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2020Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, July 11, 2020 6:00pm CET
Order of Events
Call to Order and Commencement Greetings María Martínez IturriagaExecutive Director, Valencia Campus
Greetings from President Roger H. BrownRoger H. BrownPresident
Greetings from the Senior Vice President for Academic AffairsLawrence J. SimpsonSenior Vice President for Academic AffairsProvost
Interim Dean of Academic Affairs / Faculty SpeakerJeanine CowenInterim Dean of Academic Affairs
Student Speaker Sharon Onyango-Obbo Degree Candidate, M.M. in Music Production Technology Innovation Nairobi, Kenya Video Salute to the Class of 2020 Presentation of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of MusicLila Downs
Tribute Performance“La Cumbia Del Mole”
Commencement Speaker Lila Downs
Graduate Student Awards and Conferral of Degrees, Class of 2020Magdalini GiannikouProgram Director, Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) Emilien MoyonProgram Director, Master of Arts in Global Entertainment and Music Business Pablo MunguíaProgram Director, Master of Music in Music Production, Technology, and Innovation
Lucio GodoyProgram Director, Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games
Introduction of CandidatesCatalina MillánAssistant Professor, Liberal Arts Department
Pete DysonAssociate Professor, Global Entertainment and Music Business
Processional and RecessionalTalon - AbønTogether- Tati RabellLike You Are - Delia JoyceChanges - Celestine & Earlybird Strange Bulería - Alba HaroUp High - Jimena Wu Optical Illusion - Luigi TassoDisquiet - Lavender Looi Mockingbird - Lucia Vázquez MontenegroSerendipity - Chavis Chance
Class of 2020
Candidates for the Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration)
Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration)
Omran Thabet Adrah (Damascus, Syria)Guillermo Calvillo Rosselló (Valencia, Spain)SongAh Chae (Incheon, South Korea)Mai Choma (Jerusalem, Israel)Bailey Anna Ehrgott (Washington, US)Lalit Kumar Ganesh (Singapore, Singapore)Giovanni Giusti (Firenze, Italy)Chavis Hamilton (Texas, US)Alba Haro (Barcelona, Spain)Gillian Alexandra Harwin (New York, US)Fairin Moon Hightower (Pennsylvania, US)Neff Irizarry II (Helsinki, Finland)Jung Soo Ji (Seoul, South Korea)Jon Gavin Juckette (Los Angeles, US)Natalia Gabriela Lacrete (Florida, US)Michael Lucarelli (Pennsylvania, US)Shaden Nahra (Haifa, Palestine)Sean Oliver (Maryland, US)Sung Eun Ong (Seoul, South Korea)Lauren Adah Mary Pedersen (Alberta, Canada)Estefanía Pizzi-Fernández (San Juan, Puerto Rico)Yeidimar Ramos Colón (Levittown, Puerto Rico)Jorge Salas Quesada (San Jose, Costa Rica)Michael Shanks (Texas, US)Katiana Maria Somer (California, US)Pedro Augusto Vieira de Almeida (Brasília/Distrito Federal, Brazil)Jawren Walton (Florida, US)
Class of 2020
Candidates for the Master of Arts in Global Entertainment and Music Business
Master of Arts in Global Entertainment and Music Business
Garvit Aggarwal (Noida, India)Harold Brian Alcarraz Medina (Lima, Peru)Dan Attias (Paris, France)Louise Cartier (Arras, France)Rowanne Chang (Taipei, Taiwan)Leonardo Crabai (Milan, Italy)Manuela de Lamare (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Rose Donohue (Maryland, US)Roberto Ignacio Flores Picazo (Mexico City, Mexico)Jonathan Derrick Gangadeen (New York, US)Anny Viana Gomes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Nicholas Graziano (Pennsylvania, US)Abderraouf Bennett Grissa (Pennsylvania, US)Eric Javier