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Class of 2009

BACCALAUREATE DEGREES
Fall 2008
Kanako Ishihama, B.Mus., Piano Performance, cum laude, Tokyo, Japan

Winter 2009
Sara Beth Parker, B.S., Dance, Salem, OR
Kimberly Marianne Putnam, B.Mus., Voice Performance, Redmond, OR

Spring 2009
Jessica Lee Adrian, B.S., Dance, Portland, OR
Brenton Manuel Agena, B.Mus., Voice Performance, Portland, OR
Eric Steven Andersen, B.S., Music Tech, magna cum laude, Veneta, OR
Kate Merritt Ashworth, B.A., Dance, Colville, WA
Sandra Dora Baldwin, B.A., General Music, Cheshire, OR
Jordan Lindsey Bemrose, B.Mus., Music Education, Dallas, OR
Brooke Elizabeth Cagno, B.A., General Music, Eugene, OR
Sasha Miriam Chandler, B.Mus., Violin Performance, Trinidad, CA
Christopher Michael Clark, B.Mus., Jazz Studies, Davis, CA
Benjamin Ari Corbin, B.Mus., Piano Performance, Eugene, OR
Tyler Ross Alexander Cranor, B.Mus., Music Education, Bend, OR
Brian Wayne Draper, B.S., General Music, Springfield, OR
Elizabeth Ann Erickson, B.S., General Music, Springfield, OR
Jeffrey Paul Griffin, B.Mus., Composition, cum laude, Danville, CA
Matthew Lester Hall, B.Mus., Composition, Aloha, OR
Hilary Lane Hance, B.A., Music History and Literature, Eugene, OR
Christopher Tyson Haynes, B.Mus., Jazz Studies, Gresham, OR
Justin Andrew Hiserote, B.Mus., Horn Performance, Wilsonville, OR
Karta Purkh Kaur Khalsa, B.A., Dance, Knoxville, TN
Jayme Michael Kurland, B.A., Music History and Lit, Tucson, AZ
Han Jun Lee, B.Mus., Violin Performance, Kangwon, Republic of Korea
Zachary Adams Lefler, B.S., General Music, Portland, OR
Talia Ann Lindsley, B.Mus., Music Education and Cello Performance,
summa cum laude, Corvallis, OR
Peter R. Marcott, B.Mus., Jazz Studies, magna cum laude, Laramie, WY
Angeliena Christiane McConkey, B.Mus., Violin Performance,
summa cum laude, Hunts Point, WA
Patrick Mark McCulley, B.A., General Music, Oakridge, OR
Jana May Meszaros, B.A., Dance, Gold Beach, OR
Karey Lee Miles, B.A., Music History and Literature, Eugene, OR
Brenna Jeanine Mollerstrom, B.A., Dance, La Grande, OR
Emily Ann Nelson, B.Mus., Voice Performance, summa cum laude, Gladstone, OR
Jeanette Marie Oleman, B.A., General Music, Salem, OR
Rachel Erin O’Malley, B.Mus., Voice Performance, Grants Pass, OR
Kyle Wayne Parker, B.Mus., Composition, Aumsville, OR
Jessica Leigh Paul, B.A., General Music, Eugene, OR
Andrew Olav Rowan, B.Mus., Jazz Studies, New Rochelle, New York
Julia Anne Sarewitz, B.Mus., Music Education, Seattle, WA
Arianne Gabrielle Shimanoff, B.Mus., Violin Performance, Eugene, OR
David James Sommers, B.Mus., Music Education, Albany, OR
Jonathan Kyle Sorensen, B.A., Dance, cum laude, Grants Pass, OR
Jamie Marie Thierman, B.Mus., Composition, summa cum laude, Corvallis, OR
Mattia Michael Tucksen, B.Mus., Music Education and Voice Performance, Troutdale, OR
Christopher Langdon Ward, B.Mus., Jazz Studies, Eugene, OR
Benjamin Michels Wheeler, B.A., General Music, Gig Harbor, WA
Ryan Douglas Wiggans, B.S., Music Technology, Reedsport, OR

Summer 2009
Sasagu Kayama, B.A., General Music, Eugene, OR
Amrit Sadhana Kaur Khalsa Boyd, B.A., General Music, Redmond, OR
Michael Lantz Ragsdale, B.S., General Music, Eugene, OR

MASTER'S DEGREES
Fall 2008
Catherine Elizabeth Byle, M.Mus., Music Education, Elkton, OR
Gabriel Faith Ganey, M.Mus., Flute Performance, Arley, AL
Andrew Jonathan Kam, M.Mus., Violin Performance, Honolulu, HI
Scott Jeremy Ordway, M.Mus., Composition, Santa Cruz, CA
   Thesis: Symphony Number 2, “Crime in the House of Names”

Winter 2009
Laura Lynn Berryhill, M.A., Music History, Eugene, OR
   Thesis: The Early Seventeenth-Century Solo Motet in Northern and
Central Italy: Reevaluation of a Genre in Context
Ohm Chanteyoon, M.Mus., Violin Performance, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Cheryl Luan, M.Mus., Violin Performance, Springfield, OR
Kenneth Allan Strand, M.Mus., Composition, Portland, OR
   Thesis: Big Prelude for Orchestra

