GRADUATIONCONVOCATION

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

2020

The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts

GRADUATION CONVOCATION Virtual Ceremony | Friday, May 15, 2020

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We are pleased to celebrate the degree completions of our outstanding students with the virtual supportof family, friends, and distinguished members of the College and University communities.

WELCOME Andrew Schulz, Dean

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT ADDRESS Ryan Moore, School of Theatre, Film & Television

PRESENTATION OF SCHOOLS

Celebration of Degree Candidates Outstanding Senior Award

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

SCHOOL OF ART Colin Blakely, Director

SCHOOL OF DANCE

Jory Hancock, Director

FRED FOX SCHOOL OF MUSIC Rex Woods, Interim Director

SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM & TELEVISION Andrew Belser, Director

OUTSTANDING SENIOR ADDRESS Delphine Chang, School of Dance

COLLEGE OF FINE ART SHOWCASES

CLOSING REMARKS Andrew Schulz, Dean

DEGREE CANDIDATE CONGRATULATIONSGraduates - family, friends, and distinguished members of the College and University communities have left

messages of felicitations on your personal page. We invite you to view these messages. Congratulations!

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE TEACHINGASSISTANT AWARDS

College of Fine Arts School of Theatre, Film & Television

School of Art School of Dance

Fred Fox School of Music

RYAN MOORE

MARINA SHALTOUT JARED BAKER

MORGAN BLOCK

OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS

College of Fine Arts School of Dance

School of ArtKornhaber Award Recipient

Fred Fox School of Music

School of Theatre, Film & Television Kornhaber Award Recipient

DELPHINE CHANG

ERIN SCOTT MARIA SAVARESE

CHRISTOPHER MASON

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYFaez Ismael Abdalla Abarca, Music - TheoryDissertation: Towards a Theory of Early-Romantic First-Movement Concerto Form: A Study of Felix Mendelssohn and His ContemporariesMajor Professor: Dr. Boyd Pomeroy

Kathy Acosta Zavala, Music - MusicologyDissertation: 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 AmericaMajor Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Sierra Norris, Music Education - Music EducationDissertation: Private Studio Music Teachers' Attitudes Towards Students with Disabilities: A Descriptive AnalysisMajor Professor: Dr. Matt Williams and Dr. Dawn Corso

Kristi Rucker, Art History & Education - Art and Visual Culture Education

Dissertation: An A/r/tographical Examination of the Transformation to Becoming an Art EducatorMajor Professor: Dr. Ryan Shin

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTSJared Aragon, CompositionComposition: Harpsichord ConcertoMajor Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia

Matthew Mark Crosby, Conducting - ChoralDocument: Franz Schubert’s Use of Harmony to Express the Texts in His Musical Settings of Franz Grillparzer’s PoetryMajor Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Angelica Marie Dunsavage, Conducting - ChoralDocument: Johann Schein, Poet-Composer: Analyzing the Assimilation of Rhetoric and Word Painting in the Diletti Pastorali CollectionMajor Professor: Dr. Elizabth Schauer

Shuree Enkhbold, Performance - PianoDocument: The Piano Music of Sharav Byambasuren: Expressing Mongolian Identity Through Piano PerformanceMajor Professor: Dr. Rex Woods

Christian Charles Giddings, Conducting - ChoralDocument: The Poetic Influence of Torquato Tasso on Monteverdi’s MadrigalsMajor Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Benjamin Jason Hansen, Conducting - ChoralDocument: Textual/Musical Interrelationships in Five Unaccompanied Works by Ivo AntogniniMajor Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Yujia Luo, Conducting - ChoralDocument: A New Edition of Anlun Huang’s A Requiem in Chinese with an English translation and International Phonetic Alphabet TranscriptionMajor Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Pavel Francisco Meza Peraza, Performance - GuitarDocument: 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 EditionMajor Professor: Prof. Tom Patterson

Andrew Paul Morales, Performance - PercussionDocument: Sticking Categories: A Practical Application in Contemporary Literature for Four-Mallet MarimbaMajor Professor: Dr. Norm Weinberg