Hernández (Lima, Peru)Max Heumann (Santiago, Chile)Myra Johnson (Massachusetts, US)Joyce Kelly-Lefèvre (Dublin, Ireland)Henrike Pauline Anna Kresser (Munich, Germany)Jacob Lapidus (Maryland, US)Susan Lee (Wisconsin, US)Hui Ling Li (Yanji, China)Qiao Ya Li (Toronto, Canada)Qian Yi Lu (Shenzhen, China)Carolina Luciano (Quito, Ecuador)Meghan Elizabeth McCluskey ( Vienna, Austria)Rodney McKenzie Jr. (California, US)Alica Molito (Hanover, Germany)Alyssa Napier (New York, US)Lydia Louise Netterville (Louisiana, US)Luis Fernando Pérez Ruiz (Mexico City, Mexico)Michelle Raymond (Virginia, US)Jorge Riveros (Bogotá, Colombia)Tommaso Rocchi (Padova, Italy)Gabriela Rodriguez Bonilla (Villalba,Puerto Rico)Antoine Rousseau (Toulouse, France)James Shannon (Quebec, Canada)Martina Gabriela Verano (Manila, Philippines)Caitlin Williams (Georgia, US)Jimena Wu Crousillat (Lima, Peru)Jiang Nan Yi (Wuhan, China)
Class of 2020
Candidates for the Master of Music in Music Production, Technology, and Innovation
Master of Music in Music Production, Technology, and Innovation
Nasir Salaheddin AlBashir (Amman, Jordan)Mónica Andrade (Monterrey, México)Joey Angus (Manitoba, Canada)Vittorio Arno’ (Milan, Italy)Jamie Blake (Washington, US)Jeanne-Marie Brigitte Blanchard (Louisiana, US)Delia Bowman (Delaware, US)Destiny Carter (Kentucky, US)Wyatt Cmar (Massachusetts, US)Mirte de Vrieze (Nieuw-Buinen, The Netherlands)Kartikeya Dixit (Pune, India)Viraj Rajendra Gandhi (Louisiana, US)Yu Hao Gao (Beijing, China)David Gilmore (Wisconsin, US)Jacob Henbest (Arkansas, US)David-James Hughes Hepburn (Vermont, US)Kaneda Nicole Kimani (Nairobi, Kenya)Shakthi Prasad Kizhikki Thara (Kerala, India)Tatiana Lamela-Rabell (Puerto Rico, US)Pei Yue Lu (Chengdu, China)Ankit Malik (West Bengal, India)Kauner Michael (North Carolina, US)Lisa Murray (Gibbstown, Ireland)Sparsh Narang (Delhi, India)Christopher Nicolosi (New Jersey, US)Serin Oh (Ohio, US)Sharon Onyango-Obbo (Nairobi, Kenya)Daniel Osterstock (Utah, US)Keana Peery (California, US)Daniel Prophete (California, US)Nicolas Ramos Oliver (Santiago, Chile)Sean Robinson (Washington DC, US)Widline Sainvil (Florida, US)Giorgio Schipani (Varese, Italy)Selina-Marisa Schmalisch (Munich, Germany)Dylan Scott (California, US)Hoi Man Shek (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Miles Shipps (Michigan, US)Carlos Andrés Sierra Castrillón (Bogotá, Colombia)Melissa Silla (Florida, US)Kshitij Singh (Bhopal, India)Andrew Skinner (Georgia, US)Luigi Tasso (Beirut, Lebanon)Elizabeth Alice Teutsch (Illinois, US)Ryan Vazquez (Hawaii, US)Jorge Vidal (Texas, US)Kieran Wallace (Wisconsin, US)Lawrence Wood (Massachusetts, US)Gan Xu (Changchun, China)
Class of 2020
Candidates for the Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games
Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games
Aimee Jaqueline Alexander (Connecticut, US)Ivana Ancic (Belgrade, Serbia)Thomas Bingham (Saint Genis Pouilly, France)Yun Jung Choi (Seoul, South Korea)Christopher Gough (London, UK)Helen Hong (Shanghai, China)Mark Hull (Pennsylvania, US)William Gerhardt Isaacson (North Carolina, US)Sandy Jones (Massachusetts, US)Ssu-Han Liu (Taichung city, Taiwan)Lavender Looi (Malacca, Malaysia)Francisco Lorenzo Alonso (Madrid, Spain)Sanchit Malhotra (Washington, US)Yu Sze Melody Ng (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Alexander Nikoleit (Duisburg, Germany)Julia Owczarek (Dolnośląskie, Poland)Carlos Pérez Marín (Madrid, Spain)Steven Ross (Iowa, US)Rahul Shah (Ontario, Canada)Finnur Sveinbjarnarson (Reykjavik, Iceland)Claudia Torrente (Madrid, Spain)Lucie Treacher (Sutherland, Scotland)Lucía Vázquez Montenegro (Buenos Aires, Argentina)Alex Williams (Missouri, US)Luke Helder Williams (London, UK)En Hui Xia (Zhejiang, China)Jue Zhuang (Fujian, China)
