manhattan School of Music GDip Graduate Diploma BM Manhattan School of Music MA Master of Arts MM Master of Music Chia-Chin Wu, piano PDip Performance/Professional Diploma A Pedagogical Approach to French Piano Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries PS Professional Studies Kaohsiung, Taiwan MM Manhattan School of Music BM Taipei National University of the Arts

Cong Wu, viola The Viola as an Expression of ’s Musical Identity: A Comprehensive Study of Lachrymae for Viola and Piano: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op. 48 Jinan, China PS Manhattan School of Music MM The Juilliard School BM Central Conservatory of Music

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Yuting Zhou, piano Syon Kim, piano Sophia Stoyanovich, violin Folk Songs and Dances in the Solo Piano Works of the Early 21st Century through Selected Works of Seoul, South Korea Bainbridge Island, Washington Chen, Cochran, and Bates MM San Francisco Conservatory of Music MM The Juilliard School Guangzhou, China MM The Peabody Institute of the Johns BM The Juilliard School MM Manhattan School of Music Hopkins University BM Duquesne University BM The Peabody Institute of the Johns Shuaizhi Wang, piano Hopkins University Christine Wan-Ru Wu, violin Plano, Texas Suehyun Ko, soprano MM The Juilliard School 2021 CANDIDATES FOR THE ARTIST Daegu, South Korea BM Cleveland Institute of Music MM University of North Texas DIPLOMA BM Keimyung University Xiao, mezzo-soprano Changsha, China Sae Lin Kim, mezzo-soprano Noah Koh, cello MM Manhattan School of Music BM China Conservatory of Music Jonah Krolik, cello Chapel Hill, North Carolina Ting Yang, piano 2021 CANDIDATES FOR THE MM The Juilliard School Xian, China PROFESSIONAL STUDIES BM Eastman School of Music MM China Conservatory of Music Jaeook Lee, violin Yi Yang, basso CERTIFICATE New York, New York Qingyuan, China MM Manhattan School of Music Classical Tongyao Li, collaborative piano BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Xuzhou, China Glenn Alexander, conducting Leah Glick, viola MM Manhattan School of Music Xinyi Zhou, soprano Jerusalem, Israel MM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Suzhou, China Haeun Baek, soprano GDip The Juilliard School BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music MM Manhattan School of Music Seoul, South Korea MM Mannes School of Music BA Nanjing University of the Arts MM Myoungji University BM Jerusalem Academy of Music Edward Luengo, cello BM Myoungji University Miami, Florida Chengcheng Zhu, conducting Jiyoon Ariana Han, collaborative piano MM Manhattan School of Music ZheJiang, China Andrés Mauricio Benavides Cascante, Seoul, South Korea BM San Francisco Conservatory of Music MM University of Oklahoma baritone MM Manhattan School of Music BM Xinghai Conservatory of Music San Jose, Costa Rica BM Seoul National University Shiqi Luo, violin Shanghai, China MM Yale University Orchestral Performance Xiaoyu Hu, soprano MM Manhattan School of Music Wang Chenlong, Jiangsu, China BM Manhattan School of Music piano Julian Barrera, double bass MM Manhattan School of Music So Young Choi, BM Nanjing Normal University Jane Anne Raty, violin piano Changhyun, Cha, trumpet Salt Lake City, Utah Busan, Korea Duqingna, soprano Zhen Huang, viola MM Indiana University MM Manhattan School of Music Inner Mongolia, China Shanghai, China BM Brigham Young University BM Korea National University of Arts MM Manhattan School of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BM Minzu University of China BM Manhattan School of Music So-Chung Shinn, soprano Adelya Nartadjieva, violin New York, New York Tashkent, Uzbekistan Stephanie Foster, soprano Fumiyasu “Fumi” Kawase, collaborative piano MM Manhattan School of Music MM Yale University Newton, Massachusetts Chiba, Japan BA Mount Holyoke College MM Manhattan School of Music MM Nihon University of Art BA College BM Nihon University of Art

