Spring 2026 Commencement Program

Blair H Bernard 
Performance

 

Demi Victoria Davis 
Performance

 

Allison Elise DePriest 
Performance

 

Avery Sarah Di Gangi  
Performance

 

Jaslyn Cymone Gallien 
Performance

 

Allison C Gordon 
Theatre Design and Technology

 

Ethan Andrew Hood 
Theatre Design and Technology

 

Jules Huihui  
Performance

 

Heather E Isaacks 
Theatre Design and Technology 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Dorian Jeané Jefferson 
Theatre Studies

 

Rose Mary Jerry 
Performance

 

Jalani Kionne Johnson 
Performance

 

Natyri Aniya Angela Johnson 
Performance

 

Robert T. Liggett 
Performance

 

Mallory Angelica Luckett 
Performance

 

Ricardo Mendoza 
Performance 
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Hunter Joseph Nastasi 
Arts Administration  
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Eric Rhode 
Performance

 

Isabella C Rodriguez 
Theatre Design and Technology 
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Ethan Paul Rogers 
Theatre Design and Technology

 

Allie Grace Sullivan 
Performance

 

Heaven Amiya Swanier 
Performance    

Jeremy M Cannon 
Film and Television

 

Brandon Keith Carpenter 
Film and Television 
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Layne Davis  
Film and Television 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Megan Elizabeth Eisert 
Film and Television 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Nina E Embaugh  
Film and Television 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Elizabeth Anne Gatz 
Film and Television 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Ethan Andrew Hood 
Film and Television

 

Teiron J Motley 
Film and Television 
CUM LAUDE

 

Toni Simone Richardson 
Film and Television

 

Samuel Boykin Short IV 
Film and Television

 

Marcelle Marie Tiblier 
Film and Television 
CUM LAUDE

 

Zachary James Toy 
Film and Television 
CUM LAUDE

 

Adian Grace Trouard 
Film and Television

 

William Hill Vanduzee III 
Film and Television    

Mariah Danielle Alexander 
Trombone 
CUM LAUDE

 

Cameron F Balser 
Percussion

 

Clark Daniel Gomez 
Bassoon

 

Marc Hebert 
Voice  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE 
Distinguished Communicator

 

Travis Jamison
Trombone

 

Emmett Justin Johnson 
Theatre

 

Emma Littleton 
Voice

 

Celeste Paige Lovelady 
Voice

 

Sophie Rose Romano 
Voice

 

Isabella Grace Siddon 
Arts Administration

 

Trisha Thatai 
Voice

 

Michael H Waller 
Flute

 

Makayla Aaliyah Zeigler 
Voice 

Nathan D Anderson 
Flute

 

Layla Ariana Battley 
Voice

 

Kimberly R Bubenzer 
Voice 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE 
UNIVERSITY MEDAL

 

Camila G Cuadra 
Piano Performance  
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Fernando Mario Delgado 
Clarinet 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Aarron Dunlap 
Trumpet

 

Jacob Alther Fontenot 
Composition  
CUM LAUDE

 

Henry Ross Giluso IV 
Trumpet
CUM LAUDE

 

Preston Allen Hernandez 
Saxophone  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE 
UNIVERSITY MEDAL

 

Michael Hogan 
Flute  
CUM LAUDE

 

Payton Deanne Jackson 
French Horn

 

Annie Kate Elizabeth Lee  
Voice 
MAGNA CUM LAUDE

 

Spencer LeFebvre 
Voice 
CUM LAUDE

 

Emma Littleton 
Cello

 

Aria Morgan 
Saxophone

 

Evan Phillip Schmuck 
Oboe 
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Elise M Strain 
Voice  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE 
UNIVERSITY MEDAL   

Avery Deen Barber
Clarinet

 

Charles Joseph Gautreaux 
Saxophone

 

William Behrendt Kuempel    
Euphonium  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Recipient, Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar, School of Music

 

Dylan Alaine Ledet 
Saxophone  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Harrison Johnston Melancon 
Trumpet

 

Lydia G Nelson 
Saxophone  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE

 

Isabella Margarita Perez 
Saxophone

 

