Fred Fox School Of Music

Rex Woods
Interim Director

Music Showcase

Final Fantasy VII for Soprano Saxophone and Piano

Edward Goodman, Soprano Saxophone
Kay He, Piano

Degree Candidates

Fred Fox School of Music

Each degree candidate's name links to their personal page, where you can view their photo and/or quote, if submitted.

Academic distinctions are projections based on data as of April 1, 2020, and may differ from the final diploma distinction.

Faez Ismael Abdalla Abarca

Music - Theory
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Early-Romantic First-Movement Concerto Form: A Study of Felix Mendelssohn and His Contemporaries
Dr. Boyd Pomeroy

Jared Aragon

Composition
Composition: Harpsichord Concerto
Prof. Daniel Asia

Frances Elizabeth Barrows

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Caroline Joy Bell

Performance - Cello
Cum Laude

Tad Thomas Biggs

Musicology
Thesis: Julia Perry’s Stabat Mater, Black Historical Memory, and the Lynching of Christ
Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Jared Brayton Bollenbacher

Conducting - Choral
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Chelsea Nicole Bravo

Performance - Flute
Dr. Brian Luce

Jennifer Dorothy Brobeck

Music Education
Thesis: A Narrative Case Study of Sight-Singing Philosophies and Practices of Two Secondary Choral Educators
Dr. Dawn Corso

Erika M. Burkhart

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Lucas Carballeira

Theory
Thesis: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance Complementing Formal Structures in the Music of The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dr. John Muniz

Rachel Elizabeth Clemmer

Performance - Trumpet
Prof. Jason Carder

Kathleen Elizabeth Cluff

Performance - Tuba

Martin J. Constantine

Performance - Voice

Yvonne Denise Cox

Performance - Harp
Magna Cum Laude

Matthew Mark Crosby

Choral Conducting - Choral Conducting
Document: Franz Schubert's Use of Harmony to Express the Texts in His Musical Settings of Franz Grillparzer's Poetry
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Jessica Lynn Cunningham

Performance - Violin
Prof. Timothy Kantor

Katherine Anne Damon

Performance - Harp
Cum Laude With Honors

Martin Allen Duarte

Performance - Clarinet
Dr. Jackie Glazier

Angelica Marie Dunsavage

Conducting - Choral
Document: Johann Schein, Poet-Composer: Analyzing the Assimilation of Rhetoric and Word Painting in the Diletti Pastorali Collection
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand

Music Education - Music Education

Shuree Enkhbold

Performance - Piano
Document: The Piano Music of Sharav Byambasuren: Expressing Mongolian Identity Through Piano Performance
Dr. Rex Woods

Jesse Factor

Performance - Tuba

Kai David Felix

Performance - Jazz Studies

Chiara Ferrero

Performance - Violin

Steveland Armando Figueroa

Performance - Trombone

Joshua Nathan Gastelum

Performance - Composition
Summa Cum Laude

Christian Charles Giddings

Conducting - Choral
Document: The Poetic Influence of Torquato Tasso on Monteverdi's Madrigals
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Maya Griswold

Music Education
Magna Cum Laude

Benjamin Jason Hansen

Conducting - Choral
Document: Textual/Musical Interrelationships in Five Unaccompanied Works by Ivo Antognini
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Alan Honeker

Music Education
Cum Laude

Grace Lorraine Hoskinson

Music Education

Alexander Joseph Hunter

Performance - Trombone
Prof. Michael Becker

David Liam Ingram

Performance - Voice

Crystal Ann Kachevas

Performance - Voice
Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Daniel Karger-Penalosa

Performance - Piano
Magna Cum Laude

Grant Stephen Knox

Musicology
Document: Examining the Double-Consciousness: Portraits of Americana in the Works of Ulysses Kay
Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Austin James Kruger

Performance - Composition

Yvette Marie Camou Lanz

Performance - Violin
Cum Laude

Yujia Luan

Performance - Piano
Magna Cum Laude

Yujia Luo

Conducting - Choral
Document: A New Edition of Anlun Huang's A Requiem in Chinese with an English translation and International Phonetic Alphabet Transcription
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Jacob Anthony Lythgoe

Performance - Trumpet
Cum Laude

Nicholas Manlove

Conducting - Choral
Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Bridget Elizabeth Marlowe

Performance - Voice
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Jeremy Luke Meeker-Hackett

Music Education - Music Education
Magna Cum Laude

Pavel Francisco Meza Peraza

Performance - Guitar
Document: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonata Omaggio a Boccherini, op. 77: A Comparison of the Original Score with Andrés Segovia's Standard Edition, Analysis, and New Scholarly Performance Edition
Prof. Tom Patterson

Bonnie Sue Mitson

Music Education
Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Madeline May Moeller

Performance - Trombone
Magna Cum Laude

Ignacio Mondaca-Garcia

Performance - Guitar
Prof. Tom Patterson

Andrew Paul Morales

Performance - Percussion
Document: Sticking Categories: A Practical Application in Contemporary Literature for Four-Mallet Marimba
Dr. Norm Weinberg

Sierra Norris

Music Education
Dissertation: Private Studio Music Teachers' Attitudes Towards Students with Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis
Dr. Matt Williams and Dr. Dawn Corso

Lauren Michelle O’Donnell

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude

David Oregon

Performance - Performance

Sangjoon Park

Performance - Piano
Document: Musical Oration: J.S. Bach's Use of Rhetorical Devices in the Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904, and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fuge in D Minor, BWV 903
Dr. Rex Woods

Alexander James Pratt

Performance - Saxophone
Dr. Eddie Goodman

Haoshen Qi

Performance - Composition

Eloy Fidel Ramirez

Musicology
Thesis: Queer Theory and Third-Wave Feminism in Pauline Oliveros’s Meditative Work
Dr. Mattew Mugmon

Sophia Osuna Rankin

Music
Magna Cum Laude

Jacob Lewis Ransom

Performance - Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, Compose, and Perform Electro-Acoustic Drumset Works
Dr. Morris Palter

Rebeckah Resare

Performance - Voice
Prof. Yunah Lee

Walter Callum Robbins-Gennerich

Performance - Performance
Prof. Timothy Kantor

Jakub Rojek

Composition
Composition: Transient Tangents
Prof. Daniel Asia

George Adam Rosas

Music Education

Kenneth Roy Saufley

Performance - Trumpet

Maria Christiana Savarese

Performance - Cello
Summa Cum Laude

Kevin Michael Seal

Conducting - Choral
Document: Achieving a Historically-Informed Performance of Johann Christoph Graupner's Church Cantatas: A Conductor's Guide and New Edition of "Wo gehet Jesus hin, GWV 1119/39
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Cynthia Stella Smalling

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

William Kullen Thomas

Performance - Organ
Document: Rhythmic Freedom in Felix Mendelssohn's Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65
Dr. Rex Woods

Claire Elizabeth Thorpe

Music Education
Summa Cum Laude With Honors

Joshua Dyllon Troyani

Magna Cum Laude With Honors

Diego Armando Urias

Performance - Jazz Studies

Julie Marie Vivaldo

Performance - Clarinet

Todd Wachsman

Conducting - Choral
Document: Stylistic Features of the Compositions of the Modern American Composer Peter Williams, Particularly as Found in His Missa Brevis
Dr. Bruce Chamberlain and Dr. John Brobeck

Neal Warner

Composition - Composition
Composition: Streamer Symphony
Prof. Daniel Asia

Hannah Sunseri Whelchel

Music Education

Jeffery Russell White

Magna Cum Laude

Laura Anne Zelis

Magna Cum Laude With Honors