2021/22 Honors Recital, Awards Ceremony & Graduate Hooding

Friday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall

Façade/Unfiltered

Choreography by Claudia Boutwell
Music by Timothy Lee Mckenzie, Nate Grows Up    
Performed by Labrinth
Music by Baptiste Pierre Mours, Kenzo Zurzolo, Beauty
Performed by Love Supreme

Claudia Boutwell, dancer

Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, No. 2

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Jeremiah Hines, piano

“Glück das mir verblieb” from Die tote Stadt

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)

Kristen Sullivan, soprano
Geovanni Rodriguez, tenor
Tianbo Guo, piano

“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

Gabriella Pisacreta, soprano
Eoín Fleming, piano

Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1990)

Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)

Erin Eady, clarinet
Rachel Zhao, violin
Eoín Fleming, piano

Awakening (Song/Poem by Climbing PoeTree)

Alixa Garcia, Naima Penniman

Javere Green, actor
Amy Hale, actor
Isabelle Howley, actor

“Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” from The New Moon

Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)
arr. Skyler DeGroot

Skylar DeGroot, trombone
Quincy Harmon, piano
Lance Davis, bass
Will Strickler, drums

Petite Encore

Christopher Inman (b. 1960)

Rachel Zhao, violin
Chen Liang, piano

“I Will Never Leave You” from Side Show

Music by Henry Krieger (b. 1945)
Lyrics by Bill Russell (b. 1949)

Emily Steinhardt, voice
Katryna Richter, voice
Patrick Brady, piano

Music Therapy Scholastic Excellence Award

Caroline Lowrey

Music Therapy Professionalism Award

Jayda Cook, Ian Warren

Graduate Music Therapy Scholastic Excellence Award

Shelby Shrader 

Graduate Music Therapy Award for Professional Excellence

Kayla Lyles 

Music Production & Recording Technology Scholastic Award

Daniel Trout, Jr. 

Music Production & Recording Technology Achievement Award

Skylar DeGroot

Music Production & Recording Technology Professional Service Award 

Alexander Daughtrey

Performing Arts Leadership & Management Golden PALM Award

Christine Boehm, Abigail Brower, Melissa Carter, Sarah Strebel 

William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition

Chance Morris

Music Education Achievement Award

Karina Starling 

Outstanding Performance in Piano Award

Noah Alden Hardaway  

Cecilia Award for Vocal Excellence

Julian Baldwin, Kristen Sullivan 

Jazz Performance Award

Quincy Harmon 

Studio Big Band Senior Leadership & Performance Award

Skylar DeGroot 

Lorraine A. Pedersen Memorial Scholarship for Orchestra Ensemble Performance Fund

Lillian Mathews, Emily Ilyes 

Ryuji Ueno Foundation Violin Studio Award

Rachel Zhao 

Performance Certificates

Hannah Wheeler, Quincy Harmon, Taryn McCormick, Karina Starling

Harold Herman Excellence in Theatre Performance Award

Maya Bhatnagar 

William "Mac" Bozman Excellence in Theatrical Design & Production Award

Angela Menoyo

Outstanding Musical Theatre Student Award

Katryna Richter, Emily Steinhardt 

Outstanding Acting Student Award

Isabelle Howley 

Outstanding Performance Award in Dance

Virginia Cangelosi, Kristina Tucker

Elizabeth Weil Bergmann Choreography Award

Dakota Matos

Terpsichore Award

Christine West

Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award

Jamison Shegogue

Outstanding Senior Award (Shenandoah University Alumni Association)

Christine West

James R. & Mary B. Wilkins Conservatory Award

Laurel Hinton

Dean's Undergraduate Award

Julian Baldwin, Maya Bhatnagar

Dean's Graduate Scholar Award

Hannah Timms

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