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Yimiao Fang, piano Vlad Hontilă, violin 2021 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE Nanjing, China Cluj-Napoca, Romania OF MASTER OF MUSIC BM Manhattan School of Music BM Western Illinois University Elham Fanous, piano Fang-Chun Hsieh, violin Classical Kabul, Afghanistan Tainan City, Taiwan BM BM National Taiwan Normal University Anais Hyunkyung Ahn, piano Yihe Cen, piano Ulsan, South Korea Zhejiang,China Eliza Fath, cello Maomao Huang, violin BFA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee BM Tongji University Fairfield, Connecticut Anhui, China BM Cleveland Institute of Music BM Shanghai Conservatory Of Music Jennifer Ahn, violin Chao-Chih George Chen, clarinet PS Cleveland Institute of Music Omaha, Nebraska Yunlin, Taiwan Xiyue Huang, piano BM Manhattan School of Music BM National Taiwan University of Arts Xinyao Feng, piano Zigong, China Guangdong, China BM Manhattan School of Music Allen, mezzo-soprano Hui-Hsuan Chen, piano BM Manhattan School of Music Springfield, Missouri Australia Yaqi Huang, piano BS University of Missouri BM Griffith University Jason Antoine Flowers II, piano Chengdu, China BA University of Missouri Maple Grove, Minnesota BM Sichuan Conservatory of Music Wei Chen, baritone BM Manhattan School of Music Jarod Stanton Apple, saxophone Guangzhou, China Yile Huang, mezzo-soprano Russellville, Arkansas BM Xinghai Conservatory of Music Cosmos Peter Fristachi, clarinet Inner Mongolia, China BME Arkansas Tech University Virginia Beach, Virginia BA Shanghai Conservatory of Music Daniel Chiu, baritone BM The Ohio State University Yuantong Bai, collaborative piano East Setauket, New York Jasmine Ismail, soprano Shanghai, China BM SUNY New Paltz Elizabeth Gartman, composition Winston-Salem, North Carolina BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Sheboygan, Wisconsin BM Boston Conservatory Daniel Inseok Choi, tenor BM University of Illinois Yilin Bao, piano Suwon, South Korea Haeun Jang, soprano Suzhou, China BM Mannes School of Music Joana Gonzalez, piano Gwacheon-si, South Korea BM Manhattan School of Music Miami, Florida BM Nyack College Jing Chun (Joanne) Chou, piano BM University of Miami Ruoxi Bian, mezzo-soprano Vancouver, Canada Marcus Edward Jefferson,tenor Hebei, China BM Manhattan School of Music Ping Gu, mezzo-soprano Wayne, New Jersey BA Minzu University of China Shenzhen, China BM Eastman School of Music Tate Erin Chu, soprano BA Xinghai Conservatory of Music William N. Bolles-Beaven, composition San Diego, California Yao Jinglei, soprano Middletown, Rhode Island BM California State University, Fullerton Zixuan Guo, soprano Shenzhen, China BM Oberlin Conservatory Qiqihar, China BA Shenzhen University Maria Consamus, mezzo-soprano BA Shanghai Conservatory of Music Eunji Elin Byun, soprano Ames, Iowa Tabitha Johnson, piano Seoul, South Korea BM DePaul University Chun Yip Ho, clarinet Ontario, Canada MM Yonsei University Hong Kong, Hong Kong BM McGill University BM Yonsei University Gerardo de la Torre, baritone BM The Hong Kong Academy Monterrey, Mexico for Performing Arts Ashton Jones, baritone Yuchen Cai, piano BS Universidad Regiomontana Tulsa, Oklahoma Zhangzhou, China Shun-Yeen Hoi, piano BA Texas Southern University BM Macao Polytechnic Institute Yu Ding, tenor Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia BM Missouri State University Eunyoung Kim, violin Ramón Enrique Carrero Martínez, viola Yoon Doohyun, tenor Seoul, South Korea Caracas, Venezuela Seoul, Korea BM Yonsei University BM Manhattan School of Music

