Spring 2021 Diploma Ceremony Program
May 07, 2021
Order of Ceremonies
Ceremonies begin Friday, May 7, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. CST
Processional
National Anthem
Welcome
Presentation of Candidates:
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
- Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Music Education
- Master of Music
Introduction of Doctoral Graduates*
- Doctor of Musical Arts
- Doctor of Philosophy - Music
- Doctor of Philosophy - Theatre
Alma Mater
Recessional
*Graduate degrees are officially conferred by Dr. Jeffrey Perry, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.
College of Music & Dramatic Arts
May 2021 Graduating Class
Program last updated May 11, 2021
Paul Nicholas Barnes
Film and Television
CUM LAUDE
Christopher Jude Bonin
Design and Technology
Lindsay Ann Bourgeois
Performance
CUM LAUDE
Kasey Lynn Delahoussaye
Film and Television
CUM LAUDE
Chloe Gabrielle Dietz
Film and Television
Sydney Denise Hamilton
Design and Technology
Film and Television
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Donovan Michael Hardison
Film and Television
Taylor Ashley Jordan
Theatre Studies
Christopher Lunkin
Film and Television
Andres Martinez
Film and Television
Emma Claire Massengale
Design and Technology
Logan Thomas Naddy
Performance
Zachary Joseph Ochinko
Film and Television
Hannah Renee Papizan
Film and Television
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Hyewon Park
Theatre Studies
Jamon Marquel Parks
Performance
Grantham Allen Ray
Film and Television
Matthew Sauber
Arts Administration
Grayson Taylor Sims
Film and Television
Hannah Ruth Soniat
Film and Television
Natheyon Dehondra Taylor, Jr.
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Georgia Lina Tsolakis
Design and Technology
David Raymond Verderame, Jr.
Performance
Film and Television
Gaven Tomas Brooks
Voice
Daniel Zean Cheng
Oboe
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Kwon Choi
Trumpet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Avonlé Jaleel Crosby
Jazz Tenor Saxophone
Adam Boyd Fields
Voice
Taylor James Goss
Jazz Guitar
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Sidney Leanne Jackson
Composition
Graves Bransford Lambert
Jazz Trombone
Megan Ann McKay
Voice
Tamara Simone Scott
Experimental Music and Digital Media
Alexander Daniel Briggs
Voice
Taylor Brooks Brownfield
Percussion
Lukas Ryan Dorcy
Composition
Clarinet
Erik Danilo Gudiel
Voice
Colton Paul Johnson
Composition
Trombone
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Zachary Alexander Johnson
Composition
Christopher Michael Van Diver King
Voice
Adalus Low- Manzini
Cello
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Michaela Virginia Maldonado
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Julianna Schober
Violin
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Adam Thomas Sprague
Voice
Xiangwei Sun
Violin
Joshua Earl Thomas
Voice
Hannah Julianne Weber
Trumpet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Jun Wen Wong
Voice
Sarah Catherine Banker
Flute
Alan Joseph Boudreaux
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Ryan David Bourque
Percussion
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Breann Lee Burson
Voice
Mollie Marie Faucheaux
Flute
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Katherine Michelle Fuller
Violin
Alexander Mackenzie Jett
Clarinet
Hunter Daniel Kane
Tuba
Collin Reese Lightell
Percussion
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Francisco Alexandro Mondragon
Horn
Kaitlyn Nicole Nassar
Clarinet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Christian Anthony Pitre
Percussion
Mark Alan Porter
Horn
Blakelynn Nicole Pretteit
Horn
Gabrielle Morgan Rasp
Flute
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Henry Roberto Sanchez-Solis, IV
Saxophone
Jeonai do Nascimento Batista
Choral Conducting
Lea Baumert
Woodwind Performance, Flute
Laura Benavides Vergara
Collaborative Keyboard
Adriana Lisbe Biaggi Quintero
Collaborative Keyboard
Riclebio Jadso De Souza Pedro
String Performance, Cello
Ty Ellender
Percussion Performance
John Ralph Gray, Jr.
