BU COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
STUDENT AWARDS
CEREMONY
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020
PRESENTERS GREGORY MELCHOR-BARZ, PH.D. Director and Professor Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music MARTIN AMLIN President Alpha Kappa Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT LIFE AND HONORS COMMITTEE Daniel Doña, Chair Ruth Debrot Samuel Headrick Pavel Nersessian Barbara Raney
BRASS, WOODWINDS, AND PERCUSSION Olivia Iverson (BM flute) Alyssa Primeau (MM flute) Jacky Ho Yin Li (DMA horn) Jisun Oh (DMA flute) VOICE Madison Mackey (BM soprano) Julianne Wolfe (MM soprano) OPERA PROGRAMS Elizabeth Finnen (BM mezzo-soprano) Crystal Haynes (MM mezzo-soprano) COMPOSITION & MUSIC THEORY Izabel Austin (MM composition) Tak Cheung Hui (DMA composition) COLLABORATIVE PIANO Celeste Johnson (DMA) PIANO Chengcheng Ma (DMA) MUSICOLOGY AND ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Anna Carolina Pelaes (BM voice) Jason McCool (PhD musicology) HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND ORGAN Michael Garrepy (MM organ) Charles Iner (MM historical performance) Patrick Walker (MM composition/organ) Dolores August (DMA historical performance) MUSIC EDUCATION Sab Scotti (BM) Madeline Bucci (MM) Amanda Tumbleson (MM) Darryl Singleton (DMA) Michael Sundblad (DMA) CONDUCTING Tamara Dworetz (DMA)
D E PA RT M E N TA L AWA R D S
STRINGS AND HARP Freya Liu (BM violin) Deberly Kauffman (MM viola) Noelle Marty (MM bass) Ji Hye Choi (DMA violin)
2020 PI KAPPA LAMBDA INDUCTEES EMMA CHRISMAN+
BM, Violin Performance & Music Education CELIA GRACE DAGGY+
BM, Viola Performance HEATHER HAVENS+
BM, Flute Performance & Musicology ETHAN HOBSON*
BM, Theory & Composition HANNAH HOOVEN*
BM, Music Education KEL CADENCE KIM+
BM, Music Education ESTHER F. BENJAMIN
MM, Cello Performance GORDON FOSTER ENGELGAU
MM, Music Education JADE ESPINA
MM, Voice Performance MICHAEL GARREPY
MM, Organ Performance DEBERLY KAUFFMAN
MM, Viola Performance ANDREW GUSTAV LARSON
MM, Music Education
YONSUNG LEE
MM, Viola Performance HUIYING MA
MM, Violin Performance ALYSSA DANIELLE PRIMEAU
MM, Flute Performance COURTNEY REGESTER
MM, Flute Performance AMANDA TUMBLESON++
MM, Music Education PATRICK R. WALKER
MM, Composition, Organ Performance SHU-PENG WANG
MM, Piano Performance JIANI ZHU
MM, Piano Performance HYUN JEE CHUNG
DMA, Violin Performance NATHANIEL EFTHIMIOU++
DMA, Conducting ERIC GOODE
DMA, Tuba Performance PAULINE JUNG
DMA, Flute Performance
DMA, Tuba Performance TAI OMEGA ONEY
DMA, Music Education FABIO SILVA PEIXOTO
FACULTY LELAND OWEN CLARKE
Musicology & Ethnomusicology RUTH ANN DEBROT
DMA, Violin Performance
Music Education
ANN SCHAEFER
AARON GOLDBERG
DMA, Collaborative Piano Performance JIE SONG
DMA, Piano Performance JACOB WITTKOPP
DMA, Music Education
Director of Athletic Bands MICHAEL BIRENBAUM QUINTERO
Musicology & Ethnomusicology TAWNYA D. SMITH
Music Education KINH TIEN VU
Music Education
* Junior + Senior ++ Transferred membership from other school
PI KAPPA LAMBDA INDUCTEES
JOSE MARTINEZ
2020 SCHOOL OF MUSIC AWARDS BU AT CARNEGIE HALL
CAROLINE BOURG (BM soprano) studio of Lynn Eustis OLIVIA IVERSON (BM flute) studio of Linda Toote FREYA LIU (BM violin) studio of Bayla Keyes OWEN DODDS (MM piano) studio of Gila Goldstein ELENI KOTZABASSIS (MM soprano) studio of Sharon Daniels PIERRE-NICOLAS COLOMBAT (DMA piano) studio of Pavel Nersessian MICHAEL DUFFETT (DMA violin) studio of Dana Mazurkevich CELESTE JOHNSON (DMA collaborative piano) studio of Javier Arrebola DANIEL NEYMAN (DMA piano) studio of Pavel Nersessian JISUN OH (DMA flute) studio of Linda Toote FABIO SILVA PEIXOTO (DMA violin) studio of Peter Zazofsky ZHUQING ZHANG (DMA viola) studio of Michelle LaCourse
