Commencement Program

Empty stage with flowers and commencement banner

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, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Student Speakers
TBD

Conferring of Honorary Degree
David H. Stull, President

Commencement Address
TBD

Presentation of Student Awards
2025 Presser Undergraduate Scholarship
Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement
President’s Award for Academic Achievement and Leadership

Performance
TBD

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, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
David H. Stull, President

Closing Remarks
David H. Stull, President

Recessional

COLLEGIATE FACULTY

David H. Stull, President
Jonas Wright, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Richard Aaron
Mark Almond
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
Curt Branom
Steven Braunstein
Matt Brewer
David Burkhart
Sarah Cahill
Milissa Carey
Emanuel Ceysson
Coco Ke Chen
Hui-Mei Chiu
Samantha Cho
Eric Choate
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
Timothy Dunn
Julio Elizalde
Jennifer Ellis
Stefania Filigheddu
Scott Foglesong
Ken French
Haruka Fujii
David Garner
Robert Gatley
Alla Gladysheva
Miles Graber
Peter Grunberg
Mario Guarneri
Yuna Ha
Jason Hainsworth
Margaret Halbig
Lorca Hart
Yeeun Heo
Timothy Higgins
Bradley Hogarth
Nikolaus Hohmann
Steve Horowitz
Michael Horsley
Katherine Isokawa
Eugene Izotov
Corey Jamason
Simon James
Rhoslyn Jones
Alex Katsman
Sergey Khalikulov
JungHae Kim
Jason Kim
Sharon Lee Kim
Yubeen Kim
Andrew King
Kristen Klehr
Jessica Konye
Kevin Korth
Josh Kosman
Roberta Lamanda
Geoffrey Lee
T.S. Leonard
Matt Levine
Shu Li
Jay Liu
Scott Looney
Andy Luchansky
Adam Luftman
Lester Lynch
Jenny Ma
David Maier
Sharon Mann
Carrie Ann Matheson
Heather Mathews
Rebeca Mauleon-Santana
Lauren Mayer
Corey McVicar
Jennifer Meller
Dan Mellot
Susanne Mentzer
Cordula Merks
Michael Mohammed
Sonia Mokhtari
Robert Mollicone
Carla Moore
Lennie Moore
Dimitri Murrath
Yoshi Nagai
Kyle Naig
Keisuke Nakagoshi
Jon Nakamatsu
Sam Nedel
Barbara Nederness
009 Night
Jake Nissly
Daria Novoliantceva
Jason O’Connell
Garrick Ohlsson
Sven Edward Olbash
Edwin Outwater
Nicole Paiement
Curt Pajer
Isaac Pastor-Chermak
Stephen Paulson
Cathy Payne
Tony Peebles
Scott Pingel
Rebecca Plack
Kseniia Polstiankina- Barrad
Madeline Prager
Carol Pragides
Awadagin Pratt
Jeremy Preston
Marcus Printup
Elisabeth Reed
Laura Reynolds
Kevin Rivard
Kevin Rogers
Curtis Rumrill
Dana Sadava
David Sánchez
Keith Saunders
Richard Savino
Ian Scarfe
Altin Sencalar
Hanna Shin
Liam Shy
Jerry Simas
Ed Simon
Chad Summers
Jamael Smith
Dee Spencer
Abbey Springer
Alex Stalarow
Marcie Stapp
Ed Stephan
Kay Stern
Joseph Stillwell
Kristen Strom
Meng Su
Helen Sung
Katelyn Tan
Akira Tana
David Tanenbaum
Marc Teicholz
Danielle Thomas
Stephen Tramontozzi
Heidi Trefethen
Jeremiah Trujillo
César Ulloa
Jessica Valeri
Tiffany Valvo
Jack Van Geem
Rachel Vandagriff
Randy Vincent
Jonathan Vinocour
Indre Viskontas
Frederica von Stade
Joan Walton
Paul Welcomer
Harry Whitney
Anthony Wilson
Matt Wilson
Destani Wolf
Warren Wolf
Patrick Wolff
Shawne Workman
Matthew Worth
Hao Wu
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, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Regina Lee, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Samantha Leo, Vice President of Advancement
Ryan Brown, Dean
Timothy Dunn, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Jason Hainsworth, Associate Dean of Community Development & Executive Director - Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM)
Steven Horowitz, Executive Director - Technology and Applied Composition
Michael Patterson, Associate Vice President of Human Resources and Administration
Mike Peluse, Associate Vice President of Advancement
Tim Records, Associate Vice President of Marketing and Digital
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
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