Class of 2020
Candidates for the Post Master’s Fellowship
Post- Master’s Fellowship
Laura Blasco Llopis (Valencia, Spain)Luca Bordonaro (Sicily, Italy)Elena Díaz Mateo (Madrid, Spain)Dana Fakhoury (Beirut, Lebanon)Phui Kuan Kok (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)Malena Marcase (Missouri, US)Li-Ying Ooi (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)Claudia Marcela Rada (Ontario, Canada)Erin Kelleher Ragonese (Brooklyn, US)Saria Tourbah (Beirut, Lebanon)
2020
Program Directors and Faculty
Program Director,Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration)Magdalini Giannikou Program Director, Master of Arts in Global Entertainment and Music BusinessEmilien Moyon Program Director, Master of Music in Music Production, Technology, and InnovationPablo Munguía
Program Director, Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video GamesLucio Godoy
Program Director, Undergraduate and Summer ProgramsEnric Alberich
Faculty, 2020
Enric AlberichFabien AubryMatthew Aric BakerClara Barberá Devon BryantDaniel CastelarAlfons CondeJeanine CowenTano DariasPeter Dyson Tim FerroneAna FingerDaniel Flors Jon ForsythLaura Jean Gatzkiewicz MangonoMagdalini GiannikouStine Glismand Lucio Godoy Enrique Hernandis Sergio Jiménez LacimaTimotej KotnikAstrid Clara Maria KroonTsun Ju LinNacho Marco Lucas Martín Javier Martinez EscribaSergio Martínez Díaz Steffen MeisterVictor Mendoza Catalina MillánEmilien MoyonPablo MunguíaFederico Nathan
David NordlundAlf OlofssonPolo Ortí Vicente Ortiz GimenoPaul Pacifico Yoel PáezAlbert PalauSergi PalauAlexandre PerrinViktorija PilatovicGermán RamosOlga RománPerico SambeatIsrael SandovalAlbert SanzMarjorie ScheckerPablo SchullerMcKinley ShortPatrick Soria Mariano SteimbergFrancisco Suárez Liz Teutsch Miguel TitoJavier VercherMarta VerdeCristóbal Vogúmil Abellán de la RosaNevena VujosevicPierce Warnecke Joshua Wheatley Gary Willis Elysha ZaideMaría Zarza
Lila Downs, a multi-hyphenate whose talents include singer, songwriter, composer and actor, is quite simply one of the most influential artists in Latin America. With one of the world’s most singular and powerful voices, she is known for her charismatic and compelling stage presence and poignant storytelling.
Lila grew up in Minnesota and Oaxaca, Mexico—her mother is from the Mixtec indigenous group and was a cabaret singer, and her father was a Scottish-American art professor. This cross-cultural upbringing had an influence on her own compositional style. She’s at home combining genres and rhythms as diverse as Mexican rancheras and corridos, boleros, jazz standards, hip-hop, cumbia, and popular American music.
She is multi-lingual as well, with the ability to connect with audiences and transcend language barriers, singing in Spanish, English, and several native American languages such as Zapotec, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Mayan, and Purepecha.
Lila has garnered many accolades for her studio albums and numerous duets during her more than 25-year career, beginning with her 1994 debut, Ofrenda, through to her latest release, 2019’s Al Chile. She took home the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album in 2012 for Pecados Y Milagros, and has won five Latin Grammy Awards—including four in the Best Folk Album category.