Sangjoon Park, Performance - PianoDocument: 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 903Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods

Jacob Lewis Ransom, Performance - PercussionDocument: Compose, and Perform Electro-Acoustic Drumset WorksMajor Professor: Dr. Morris Palter

Jakub Rojek, CompositionComposition: Transient TangentsMajor Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia

Kevin Michael Seal, Conducting - ChoralDocument: 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

William Kullen Thomas, Performance - OrganDocument: Rhythmic Freedom in Felix Mendelssohn’s Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65Major Professor: Dr. Rex Woods

Todd Wachsman, Conducting - ChoralDocument: Stylistic Features of the Compositions of the Modern American Composer Peter Williams, Particularly as Found in His Missa BrevisMajor Professor: Dr. Bruce Chamberlain

Neal Warner, CompositionComposition: Streamer SymphonyMajor Professor: Prof. Daniel Asia

GRADUATE DEGREES

MASTER OF FINE ARTSJared Austin BakerThe Rip TideMajor Professor: Prof. Amy Ernst

Erin DiGiovanni, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. Cerese Vaden

Elizabeth Ann Eaton, Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and Production

Costume Design for The Light in the PiazzaMajor Professor: Prof. Patrick Holt

Kareem-Anthony Ferreira, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. Aaron Coleman

Zachary Gotschalk, ArtMajor Professor: Cerese Vaden

Teisha Handy, DanceThe New NormalMajor Professor: Prof. Amy Ernst

Tamrin Ingram, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. Sama Alshaibi

Dorsey Kaufmann, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. Ellen McMahon

Mijoung Kim, ArtIt is dangerous outside a blanketMajor Professor: Prof. Kelly Leslie

Martin Krafft, ArtmatriarchMajor Professor: Prof. Joseph Labate

Marisa Lewon, ArtTemporary StructuresMajor Professor: Prof. Aaron Coleman

Elena Katherine Makansi, ArtThe Endless Forest (The End of the Forest)Major Professor: Prof. Ellen McMahon

Hayley E. Meier, DanceAfter the RainMajor Professor: Prof. Amy Ernst

Ryan B. Moore, Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and ProductionCostume Design for Two Gentleman of VeronaMajor Professor: Prof. Patrick Holt

Leah Brooks Netsky, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. Sama Alshaibi

Jared Robison, ArtMajor Professor: Prof. James Cook

Marina Shaltout, ArtBad Bitch Major Professor: Prof. James Cook

Kaitlyn Jo Smith, ArtAmerican StandardMajor Professor: Prof. Martina Shenal

Alex Turner, ArtBlind RiverMajor Professor: Prof. David Taylor

Kenzie Wells, ArtGradienceMajor Professor: Prof. Angie Zielinski

Rachel Ashley Wilkins, Theatre Arts - Theatre Design and ProductionCostume Director for The Light in the PiazzaMajor Professor: Prof. Richard Tuckett

MASTER OF MUSICFrances Elizabeth Barrows, Performance - VoiceMajor Professor: Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Tad Thomas Biggs, MusicologyThesis: Julia Perry's Stabat Mater, Black Historical Memory, and the Lynching of ChristMajor Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Jared Brayton Bollenbacher, Conducting - ChoralMajor Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Chelsea Nicole Bravo, Performance - FluteMajor Professor: Dr. Brian Luce

Jennifer Brobeck, Music EducationThesis: A Narrative Case Study of Sight-Singing Philosophies and Practices of Two Secondary Choral EducatorsMajor Professor: Dr. Dawn Corso

Erika M. Burkhart, Performance - VoiceMajor Professor: Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Lucas Carballeira, TheoryThesis: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance Complementing Formal Structures in the Music of The Dillinger Escape PlanMajor Professor: Dr. John Muniz

Rachel Elizabeth Clemmer, Performance - TrumpetMajor Professor: Prof. Jason Carder

GRADUATE DEGREES cont.

