Spring 2020 Diploma Ceremony Program

Azha Moné Alston
Performance

Mackenzie Kay Andrews
Film and Television
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Nia Nicole Banks
Theatre Studies

Devin Louis Barnes
Design and Technology

Vincent Joseph Bianca
Performance
Physical Theatre
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Willis Carl Brei
Film and Television

Daniel Broussard
Performance
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Kaitlin Rose Chavers
Performance

Mary Teresa DeVillier
Design and Technology

Anthony Michael Doyle
Design and Technology
Theatre Studies

Chincia Onuekwumma Ezejiofo
Film and Television

Quincia Oguuno Ezejiofo
Film and Television

Kain Alexander Gill
Arts Administration
Design and Technology
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Sarah Catherine Guarisco
Performance

Lindsey Marie Hutson
Theatre Studies

Haleigh Richelle Jones
Performance

Nina Samone Knowles
Film and Television

Destin Lowell Marler
Film and Television

Lindsey Elise Muscatello
Design and Technology

Francisco Javier Pazo Siero
Performance

Eamon Pettigrew
Film and Television

Stephanie Elizabeth Saucier
Film and Television

Rebecca Lynn Smith
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Erin Monique Stevenson
Theatre Studies

Angelle Mishon Thomas
Performance

John Tran
Performance

Ke’Shone Lynn White
Performance

Kiare Williams
Theatre Studies

Jaunee Danielle Young
Theatre Studies

Zoey Abigail Young
Theatre Studies

Streisand Nicole Zeno
Performance

Samatha Rae Aldridge
Voice

Daisha Christine Badon
Voice

Julia Marie Boudreaux
Academic Studies

Christopher Figueroa Coreil
Jazz Piano

Adam Boyd Fields
Voice

Christopher Lee Freeland
Voice

Garrett Anderson Howell
Jazz Electric Guitar

Aubry Dylan Procell
String Bass

Connor Brad Underwood
Experimental Music and Digital Music
Jazz Piano

Jesse Joseph Zeringue
Jazz Percussion

Rachel Punkay Blackwell
Voice

Julia Marie Boudreaux
Organ

Tyler Joseph Bourque
Clarinet

Ashby Wellington Brown
Composition
Bassoon

Zoey Carisa Cuseo
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Jonathan Michael Dufresne
Saxophone
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Morgan Rose Easterday
Composition
Horn

Mary Grace Ellerbee
Piano
CUM LAUDE

Jenna Renee Grissom
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Seth Cain Guerra
Composition

Matthew Palmer Hrdlicka
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Jennifer Lynn McGee
Voice

Mikeila Ashley McQueston
Composition
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Leah Christian Moody
Voice

Jordan Chase Moreno
Bassoon

Leigh Anne Robichaux
Composition
Experimental Music and Digital Media
CUM LAUDE

John Forrest Robken
Bassoon

Anna Patrice Safko
Voice

Cari Alyce Sands
Clarinet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Annellise Marie Schulze
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Savannah Drummond Scott
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Reign Zurri Washington
Voice

Benjamin Clifton Buller
Clarinet
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Harrison David Dollar
Clarinet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Emily Michelle Firmin
Flute

Dustin Joplin Gonzales
Voice

Summer Blair Hayes
Voice

Benjamin Robert Morgan
Voice
CUM LAUDE

Alana Brigette Scott
Voice

Lauren Joan Slay
Clarinet

Hollyn Noel Slykhuis
Trumpet
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Taylor Beth Vastbinder
Harp

Katherine Marie Vukovics
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Carley Frances West
Clarinet

Claudia Aizaga
Woodwind Performance, Flute

Ashlyn Carter
Vocal Performance

Hayoung Cho
String Performance, Violin

Claire Choquette
Vocal Performance

Emily Dirks
Vocal Performance

Nickolas Doshier
Wind Conducting

Casie Ford
String Performance, Viola

Zachary Frank
Vocal Performance

Chase Gillett
Percussion Performance

Elana Gleason
Vocal Performance

Keturah Heard
Vocal Performance

Anna Herrera
String Performance, Cello

Telly Higgins
Music Education

Sarah Jenkins
Piano Pedagogy

Andrew Kendall
Choral Conducting

Wu Ji Khoo
Vocal Performance

Katherine Mallow
Vocal Performance

Sean McLean
Percussion Performance

Roger Kyle Melton
Vocal Performance

Alisha Moore
Brass Performance, Horn

Eric Morgan
Vocal Performance

Alanna North
String Performance, Violin

Ashley Nunez
Vocal Performance

Joshua Ognenoff
Vocal Performance

Sabrina Parry
String Performance, Violin

Ronald Rodriguez Herrera
Jazz Studies

Elise Spurlock
Vocal Performance

Gordon Stricklin
Choral Conducting

Julia Tatum
Wind Conducting

Daniel Fernando Torres Salazar
String Performance, Violin

Adam Torres
Brass Performance, Tuba

Curtis White
Choral Conducting

Andrew Wood
Brass Performance, Trumpet

Nai-Chien Yo
String Performance, Cello

Centria Brown
The Use of the Alexander Technique as a Practice Tool for Horn Performance
Major Professor: Professor Seth Orgel

André Chiang
A Performance Guide to Kurt Erickson's Song Cycle Here, Bullet
Major Professor: Professor Dennis Jesse

Jaime Compton
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Professor Dennis Parker

Zorica Dimova
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Professor Espen Lilleslatten

Larry Heard
Instrument Construction: An Examination of The Effect of Lead Pipe Design Variability on Tuba Response
Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Skillen

Chia-Shan Hsu
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Professor Espen Lilleslatten

Mahakit Lerdcheewanan
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Professor Espen Lilleslatten