While Lila’s most frequent collaborator is her husband, saxophonist and producer Paul Cohen—along with her longtime band La Misteriosa—her list of musical partners reads like a who’s who of contemporary music. She has worked with such diverse artists as Mercedes Sosa, Caetano Veloso, Juanes, Nora Jones, Juan Gabriel, Carlos Santana, Ry Cooder, Soledad, Aida Cuevas, Toto La Momposina, The Chieftans, and Enrique Bunbury.
Lila is also known as a passionate human rights activist, frequently focusing on social justice in the areas of immigration and women’s rights at a time when strong voices are needed more than ever. Her 2001 album Border/(La Linea) was inspired by and dedicated to Mexican migrant workers, and in 2016 she released the song “El Demagogo”/“The Demagogue,” sung in both English and Spanish, as part of the 30 Days 30 Songs initiative.
Lila’s immense talent has carried her to some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including performances at the Obama White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Academy Awards, and the Latin Grammy Awards. Lila has also expanded her reach to Hollywood, acting in several films, including Frida and Mariachi Gringo, and appearing on the soundtracks for Bobby Z, Real Women Have Curves, Hecho en Mexico, and Tortilla Soup, among others.
Lila Downs
María Martínez IturriagaExecutive Director
Clara BarberáDirector of Student Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion
Manuel CostaDirector of Institutional Affairs and Communications
Jeanine CowenInterim Dean of Academic Affairs
Simone PilonDean of Academic Affairs
Stine GlismandDirector of the International Career Center
Vicent PeralesDirector of Technology
Pilar VicenteDirector of Enrollment
Ester RuanoSenior Manager of Academic Affairs
Irene SanhermelandoSenior Manager of Human Resources
Pierluigi BarberisAcademic and Information Technology Manager
Ana CalvilloAdmissions and Scholarships Manager
Nerea EnguídanosFinance Manager
Mine ErkayaStudio Manager
Pablo GarcíaProduction Manager
Tsun-Ju LinManager of Academic Research and Learning Resources
Salvador RaposoOperations Manager
Sarah TynerEnrollment Technology Manager
Victor RodríguezSenior Coordinator of Information Technology and Campus Services
Maxwell WrightSenior Coordinator of International Career Center
Marisol ArcisOperations Coordinator
Nadine ButovaAdmissions Assistant Coordinator
Gerardo CampsFinance Coordinator
Laura CarrascoCommunications Assistant Coordinator
Ido GoldbergStudio Coordinator
Esteban GómezAcademic and Information Technology Coordinator
Esteban LullHuman Resources Coordinator
Hugo MaldonadoVideo Editor/Camera Operator
Andrea MarínEnrollment Marketing Coordinator
Berklee College of Music, Valencia Campus
Martina NarettoAcademic Affairs Coordinator
Jesús RodríguezProduction Operator
McKinley ShortInternational Career Center Coordinator
Maria Jesús VicentAcademic Affairs Coordinator
Andrea Almeida de MendoncaMusic Production Technology and Innovation Administrative Assistant
Guillermo EspertAcademic Technology Assistant
Álvaro MonrealAcademic Technology Assistant
Adolfo SuárezAcademic Technology Assistant
Rafael VicenteAcademic Technology Assistant
Roger H. BrownPresident
Deborah CavalierSenior Vice President of Online Learning and Continuing Education
Richard M. HiseySenior Vice President of Administrationand Finance / Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Melissa HoweChief of Staff
Cindy Albert LinkSenior Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Betsy NewmanSenior Vice President for Student Enrollment and Engagement
Panos A. PanaySenior Vice President for Global Strategy and Innovation
Lawrence J. SimpsonSenior Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost
Cathy YoungSenior Vice President and Executive Director, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Eileen AlvitiVice President of Human Resources
Katherine AndersonAssociate Vice President of Student Financial Services
Kevin AndersonAssistant Vice President for Facilities
Krystal BanfieldVice President, Education Outreach and Social Entrepreneurship
Carl BeattyAssistant Vice President of Artist and Music Industry Relations
Betsie BeckerAssistant Vice President for Global Program Development
Damien BrackenDean of Admissions
Jason CamelioAssistant Vice President, Global Initiatives
Robert ChambersAssociate Vice President for Community and Government Relations
