Congratulations to the Dewberry School of Music graduates of the Class of 2023! On behalf of our entire music faculty and staff, I want to offer our sincere congratulations to our 88 outstanding graduates of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music of George Mason University! The Class of 2023 includes 58 Spring graduates and 30 Fall graduates earning music degrees at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels. To each of our 88 music graduates in the Class of 2023, 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
Congratulations Spring 2023
Music Graduates!
Spring 2023 Graduates

Bachelor of Arts
Omar Arzeta (Music Technology)
Melanie Boschen
Charles C. Cassell
Timothy Brian Despard *
Jack Patrick Howley
Emmett Louis Kyle
Jacquelyn Prestoy
Liam Conner Purdy
Nicholas A. Sheehan *
Zachary Tomney (Music Technology)
Jacob Scott Wadle (Music Technology)


Bachelor of Music
Michael W. Baker (Music Education)
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Burns (Music Education)
Kendra M. Callahan (Music Education)
Emily A. Davies (Music Education)
James R. DeBrular (Music Education)
Eduardo Fajardo (Performance)
Jonathan Leonard Persaud Farrington (Performance)
Anne-Catherine Fields (Composition)
Joseph T. Fogleson (Music Education)
Jordan Gibson (Music Education)*
Charles W. Gorham (Music Education)
Nicholas Graziano III (Music Education)
Ian P. Harmon (Music Education)
Despina A. Hatzakos (Music Education)
Courtney Jacobs (Music Education)
Robert S. Katz (Music Education)
Kyle Kelly (Music Education)
Kristine Angelica Lowkis (Music Education)
Bronson Jacinto Rodriguez (Performance)
Paul Monserrat Rodriguez (Composition)
Zachary Gabriel Sellers (Music Education)
Joshua C. Sheppard (Music Education and Performance)
Hunter Swanson (Performance)
Silvana Margarita Uhorchuk (Music Education)
Ian Scott Vance (Music Education)
Crystal Dawn Fern Williams-Farvy (Music Education)
Hunter L. Wirt (Performance)
Malcolm Wood (Music Education)


Master of Music
Annemarie Cartwright Allen (Music Education)*
John P. Allgood (Composition)
Caroline Throneburg Church (Performance)
Melanie Lynn Cruse (Music Education)*
Evelyn Curenton (Composition)
Carlos E. Figueroa Dasilva (Performance)
Yechan Lim (Performance)*
Madeline Lorraine Manaker (Performance)
Dawn Millicent Meltzer (Music Education)
Alexandra Marie Robinelli (Music Education)*
Daniela Acosta Rodriguez (Performance)
Megan L. Stallings (Conducting)
David Aaron Szabo (Performance)


Graduate Certificate Music Education Licensure for PK-12
Mark J. Davis
Jennifer Ann Riddle


Doctor of Musical Arts
Samantha Kathryn Clarke (Conducting)
Seon Gyu Park (Performance)
Katherine Elizabeth Repka (Performance)
Xinyu Zhang (Performance)

*denotes summer graduate
Spring 2023 Achievement Awardees

Achievement Award- Undergraduate Academic Studies 
Charlie Gorham
Kaitlyn Burns

Achievement Award- Undergraduate Performance 
Kitty Fields
Eduardo Fajardo
Hunter Swanson

Achievement Award- Graduate Academic Studies
JP Allgood
Katie Repka
Megan Stallings

Achievement Award- Graduate Performance 
Evelyn Currenton
David Szabo
Carlos Figueroa
Seon Gyu Park

Achievement Award- Departmental Service 
Jon Farrington
Eduardo Fajardo
Robert Katz
Fall 2022 Graduates
Fall 2022 Graduates

Bachelor of Arts
Sara Alsaadi
Jackson A. Hanowitz (Music Technology)
Fe Miranda
Timothy Eberto Morejon (Music Technology)
Schuyler Saunders (Music Technology)
Victoria L. Silva (Pedagogy)
Savannah Sudweeks
Kristine Tha N. Tran (Music Technology)

Bachelor of Music
Brian William Almodovar (Performance)
Nicole E. Decker (Music Technology)
Noah Foster Dengler (Music Education)
Terrian M. Jennings (Music Education)
Zoey Trixie Lamb (Music Education)
Dylan Nohilly (Performance)
Raina M. Payne (Music Education)
Ali Rezaeipour (Jazz)
Gabriel Rivera Martinez (Jazz)
Martin Sarisky (Music Education)
Nelly Solares (Music Education)
Kelly J. Taylor (Music Education)
Nicholas Vellanikaran (Performance)
Rosie Wright (Performance)
Casey Yates (Music Technology)

Master of Music
Caitlyn Dianne Loweth (Performance)
Lisa Suydam Robinson (Composition)
David Watkins Webb (Music Education)

Graduate Certificate Music Education Licensure for PK-12
Alexandra Paige Bertke
David Joonku Cho

Doctor of Musical Arts
Abigail Faith Zuniga

Doctor of Philosophy
Annamarie Severini Bollino
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