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Sunhwa Kim, piano Seongeun Lim, piano Ellen Elizabeth O’Neill, oboe Anneliesa Marie Trethewey, Seoul, South Korea Busan, South Korea collaborative piano AD The Colburn School Rei Otake, cello Owosso, Michigan BM Seoul National University Jiayin Liu, violin BM Florida Atlantic University Shanghai, China Kun Pang, piano Makila Maree Kirchner, soprano BM East China Normal University Haerbin, China Tiffanie Trujillo, soprano Grand Haven, Michigan BM Boston Conservatory Rancho Cucamonga, California BM Manhattan School of Music Moyi Liu, piano BA California State University, Fresno Xian, China Kalyn Marie Powers, soprano Yunjung Ko, violin BA Shanghai Conservatory of Music Lindsborg, Kansas Shogo Urahata, clarinet Seoul, Korea BM Bethany College Tokyo, Japan BM Seoul National University Sining Liu, piano BM Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Nanning, China Dudley Allen Raine IV, viola Arts and Music Tatuka Kutsnashvili, piano BM Manhattan School of Music Lynchburg, Virginia , Georgia BM Manhattan School of Music Logan Nicholas Vrankovic, composition BM Tbilisi State Conservatoire Zihao Liu, piano Astoria, New York Xuzhou, China Spencer Reese, clarinet BM The New School Heather Lake, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music Dallas, Texas Flagstaff, Arizona BM Weiwei Wan, piano BM Northern Arizona University Veronica Mak, soprano Nanchang, China New York, New York Petra Rivero, flute BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music Georgia Lazaridou, piano BM Manhattan School of Music Fort Lee, New Jersey Thessaloniki, Greece BM Mannes School of Music Chenxiang Wang, violin BA Kutztown University Mammadoff,piano Beijing, China , Azerbaijan Sophia Santiago, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music Boeun Lee, flute BM Manhattan School of Music West Friendship, Seoul, South Korea BM Westminster Choir College Guolong Wang, violin BM Ewha Womans University Jose Juan Marzal Fernandez, conducting Beijing, China Puebla, Mexico Minmin Sun, piano BM Manhattan School of Music Rye Na Lee, piano BM Universidad de las Americanas Puebla Shijiazhuang, China Seoul, South Korea BM Tianjin Conservatory of Music Jennifer Wang, piano BM Chung Ang University Bethany McLean, flute McLean, Virginia Ontario, New York Heesoo Shin, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music Sehyun Lee, tenor BM Ithaca College Yesan, South Korea Seoul, South Korea BM Yonsei University Jinjin Wang, soprano BM Kyunghee University Jakob Messinetti, double bass Chongqing, China Lawrence, New York Yeji Shin, flute BM Sichuan Conservatory of Music Michael Leyte-Vidal, basso BM Manhattan School of Music Ulsan, South Korea Miami, Florida BM Ewha Womans University Toby Winarto, viola BA Ongama Mhlontlo, tenor Los Angeles, California Mthatha, South Africa Melanie Beryl Spector, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music Qing Li, piano BM University of Cape Town Leonia, New Jersey Hunan, China BM Manhattan School of Music Chenyang Wu, piano Yujing Ming, violin Guizhou, China Xiang Li, tenor Shenzhen, China Kendal Thompson, guitar BM Central Conservatory of Music BM The Peabody Institute of The Johns Honey Brook, Pennsylvania Xinge Liang, piano Hopkins University BM Bloomsburg University Yangyu Wu, piano Xian, China Vancouver, Canada BM Xian Conservatory of Music Rishi Suvir Mirchandani, piano BM Vancouver Academy of Music Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania BA Yale University

