The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
Graduation Convocation
Virtual Ceremony | Spring 2020
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
Doctor of Philosophy: Music - Theory
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Early-Romantic First-Movement Concerto Form: A Study of Felix Mendelssohn and His Contemporaries
Major Professor: Dr. Boyd Pomeroy
Kathy Acosta Zavala
Doctor of Philosophy: Musiciology - Musiciology
Dissertation: Toward a History of the Institutionalization of the Classical Guitar: Vahdah Olcott-Bickford (1885–1980) and the Shaping of Classical Guitar Culture in Twentieth-Century America
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Jared Aragon
Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition
Composition: Harpsichord Concerto
Major Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia
Emma Christine Barnes
Bachelor of Arts:
Frances Elizabeth Barrows
Master of Music: Performance - Voice
Major Professor: Dr. Kristin Dauphinais
Tad Thomas Biggs
Master of Music: Musicology
Thesis: Julia Perry’s Stabat Mater, Black Historical Memory, and the Lynching of Christ
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Jared Brayton Bollenbacher
Master of Music: Conducting - Choral
Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Schauer
Jennifer Dorothy Brobeck
Master of Music: Music Education
Thesis: A Narrative Case Study of Sight-Singing Philosophies and Practices of Two Secondary Choral Educators
Major Professor: Dr. Dawn Corso
Lucas Carballeira
Master of Music: Theory
Thesis: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance Complementing Formal Structures in the Music of The Dillinger Escape Plan
Major Professor: Dr. John Muniz
Kathleen Elizabeth Cluff
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Karlee Kathleen Connors
Bachelor of Arts:
Martin J. Constantine
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Voice
Matthew Mark Crosby
Doctor of Musical Arts: Choral Conducting - Choral Conducting
Document: Franz Schubert's Use of Harmony to Express the Texts in His Musical Settings of Franz Grillparzer's Poetry
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Angelica Marie Dunsavage
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: Johann Schein, Poet-Composer: Analyzing the Assimilation of Rhetoric and Word Painting in the Diletti Pastorali Collection
Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Schauer
Caroline Elizabeth Earnhardt
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Anthony Patrick Elias-Hand
Bachelor of Music: Music Education - Music Education
Shuree Enkhbold
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Piano
Document: The Piano Music of Sharav Byambasuren: Expressing Mongolian Identity Through Piano Performance
Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods
Jesse Factor
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Tuba
Kai David Felix
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Jazz Studies
Chiara Ferrero
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Violin
Steveland Armando Figueroa
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Trombone
Christian Charles Giddings
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: The Poetic Influence of Torquato Tasso on Monteverdi's Madrigals
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Benjamin Jason Hansen
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: Textual/Musical Interrelationships in Five Unaccompanied Works by Ivo Antognini
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Charity Faye Hansen
Bachelor of Arts:
Grace Lorraine Hoskinson
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
David Liam Ingram
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Voice
Grant Stephen Knox
Master of Music: Musicology
Document: Examining the Double-Consciousness: Portraits of Americana in the Works of Ulysses Kay
Major Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon
Austin James Kruger
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Composition
Yujia Luo
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: A New Edition of Anlun Huang's A Requiem in Chinese with an English translation and International Phonetic Alphabet Transcription
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Pavel Francisco Meza Peraza
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Major Professor: Prof. Tom Patterson
Andrew Paul Morales
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Percussion
Document: Sticking Categories: A Practical Application in Contemporary Literature for Four-Mallet Marimba
Major Professor: Dr. Norm Weinberg
Sierra Norris
Doctor of Philosophy: Music Education
Dissertation: Private Studio Music Teachers' Attitudes Towards Students with Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis
Major Professor: Dr. Matt Williams and Dr. Dawn Corso
David Oregon
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Performance
Sangjoon Park
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods
Haoshen Qi
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Composition
Eloy Fidel Ramirez
Master of Music: Musicology
Thesis: Queer Theory and Third-Wave Feminism in Pauline Oliveros’s Meditative Work
Major Professor: Dr. Mattew Mugmon
Jacob Lewis Ransom
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Performance
Document: Use of the Program Ableton Live to Learn, Practice, Compose, and Perform Electro-Acoustic Drumset Works
Major Professor: Dr. Morris Palter
Walter Callum Robbins-Gennerich
Master of Music: Performance - Performance
Major Professor: Prof. Timothy Kantor
Jakub Rojek
Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition
Composition: Transient Tangents
Major Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia
George Adam Rosas
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
Kenneth Roy Saufley
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Trumpet
Kevin Michael Seal
Doctor of Musical Arts: 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
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
Nicholas Ryan Stanley
Bachelor of Arts:
Matthew Cain Strzalka
Bachelor of Arts:
William Kullen Thomas
Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance - Organ
Document: Rhythmic Freedom in Felix Mendelssohn's Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65
Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods
Diego Armando Urias
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Jazz Studies
Julie Marie Vivaldo
Bachelor of Music: Performance - Clarinet
Todd Wachsman
Doctor of Musical Arts: Conducting - Choral
Document: Stylistic Features of the Compositions of the Modern American Composer Peter Williams, Particularly as Found in His Missa Brevis
Major Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain and Dr. John Brobeck
Neal Warner
Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition - Composition
Composition: Streamer Symphony
Major Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia
Hannah Sunseri Whelchel
Bachelor of Music: Music Education
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