Congratulations to the Dewberry School of Music graduates of the Class of 2024! On behalf of our entire music faculty and staff, I want to offer our sincere congratulations to our 54 outstanding graduates of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music of George Mason University! The Class of 2024 includes 38 Spring graduates and 16 Fall graduates earning music degrees at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels. To each of our 54 music graduates in the Class of 2024, we wish you every success as you help make this world a better place through the sharing of your
extraordinary gifts of music.
Dr. Linda A. Monson, Director
Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
Spring 2024 Music Graduates
Spring 2024 Music Graduates

Bachelor of Arts
William Aranibar Vargas (Music Technology)
Francis X. Pastor (Music Technology)
Jacqueline Rodriguez (Music)
Lily Ann Ung (Music)
Justin H. Vu (Music Technology)
Thomas C. Wallace (Music Technology)
Ethan James Walter (Music)
Caroline P. Whichard (Music Technology)

Bachelor of Music
Julianna Cardine-Godbold (Performance)
Minsuk Choi (Music Education)
Bryan Dicks (Jazz)
Ally Rose Hagan (Music Education)
Isabella Lowe (Performance)
Taylor Christian Marple (Performance)
Charles Murdock (Jazz)
Khoa Dang Nguyen (Music Education)
Shawn Nguyen (Music Education)
Ezri Pena (Performance)
Sean Roberts (Music Education)
Michael Secchi (Music Education)
Edward P. Wisniewski (Music Education)

Master of Music
Jamilah Barnes (Performance)
Carrie Benkert (Music Education)
Sara Brannon (Music Education)*
Alice Boyars (Music Education)*
Anissa Clay Zelaya (Performance)
Alexander Zachary Gay (Performance)
Matthew Dylan Libby (Performance)
Yizhe Lin (Performance)
Mikayla Jean Antonia Mindiola (Performance)
Jennifer Lynn Szabo (Performance)
Vance Edward Umphrey (Jazz Studies)
Josias J. Ventura (Performance)

Doctor of Musical Arts
Elliott Moises Godinez (Performance)
Basque Txalaparta and Contemporary Percussion: Accessibility, Notation, and Three Original Works 

Hakyong Kelly Park (Performance)
 The Study of Donghoon Shin’s Compositional Oeuvre

Wenru Yang (Performance)
A Stylistic Analysis of Gong Xiaoting’s Selected Piano Works 

PhD in Music Education
Michael Walker
The Impact of David Baker’s Pedagogy in the Field of
Jazz Improvisation Education

Graduate Certificate Music Education Licensure for PK-12
Caroline Throneburg Church


*denotes summer graduate
Fall 2023 Music Graduates
Fall 2023 Music Graduates
 
Bachelor of Arts 
Jonnathan H. Do (Music Technology) 
Lynda Warren Clark (Music)
Julianne Kim (Music)
Emily M. Stedman (Music Technology) 
Zachary Tomney (Music Technology) 
 
Bachelor of Music 
Brice Truman Bach (Music Education) 
Maya Aliyah-Dianne Champion (Music Technology) 
Devan L. Davenport (Music Technology) 
Nathaniel R. Kassay (Music Technology) 
Jaelin N. Mitchell (Music Education) 
Noah D. Schieber (Composition) 
Samuel Jackson Warden (Music Technology) 
  
Master of Music 
Jocelyn Biggs (Music Education) 
Justin Dennison (Music Education) 
 
Doctor of Musical Arts 
Gregory A. Freeman 
The High School Trombone Ensemble: Exploring its Pedagogical Value and Establishing Guidelines for Accessible Repertoire 
 
Yingfei Li 
An Analysis of Lin Hua’s Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues,
“On Reading Sikong Tu’s Personalities of Poetry” 
Music Achievement Awardees
Music Achievement Awardees

Achievement Award- Undergraduate Academic Studies 
Ethan Walter, BA (violin) 
Brice Truman Bach, BM (Music Ed)

Achievement Award- Undergraduate Performance 
Ethan Walter, BA (violin) 
Julianna Cardine, BM (voice) 

Achievement Award- Graduate Academic Studies
Greg Freeman, DMA 
Mikayla Mindiola, MM  
Yingfei Li, DMA  

Achievement Award- Graduate Performance 
Jamilah Barnes, MM 
Anissa Clay Zelaya, MM 
Jennifer Szabo, MM 

Achievement Award- Departmental Service 
Maya Champion, BM 
Josias “Tito” Ventura, MM  
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