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Commencement Program

Commencement Program

May 16, 2024 6:00 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
Herbst Theatre

PROGRAM

Processional

Fanfare

Welcome
Timothy Foo, Chair, Board of Trustees

Introduction of Student Speakers
Jonas Wright, Dean and Chief Academic Officer

Student Speakers
Hannah Wendorf '24 for the undergraduate students
Rayna Campbell and Josh Choi ‘24 for the graduate students

Conferring of Honorary Degree
David H. Stull, President

Commencement Address
Germaine Franco

Presentation of Student Awards
2024 Presser Undergraduate Scholarship

Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement

President’s Award for Academic Achievement and Leadership

Performance
Germaine Franco

Remarks to the Graduating Class
David H. Stull, President

Conferring of Degrees in Course
Bachelor of Music
Professional Studies Certificate
Artist Diploma in Chamber Music
Artist Diploma in Opera
Advanced Certificate
Master of Music

Jonas Wright, Dean and Chief Academic Officer
David H. Stull, President
Michael Roest, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Closing Remarks
David H. Stull, President

Recessional
 

COLLEGIATE FACULTY


David H. Stull, President
Jonas Wright, Dean and Chief Academic Officer

  • Mark Almond
  • Jeff Anderle
  • Jeffrey Anderson
  • Erick Arenas
  • Elinor Armer
  • Sergio Assad
  • Tim Bach
  • Wonhee Bae
  • Alexander Barantschik
  • Muriel Barton
  • Mason Bates
  • Carey Bell
  • Benny Benack (III)
  • Jeff Biancalana
  • Jonathan Bingham
  • Elizabeth Blumenstock
  • Steven Braunstein
  • Matt Brewer
  • Connor Buckley
  • David Burkhart
  • Sarah Cahill
  • Milissa Carey
  • Emanuel Ceysson
  • Taylor Chan
  • Coco Ke Chen
  • Hui-Mei Chiu
  • Eric Chin
  • Samantha Cho
  • Clairdee
  • Eric Choate
  • Jeff Cohen
  • David Coll
  • David Conte
  • Cathy Cook
  • Steven Crane
  • Jeffrey Cressman
  • Jennifer Culp
  • Stefan Cwik
  • Marco d’Ambrosio
  • Paul Dab
  • Costas Dafnis
  • Ann-Marie Daniels
  • Britton Day
  • Russ deLuna
  • Jeremy Denk
  • Melita Denny
  • Jacques Desjardins
  • Meghan Dibble
  • Julio Elizalde
  • Jennifer Ellis
  • John Engelkes
  • Stefania Filigheddu
  • Scott Foglesong
  • Jean-Michel Fonteneau
  • Ken French
  • Haruka Fujii
  • David Garner
  • Robert Gatley
  • Michael Gilbertson
  • Alla Gladysheva
  • Nicole Glover
  • Miles Graber
  • Peter Grunberg
  • Mario Guarneri
  • Victoria Hauk
  • Margaret Halbig
  • Bonnie Hampton
  • Lorca Hart
  • Andre Hayward
  • Timothy Higgins
  • Bradley Hogarth
  • Nikolaus Hohmann
  • Michael Horsley
  • Eugene Izotov
  • Corey Jamason
  • Simon James
  • Rhoslyn Jones
  • Mirjam Jooss
  • Alex Katsman
  • Sergey Khalikulov
  • JungHae Kim
  • Jason Kim
  • Andrew King
  • Jessica Konye
  • Kevin Korth
  • Josh Kosman
  • Roberta Lamanda
  • Andrew Levin
  • Matt Levine
  • Jay Liu
  • Shu Liu
  • Pei-Ling Lin
  • Andy Luchansky
  • Adam Luftman
  • Jenny Ma
  • David Maier
  • Joseph Maile
  • Sharon Mann
  • Heather Mathews
  • Rebeca Mauleon-Santana
  • Lauren Mayer
  • Seira McCarthy
  • Corey McVicar
  • Jennifer Meller
  • Dan Mellot
  • Susanne Mentzer
  • Cordula Merks
  • Michael Mohammed
  • Sonia Mokhtari
  • Robert Mollicone
  • Lennie Moore
  • Heidi Moss
  • Dimitri Murrath
  • Yoshi Nagai
  • Carl Nagin
  • Kyle Naig
  • Keisuke Nakagoshi
  • Jon Nakamatsu
  • Sam Nedel
  • Jake Nissly
  • Daria Novoliantceva
  • Jason O’Connell
  • Garrick Ohlsson
  • Edwin Outwater
  • Curt Pajer
  • Nicole Paiement
  • Isaac Pastor-Chermak
  • Stephen Paulson
  • Cathy Payne
  • Tony Peebles
  • Scott Pingel
  • Rebecca Plack
  • Kseniia Polstiankina- Barrad
  • Madeline Prager
  • Carol Pragides
  • Awadagin Pratt
  • Jeremy Preston
  • Jane Randolph
  • Joshua Redman
  • Elisabeth Reed
  • Laura Reynolds
  • Kevin Rivard
  • Kevin Rogers
  • Reuben Rogers
  • Dana Sadava
  • David Sánchez
  • Keith Saunders
  • Richard Savino
  • Ian Scarfe
  • Jeremiah Shaw
  • Hanna Shin
  • Jerry Simas
  • Ed Simon
  • Dee Spencer
  • Abbey Springer
  • Alex Stalarow
  • Marcie Stapp
  • Ed Stephan
  • Kay Stern
  • Joseph Stillwell
  • Kristen Strom
  • Meng Su
  • Helen Sung
  • Ian Swensen
  • Katelyn Tan
  • Akira Tana
  • David Tanenbaum
  • Marc Teicholz
  • Danielle Thomas
  • Stephen Tramontozzi
  • César Ulloa
  • Jessica Valeri
  • Jack Van Geem
  • Tiffany Volvo
  • Rachel Vandagriff
  • Randy Vincent
  • Jonathan Vinocour
  • Indre Viskontas
  • Frederica von Stade
  • Peter Wahrhaftig
  • Joan Walton
  • Bob Ward
  • Paul Welcomer
  • Harry Whitney
  • Anthony Wilson
  • Matt Wilson
  • Destani Wolf
  • Patrick Wolff
  • Warren Wolf
  • Matthew Worth
  • Hao Wu
  • Shawne Workman
  • Amos Yang
  • Marika Yasuda
  • Sunny Yoon
  • Matt Young
  • Chen Zhao
  • Franz Zhao
  • Nancy Zhou
  • Julieta Zuniga