Jessica Lynn Cunningham, Performance - ViolinMajor Professor: Prof. Timothy Kantor

Martin Allen Duarte, Performance - ClarinetMajor Professor: Dr. Jackie Glazier

Alexander Joseph Hunter, Performance - TromboneMajor Professor: Prof. Michael Becker

Crystal Ann Kachevas, Performance - VoiceMajor Professor: Dr. Kristin Dauphinais

Grant Stephen Knox, MusicologyDocument: Examining the Double-Consciousness: Portraits of Americana in the Works of Ulysses KayMajor Professor: Dr. Matthew Mugmon

Nicholas Manlove, Conducting - ChoralMajor Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Schauer

Ignacio Mondaca-Garcia, Performance - GuitarMajor Professor: Prof. Tom Patterson

Alexander James Pratt, Performance - SaxophoneMajor Professor: Dr. Eddie Goodman

Eloy Fidel Ramirez, MusicologyThesis: Queer Theory and Third-Wave Feminism in Pauline Oliveros’s Meditative WorkMajor Professor: Dr. Mattew Mugmon

Rebeckah Resare, Performance - VoiceMajor Professor: Prof. Yunah Lee

Walter Callum Robbins-Gennerich, Performance - ViolinMajor Professor: Prof. Timothy Kantor

MASTER OF ARTSKhaffi Beckles, Art and Visual Culture StudiesMajor Professor: Dr. Amy Kraehe

Gustav Meuschke, Art and Visual Culture Education - Community and Museums

Major Professor: Dr. Amy Kraehe & Dr. Gloria Wilson

GRADUATE DEGREES cont.

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTSSierra Adamo, Theatre Production - Design/Tech*Carly Altieri, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignZayna Altoubal, Film and Television* Therese Marie Apostol, Studio Art - Photography**Eric Arocho, Studio Art - Visual CommunicationZachary Austin, Theatre Production - Acting*Kameryn Baker, Studio Art - 3D & Extended Media*Nathaniel Barry, Dance***Emma Bayne, Art and Visual Culture Education - TeachingTyler Berg, Theatre Production – Design/Tech*Riley Bliss, Dance *** Christian Blue, Dance **Caleb Brown, Theatre Production - Design/Tech*Eavan Brunswick, Theatre Production - ActingTristan Caldwell, Musical TheatreTristan Carmichael, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignJavonte Carney, DanceLiana Carrasco, Theatre Production - Design/Tech**Delphine Chang, Dance***Michael Cochiolo, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignThomas Cook, Studio Art - Two Dimensional*Dylan Cotter, Theatre Production - ActingMichael Cox, Studio Art - PhotographyDaniel Crowley, Film and Television*Naphtali Curry, Musical Theatre*Anthony Cutrone, Film and Television** †Paola D’Gyves, Studio Art - Visual CommunicationMason Day, Film and Television**Vivianna DeSantiago, Dance***Noah Lee Dettman, Theatre Production - Design/Tech***Gemma Dick, Theatre Production - Design/TechMegan Donaldson, Dance*Zoe Draznik, Dance***Ansley Emerson, Studio Art - Illustration + Design***Uthai Espinoza, Art and Visual Culture Education - Teaching**Brady Fellows, Studio Art - Illustration + Design***Emily Filener, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignAmy Fredrickson, Studio Art - PhotographyRoss Freeman, Dance*** †Allison Frieders, Theatre Production - Design/Tech**Rebecca Galcik, Theatre Production - Acting*Ryan Gao, Studio Art - PhotographyLauren Geiselhart, Theatre Production - Design/TechGabriela Giusti, Theatre Production - ActingMolly Gluzinski, Theatre Production - Design/TechNicholas Gonsowski, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignBrian Graham, Theatre Production - Design/TechCarly Grossman, Musical TheatreDevon Hall, Studio Art - Illustration + Design

