Spring 2025 Commencement Program

Madison Alyce Arceneaux 
Performance 

 

Alexandra Grace Arnold
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Ryan Dale Bailey
Performance
CUM LAUDE

 

Timothy James Bourgeois
Performance

 

Amber Marie Boutte
Performance

 

Sarah Rose Bowman
Performance

 

Caitlin Marie Church
Performance
Distinguished Communicator

 

Alissa Rene Clemmons
Theatre Design and Technology
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Mia Elizabeth Drumm
Performance

 

Chloe Elise Fontenot
Performance

 

Leah D Hulin
Physical Theatre

 

Masen James Keltner
Performance

 

Dacien Knighten
Performance 
CUM LAUDE

 

Ella K Labaj
Performance

 

Grace Olivia Laurent
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Olivia Marie Lunsford
Arts Administration
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
UNIVERSITY MEDALIST

 

Emily Jamie Lyons
Performance

 

Taryn K Mcanally
Theatre Design and Technology

 

Kole Jessie Munson
Performance

 

Joshua Allen Murrell
Performance

 

Marie Lynne Pinque
Performance
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Christy Michelle Reine  
Performance
CUM LAUDE

 

Samantha Mackenzie Staggs
Performance
Distinguished Communicator

 

Albert Williams III
Theatre Studies

 

Chyberia Wilson
Performance

Logan J Bednar
Film and Television

 

Claire Kelly Bertrand
Film and Television

 

Ajay Naresh Bhagchandani
Film and Television

 

Amber Marie Boutte
Film and Television

 

Kristina Cole
Film and Television

 

Nicholas Kent Dufrene
Film and Television

 

Simon Gabriel Hussain
Film and Television
CUM LAUDE

 

Simone D Jackson
Film and Television

 

Nicholas W Mougel
Film and Television

 

Peter P Nguyen
Film and Television

 

Vinicius Marques Pereira Silva
Film and Television

 

Randy D Quincey III
Film and Television

 

Landon Shanley   
Film and Television

 

Brody Christopher Walker 
Film and Television

Bailey Dawn Burton
Voice

 

Elena Elizabeth Cook
Experimental Music and Digital Media

 

William Edward Duda
Trombone

 

Lilly Nicole Espinoza
French horn

 

Austin J Gatlin
Voice

 

Olivia Marie Lunsford
Experimental Music and Digital Media
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
UNIVERSITY MEDALIST

 

Matthew Kirkpatrick Miller
Jazz Saxophone

 

Caleb Joseph Provencher
Clarinet

 

Victoria Alice Pugh
Flute

 

Andrew Valentine
Experimental Music and Digital Media

 

Austyn Joseph Wood
Jazz Bass

Regan Nicole Buttermore
Flute

 

Natalie Creel
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
UNIVERSITY MEDALIST
Honors Capstone: Ivonne: Analyzing Depictions of Female Characters in Opera

 

Aaron Charles Cummings
Voice
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Lucy Fowkes
Violin

 

Parrish John Gienger
Tuba

 

Victor E Gischler IV
Composition
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Honors Capstone: Automatic: A Background and Analysis

 

Aidan Jacob Lobenstein
String Bass
CUM LAUDE

 

Isabel Rose Moeller
Flute
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Mary Grace Claire Moore
Composition

 

Reilly Rebecca Mulcahy
Voice

 

Reagan Jill Nattinger
Voice

 

Adam D Rongey
Piano Performance

 

Logan Johannes Stokes   
Bassoon
CUM LAUDE

 

Jaden Tan
Clarinet

 

Sean R Whitson
Voice
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Elaina Rose Bachman
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Ethan James Chilton
Trumpet

 

Aidan M Giroir
Trumpet

 

Kaylee Love Mancuso
Voice
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

David Emanuel Moore 
Trumpet

 

John Paul-Gerald Morris
Trumpet

 

James F Plaisance
Oboe
CUM LAUDE

 

Sierra Rose Price
Trombone

Amara Copeland
Costume Technology and Design

 

Bethany Sassen
Costume Technology and Design

Zachary Adams
Vocal Performance

 

James Armfield
Collaborative Keyboard

 

Yonathan Astatke
Vocal Performance

 

Mason Cox
Woodwind Performance

 

Christopher Cunningham
Choral Conducting

 

Benjamin Farrow
Brass Performance

 

Emily Guagliardo
Choral Conducting

 

Cooper Anthony Haywood
Wind Conducting

 

Rebecca Keith
Woodwind Performance

 

Jordan Locke
Collaborative Keyboard

 

Anne Millspaugh
Music Theory
Thesis: Tonality Without Function in Lee Hoiby's The Shining Place: Five Poems of Emily Dickinson

 

Manuela Muller
String Performance

 

Scott Ochoa
Vocal Performance

 

Jalia Marie Payne
Composition
Thesis: Can You See Nature?