Jazz Studies
Paul Hainey
Vocal Performance
William Horner
Brass Performance, Trombone
Chun Ka Lam
Piano Performance
Weston Sherrod Lewis
Wind Conducting
Laura Recebas Lisk
Vocal Performance
Christopher David Ludwig
Woodwind Performance, Flute
James Warren Matens
Vocal Performance
Shannan Elizabeth O’Dowd
Choral Conducting
Johan Alexander Pepper Cevallos
String Performance, Violin
Sarah Caitlin Rees
Vocal Performance
Alonso Jose Restrepo Cardozo
String Performance, Cello
Rebecca Elaine Rice
Woodwind Performance, Flute
Deborah Ruth Robertson
Collaborative Keyboard
Michael Anthony Rodriquez
Vocal Performance
Keenan Warner Smith
Woodwind Performance, Oboe
John St. Cyr
String Performance, String Bass
Nicholas Vermilye
Jazz Studies, Tenor Saxophone
Clarinet, Flute
Margaret Mary Webb
Music Education
"The Rest is Lagniappe": The Female Secondary Band Director Experience in Louisiana
Vanessa Clarise Williams
Composition
Amour Thesis Symphony
Emma Nicole Wood
String Performance, Viola
Danielle Allene York
Brass Performance, Horn
Emma Elizabeth Arends
Costume Technology and Design
“Sound Glove: A Development in Collaboration”
Suellen da Costa Coelho
Costume Technology and Design
“The Second Line Parade and the Construction of Identity
Through Costume in the Group The Undefeated Divas,
Gents and Kids”
Neviton Barros
Choral Conducting
“A Conductor’s Guide to Jake Runestad’s American Triptych”
Xingye Cai
Piano Performance
“Peking Opera On The Piano: An Analysis Of Two Solo Piano Pieces, Pi Huang and Instants”
Georgia Ann Sweitzer
Vocal Performance
Non-Thesis Research
Yuh-Jiun Melody Wan
Woodwind Performance, Flute
Non-Thesis Research
Bingqing Xia
String Performance, Violin
Non-Thesis Research
Matthew Scott Blessing
Experimental Music and Digital Media
“Living Room Orchestra: Designing Embedded Furniture as a Family of Electronic Musical Instruments”
Alexis Michelle Skinner
Theatre History
“The Arena Players, Inc.: The Oldest Continuously Operating African American Community Theatre in the United States”
The appearance of a name in this program is presumptive evidence of graduation, but is not to be regarded as conclusive. Students whose names are listed more than once in this program are receiving multiple degrees. The names of some students may not be listed in this program due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Faculty and Administration
College Administration
| Kristin Sosnowsky | Interim Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts |
| James Byo | Director, School of Music |
| Jeffrey Perry | Associate Dean of Graduate Studies |
| Ruth Alise | Front Office Manager, School of Music |
| Josh Allred | Theatre Recruiter, Office of Student Success |
| Doris Butler | Business Officer, School of Music |
| Leonce Clement | Creative Coordinator |
| Kara Duplantier | Business Manager, Department of Bands |
| Melissa Fay | Business Manager, School of Theatre |
| Paloma Gonzalez | Database Coordinator |
| Zachary Hazelwood | Director of Operations |
| William Kelley | Audio Engineer |
| Stephen Koivisto | Instrument Repair Technician |
| Tim Love | Executive Assistant, Dean's Office |
| Alexia Perez | Music Recruiter, Office of Student Success |
| Ferris Peters | Front Office Coordinator, Theatre |
| Joe Rush | Piano Technician |
| Cullen Sadler | Marketing Coordinator |
| Amy Smith | Interim Assistant Dean, Office of Student Success |
| Vastine Stabler | Managing Artistic Director, Swine Palace |
| Amy Trahan | Business Manager, School of Music |
School of Music
| James Byo | Director of the School of Music, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor, Music Education |
| Jesse Allison | Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media |
| Lori Bade | Nell S. and Boyd H. McMullan Distinguished Professor, Voice |
| Inessa Bazayev | Manship Associate Professor, Music Theory |
| Stephen David Beck | Professor of Composition and Electro-Acoustic Music, Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor |
| Hana Beloglavec | Assistant Professor, Trombone |
| Edgar Berdahl | Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media |
| John Bishop | Instructor of Guitar |
| Michael Borowitz | Associate Professor, Opera |
| Brett Boutwell | William F. Swor Alumni Associate Professor, Musicology |
| Jason Bowers | Instructor, Music Education |
| Griffin Campbell | J. Franklin Bayhi Alumni Professor, Saxophone |
| Jane Cassidy | Roy and Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor, Music Education |
