2016 Music Department Graduates


Music Graduation 2016


Undergraduate Degrees Conferred
 

First Major

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

Second Major

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

​Interdepartmental Major

Eleanor Mehlenbacher

​Minor

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

Ph.D. in Composition

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”