School · of · Music
Commencement
Friday, May 12, 2006
3:00 pm
West Market Street United Methodist Church
Greensboro, North Carolina
Program
Prelude
Processional Adam M. Ward, organ
Edward S. Bach, trumpet
Welcome John J. Deal, Dean
UNCG School of Music
Commentary John J. Deal
Commencement Address Patrick S. Byrd
Presentation of Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award John J. Deal
Presentation of Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award John J. Deal
Presentation of Student Awards John J. Deal
Remarks on Degrees, Recognitions, and Honors John J. Deal
Announcement of Degrees John J. Deal
Awarding of Degrees Dianna Carter
Director of Undergraduate Advising
David L. Nelson
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs
Recessional Adam Ward, organ
Edward S. Bach, trumpet
Postlude
— —
Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance
David Allen††
James Bumgardner††
Micah Everett*
Bradley Fugate††
Wayne Gargrave
Brent Harvey††
Elizabeth Loparits††
Emily Orr*, Pi Kappa Lambda,
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
Francis Pittman
Rebecca Putland
Daniel Skidmore
Renee Sokol
Tiffany Woods
Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting
Melodie Galloway
Charles Gambetta*
Robert Hutchens
Anne Lewis†, Pi Kappa Lambda
James Smisek, Pi Kappa Lambda
Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education
Cathy Adkins††
Heather Duvall†
Daniel Hester†
Sandra Mace*, Pi Kappa Lambda
Douglas Presley
* August, 2005
† December, 2005
††August, 2006
— —
Master of Music in Performance
John Alexander
Brandon Bullard
Brian Carter
Gwendolyn Degentesh
Marina DeRatmiroff
Christopher Dove††
Stephanie Elkins, Pi Kappa Lambda
LaTannia Ellerbe
Jennifer Glymph
Rebecca Hammontree
April Hill, Pi Kappa Lambda
Nathan Olawsky*
Rebecca Perkinson
Christopher Randolph††
Amy Semler
Katherine Smith
Shih-Ni Sun
Jessica Tarter
Katherine Woolsey
Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting
Matthew Troy†, Pi Kappa Lambda
Master of Music in Choral Conducting
Jonathan Blalock
Ella Elias
Tom Shelton††
Master of Music in Vocal Pedagogy
Kathryn Munger
Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy
Erin Harper†
Rebecca McNair††
* August, 2005
† December, 2005
††August, 2006
Master of Music in Music Education
Heather Barnes*
Suzanne Benhart
Samuel Berryhill†
Harold Bryant††
Anne Cave††
Michelle Clontz††
Joni DiRienzo††
Christopher Garmon*
Britany Green*
Tracy Harvel*
Amy Jackson†
Katrina Jones†
Phyllis Lupo-Townsend††
Jennifer McLeod
Nakia Medley††
Todd Miller*
Shannon Norman
Eileen Penn††
Amy Pfitzner
Rebecca Ross
Karen Sanders*
Earnest Stackhouse††
Laura Sullivan††
Christina Thompson††
Jason Thompson††
Jessica Traversino†
Marsha Vanderwerff
Amanda Weik*
Jason Whitaker*
Adrian Wright*
Sue Wright††
Master of Music in Music Theory
Roberta Trimble
Master of Music in Composition
Daniel Pappas, Pi Kappa Lambda
Cameron Ward
Master of Music in Accompanying
Chenny Gan*
— —
Bachelor of Music in Music Education
Jessica K. Brotherton, summa cum laude
Teaching Fellow, Honors in Music,
Pi Kappa Lambda
Megan Buzzard, magna cum laude
Mary E. Carter
Meredith W. Crenshaw, magna cum laude
minor in Spanish, Merit scholar,
Honors in Music, University Honors
Catherine F. Crotty, magna cum laude
Honors in Music
Jeffrey E. Danielson, Teaching Fellow
Jennifer L. Dewes, minor in Spanish,
Teaching Fellow
Justin A. Dickson, cum laude
Steven P. Dockery, cum laude
Kelly M. Dunn
Jonathan Edmonson, summa cum laude
Joshua D. Follweiler†
Clifton W. Higgins, cum laude
Heather L. Kelly†, magna cum laude
Honors in Music, Student Excellence Award,
Fletcher Scholar
Matthew R. Lawing†
Michael D. Lindsay
Emily V. Manansala
Glen McIntyre†
Heather L. Meredith
Caroline C. Miller, magna cum laude
Merit Scholar, Honors in Music,
Pi Kappa Lambda
Christina Mowery, cum laude
Adam Murphy†, magna cum laude
also BM in Composition, Merit Scholar
Student Excellence Award,
Thomas J. Stone Award, Pi Kappa Lambda
Angela R. Pritchett
Benjamin B. Rawls
Susan M. Rhue, cum laude
Molly C. Roberts, magna cum laude
Pi Kappa Lambda
Stephanie Rosenthal†
Amy L. Short
Holly A. Sitton
Justin E. Terrell†
Richard D. Tyndall
also BM in Performance, Teaching Fellow
Kenneth G. Tysor
Jayme P. Updike†
Dana L. Williamson
Jessica L. Zakula†
* August, 2005
† December, 2005
††August, 2006
Bachelor of Music in Performance
Frank E. Beaty IV
Tara B. Cates†, magna cum laude
also BA in Music
Christopher L. Dickhaus
Andrew D. Hawkes†
Erin C. Martin, cum laude
minor in Dance
Susannah K. Plaster, summa cum laude
Michael Ptacin†
Paul L. Quast
Stephanie D. Sanders, summa cum laude
Pi Kappa Lambda
Paola Savvidou, summa cum laude
Patrick M. Scully
Priscilla J. Smith
Richard D. Tyndall
also BM in Music Education
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Allison R. Bailey
minor in Dance
Laura E. Brantley†
also BA in English
Patrick S. Byrd, summa cum laude
Presser Scholar, Merit Scholar,
Honors in Music, University Honors,
Pi Kappa Lambda
Tara Cates magna cum laude
also BM in Performance
Emily L. Caudle
Dena E. Fauske
Lauren R. Johnston
also BA in Psychology
Susan J. Knoll
Jonathan Kuuskoski, summa cum laude
Student Excellence Award, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors in Music, Pi Kappa Lambda
Zachary R. Lee††
Gregory A. Leggett, cum laude
also BS in BioChemistry, minor in Spanish
Emily K. Scotton
Bachelor of Music in Composition
Adam Murphy†, magna cum laude
also BM in Music Education, Merit Scholar
Student Excellence Award,
Thomas J. Stone Award, Pi Kappa Lambda
Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Salvatore R. Mascali
Michael D. Sailors†
Designation of summa, magna, or cum laude is based on grades through Fall 2005 Semester.