STRING DEPARTMENT BACH COMPETITION
MICHAEL FRONTZ (BM), Undergraduate Cello Prize - Co-Winner studio of Michael Reynolds SEAN LEE (BM), Undergraduate Violin Prize studio of Peter Zazofsky SOFIA PUCCIO (BM), Undergraduate Cello Prize - Co-Winner studio of Michael Reynolds DEBERLY KAUFFMAN (MM), Viola Prize studio of Michelle LaCourse HUI-YING MA (MM), Graduate Violin Prize studio of Dana Mazurkevich
SOLOISTS’ COMPETITION
JACKY HO-YIN LI (DMA horn) studio of Eric Ruske CHENGCHENG MA (DMA piano) studio of Boaz Sharon TIANHONG YANG (DMA piano) studio of Pavel Nersessian
JOSEPH SEDARSKI (BM) studio of Rodney Lister
WAINWRIGHT AWARD
“for a composed song about nature” ZOFIA GORNICZ: Hej, ty Wisło (a song for the Vistula river) studio of Ketty Nez “for a composed sonnet on any theme” JEREMY FEININGER: Ozymandias studio of Rodney Lister
PHYLLIS CURTIN ARTISTS
MEGAN CALLAHAN (OI mezzo-soprano) studio of Penelope Bitzas ASHLEE LAMAR (OI soprano) studio of Penelope Bitzas REBECCA PRINTZ (OI mezzo soprano) studio of Penelope Bitzas
ELLALOU DIMMOCK VOCAL HONORS AWARD
TARA DOUGHERTY (BM soprano) studio of Lynn Eustis
TARA PALAZUELOS (BM mezzo-soprano) studio of Penelope Bitzas
KAHN CAREER ENTRY AWARD FINALISTS
ERIC CAREY (OI tenor) Faculty sponsor: Penelope Bitzas
TAK-CHEUNG HUI (DMA composition) Faculty sponsor: Joshua Fineberg
PRESSER SCHOLAR AWARD
JEFFREY SAGURTON (BM percussion)
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AWARDS
COMPOSERS' COMPETITION
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY STRINGS Steven Ansell viola * Edwin Barker double bass * Heather Braun violin Lynn Chang violin Hye Min Choi viola Carolyn Davis Fryer double bass Daniel Doña viola, chamber* Franziska Huhn harp Mihail Jojatu cello Bayla Keyes violin * Hyun-Ji Kwon cello Michelle LaCourse viola *++ Warren Levenson guitar Benjamin Levy double bass Lucia Lin violin * Dana Mazurkevich violin Yuri Mazurkevich violin * Richard Nangle guitar Michael Reynolds cello * Rhonda Rider cello Todd Seeber double bass Klaudia Szlachta violin Lawrence Wolfe double bass Peter Zazofsky violin * Jessica Zhou harp PIANO Victor Cayres Tanya Gabrielian * Gila Goldstein * ++ Linda Jiorle-Nagy * Pavel Nersessian * Boaz Sharon * COLLABORATIVE PIANO Javier Arrebola * ++ Shiela Kibbe * Robert Merfeld ORGAN Peter Sykes *++
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Full-time faculty
VOICE Penelope Bitzas * Sharon Daniels * James Demler * ++ Gary Durham Lynn Eustis * Phyllis Hoffman Betsy Polatin Douglas Sumi vocal coaching and repertoire *++ WOODWINDS, BRASS & PERCUSSION Kenneth Amis tuba Jennifer Bill saxophone Kyle Brightwell percussion Geralyn Coticone flute Terry Everson trumpet * John Ferrillo oboe Timothy Genis percussion Nancy Goeres bassoon Ronald Haroutunian bassoon John Heiss flute Renee Krimsier flute Gabriel Langfur tenor/bass trombone Kai-Yun Lu clarinet Don Lucas trombone* ++ David Martins clarinet * Mark McEwen oboe Toby Oft trombone Elizabeth Ostling flute Rob Patterson clarinet * Margaret Phillips bassoon Andrew Price oboe Kenneth Radnofsky saxophone Mike Roylance tuba/ euphonium Eric Ruske horn * Robert Sheena English horn Samuel Solomon percussion Richard Stoltzman clarinet Linda Toote flute *
++ Department Chairs