Spring 2009
Shawn Michael Alger, M.A., Musicology, Woodland, CA
   Thesis: Music in Colorado Mining Towns
Ryan Russell Biesack, M.Mus., Jazz Studies, Corvallis, OR
Amy Lynn Cohen, M.Mus., Music Education, San Francisco, CA
Jacob Allen Coleman, M.Mus., Collaborative Piano, Watkinsville, GA
Josh Levin Deutsch, M.Mus., Jazz Studies, Seattle, WA
Julia May Fabrizio, M.Mus., Music Education, Oakland, CA
Cessaries Liastris Galusha, M.Mus., Piano Performance, Lamoni, IA
Jason Michael Gerraughty, M.Mus., Composition, Nashua, NH
   Thesis: Neverland for Symphony Orchestra
Edward William Godbout, M.Mus., Jazz Studies, West St. Paul, MN
Christopher Cole Gorney, M.F.A., Dance, Tulsa, OK
Seth Ashworth Horner, M.Mus., Tuba Performance, Eugene, OR
Kuei-Lan “Allison” Huang, M.Mus., Piano Performance, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Wan-Ting Huang, M.Mus., Cello Performance, Changhua, Taiwan
Valerie Jordan Ifill, M.F.A., Dance, Canfield, OH
Avril Therese Javel, M.Mus., Violin Performance, Olympia, WA
Jamie Lee Keesecker, M.Mus., Composition, Phoenix, AZ
   Thesis: Sinfonia Concertante for Horn and Chamber Orchestra
Tyler Lee Kinnear, M.A., Musicology, Cullowhee, NC
   Thesis: Alan Hovhaness and the Creation of the
   “Modern Free Noh Play”
Tina Tsu-Wei Lee, M.Mus., Piano Pedagogy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mariko Patricia Ross, M.Mus., Saxophone Performance, Benicia, CA
Paul Anthony Turowski, M.Mus., Intermedia Music Technology, Pasadena, MD
Jennifer Dawn Wood, M.Mus., Music Education, Whitney Point, NY
Cooper James Wright, M.Mus., Oboe Performance, Eugene, OR

Summer 2009
Winston Vaughn Arblaster, M.A., Music Theory, Florence, OR
   Thesis: Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for
   the Church Musician: A Practical Method
Monica (Pablo-Karlin) Bloom, M.Mus., Music Education, Puyallup, WA
Heather Jeanette Holmquest, M.A., Music Theory, Eugene, OR
   Thesis: Compositional Style in the Song Cycles of Jules Massenet
Emily Sarah Isaacson, M.Mus., Conducting: Choral, Brunswick, ME
Katrina Michaele Koch, M.Mus., Conducting: Choral, Salem, OR
David Michael Roberts, M.Mus., Composition, Colorado Springs, CO
   Thesis: Essay for Orchestra

DOCTORAL DEGREES
Fall 2008
Gabrielle Megan Arness, D.M.A., Cello Performance, Berkeley, CA
   Lecture-Document: Norsk Fiddle Meets Modern Cello: The
   Hardanger Fiddle Tradition and Arranging Slåttar for Cello
Scott Alan King, D.M.A., Horn Performance, Fremont, OH
   Lecture-Document: Performance Anxiety and Orchestral
Auditions: Strategies for Optimizing Results
Cara Sayo Okano, D.M.A., Piano Performance, Honolulu, HI
   Lecture-Document: Alexander Scriabin’s
   Sonata-Fantasy in G-sharp minor, Op. 19

Winter 2009
Marie Ann Landreth, D.M.A., Voice Performance, Redmond, OR
   Lecture-Document: A Performer’s Guide for the
   Vier Letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss
Jennifer Suzanne Quinnelly, D.M.A., Voice Performance, Willow, AK
   Lecture-Document: Text Perception Through the Musica
   Lens: Early and Late Twentieth-Century Settings by Freer
   and Larsen of Browning’s “Sonnets From the Portuguese”
Doremus Scudder, D.M.A., Voice Performance, Redmond, OR
   Lecture-Document: Gilbert-Louis Duprez and the
   Birth of Modern Operatic Singing

Spring 2009
Bo Kyung Lee, D.M.A., Piano Performance, Seoul, Republic of Korea
   Lecture-Document: Liszt’s Piano Transcriptions of Songs
   by Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt: A Performer’s Guide
Kaori Katayama Noland, Ph.D., Music Theory, Portland, OR
   Dissertation: Grundgestalt and Diatonic/Octatonic
   Interaction in Chopin’s Ballades

Summer 2009
Olga Aynvarg, D.M.A., Piano Performance, Eugene, OR
   Lecture-Document: Tchaikovsky’s Songs on Record
Stephen Clarke Posegate, D.M.A., Music Education, Anchorage, AK
   Dissertation: Changes in Interns and Cooperating
    Teachers During Music Student Teaching
Aaron Harold Rosenberg, Ph.D., Composition, Boston, MA
   Dissertation: To Fill the Hour