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Yingmeige Xiong, mezzo-soprano Zhilin Zhang, piano Maxine Troglauer, bass trombone Jinan, China Hangzhou, China Wiesbaden, Germany Orchestral Performance BM Manhattan School of Music BM Manhattan School of Music BM Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Marcella Jo Kolacki, cello Medien Hannover Phoenix, Arizona Zichao Xiong, piano Qing Zhao, piano BM The Peabody Institute of The Johns Jingzhou, China Shijiazhuang, China Hopkins University BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music BM Eastman School of Music Jazz

Francois Chanvallon, guitar Min Young Kwon, harp Guo Xu, mezzo-soprano Suola Zhao, piano Paris, France Seoul, South Korea Hebei, China Wuhan, China BM Berklee College of Music MM Manhattan School of Music BM Central Conservatory of Music BM Wuhan Conservatory of Music BA Smith College Miriam Crellin, voice Kunbo Xu, Jiaying Zhou, viola piano Adelaide, Australia Yu Yu Liu, cello Guangzhou, China BM The Elder Conservatorium at Tainan, Taiwan Yunqiu Xu, piano BM Xinghai Conservatory of Music The University of Adelaide MM The Juilliard School Tianjin, China BM The Juilliard School BM Manhattan School of Music Yiqiao Zhou, tenor Jack Gruber, piano Beijing, China Silver Spring, Maryland Hunter Lorelli, bassoon Yuhui Yang, soprano BM Manhattan School of Music BM The New School Washington, District of Columbia Shanghai, China BM Cleveland Institute of Music BM Shanghai Conservatory of Music Yunchan Zhou, mezzo-soprano Christopher Keefe, piano Chongqing, China Somerville, New Jersey Yearim Leslie Yi, piano BM Manhattan School of Music BM New England Conservatory Atlanta, Georgia BM Florida State University Yi Zhu, piano Erik Larsen, composition Jinxing, China Visalia, California Yuqin Yi, composition BA Soochow University School of Music BA California State University, Long Beach

Siyuan Yin, Yalin Zhuang, tenor piano Jens-Peder Sweeting, piano , China Xiamen, China Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, BM East China Normal University The Bahamas Contemporary Performance BM Berklee College of Music Yoon Doohyun, tenor Seoul, Korea Jordan Bartow, cello Imani Rousselle Williams, voice Greenville, South Carolina Dallas, Texas Qinquan Zhang, piano BM University of South Carolina BM Chengdu, China BM Cleveland Institute of Music Laura Nicole Bibbs, trumpet Arthur Dhuique-Mayer, percussion Hawley Pennsylvania Paris, France Xiaowan Zhang, piano BM Boston Conservatory BM Conservatoire National Supérieur de Jixi, China Musique et de Danse de Paris BM Central Conservatory of Music Alyson Kanne, harp Naperville, Illinois Yifan Zhang, piano BM Indiana University

Yue Qi Zhang, collaborative piano Han geul Lee, piano Nanjing, China Seoul, South Korea MM Nanjing University of the Arts MM Manhattan School of Music BM Nanjing University of Aeronautics BM Manhattan School of Music and Astronautics

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Haena Lee, cello Elliot Roman, composition 2021 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE Cochrane, Alberta, Canada Haworth, New Jersey

OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC Jiyoon Lee, soprano Maia Schmidt, violin Seoul, South Korea Caldwell, New Jersey Classical Seul Woo Lee, soprano Sıla Şentürk, piano Ahmed Alom, piano Dean Fu Ruzheng, piano Seoul, South Korea Ankara, Turkey Havana, Cuba Guan Gui, violin YiJun Li, piano Margaret Macaira Shannon, mezzo-soprano Basil Alter, violin Wuhan, China Shaanxi, China Flatonia, Texas , Tennessee Zijing Guo, piano Siyuan Liu, piano Ashley Shinliver, oboe Samuel Amore, tenor trombone Tianjin, China Shenzhen, China Missouri City, Texas

