Spring 2024 Commencement Program

Maggie Catherine Babin
Performance 

Kaylon J Cormier
Performance

Chance D Fillastre
Film and Television

Kayla Marie Ford
Performance
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Rendy Danielle Garrett
Performance
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Caitlyn Grace Gilliam
Arts Administration
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Casen Jude Guttuso
Performance 

Karli Renee’ Hebert
Theatre Design and Technology
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Haley Miranda Hughes
Theatre Design and Technology
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Elizabeth LeBlanc
Theatre Studies

Isabelle Grace Louis
Theatre Design and Technology
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Killian A McCaleb
Performance 

Ella Marie Millet
Performance
Theatre Studies
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Gabrielle Rose Montagnino
Theatre Design and Technology

Alyssa Marie Ney
Arts Administration

Amechi Sam Obodoechina
Theatre Studies

Patricia Michelle Powell
Film and Television

Jose N Rivera
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Madeleine Roby
Performance

Makaylee Secrest
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Kayla Mikel Short
Performance

Sarah Nicolene Short
Performance

Alexandra Renae Simon
Theatre Design and Technology

Sarah Elaine Statham
Theatre Design and Technology

Nicholas Kelvin Tillotson
Film and Television

Holden Royce White
Performance

Ansel Wilder
Performance

Zóe Aliaha Wyman 
Performance

Timothy Louis Baudier Jr.
Film and Television
CUM LAUDE

 

Donald Henry Cain
Film and Television

 

Mack Cormier
Film and Television

 

Mateo Sean Fernandez
Film and Television

 

Brynn Michelle Griffin
Film and Television

 

Chloe Elizabeth Kalmbach
Film and Television

 

Mackenzie Schylar McLeod
Film and Television

 

Ashley Thanh Nguyen
Film and Television
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Andrew David Immanuel Aceves
Church Music 
Voice

 

Hali Grace Alex
Clarinet

 

Samuel K Bang
Composition
Percussion

 

Maria Nicole Billeaud
Percussion

 

Moises Adolfo Chirinos Aleman
Double Bass
Voice

 

Madison Paig Constantine
Oboe

 

Kaylee Renee Gonzales
Voice

 

Calla Marie Harper
Voice
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Garret Jackson Hickman
Clarinet

 

Cyrus M.K Huihui
Voice

 

Henry Arrowsmith Kiley
Experimental Music and Digital Media
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Austin Taylor McKnight
Trombone

 

Antavion Jacarri Moore
Jazz Studies

 

Christian Thomas Noto
Tuba

 

Markiano Michael Robichaux
Saxophone

 

Sydney Alise Sorbet
Theatre
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Taylor Paul Stoddard
Experimental Music and Digital Media
CUM LAUDE

 

Brandt McCollough Whitaker
Violin

Andrew David Immanuel Aceves
Voice

 

Smarlensly Wilnendj Snyguer Alténor
Voice

 

Andrew Christopher Bray
Composition
Bassoon
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Moises Adolfo Chirinos Aleman
Double Bass

 

Conrad James Foreman
Composition
Viola
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Brandon Anthony Hebert 
Trumpet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Allison Mary Hedrick
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Jesse David Kneisler
Voice

 

Sydney Alise Sorbet 
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Jozifein Olivia Woods
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Yu Yang
Double Bass
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Callie Blair Ancelet
Voice
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Mason Grant Barron
Saxophone

 

Josie Careen Beekman
Bassoon

 

Peyton E Berry
Clarinet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Andrew Christopher Bray
Bassoon
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Tedie Davidson Cahill
Clarinet
CUM LAUDE

 

Idalis Carmen Calo
French Horn

 

Bryanna Lynn Dicey 
Flute
CUM LAUDE

 

Alana Michele Fournet
Voice

 

Peyton James Johnson
Trombone
CUM LAUDE

 

Devyn Alexandra Mulkey
Clarinet
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Kayla Valery Ramos
Clarinet
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Branton Joseph Rosemann
Saxophone

