Eight Music majors and seventeen minors received their degrees on Graduation Weekend 2016. Four Ph.D. degrees in Composition were also conferred.
Judner (Jay) Attys
Michael Devito, High Distinction: Paper, “Modern Jazz: a Study in Composition and Performance”
Adriana Dickerson
Sophia Santore, Distinction: Composition, It Happened, and Senior Voice Recital
Grace Chen
Ching Ying (Roman) Lin
Madison Spahn, Highest Distinction: Paper, “The Evolution of a Woman’s Life and Love: A Guide for Performers of Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben;” Composition, Woman Work: Songs of Women's Voices, and Senior Voice Recital
Eleanor Mehlenbacher
Phenix Byrd
Rithi Chandy
Neil Delwadia
Matthew Farnitano
Christopher Fiscella
Adam Ford
Darbi Griffith
Harrison Hodgkins
Nathan Hsieh
Yiing-Shiuan (Lily) Huang
Anna Jiang
Grant Kelly
Won-Ji Lee
Justin Sandulli
Jae-Wook Shin
Jonah Yousif
Liangliang Zhang
D. Edward Davis
Dissertation piece: nowhere landscape, for clarinets, trombones, percussion, violins, and electronics
Dissertation article: “The Map and the Territory: Documenting David Dunn’s Sky Drift”
Jamie Keesecker
Dissertation piece: Into the Bends of Time, for chamber orchestra and electronics
Dissertation article: "Musical Forces in Jazz: Group Interaction and Double-time in My Foolish Heart as performed by the Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motion.”
Vladimir Smirnov
Dissertation pieces: Double Rainbow; Appalachiana
Dissertation article: “‘The Invisible Mass’: Exploring Compositional Technique in Alfred Schnittke’s Second Symphony”
Kenneth David Stewart
Dissertation pieces: Phase Locked Loop and Modulo Games; The Dogma Loops
Dissertation article: “Finding Ibrida: Building an Electric Guitar with Embedded Effects”