Danielle Harnsberger, DanceChristopher Harper, Theatre Production - Acting**Thomas Harris, Studio Art - Illustration + Design*Alayna Hauke, Dance**Luke Heberer, Studio Art - Photography**Talia Hintermeister, Dance*** Anne-Rose Jemes, Studio Art - Three DimensionalEric Klich, DanceBernadette Lamb, Studio Art - Illustration + Design*** †Lillian Larson, Dance**Emma Lavarias, Studio Art - Illustration +DesignReagen Leimbach, Dance** Madelyn Lever, Dance***Jasmine Li, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignLiuyun Liang, Studio Art - Photography***Zachary Lovvorn, Film and Television**Ian Lowney, Film and TelevisionSamuel Lulloff, Film and Television*Alexandra Lund, Studio Art - Two DimensionalCarl Lundblad, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignTalia Luzzo, DanceAnnika Maher, Theatre Production - Design/TechMegan Mahoney, Theatre Production - Design/Tech*Tyler Mandel, Studio Art - PhotographyAllyson Mann, Dance**Christopher Mason, Theatre Production - Design/Tech***Jessica McGuire, Dance**Adam Meilech, Film and Television***Adrian Meyer, Film and Television**Claudia Molina, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignIsabel Molla, Studio Art - Photography*Hannah Montague, Studio Art - Illustration + Design**Alejandro Mullerdahlberg, Dance**Tia Newby, Dance*Spencer Nichols, Studio Art - Photography*Guy Norris, Theatre Production - Acting** Allisonn O’Neill, Musical Theatre*Joseph Ogren, DanceDaniel Pacheco, Studio Art - Photography Gabrielle Pattea, Studio Art - PhotographyDaniel Paz, Film and Television***Tiffany Pelmont, Studio Art - Two Dimensional*Paige Pflueger, Studio Art - Two DimensionalJaime Pla, Theatre Production - Acting** Frederick Reece, Theatre Production - Design/TechBrandon Reyes, Musical TheatrePaulina Reynosa, Studio Art - Illustration + Design*Elana Richardson, Theatre Production - Acting*Joel Romero, Film and Television*Aldo Ruiz, Film and Television**

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

*CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE † GRADUATING WITH HONORS (Projected Distinction as of 4/1/20)

Michael Schulz, Musical Theatre*Erin Scott, Studio Art - Two Dimensional***Nathan Shipp, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignEmma Katherine Dražic Sinex, Film and Television**Jordan Solich, Studio Art - PhotographyMartin Somoza, Film and Television*Bailey Stalcup, Film and Television** †Cassandra Strangis, Dance**Caitlyn Swift, Studio Art - Two Dimensional***Julia Taravella, Dance***Alyssa Thomas, Art and Visual Culture Education - TeachingDelaney Thomas, Art and Visual Culture Education - Community

and Museums*Julian Tran, Studio Art - Illustration and Design***Alyssa Urgo, Film and Television**Kristin Valencia, Studio Art - Visual CommunicationMarianne Vance, Studio Art - Illustration + Design**Andrew Vandermillen, Dance** Jessica Villasenor, Studio Art - Illustration + DesignSavanna Wager, Studio Art - Illustration + Design***Lawrence Ware, Theatre Production - Design/TechTyra White, Art and Visual Culture Education - TeachingJohanna Woods, Studio Art - Visual CommunicationTatumn Zale, Musical Theatre**Aubrey Zimmerman, Dance**

BACHELOR OF MUSICCaroline Bell, Performance - Cello*Kathleen Cluff, Performance - TubaMartin Constantine, Performance - VoiceYvonne Cox, Performance - Harp**Katherine Damon, Performance - Harp* †Caroline Earnhardt, Performance - TubaAnthony Elias-Hand, Music EducationJesse Factor, Performance - TubaKai Felix, Performance - Jazz StudiesChiara Ferrero, Performance - ViolinSteveland Figueroa, Performance - TromboneJoshua Gastelum, Performance - Composition***Maya Griswold, Music Education**Alan Honeker, Music Education*Grace Hoskinson, Music EducationDavid Ingram, Performance - VoiceDaniel Karger-Penalosa, Performance**Austin Kruger, Performance - CompositionYvette Marie Lanz, Performance - Violin*Yujia Luan, Performance**Jacob Lythgoe, Performance - Trumpet*Bridget Marlowe, Performance - Voice*** †Jeremy Meeker-Hackett, Music Education**

