Spring 2023 Commencement Program

Michael Lamar Byrd II

Design & Technology

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Isaiah Nathaniel Cleveland

Film & Television

 

Drake Coffey

Performance

CUM LAUDE

 

Brooke Alexandra Couvillon 

Performance 

 

D’Angel Dormelus

Film & Television

 

Arden Forrand

Performance

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Deja Marie Gordon

Film & Television

 

Veronika Ellen Haynes

Performance

 

Makayla Marie Helmick

Design & Technology

 

Katherine Elise Landry

Design & Technology

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Camille Grace Robertson

Design & Technology

Arts Administration

 

Marielle Solange Lambert-Scott

Theatre Studies

 

Emily Margaret Street

Performance

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Payton Swan

Performance

 

Robin Talbot

Performance

 

Laney Rose Toohey

Film & Television

 

Kenneth Jerome White

Film & Television

 

Aicheng Yao

Film & Television

CUM LAUDE

Sydney Lenae Anderson

Film & Television

 

Ryan William Harazim

Film & Television

 

Jacqueline Judith Johnston

Film & Television

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Chynna Christene McClinton

Film & Television

CUM LAUDE

 

Sean Nelson

Film & Television

CUM LAUDE

Juan Cecchini

French Horn

 

Alfred Walden Donaldson III

Bassoon

 

Lydia Clare Falcon 

Trombone

 

Kenneth Gornor

Experimental Music & Digital Media

 

Jarrett Chong Gustafson

Jazz Guitar

 

Luke Stanford Lindsay

Voice

 

Kya Noel Miller

Voice

 

Spencer Patrick Mullen

Trumpet

 

Katherine Elaine Oliver

Voice

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Luke Richard Sands

Experimental Music & Digital Media

 

Carsyn Christina Shirk

Violin

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Dana F. Whittaker Jr.

Experimental Music & Digital Media

Elijah Boudreaux

Trombone

 

Tori C Conner

Oboe

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Madeline Ruth Dykhouse

Cello

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Jake Alexander Ellzey

Composition

Percussion

CUM LAUDE

 

Leah Elsa Espinoza

Bassoon

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Gabriel Alex Flores

Bassoon

 

Anne Elizabeth Millspaugh

Voice

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Caleb Andrew Russell

Voice

 

Lily Maureen Scalisi

Voice

 

Peter Christian Schubart

Cello

 

Sierra C. Shoemaker

Voice

 

Lauren Maria Smith

Oboe

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Gage Clark Bennett

Tuba

 

Seth Warren Boudoin

Percussion

 

Calvin Joseph Bridges II

Percussion

 

Rowan Eiler

Voice

 

Colby Lawrence Eisenberg

Tuba

 

Gabriel Alex Flores

Bassoon

 

Christopher J Fowler

Euphonium

CUM LAUDE

 

Timothy Michael Marquess

Percussion

CUM LAUDE

 

Victoria Lynn Seeger

Clarinet

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Brienna Marie Thompson

Jazz

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Madison Elaine Williams 

Trumpet

Hannah Avena

Trombone

 

David Reed Baker II

Voice

 

Rachel Kathryn Broyles

Music Education

Thesis: The Perceptions, Experiences, and Stories of Tied-Migrant Music Educators: How the Personal and Professional Blend

 

Kyle Anthony Buentello

Percussion

 

Rodrigo Afonso Salles Camargo

Composition

 

Madeline Elizabeth Case

French Horn

 

Ethel Beatriz Chavarria Lara

Bass

 

Jose Miguel Colon-Marrugo

Jazz

 

Janae Jeri Cox

Oboe

 

Katie Scarlett Ellender

Piano

 

Andrew Cyral Fath

Collaborative Piano

 

Mollie Marie Faucheaux

Flute

 

Charissa Rebecca Fonbah

Voice

 

Karli Ann Forte

Voice

 

Emily M. Frederick

Orchestral Conducting

 

Mary Louise Grasso

Choral Conducting

 

Kay Ann Stevie Gucciardo

Voice

 

Celine Cherie Hawker

Flute

 

Samuel Lien Hsieh

Clarinet

 

Hsin-Tzu Hsu

Violin

 

James Blanton Keller

Voice

 

Nathaniel David Malkow

Voice

 

Elaina McBride

Piano

 

Soo Jin Min

Choral Conducting

 

Hayley Elaine Monk

Oboe

 

Orlando M. Montalvo Avalo

Voice

 

Natalie Marie Pendás

Voice

 

Meghan Catherine Rhoades

Voice

 

Runze Shao

Violin

 

Ysanne Michelle Webb

Clarinet

 

Nicklaus Antonio White

Voice

Hayoung Cho

String Performance

A Study of Max Reger’s Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 42 No. 1: Analyzing Musical Structure and Exploring Performance Approaches

 

Kathryn DeLaMare

String Performance

Doctoral Portfolio: Exploring Audience Engagement Techniques

 

Steve Wade Dillingham Jr.

Woodwind Performance

Doctoral Portfolio: Classical Standards and Reflections on Pepper, Parker, and Cannonball

 

Gabriela Sofia Gómez Estévez

Orchestral Conducting

Dicotomia: Content, Aesthetic, and Performance of the Symphonic Works of Margarita Luna Garcia

 

Carmen Liseth Rodriguez

String Performance

Performance Anxiety in Young Musicians: A Case Study of Music Educators' Experiences

 

Bo Wu

String Performance

Chinese Folk Song Meets Western Compositional Techniques – A Case Study of Zhou Long’s Partita for the Violin and the Piano

 

Kaichao Zhao

String Performance

Effectively Using the Hoffmeister Concerto to Give Violists Comprehensive Training in Classical Viola Technique

Austin Alexander Franklin

Experimental Music & Digital Media

PnP Maxtools: Autonomous Parameter Control in MaxMSP Utilizing MIR Algorithms

 

Ben Michael Herrick

Music Education

An Examination of Relationships Between Ear-Playing Skills and Intonation Skills of High School and College-Aged Wind Instrumentalists

 

Carla Lucia Salas Ruiz

Music Education: Piano Pedagogy

A Multiple Case Study of Adolescent Piano Students: Examining Motivation Through the Lens of Interest Development

Kathryn Marie Morris

Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Dramatic Theory and Criticism

The Abolitionist Spectator: Resistant Readings of Punishment Rehabilitation and Reform at the Louisiana State Penitentiary