 

Brennan Thomas Plummer
Piano Performance

 

Kenneth W Schafer
Composition
Thesis: Theme and Variations on an African Chant for SQ

 

Dylan Schang
Vocal Performance

 

Cameron Schreiber
Percussion Performance

 

Isabella Suzanne Temperville
Composition
Thesis: The Recusant's Dream

 

Mathew Thompson 
Brass Performance

 

Jordan Andrew Vestal
Woodwind Performance

 

Abreal Whitman
String Performance

 

Kai Chun Kyan Wong
Orchestral Conducting

 

Chansik Youn
Collaborative Keyboard
 

Fengyue Zhang
Vocal Performance

Lea Elise Baumert
Woodwind Performance
Portfolio: Contemporary Flute Music: Accessibility through Creative Programming and Collaboration

 

Lucía Berenice Carrera Troya
Vocal Performance
Lecture Recital: “San Antonio, ¡De Cabeza!”: A Fusion of Ecuadorian Tradition and Operatic Genres

 

Adam Kelly Cope
Woodwind Performance
Portfolio: Recording Project for Electronic Clarinet Works of the 21st Century

 

Alexias Lorenzo Ferrer
Piano Performance
Lecture Recital: A Case for the Original Setting of Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 36

 

Imani Francis
Vocal Performance
Lecture Recital: Voices Of Heritage and Resilience: A Performance Guide to Soprano Arias Celebrating the Black Experience in Opera

 

Megan George
Brass Performance
Monograph: Comprehensive Guide to a Late-Stage Trumpet Embouchure Change

 

Daniel Stephen Lynge
Woodwind Performance
Portfolio: Saxophone Voice and Unrest: A Recording Sample of Pieces for Saxophone and Live/Fixed Electronics

 

Nasr Ali Sheikh
String Performance
Portfolio: Resonance From Within: Exploring Sonic and Visual Dynamics in a Viola-led Ensemble

 

Tyler Whitehead
Percussion Performance
Monograph: Kevin Bobo’s ‘Boboland’: A Performer’s Guide

 

Nolan Patrick Wible
Brass Performance
Portfolio: The Nolan Wible Octet. Featuring the albums, ‘Music from the Dave Pell Octet,’ ‘The Philadelphia Sessions,’ and ‘Live from the Marigny Opera House’

 

Hsuan-Yi Yao
Woodwind Performance
Portfolio: Preservation and Innovation: Incorporating Traditional Siraya Music Through Bassoon and Computer Music

 

Jiaying Zhang
String Performance
Lecture Recital: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches and Discussion for Young Beginner Double Bass Players

Erin Demastes
Experimental Music and Digital Media
Dissertation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis Framework for Found Object Experimental Music

 

Aarón Alonso González Hernández
Composition
Dissertation: A Phenomenology of Music Composition: Perception, Creativity and Its Embodiment in Shaping Musical Identity

 

Treya Michelle Nash
Composition
Dissertation: Audience Participation in the Concert Hall Space and D, Me, You, We, a Non-Opera for Actor, Chatbot, Musicians, and Audience

 

Omar Alejandro Ramirez
Composition
Dissertation: En Clave' Tania Leon and Roberto Sierra: Autochthonous Music of Cuba and Puerto Rico Contemporary Music Composition and the 'Puente' in Between

 

Morgan Abram Weeks
Music Theory
Dissertation: The Passive-Active Interaction (PAI) Model: Redefining Audio Interactions in Video Game Music

Dori Richele Leeman
Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Dissertation: Mental Health and the Performing Arts Community: Addressing the Need for Change in Actor Training Programs

 

Taren Wilson
Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Dissertation: Rainbow Road To Prismatic Playwriting: Black Women's Dramatic Praxis in Practice