2022/23 Honors Recital, Awards Ceremony & Graduate Hooding
Friday, May 19, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Palladio
I. Allegretto
Karl Jenkins (b. 1944)
arr. Clara Obsidian
Ashley Crawford, violin
Tajai Shorter, violin
Meredith Kennedy, violin
Madeline Southall, cello
Illuminating the Unknown
Choreography by Zariah Henthorn
Music written and performed by Wojciech Golczewski, Setting Up
Zariah Henthorn, dancer
3 Poemas, op. 81
III. Besa el aura
Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
Lourdes Rodriguez, soprano
Alexander Bernstein, piano
“L’amante impaziente” from 4 Ariettas and a Duet op. 82
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Katie Burnham, soprano
Alexander Bernstein, piano
Etudes-tableaux, op. 39
I. Allegro agitato in C Minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Hidemi Minagawa, piano
Love, Let the Wind Cry
Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
Rachel Balbi, soprano
Alexander Bernstein, piano
“Write It on Your Heart”
“To Laugh Often and Much”
“This is My Wish for You”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Nick Villacorte, actor
Madison Johnstone, actor
Taylor Stevens, actor
“For Good” from Wicked
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)
Jenny Dalrymple, voice
Molly Sorensen, voice
Connor Crotzer, piano
Acidic Form
Choreography by Abby Gronczewski
Music written by Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Fabrizio Moretti, Albert Hammond Jr, Nikolai Fraiture and performed by The Strokes, Call it Fate, Call it Karma
Hannah Mikulecky, dancer
Libertango
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
arr. Jeff Scott
Dane Frandsen, flute
Lillian Mathews, oboe
Jalen Mims, clarinet
Kaelin Walton, bassoon
Nick Peretti, horn
Music Therapy Scholastic Excellence Award
Jamison Shegogue
Music Therapy Professionalism Award
Jessica Tracy
Graduate Music Therapy Scholastic Excellence Award
Chloe Heintz
Graduate Music Therapy Award for Professional Excellence
Danielle Coffinbarger, Zoe Levine
Music Production & Recording Technology Scholastic Award
Logan Huber
Music Production & Recording Technology Achievement Award
Tom Preston
Music Production & Recording Technology Professional Service Award
Nick Peretti
Performing Arts Leadership & Management Golden PALM Award
Laura Levine
William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition Honorable Mention
Cliff Hernandez
William Averitt Prize for Excellence in Composition
Alex Corley
Music Education Achievement Award
Bailey Kinsella, Ada Rexrode
Outstanding Performance in Piano Award
Hidemi Minagawa
Cecilia Award for Vocal Excellence
Lourdes Rodriguez
Lorraine A. Pedersen Memorial Scholarship for Orchestra Ensemble Performance Fund
Ethan Hahn, Isabel Dimoff
Performance Certificates
Katalina Diller, Zachary Tyler Freshwater, Zachary Gnall, Bailey L. Kinsella, Thomas Preston, Ada Rexrode
William "Mac" Bozman Excellence in Theatrical Design & Production Award
Kathleen Doris Jordan
Outstanding Acting Student Award
Madison Johnstone
Outstanding Musical Theatre Student Award
Jenny Dalrymple, Molly Sorensen
Harold Herman Excellence in Theatre Performance Award
Riley Thad Young
Outstanding Performance Award in Dance
Abigayle "Gigi" Anderson
Elizabeth Weil Bergmann Choreography Award
Amy Cutler
Terpsichore Award
Maggie DeFrees
Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award
Mathuin Elias Smith
Outstanding Senior Award (Shenandoah University Alumni Association)
Carlyn Head
James R. & Mary B. Wilkins Conservatory Award
Maggie DeFrees
Dean's Undergraduate Award
Riley Thad Young, Maggie DeFrees, Jamison Shegogue
Dean's Graduate Scholar Award
Sophia Dove
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