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE Aldo Abreu recorder Sarah Freiberg cello Greg Ingles sackbut Laura Jeppesen viola da gamba Christopher Krueger baroque flute Catherine Liddell lute Robinson Pyle natural trumpet Gonzalo Ruiz baroque oboe Aaron Sheehan voice Jane Starkman baroque violin/viola Peter Sykes harpsichord *++ MUSICOLOGY AND ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Marié Abe * Michael Birenbaum Quintero*++ Victor Coelho * Brita Heimarck * Miki Kaneda * Gregory Melchor-Barz * Director, School of Music Joshua Rifkin * Andrew Shenton * Rachana Vajjhala * Jeremy Yudkin * COMPOSITION AND THEORY Vartan Aghababian Martin Amlin *++ Deborah Burton * Justin Casinghino Richard Cornell * Joshua Fineberg * Samuel Headrick * David Kopp * Rodney Lister * Mary Montgomery Koppel Ketty Nez * Andrew Smith John H. Wallace * Steven Weigt * Jason Yust *
C FACULTY & STAFF MUSIC EDUCATION Alexandre Abdoulaev Mark Berger Diana Dansereau * André de Quadros * John Genovese Andrew Goodrich * Karin Hendricks *++ Fred Kersten David Kjar Ronald Kos * Tavis Linsin * Ulrike Präger Tawnya Smith * Katharine Stuffelbeam Kinh T. Vu * John Wriggle
ENSEMBLES Jennifer Bill Leland Clarke * Joshua Gersen Aaron Goldberg * William Lumpkin * David Martins * ++ Mark Miller Mariah Wilson
Emily Ranii Nathan Troup Allison Voth *
OPERA INSTITUTE Rita Cote Gary Durham Angela Gooch Melodie Jeffrey-Cassell Matthew Larson * William Lumpkin * Jim Petosa
STAFF PIANISTS Michelle Beaton voice Anna Carr voice Siu Yan Luk strings Clera Ryu voice Lorena Tecu * strings Chelsea Whitaker voice
EMERITUS Mark Kroll historical performance Sandra Nicolucci music education
STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Oshin Gregorian Jill Pearson Cami Sylvia Lynn Eustis Diana Dansereau ADMISSIONS AND STUDENT SERVICES Laura Conyers Megan Anthony Barbara Raney Gilberto Cruz Benjamin Court
Managing Director, Opera Institute & Opera Programs Business Manager Staff Assistant Director of Graduate Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Admissions Admissions Coordinator Student Services Manager Administrative Coordinator, Composition/Theory, Music Education, Musicology and Ethnomusicology Administrative Coordinator, Performance & Applied Studies, and Ensembles
PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE Christopher Dempsey Meredith Gangler Mary Gerbi Alexander Knutrud Xiaodan Liu Daniel Vozzolo
Director, Production and Performance Librarian, Music Curriculum Library Ensembles Manager Stage Manager Senior Piano Technician/Restorer Administrative Coordinator
UNIVERSITY ENSEMBLES Michael Barsano Sharif Mamoun
Director, University Ensembles Assistant Director, Athletic Bands
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Established in 1954, Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is a community of artist-scholars and scholar-artists who are passionate about the fine and performing arts, committed to diversity and inclusion, and determined to improve the lives of others through art. With programs in music, theatre, and visual arts, CFA prepares students for a meaningful creative life by developing their intellectual capacity to create art, shift perspective, think broadly, and master essential 21st-century skills. CFA offers a wide array of precollege, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, as well as a range of online degrees and certificates. Learn more at bu.edu/cfa.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC Founded in 1872, Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music combines the intimacy and intensity of traditional conservatory-style training with a broad liberal arts education at the undergraduate level and elective coursework at the graduate level. The school offers degrees in performance, conducting, composition and theory, musicology, music education, and historical performance, as well as artist and performance diplomas and a certificate program in its Opera Institute.