Sarah Rachel Bacani, soprano Hyunjung Ha, oboe Zhe Liu, piano James Stith, piano Northvale, New Jersey Cheryl Bains, soprano Zihao Liu, tenor Emilie Kealani Suarez, soprano New Delhi, India Cierra Hall, flute San Francisco, California Baltimore, Maryland Luxana Lozano Zepeda, soprano Rayna Mia Campbell, soprano León, Mexico Shaoyang Sun, piano Belleville, Illinois Mirinda Holthe, French horn Baoding, China Independence, Missouri Mia Rose Ludwig, mezzo-soprano Puyuan Chen, tenor trombone Anthony, New Mexico Thomas Urich, tenor trombone Shanghai, China William Harrison Hopkins, percussion Dallas, Texas Mackenzie Méndez Del Valle, guitar Jose Manuel Velazquez Jr., tenor Xiang Chen, piano Los Angeles, California New York, New York Chengdu, China Dong-min Hyun, cello Seoul, South Korea Royal J. Mitchell III, double bass Mitchell Vogel, percussion Taihi Chen, violin New Orleans, Louisiana Oviedo, Florida Kobe, Japan Leah Rivka Israel, mezzo-soprano Cape Elizabeth, Maine Arthi Nandakumar, soprano Kelin Wang, piano Clara Yeonsue Cho, cello Baton Rouge, Louisiana Chongqing China Ulsan, South Korea Matthew Jamal, double bass Maryland Evangeline Ng, soprano Ruini Wang, mezzo-soprano Sam Chung, cello Singapore, Singapore Dalian, China Vancouver, Canada Chohui Jang, piano Sejong, Korea Christian Fredrick Ohlenschlaeger, basso Xiaoru Wen, piano Guy Dellecave, saxophone Huntington, New York Beijing, China Lake Grove, New York Yue Jia, piano Yangquan, China Tiehan Pan, piano Tianhao Wu, piano Catarina Do Amaral, piano Shanghai, China Zhengzhou, China Macau, Macau Wenqiao Jiang, piano Beijing, China Tiancheng Ping, guitar Siyuan Xu, piano Emerick Falta, tuba Shandong, China Wenzhou China New Rochelle, New York Jaegone Kim, composition Daejeon, South Korea Katherine Pound, soprano Jen-Hao Yeh, piano Feng Fan, piano Erin, Canada Taipei City, Taiwan Beijing, China Edmonda Lam, piano Hong Kong, Hong Kong Young Ye Roh, violin Yeung Man Yin, Hazel, violin Emily Marie Frederick, piano Ridgewood, New Jersey Hong Kong, Hong Kong Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Nan Yiwen, oboe Nicholas Morgan Mrakovcic, double bass Katherine Emily Parrish Herricks, New York Orange County, California SooMin Yoo, soprano Seoul, South Korea Jahari Stampley, piano Ariela Pizza Chicago, Illinois Franklin Lakes, New Jersey Fujia Zhang, violin , China Owen Reese Storey, double bass Carter Sabuda Berkeley, California Huanyan Zhang, piano Jonathan Henry Saminski Chengdu, China Austin Zhang, alto saxophone Westfield, New Jersey Plano, Texas Liangdianzi Zhang, piano Chandler Sinks Dallas, Texas Musical Theatre Virginia Zheng, piano Vancouver, Canada Cameron Anthony Sarah Thorn Forney, Texas Ridgefield, Connecticut Tianran Zhou, piano Huzhou, China Elizabeth Baxley Maria Tramontozzi Melrose, Massachusetts Yihan Zhu, violin Olivia Elyse Bleak Shanghai, China Saint Augustine, Florida Cat Tron AS Saint Johns River State College Bedford, New York Jazz Anthony Jack D’Emilio Veronica VanAvermaete Alamo, California Evan Abounassar, trumpet Berwyn, Pennsylvania Yorba Linda, California Cert. Brubeck Institute Sarah Denison Key: Floyds Knobs, Indiana AD Artist Diploma AS Associate of Science Gabriel Bar-Cohen, percussion Princeton, New Jersey Paul Esswein BA Bachelor of Arts Syosset, New York BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts BM Bachelor of Music Nicholas Creus, guitar Rye, New York Spencer Thomas Gonzalez BME Bachelor of Music Education Ridgewood, New Jersey BS Bachelor of Science Cert. Certification Jerome Gillespie, Jr., percussion Houston, Texas Samantha Hahn DMA Doctor of Musical Arts Hoboken, New Jersey GDip Graduate Diploma MA Master of Arts Joseph Giordano, tenor trombone Albany, New York Jared Alexander Johnson MM Master of Music Santa Cruz, California PS Professional Studies Makar Kashitsyn, alto saxophone Aubrey Leigh Kirk Matanda Keyes, percussion Orlando, Florida Oakland, California Jordan Paige Kapua’ula Hokulani Kliphon Stefano Malinverno, alto saxophone Prescott, Arizona Tappan, New York Steven R. Martella Christian X. M. McGhee, percussion New York, New York St. Louis, Missouri