| Dinos Constantinides | LSU Boyd Professor of Composition, Composer-in-Residence |
| Cliff Croomes | Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Bengal Brass, Assistant Director of Tiger Band |
| Trey Nick Davis | Stephanie Landry Barineau Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Studies |
| Willis Delony | LSU Boyd Professor, Piano and Jazz Studies |
| John Dickson | Galante Chair, Director of Choral Studies |
| Brett Dietz | Associate Professor of Percussion |
| Mara Gibson | Associate Professor of Composition |
| Andreas Giger | Louise and Kenneth L. Kinney Professor of Opera and Professor, Musicology |
| Paul Groves | Artist-in-Residence, Voice |
| Robert Grayson | Edith K. Kirkpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Voice |
| Michael Gurt | Paula G. Manship Distinguished Professor, Piano |
| Darrel Hale | Associate Professor, Bassoon |
| Terry Patrick Harris | Professional-in-Residence, Voice |
| Lin He | Associate Professor, Violin |
| Laurence Hebert | Director, LSU Gospel Choir |
| Brandon Hendrickson | Assistant Professor, Voice |
| Simon Holoweiko | Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Bands |
| Blake Howe | Manship Associate Professor, Musicology |
| Daniel Isbell | Associate Professor, Music Education |
| Dennis Jesse | Galante Family Associate Professor, Voice |
| Kelvin Jones | Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Tiger Band |
| Cecilia Kang | Associate Professor, Clarinet |
| Katherine Kemler | Charles and Mary Barre’ Alumni Professor, Flute |
| Warren Kimball | Instructor of Music |
| Elena Lacheva | Professional-in-Residence Collaborative Piano |
| Espen Lilleslatten | Associate Professor, Violin |
| Olivia Lucas | Assistant Professor, Music Theory |
| James "Dugg" McDonough | Mary Barrett Fruehan Associate Professor, Opera |
| Alison McFarland | Associate Professor, Musicology |
| Sandra Moon | Associate Professor, Voice |
| Seth Orgel | Manship Professor, Horn |
| Ana Maria Otamendi | Janice and Gerald Pellar Professor, Collaborative Piano |
| Dennis Parker | Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor, Cello |
| Robert Peck | Professor of Music Theory |
| Johanna Pennington | Associate Professor, Oboe |
| Jeffrey Perry | Paula G. Manship Professor, Music Theory |
| Pamela Pike | Aloysia Landry Barineau Professor, Piano Pedagogy |
| Brian Shaw | Associate Professor Julian and Sidney Carruth Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies |
| Loraine Sims | Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor, Voice |
| Kimberly Sparr | Associate Professor, Viola |
| Herndon Spillman | Professor Emeritus Carolyn Botkin Mattax Herndon Spillman Professor of Organ Studies |
| Ann Marie Stanley | Aloysia Landry Barineau Associate Professor, Music Education |
| Doug Stone | Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies |
| Damon Talley | Paula G. Manship Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Conducting |
| Scott Terrell | Associate Professor, Manship Director of Orchestra Studies |
| Matthew Vangjel | Associate Professor of Trumpet |
| Yung-chiao Wei | Professor of Double Bass |
| Gabriella Werries | Instructor of Harp |
| Justin West | Assistant Professor of Music Education |
School of Theatre
| Kristin Sosnowsky | Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Professor of Arts Administration |
| Jeremy Bernardoni | Assistant Professor of Costume Design |
| Eun Jin Cho | Visiting Sound Designer |
| Sonya Cooke | Assistant Professor of Acting |
| John Michael Eddy | Professional-In-Residence, Props Master |
| Nick Erickson | Associate Professor of Stage Movement |
| Femi Euba | Professor of Black Drama and Playwriting, Louise and Kenneth Kinney Professor |
| John Fletcher | Associate Professor of Theatre History, Billy J. Harbin Professor |
| Tara A. Houston | Assistant Professor of Scenic Design |
| George Judy | Professor of Acting and Directing, Gresdna A. Doty Professor |
| Kyla Kazuschyk | Associate Professor of Costume Technology |
| James L. Murphy | Professor of Theatre Technology, Technical Director, and Production Manager |
| Susan Perlis | Co-Head of Dance |
| Isaac Pletcher | Assistant Professor of Film & TV |
| Claudio Ribeiro | Professional-in-Residence, Co-Head of Dance |
| Rockford Sansom | Assistant Professor of Voice |
| Alan Sikes | Associate Professor of Theatre History |
| C. Touchet | Instructor of Entertainment, Lighting, and Media Production |
| Shannon Walsh | Associate Professor of Theatre History |
| Chris Wood | Professional-In-Residence, Scenic Technology |