Bonnie Mitson, Music Education** Madeline Moeller, Performance - Trombone**Lauren O’Donnell, Music Education*** David Oregon, Performance - GuitarHaoshen Qi, Performance - CompositionGeorge Rosas, Music EducationKenneth Saufley, Performance - TrumpetMaria Savarese, Performance - Cello***Cynthia Smalling, Music Education*** †Claire Thorpe, Music Education*** Diego Urias, Performance - Jazz StudiesJulie Vivaldo, Performance - ClarinetHannah Whelchel, Music Education

BACHELOR OF ARTSRene Acuna, Film and TelevisionVidhi Amin, Studio ArtSamantha Asher, Film and TelevisionAmy Bailey, Film and TelevisionEmma Barnes, MusicJessica Beauvais, Film and Television **Bergen Borer, Film and Television ***Beau Brooks, Studio Art**Bailey Brown, Film and Television** †Kayah Byrd, Art History** †Nathan-Jay Collantes, Film and Television*Karlee Connors, MusicKaelyn Cooper, Theatre ArtsAnh Dao, Studio ArtStephanie Davies, Film and TelevisionMia de Mello, Film and TelevisionColleen Devaney, Film and TelevisionCarly Drobot, Film and TelevisionChase Farache, Film and TelevisionMarisa Favero, Film and TelevisionEric Fine, Film and TelevisionJack Fletcher, Film and TelevisionAisia Freitag, Film and Television***Casey Gajewski, Studio Art**Alexander Gallastegui, Film and TelevisionKameron Galvez, Film and TelevisionHannah Gammon, Film and TelevisionStephen Garcia, Art HistorySteven Gonzales, Film and TelevisionKatelynn Gross, Film and Television**Jose Guzman, Film and TelevisionEmily Hager, Art History*Charity Hansen, MusicWilliam Harmon, Film and TelevisionEmily Herrera, Film and Television

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES cont.

*CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE † GRADUATING WITH HONORS (Projected Distinction as of 4/1/20)

Matthew Hill, Music Nicholas Hoe, Film and TelevisionAlysonn Hoffmann, Music*Spencer Ittig, Film and TelevisionTaylor Jackson, Art HistoryAbbie James, Art History*** †Charles Jones, Film and TelevisionRiley Kimminau, Film and Television Kameron Kindschi, Film and TelevisionJoann Kohng, Film and Television** Aria Levin, Theatre Arts**Stephen Lull, Theatre ArtsPatricio Martinez, Film and Television*Alyson McDonald, Film and Television*Gabrielle Medina, Art HistoryOren Meged, Film and TelevisionRamani Menjugas, Film and Television** Alanah Moltrup, Film and TelevisionLeslie Montes, Art History**Mia Moyano, Film and TelevisionJenny Myers, Theatre ArtsTess Myers, Theatre Arts***Kailee Nafziger, Theatre ArtsTaylor Nations, Film and Television**

Xuehan Niu, Studio ArtAlexander Olmedo, Film and TelevisionChelsea Ortiz, Studio ArtFrancine Poirier, Studio ArtGrant Prior, Film and TelevisionSamantha Rainer, Art History**Santana Ramos, Theatre ArtsSophia Rankin, Music**Mary Clare Samuels, Studio ArtGabriele Schatz, Film and Television*Stella Schulte, Studio ArtSu Shen, Studio ArtNicholas Stanley, MusicNatalie Stockwell, Theatre Arts*Adam Stricker, Film and TelevisionMatthew Strzalka, MusicJoshua Troyani, Music** †Erin Vander Maten, Theatre Arts*** Ryan Vanderpool, Film and TelevisionJeffery White, Music**Betty Yang, Film and TelevisionElena Yazzie, Theatre Arts*Laura Zelis, Music** Yingxin Zhang, Art History***

*CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE † GRADUATING WITH HONORS (Projected Distinction as of 4/1/20)

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES cont.

THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS WISHES TO THANK ALL VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THE

VIRTUAL GRADUATION CONVOCATION!

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2020!