46 47 ACADEMIC REGALIA Board of Trustees Lorraine Gallard, The pageantry of academic costume derives from medieval university practices, and each Chair Edward Lowenthal, element symbolizes the wearer’s academic achievement. Bachelor’s gowns are plain with Vice Chair James Gandre, long, pointed sleeves, while master’s robes feature closed slit sleeves; doctoral gowns are President David G. Knott, distinguished by double-belled sleeves and velvet bar trimmings. The hood is lined with Treasurer Noémi K. Neidorff (BM ’70, MM ’72, HonDMA ’17), the official color or colors of the granting university and is bordered in a color indicating Secretary the subject in which the degree was earned. Disciplines customarily include: Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Carla Bossi-Comelli Bill O’Connor Arts, Letters, Humanities Library Science Science Laurie Carney Lois Roman White Lemon Gold (MM ’08) Paul Schnell Susan Ennis Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Law Theology Fine Arts Purple Scarlet Brown Edith Hall Friedheim (MM ’72) Bernie Williams (BM ’16) Eric Gronningsater Trustees Emeriti Music Philosophy Medicine Marcia Clay Hamilton Pink Dark Blue Kelly Green Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) President Emerita Education Business Nancy Freund Heller David A. Rahm (HonDMA ’07), Light Blue Drab Warren Jones Chair Emeritus Han Jo Kim Robert G. Simon 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 International Advisory Board transformed to a lighter shade, pink, for music. This color designation has remained Carla Bossi-Comelli, Chair, Switzerland constant throughout the centuries. Mita Aparicio, Mexico Some faculty, staff, or students may wear honor cords awarded from their alma mater Delin Bru, United States indicating exceptional achievement in their major area of study. Luisa G. Buchanan (BM ’63), Peru/United States Alejandro Cordero, Argentina Eric Gronningsater, United States Raul M. Gutierrez, Mexico/Spain President and Board of Trustees Lori Harris, United States The President and members of the Board of Trustees wear special robes in the colors Margot Alberti de Mazzeri, Italy of Manhattan School of Music (maroon and off-white) to symbolize shedding their Michelle Ong, Hong Kong individual academic identities and taking on the School’s leadership and governance Margot Patron, Mexico responsibilities as a collective group. Maria Elvira Salgar, Colombia/United States Chiona X. Schwarz, Germany Angel Sosa, Mexico IN MEMORIAM Guillermo Vogel, Mexico Constance Colby Tobia G. Mercuro (1932–2020) (1933–2021) Artistic Advisory Council Kenneth Cooper William R. Miller Terence Blanchard (HonDMA ’17) (1941–2021) (1928–2020) Anthony Roth Costanzo (MM ’08) Glenn Dicterow Christianne Orto Peter Duchin (1933–2019) (1965–2020) Richard Gaddes (HonDMA ’17) Linda Bell Mercuro Thomas Hampson (HonDMA ’09) (1938–2021) Stefon Harris (BM ’95, MM ’97) Marta Istomin (HonDMA ’05), President Emerita Bernard Labadie (HonDMA ’18) Lang Lang (HonDMA ’12) Bebe Neuwirth (HonDMA ’15) Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA ’13) Pinchas Zukerman (HonDMA ’93)

