Summer 2020 Diploma Ceremony Program
Friday, August 7, 2020 // 10:00 a.m.
Click Here for Information About the Virtual Graduation Celebration
- Virtual Celebration Begins at 10:00 a.m. at https://www.facebook.com/geauxlsu/
- The livestream of the display of names in Tiger Stadium will be provided on the Graduation Celebration webpage—following the Facebook Watch Party.
- *Graduate degrees are officially conferred by the LSU Graduate School.
College of Music & Dramatic Arts - August 2020 Graduating Class
Alexandra Lee Nicholson
Theatre Studies
Rachel Morgan Omar
Theatre Design & Technology
Daniel Alexander Loving
Voice
Robert Charles Burton III
Vocal Performance
Austin Alexander Franklin
Composition
Katherynn Hamilton
Music History
Kourtney J’ailyn Holmes
Vocal Performance
Ericka Jeannine Kudry
Collaborative Piano
Yiqing Ma
Music Theory
Stuart Dameron
A Conductor's Guide to Dale Trumbore's How To Go On
Major Professor: Dr. John Dickson
Nicole Fassold
The Concurrent Prevalence of Modernism and Romanticism as Seen in the Operas Between
the World Wars and Influence as an Underlying Message to Krenek’s Jonny Spelt Auf
Major Professor: Dr. Lin He
Andrian Harabaru
Transcription for Cello of the Second Violin Sonata in F Minor Op.6 by George Enesco
Major Professor: Professor Dennis Parker
Keilor Leiff Kastella
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Boyd Professor Willis Delony
Soyeon Seo
A Biographical Introduction of The Korean German Composer, Isang Yun and an Analysis
of Eastern Folk Elements in His Lina Im Garten
Major Professor: Dr. Lin He
Niloufar Iravani
The Seven Valleys for Orchestra and A Study of Music Composition
Major Professor: Boyd Professor Dinos Constantinides
Anthony Marasco
Bendit_I/0: A System for Extending Mediated and Networked Performance Techniques to
Circuit-Bent Devices
Experimental Music and Digital Media
Major Professor: Dr. Jesse Allison
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.
College of Music & Dramatic Arts - Faculty and Administration
| 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 |
| James Byo | Director, School of Music, Professor of Music Education, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor |
| 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, Assistant Director of Bands, Assistant Director of the Tiger Marching Band |
| 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 |
| Charles Goodman | Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium |
| 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 |
| Simon Holoweiko | Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Bands |
| Blake Howe | Manship Associate Professor of Musicology |
| Daniel Isbell | Associate Professor of Music Education |
| Dennis Jesse | Associate Professor of Voice |
| Kelvin Jones | Assistant Director of Bands, Director of the Tiger Marching Band |
| Cecilia Kang | Associate Professor of Clarinet |
| 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 | Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, 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 | Gallante Professor of Tuba and Euphonium |
| Kimberly Sparr | Associate Professor of Viola |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kristin Sosnowsky | Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Professor of Arts Administration |
| 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 |
| Jeffrey Perry | Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Paula G. Manship Professor of Music Theory |
| 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 |
| 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 |