The School of Music honored its Class of 2023 on Friday, June 9 with the annual Grand Finale celebration. The UW Music Class of 2023 includes 48 graduates—24 earning undergraduate degrees and 24 earning graduate degrees. Nine students earning bachelor’s degrees in music also completed second degrees in a areas of study including Anthropology, Biochemistry, Business Administration, Economics, Environmental Studies, Informatics, Math, and Psychology.
The event for graduates, families, faculty, and friends opened in Brechemin Auditorium with welcome remarks from Ted Poor, Associate Director, and a performance of Chopin's Barcarolle in F Sharp Major, Op. 60, by graduate Kiwa Mizutani (’23 MM, Piano Performance). Remarks by student and faculty followed, with talks by undergrad speaker Peter Nicolas (’23 BA Music) and graduate speaker Julia Aguilar Jeraz, (MA, Music education) preceding remarks from Music History assistant professor Anne Searcy.
Following a casual processional of grads across the Brechemin Auditorium stage and concluding remarks from Gabriel Solis, divisional dean of the arts for the College of Arts and Sciences, attendees enjoyed snacks and socializing in the School of Music Fishbowl and throughout the hallways, lobby, and front plaza of the Music Building.
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Congratulations, UW School of Music Class of 2023!
Doctoral
RYAN BEDE
DMA Voice Performance
CLAYTON DAHM
PhD Music Education
COLLEEN KENNEDY
DMA Piano Performance
JEFF NORWOOD
DMA Strings Performance
FRANÇOISE PAPILLON
DMA Piano Performance
JONATHAN RODRIGUEZ
DMA Percussion Performance
NICHOLAS TAGAB
DMA Piano Performance
HARRIET HIO TENG WONG
DMA Piano Performance
Master’s
JULIA AGUILAR JEREZ
MA Music Education
MATT CAMGROS
MM Jazz Studies & Improvised Music
ANJALI CHUDASAMA
MM Choral Conducting
KAREN DUNSTAN
MM Voice Performance
CAITLIN HENNESSY
MM Voice Performance
NICHOLAS HIDY
MM Brass Performance
OLIVIA KERR
MM Voice Performance
KARISSA LONGO
MA Music Education
MALLORY MCCOLLUM
MM Voice Performance
KIWA MIZUTANI
MM Piano Performance
IVAN NOLASCO HERNANDEZ
MA Music Education
HANNAH PEÑA-RUIZ
MM Strings Performance
ANNA PERRY
MM Brass Performance
ZACHARY RUDE
MM Voice Performance
WILLIAM STORZ
MA Music History
TRAVIS VILLEGAS
MA Music Education
Bachelor’s
ELENA NICOLE ALLEN
BM Strings, BA Biochemistry
DALMA ASHBY
BM Strings
LUCINDA AXTELLE
BA Ethnomusicology, Anthropology
LOGAN JAMES BELLENKES
BM Percussion
JOEL BERGSTROM
BA Ethnomusicology, Anthropology
MIKE CHEN
BA Ethnomusicology
TREVOR EULAU
BM Jazz Studies
NICHOLAS SCOTT FRANKS
BM Music Education
ELLIOT HANSEN
BA Ethnomusicology
RACHEL HEDMAN
BM Strings
JUAN HILLON
BA Ethnomusicology, BS Economics
GRACE WONYOUNG KIM
BA Music, BS Informatics
CHASE BAILEY LAPLANTE
BM Music Education, BA Psychology
DAVID LIN
BM Piano, BA Environmental Studies
YA LIU
BA Music
RICARDO LUNA
BM Music Education
CINDY MENDOZA
BA Music, BA Business Administration
PETER NICOLAS
BA Music History
SOPHIA PARKER
BM Voice
MEGAN RIDEOUT REDEKER
BM Orchestral Instruments
TYLER ROBERTS
BM Music Education
CAITLIN SARWONO
BM Music Education
KAMIL TARNAWCZYK
BA Music Theory
MAX WILLIAMS
BM Composition, BA Math