River Zandal Ann Reese 
Voice

 

Mareena Wren Sangiorgio 
Flute

 

Charles M. Thompson 
Trumpet  
SUMMA CUM LAUDE 

Christina Beatriz Griffey 
Scenic Technology and Design 

Benjamin Lee Adams  
Wind Conducting

 

Maria Almonte 
Vocal Performance

 

Andrew Woodruff Bass 
Composition

 

Lauren Bravo 
Brass Performance

 

Nathan Bennion Campbell 
Jazz Studies

 

Joshua Davis 
Composition

 

Selin Demirel Faerber 
String Performance

 

Erin Nichole Dixon 
Choral Conducting

 

Mátyás Ferencz 
Brass Performance

 

Joshua McKeehan Ford 
Choral Conducting

 

Aimee Elizabeth Galloway 
Music Education

 

Jamie Terry Gambino 
Brass Performance

 

Emilia González Dorantes 
Musicology

 

Austin-Sinclair V Harris 
Composition

 

Jarred Kennedy 
Orchestral Conducting

 

Christopher Larson 
Brass Performance

 

Grace McMahon 
Vocal Performance

 

Raudol Rafael Palacios 
String Performance

 

Karla Magalhaes Sanches 
String Performance

 

Timothy James Smith Jr. 
Jazz Studies

 

Mary Eloise Toups 
Choral Conducting

 

Donald Anthony Voiers 
Vocal Performance

 

Melissa Ann Wilson 
Percussion Performance

 

Yu Yang 
String Performance 

Katie Scarlett Ellender 
Collaborative Keyboard 
Lecture Recital: In the Realm of Dreams: The Feminine Imagination in Music

 

Adrian Fonseca Tellez 
Woodwind Performance 
Lecture Recital: Transcribing Shakuhachi Honkyoku for Bassoon: Notation, Orality, and Performance Practice

 

Chase Gillett 
Percussion Performance  
Monograph: An Analysis of Extended Techniques in the Timpani Pieces of Christopher Deane

 

Zongchi Han 
String Performance 
Lecture Recital: The Violin as a Singing Voice: A Performance Guide to Chinese and Western Vocal Expression in the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto and Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy

 

Tyler James Hawk 
Percussion Performance  
Monograph: An Analysis and Performer’s Guide of Boulder Canyon, Hoover Dam by Clark Hubbard

 

Oufeifei Hu 
Collaborative Keyboard 
Lecture Recital: Bridging Traditions: A Study and Performance of Chen Yi's Chamber and Vocal Works

 

Erin Kim 
String Performance  
Lecture Recital: Exploring Sequential Technical Practices towards Skill Development and Musical Expression in Violin Performance and String Pedagogy Methods

 

Douglas Edwin Pérez 
Piano Performance 
Lecture Recital: Expanding Access to Latin American Art Song: A Study of Theodoro Valcárcel’s Andean-Influenced Art Songs

 

Ping Sun 
Woodwind Performance 
Contemporary Taiwanese Clarinet Repertoire: A Recital and Analysis

 

Paula Toral Navarro 
String Performance  
Lecture Recital: Teaching and Performing Ginastera: A Stylistic and Pedagogical Exploration of Ginastera’s Pampeana No. 1

 

Lawrence Williams V 
Wind Conducting 
Lecture Recital: Let It Ring! and A Red, Red, Rose: Transcriptions of Brian Nabors’ Orchestral and Chamber Works for Wind Band

 

Steven Wimberley 
Percussion Performance 
Monograph: The History, Development, and Continual Evolution of the Percussion Theatre Genre 

Eden Alexandra Esters Brown 
Piano Pedagogy 
Dissertation: Engaging Underrepresented 11- to 14-Year-Olds in Music: An Autoethnographic Case Study of a New Inner-City Afterschool Group Piano Program

 

Kerem Ergener 
Experimental Music and Digital Media 
Dissertation: Phenomenology of Atmosphere and Sonic Embodiment of Architectural Spaces and Places

 

Brandon LaFleur 
Music Theory 
Dissertation: A Survey of Visualization in Post-Tonal Music Theory Pedagogy 

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