Spring 2023 Masters Hooding

3 School of Music Stephan R. Arce-Penedo Master of Music | Composition Major Professor | Dr. Michael Ippolito Camilo Oswaldo Arteaga Barrios Master of Music | Latin Music Performance Major Professor | Hank Hehmsoth Kirsten Janele Boynt Master of Music | Latin Music Performance Major Professor | Dr. Andrew Cheetham Miguel Alejandro Cervantes Master of Music | Latin Music Performance Major Professor | Dr. Adolfo Estrada Olivia Jo De La Rosa Master of Music | Jazz Performance-Saxophone Major Professor | Dr. Russell Haight Lucinda Verannetta Ealey Master of Music | Voice Performance Major Professor | Dr. Suzanne Ramo-Gechter Nikkei Elliot Flores Master of Music | Voice Performance Thesis: Essentials for the 21st-Century Musician: Integrating Jazz and Improvisation into the Theory and Aural Skills Curriculum Thesis Advisor | Dr. Nico Schüler Cody Lance Ireland Master of Music | Performance & Pedagogy-Piano Major Professor | Dr. Jason Kwak Xinyue Lin Master of Music | Piano Performance Major Professor | Dr. Jason Kwak Alexander N. Ngo Master of Music | Piano Performance Major Professor | Dr. Jason Kwak Ella Victoria Pedrozo Master of Music | Composition Major Professor | Dr. Michael Ippolito Emily Diane Peterson Thesis: “Big Band with Oboe”: Wind Band, Jazz, and The Problems of Genre Classification Thesis Advisor | Dr. Kevin Mooney Samuel Protich Rives Master of Music | Composition Major Professor | Dr. Michael Ippolito Ivan Rodriguez Master of Music | Choral Conducting Major Professor | Dr. Joey Martin Luis Fernando Ruiz-Pacheco Master of Music | Composition Major Professor | Dr. Michael Ippolito Ross Mitchell Sanchez Master of Music | Trombone Performance Major Professor | Dr. Martin McCain Kelsey Nicole Sexton Master of Music | Cello Performance Major Professor | Dr. Karla Hamelin Joseph Karl Stratemeier Master of Music | Jazz Performance-Saxophone Major Professor | Dr. Russell Haight Alexander Laurence Szabo Master of Music | Performance & Pedagogy-Trumpet Major Professor | Dr. Keith Winking Xian Hui Tan Master of Music | Performance & Pedagogy-Piano Major Professor | Dr. Jason Kwak Jorge Alejandro Villalba Aguilera Master of Music | Trombone Performance Major Professor | Dr. Martin McCain Clinton Henri Walker Master of Music | Piano Performance Major Professor | Dr. Daria Rabotkina Kamryn Leigh Wheeler Master of Music | Performance & Pedagogy-Voice Major Professor | Daveda Karanas Brecheen Department of Theatre & Dance Rachel Lauren Aho Master of Fine Arts | Lighting, “Into the Woods” Graduate Advisor | Trad Burns Max DeBerardine Master of Fine Arts | Theatre Design, Scenic and Costume Graduate Advisor | Trad Burns Jess Hawthorne Fiene Master of Fine Arts | Directed: Antigone Graduate Advisor | Jerry Ruiz Stacy Marie Hawking Master of Fine Arts | Directing, “Into the Woods” Graduate Advisor | Jerry Ruiz Angelica Clara Hadiwibowo Master of Fine Arts | Costume Design, “Into the Woods” Graduate Advisor | Jack Smith Brydon H. Lidle, IV Master of Fine Arts | Associate Scenic and Lighting Designer for “Four Seasons: How We Got Here” Graduate Advisor | Trad Burns