Emeriti

  • Kathryn Cathcart
  • Robert Britton
  • Leonid Gesin
  • Willene Gunn, in memoriam
  • Paul Hersh
  • Hermann le Roux, in memoriam
  • Zaven Melikian, in memoriam
  • Sonja Neblett
  • Ruby Pleasure
  • Peggy Salkind, in memoriam
  • Camilla Wicks, in memoriam

Administration

  • David H. Stull, President
  • Jonas Wright, Dean and Chief Academic Officer
  • Regina Lee, Vice President of Finance and Administration
  • Mike Peluse, Acting Vice President of Advancement
  • Timothy Dunn, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
  • Jason Hainsworth, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Executive Director - Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM)
  • Steven Horowitz, Executive Director - Technology and Applied Composition
  • Hank Mou, Associate Vice President of Artistic Operations
  • Michael Patterson, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Administration
  • Tim Records, Associate Vice President of Marketing and Digital
  • Michael Roest, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Justin Sun, Associate Dean and Executive Director | Pre-College and Continuing Education
  • Mark Taylor, Associate Vice President of Communications
  • Jason Thompson, Associate Vice President of Information Technology

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Officers

  • Timothy Foo, Chairman
  • David H. Stull, President
  • David Kremer, Executive Vice Chair 
  • Camilla Smith, Vice Chair
  • Carol Doll, Secretary
  • Barbara Walkowski, Treasurer

Trustees

  • Lock Bingham
  • Jan Buckley
  • Carol Casey
  • Rebecca-Sen Chan
  • Lisa Delan
  • Carol Doll
  • James Freeman
  • Jeffrey J. Gao
  • Gary V. Garabedian
  • Brad Hardie
  • Carl Kaufman
  • Payam Mirrashidi
  • Philip Nicol
  • Bora Ozturk
  • Mary Poland
  • Joshua Rafner
  • Pamela Rigg
  • Stephen Rubin, in memoriam
  • Maria Shim
  • Maureen O’Brien Sullivan,
  • in memoriam
  • Jane Tom, Ph.D.
  • Maurice Werdegar
  • Michael R.V. Whitman
  • Diane Zack
  • Siwei Zou

Trustees Emeriti

  • John M. Anderson
  • Edward W. Beck
  • Didi Boring
  • William K. Bowes, Jr., in memoriam
  • Ava Jean Brumbaum, in memoriam
  • Mrs. A. Barlow Ferguson, in memoriam
  • Mrs. Harold B. Getz, Jr.
  • Bruce W. Hart
  • Warren Hashagen, Jr., in memoriam
  • Michael J. Savage
  • John B. Stuppin, in memoriam

Advisory Board

  • Gordon P. Getty ’62
  • Thomas Hampson
  • Robert K. McFerrin, Jr.
  • Robin Sutherland ’75 in memoriam
  • Michael Tilson Thomas ’12 honoris causa
  • Frederica von Stade ’93 honoris causa