Kasey Allan Ball 
Jazz Studies 

Honor Nicole Barrett 
Woodwind Performance

Taylisse Boissonneault 
Collaborative Piano

Devin Bureau 
Choral Conducting

Amber Elise Caroglanian 
Vocal Performance

Iina Maria Casas 
String Performance

Po-Yu Fang 
String Performance

Ronald H Flores Lopez 
String Performance

Brandon Gordon 
Woodwind Performance

Fernanda Kruppel 
Woodwind Performance

Olivia Newcomb 
Vocal Performance

Carlos Eduardo Orta 
Orchestral Conducting 

Maria Auxiliadora Ortega 
String Performance 

Veronica Perez Espinosa 
Music Education 
Thesis: Effects of Music Instruction for 3-4-year-old Children on Cognitive Development and Spatial Skills

Anna P Safko 
Vocal Performance

Maura Siobhan Schaefer 
Vocal Performance

Darius Scott 
Vocal Performance

Frank Gerardo Tirado 
String Performance

Lawrence Williams 
Wind Conducting

Eirini Triantafyllia Barouta

String Performance 

Yiannis Constantinidis 'Petite Suite' for Violin and Piano Transcribed for Cello Quartet: Synthesizing Foreign Inspirations and Greek Folk Melodies to Shape a Distinct National and Individual Genre
 

Selena Boyda

Brass Performance 

Soundscape: A Guided Approach to Post-Tonal Horn Repertoire

 

Qinan Cai

Vocal Performance 

A Study of Select Arias from Three Obscure Operas by Antonio Vivaldi: ‘Ottone in Villa,’ ‘Arsilda, Regina di Ponto,’ and ‘Il Farnace’

 

Ángela Paloma González Giménez

Piano Performance

Exploring the Spanish Pianistic Landscape: A Study on Salvador Brotons' Piano Works

 

Siying He

Collaborative Keyboard

Portfolio 

 
John Mitchell Ingram

Brass Performance

Portfolio

Cheuk Nok Francis Ku

Orchestral Conducting

Sequencing Orchestral Repertoire for Collegiate Orchestras: Addressing the Educational Needs of Students in Various Stages of Development

 

Ericka Jeannine Kudry

Piano Performance

Portfolio

 

Rebeca Lemos Gonzalez  

String Performance 

Maria Rosa Ribas Monné: A Case Study

 

Christopher Ludwig

Woodwind Performance

Portfolio

 

Chuyan Luo

Vocal Performance 

Portfolio: A Study of Selected Vocal Works by Shande Ding: The Mysterious Sound of Flute and Poems on Western Yunnan

 

Roger Kyle Melton 

Vocal Performance

Singing Through Cancer: Promoting Vocal Health for the Cancer Survivor

 

Annalea Milligan

Woodwind Performance 

Mind the Time: A Synthesis of Pedagogical Approaches for Improving Rhythm and Meter for Instrumentalists as Applied to Bassoon

 

Johan Alexander Pepper

String Performance 

Unveiling the Idiomatic and Performance Inspirations: A Comparative Study of The Red Violin Caprices by John Corigliano

 

Emmanuel Rodriguez

Wind Conducting 

City Boy by Judd Greenstein: A Transcription from Chamber Quintet to Full Wind Band

 

Coleman Tyler Scott

Brass Performance 

Seeking a Uniform Approach to Trumpet Sound Concept

 

Meredith Kathryn Stemen 

Collaborative Keyboard  

Portfolio: Through Valley and Heights: Planning, Financing, and Recording an Album of Songs by Franz Liszt and Josephine Lang

Kristyn Van Cleave

Collaborative Keyboard 

Portfolio: Artistic Director of BRAVA Music Camp

 

Tianyu Xue

Brass Performance  

Introducing Chinese Folk Songs Through Arrangements for Trombone & Piano and Chamber Music

 

Dylan Burchett

Experimental Music and Digital Media 

What is EAI? A Short History of the Style's Evolution and Development of Identifiable Characteristics

 

Wagner Bruno De Oliveira Duarte

Composition

In Search of the Armorial Aesthetic: The Counter-Reform of Ariano Suassuna and the Compositional Techniques in Clovis Pereira's 'Suite Macambira'

 

 

Brian Elizondo

Experimental Music and Digital Media 

Performative Mixing for Immersive Audio

 

Rachel Nicole Aker

Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Dramatic Theory and Criticism

Time, Place, & Purpose: The Performance of Creole Identity in Louisiana