Grace McCrary
A Performer's Guide to "No Man in His Right Mind," "Letter," and "Mirror Mirror" from the opera, Dog Days
Major Professor: Professor Sandra Moon

Matthew Myers
A Conductor's Guide to Amass By Jocelyn Hagen
Major Professor: Dr. John Dickson

Mounir Nessim
Viola Fragments: Contextualizing and Interpreting Selections from Kurtag's Signs, Games, and Messages
Major Professor: Professor Espen Lilleslatten

Dominique Petite
James Kallembach's Antigone: A Conductor's Guide
Major Professor: Dr. John Dickson

Chien-Hui Yang
A Survey of French Cello Music Dating from the Baroque Era to the 20th-Century
Major Professor: Professor Dennis Parker

Aleksandra Drozzina
Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Pärt: Religion and Spirituality during the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika
Major Professor: Dr. Inessa Bazayev

Sungho Kim
Symphony No.2 and the Text Setting of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Major Professor: Dr. Dinos Constantinides

Elizabeth Anne Knox
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, and
Nevertheless, She Composed: A Contemporary Survey of Women Composers of the Twenty-First Century
Major Professor: Dr. Dinos Constantinides

Julius Kyakuwa
A Case Study of Two Preservice Elementary Music Teachers as Culture-Bearers
Major Professor: Dr. Ann Marie Stanley

Landon Viator
Finding Music in Chaos: Designing and Composing with Virtual Instruments Inspired by Chaotic Equations
Major Professor: Dr. Jesse Allison

Elizabeth Wallace
Acoustic Measures of the Singing Voice in Secondary School Singers
Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Isbell

James Byo	Director, School of Music, Professor of Music Education, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor
Jesse Allison	Associate Professor of Experimental Music and Digital Media
Lori Bade	Professor of Music, Nell S. and Boyd H. McMullan Distinguished Professor
Inessa Bazayev	Manship Associate Professor of Music Theory
Stephen David Beck	Professor of Composition and Electro-Acoustic Music, Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor
Hana Beloglavec	Assistant Professor of Trombone
Edgar Berdahl	Associate Professor of Experimental Music and Digital Media
John Bishop	Instructor of Guitar
Michael Borowitz	Associate Professor of Opera
Brett Boutwell	Associate Professor of Musicology, William F. Swor Alumni Professor
Jason Bowers	Instructor of Music Education
Griffin Campbell	Professor of Saxophone, J. Franklin Bayhi Alumni Professor
Jane Cassidy	Professor of Music Education, Roy and Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor
Deborah Chodacki	Associate Professor of Clarinet
Dinos Constantinides	LSU Boyd Professor of Composition, Composer-in-Residence
Cliff Croomes	Instructor, Interim Assistant Director of Bands
Trey Davis	Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Studies
Willis Delony	LSU Boyd Professor of Piano and Jazz Studies
John Dickson	Director of Choral Studies, Edward G. and Catherine M. Galante Chair of Choral Music Education, Stephanie Landry Barineau Professor of Music
Brett Dietz	Associate Professor of Percussion
Mara Gibson	Associate Professor of Composition
Andreas Giger	Louise and Kenneth L. Kinney Professor of Opera, Professor of Musicology
Paul Groves	Artist-in-Residence, Voice
Robert Grayson	Edith K. Kirkpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Voice
Michael Gurt	Paula G. Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano
Darrel Hale	Associate Professor of Bassoon
Terry Patrick Harris	Professional-in-Residence, Voice
Lin He	Associate Professor of Violin
Laurence Hebert	Director of the LSU Gospel Choir
Brandon Hendrickson	Assistant Professor of Voice
Blake Howe	Manship Associate Professor of Musicology
Daniel Isbell	Associate Professor of Music Education
Dennis Jesse	Associate Professor of Voice
Kelvin Jones	Instructor, Interim Associate Director of Bands
Katherine Kemler	Professor of Flute, Charles and Mary Barre’ Alumni Professor
Warren Kimball	Instructor of Music
Elena Lacheva	Professional-in-Residence Collaborative Piano
Espen Lilleslatten	Associate Professor of Violin
Olivia Lucas	Assistant Professor of Music Theory
James "Dugg" McDonough	Mary Barrett Fruehan Associate Professor of Opera
Alison McFarland	Associate Professor of Musicology
Sandra Moon	Associate Professor of Voice
Patricia O’Neill	Professor Emerita of Voice
Seth Orgel	Professor of Horn
Ana Maria Otamendi	Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano
Dennis Parker	Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor of Cello
Robert Peck	Professor of Music Theory
Johanna Pennington	Associate Professor of Oboe
Jeffrey Perry	Paula G. Manship Professor of Music Theory
Pamela Pike	Aloysia Landry Barineau Professor of Piano Pedagogy
Carlos Riazuelo	Manship Director of Orchestral Studies, Associate Professor of Conducting
Brian Shaw	Associate Professor Julian and Sidney Carruth Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies
Loraine Sims	Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor of Voice
Joseph Skillen	Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Gallante Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
Herndon Spillman	Professor Emeritus Carolyn Botkin Mattax Herndon Spillman Professor of Organ Studies
Ann Marie Stanley	Associate Professor of Music Education
Doug Stone	Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies
Damon Talley	Paula G. Manship Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Conducting
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

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

Todd Queen	Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
Kristin Sosnowsky	Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
James Byo	Director, School of Music
Joseph Skillen	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	Student Services Coordinator
Zachary Hazelwood	Director of Operations
William Kelley	Audio Engineer
Stephen Koivisto	Instrument Repair Technician
Ali Leonard	Opera Production Coordinator
Tim Love	Executive Assistant, Dean's Office
Alexia Perez	Music Recruiter, Office of Student Success
Ferris Peters	Front Office Coordinator, Theatre
Lori Pilley	Director of Development
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