The University of Washington School of Music celebrated its Class of 2024 on Friday, June 7 with the school’s annual Grand Finale, featuring student and faculty remarks, a performance by harpist Kelly Hou (BM Orchestral Instruments, BS Informatics), and a graduate processional across the stage of the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium.
The Class of 2024 includes 55 graduates, with 26 earning graduate degrees and 29 earning bachelor’s degrees. Of the undergraduates, seven students earned two degrees, either in music or other disciplines such as Anthropology, Business, Informatics, Communication, and Comparative History of Ideas, among others. Master’s student Nicole Stankovic earned two master’s degrees—an MM in Piano Performance and an MA in Public Health—as did master's student Melissa Wang—who earned an MM in Composition and MM in Percussion Performance.
Two graduates received special recognition from the UW: Olivia Wang (BA Music Theory, BS Computer Science) was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal in recognition of her outstanding academic record. Senior Brandon Michael Cain (BA, Music; BM, Music Education) was named a member of the 2024 Husky 100, recognizing graduates who have made the most of their UW educations.
Special remarks were delivered by School of Music acting director Joël-François Durand, divisional dean for the arts Gabriel Solis, associate professor of Ethnomusicology John-Carlos Perea, and graduates Mavis Chan (BM, Vocal Performance, BA Business Administration) and Justin Birchell (DMA Choral Conducting). Brechemin Auditorium was filled to capacity with grads, families, friends, and other supporters.
Congrats, Grads!
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UW School of Music Class of 2024
Doctoral
CLAIRE ANDERSON
PhD Ethnomusicology
JUSTIN BIRCHELL
DMA Choral Conducting
GIULIANA CONTI
PhD Music Education
SHAUN DAY
DMA Instrumental Conducting
SCOTT FARKAS
DMA Percussion Performance
KE GUO
PhD Music Education
MINSUN KIM
DMA Piano Performance
TYLER KIMMEL
DMA Choral Conducting
JOE KRYCIA
DMA Composition
JEE EN ALICE LIU
DMA Piano Performance
TONG LIU
DMA Piano Performance
MARSHELL LOMBARD
DMA Choral Conducting
CHRISTOPHER MENA
PhD Music Education
JEREMY MORADA
DMA Choral Conducting
EUN JU VIVIANNA OH
DMA Voice Performance
Master’s
SCOTT FIKSE
MM Choral Conducting
DEVIN FOSTER
MM Brass Performance
ANDREW FRIEDRICH
MM Jazz Studies and Improvised Music
JOEL HORTON
MM Brass Performance
BENJAMIN JOHNSON
MM Brass Performance
GRACE JUN
MM Woodwind Performance
YONATAN RON
MM Composition
NICOLE STANKOVIC
MM Piano Performance
MELISSA WANG
MM Composition
MM Percussion Performance
LARKE WITTEN
MM Choral Conducting
BEAU WOOD
MM Jazz Studies and Improvised Music
Bachelor’s
BRANDON CAIN
BA Music, BM Music Education
KATELYN CAMPBELL
BA Music, BS Biochemistry
MAVIS CHAN
BM Vocal Performance, BA Business Administration
EMILY CHUA
BA Music, Math
KELLEN CRIBBS
BM Music Education
MARCUS EVANS
BM Music Education
NICHOLAS FOWLER
BA Ethnomusicology
NATHANIEL GNIFFKE
BM Music Education
GALIN HEBERT
BA Ethnomusicology
NAOMI-HAL HOFFMAN
BM Vocal Performance
KELLY HOU
BM Orchestral Instruments, BS Informatics
SARAH JOHNSON
BM String Performance
WHI JUNG
BM Music Education
HAILEY KEPPLE
BM Music Education
LEXI KOPERSKI
BA Music History, Anthropology
ELLEN KWON
BM Music Education, Piano Performance
JOELY LOUCKS
BM Music Education
SOPHIA MA
BM Composition, BA Communication
ANNA MESSENGER
BM Music Education
JOHN NORTHEY
BM Music Education
SHAI PERMILOVSKY
BM Jazz Studies
CHLOE PERSON
BA Music, Communication
TESS ROBERTS
BA Ethnomusicology
MARKUS TEUTON
BM Jazz Studies, BA Comparative History of Ideas
ELLIE WALKER
BA Music
OLIVIA WANG
BA Music Theory, BS Computer Science
TREY WHEELER
BM Music Education, Vocal Performance
LUNA ZANG
BM Music Education
NIJI ZHANG
BA Music