48 49 President’s Council Commencement Coordinators James Gandre, President Melanie Dorsey, Director of Student Engagement and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Joyce Griggs, Executive Vice President and Provost Henry Valoris, Dean of Performance and Production Operations Jeff Breithaupt,Vice President for Media and Communications Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Monica Coen Christensen, Dean of Students Melissa Cocco, Vice President and Dean of Enrollment Management Bryan Greaney (BM ’08, MM ’10), Associate Vice President for Facilities and Campus Safety Commencement Committee Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement Jeff Breithaupt,Vice President for Media and Communications Tangella S. Maddox, Senior Vice President and CFO Julia Gang, Graphic Design Manager Carol Matos, Vice President for Administration and Human Relations Erin Houlihan, Director of Design Kelly Sawatsky (MM ’02), Dean of Academic Affairs Susan Meigs, Editor Alexa Smith (MM ’10), Assistant Vice President for Special Initiatives and Chief of Staff, Jeffrey Langford,Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies and Chair, Music History Department Office of the President Matthew Jaimes, Executive Assistant, Office of the Provost Henry Valoris, Dean of Performance and Production Operations Brianna Poh, Associate Director of Production Chris Shade (MM ’07), Director of the Orto Center Alexa Smith (MM ’10), Assistant Vice President for Special Initiatives and Chief of Staff 2020-2021 Faculty Council Mimi Tompkins, Assistant Vice President for Digital Strategy Phillip Kawin, Chair Warren Jones Zach Van Pelt, Office Assistant, Office of the Provost Laurie Carney, Vice Chair Wolfram Koessel Nicole Weigelt, Administrative Assistant, Office of the President Andrew Gerle, Secretary David Macdonald Crystal Wilson, Assistant Director of Student Engagement and Coordinator of Disability Services Jocelyn Stewart, Secretary Paolo Marchettini Shirley Close Ted Rosenthal Mark Delpriora Damien Sneed Super Awesome Friends Anthony de Mare Jim Glaub, Owner and Founder Scott Lupi, Chief Operating Officer Rebecca Prowler, Account Manager Alumni Council Jenna Rich, Account Executive Justin Bischof (BM ’90, MM ’92, DMA ’98), Chair Jordan Sommerlad, Video Editor Wendy Talio (BM ’83), Vice Chair Brandon Ivey, Camera Operator Elaine Alvarez (BM ’02, MM ’04) HaiTao Wu, Camera Operator David Eisenbach, Faculty Representative Michael Fahie (MM ’02) Captain Kenneth R. Force (BM ’64, MM ’65, PD ’70), USMS (Ret) Helena Claesson Hallberg (MM ’20) Heather Hamilton (MM ’93, MM ’95) Savannah Harris (MM ’19) Brian Holman (MM ’04) Shelén Hughes (MM ’20) Eunbi Kim (MM ’12) Yahan Liu (MM ’19) Christopher Nappi (BM ’86, MM ’88) Penny Prince (BM ’74, MM ’76) Shannyn Rinker (MM ’20) Jeffrey Scott (BM ’90) Eganam Segbefia (MM ’18) Chandler Sinks (BM ’21), Student Representative Alexa Smith (MM ’10) Kathleen Suss (MM ’89)

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