Jeanine CowenInterim Dean of Academic Affairs, Valencia Campus
Alison DonnellyVice President of Finance
Kelly DownesChief Equity Officer and Title IX Coordinator
Lacretia Johnson FlashAssistant Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion
David GregoryVice President for Technology Resources
Kimberly HaackChief of Staff, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Darla S. HanleyDean of Professional Education Division
Stefanie HenningAssociate Vice President for Career and Digital Strategy
Executive Officers
Maureen HickieVice President for Real Estate
Cathy HornAssistant Vice President, Concert Operations
María Martínez IturriagaExecutive Director, Valencia Campus
Lori JohnsonAssociate Vice President and Dean of Student Advising and Success
Christopher JonesAssistant Vice President for Enterprise Technology Services
Christopher Kandus-FisherVice President for Student Affairs,Diversity and Inclusion
Sharon KramerDean of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Accreditation
S. Jay KennedyVice President for Academic Affairs/Vice Provost
Mike KingVice President of Enrollment Marketing and Management
Robert C. LagueuxAssociate Vice President, Academic Affairs
Mike MageeAssistant Vice President,Institutional Advancement
Michael MoyesAssistant Vice President of Enrollment Strategy and Operations
Tommy NeblettDean of Dance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Matthew NichollDean of Professional Writing and Music Technology Division
Carin NuernbergVice President of Academic Strategy
Christopher ReadeAssistant Vice President and Deanof Campus Life
Heather ReidDean of Learning Resources
Thomas P. Riley Vice President for External Affairs
Ron SavageDean of Professional Performance Division
Michael ShinnDean of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Jerry SmithAssistant Vice President, Academic Technology
Tony SulprizioAssistant Vice President, Technology Training and Support
Beverly TryonAssistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Andy VoresVice President for Academic Affairs, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Stephen W. WebberExecutive Director, Berklee NYC and Dean of Strategic Initiatives
Bob XavierAssistant Vice President of Systems, Networks and Information Security
Roger H. BrownPresident, Berklee College of Music
Susan WhiteheadBoard Chair; Vice Chair, Whitehead Institute
Jeff ShamesBoard Chair Emeritus; Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School of Management
Michael R. EisensonBoard Vice Cochair; Managing Director and Cochairman, Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC
Martin J. MannionBoard Vice Cochair, Senior Advisor and Former Managing Director with Summit Partners
G. Leonard Baker, Jr.Partner, Sutter Hill Ventures
Michael A. BrownDirector, Defense Innovation Unit, U.S.Defense Department
David ClemFounder and Managing Partner, Lyme Properties
John ConnaughtonComanaging Partner, Bain Capital LLC
Cynthia K. CurmeTrustee, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Emilio EstefanGrammy-Winning Producer
Gloria EstefanGrammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter
Francesca Frederick B.F.A. ‘16Senior Manager of Visitor Services, Paley Center for Media
David Gross-LohManaging Director, Bain Capital
Josh Gruss ’97 CEO/Chairman, Round Hill Music
Thomas M. HagertyManaging Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners
Charles HirschhornPresident, AEG/AXS TV LLC
Steven HoltzmanStrategic Advisor and Former CEO,Decibel Therapeutics
Bill KaiserPartner, Greylock Partners
B.J KrintzmanLawyer, Law Offices of B.J. Krintzman
Sara Lawrence-LightfootEmily Hargroves Fisher Endowed Chair, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee)Vice Chairwoman of CJ Group
Demond MartinPartner, Adage Capital Management
Carla Martinez ‘13Performer, Educator, and Choreographer
Jane L. MendilloRetired President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Management Company
Frederick T. MillerPresident, The Chatham Group, Inc.
Peter MullerFounder and CEO, PDT Partners
Robert S. Murley Vice Chairman / Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse; Chairman of Investment Banking in the Americas
Board of Trustees
Anthony PangaroReal Estate Developer, Millenium Partners - Boston
Snow QinVice President,Y&J Petroleum Services
Alex RigopulosChief Creative Officer, Harmonix
Steve RuchefskyExecutive Chairman, MDSolarSciences
David Scott SloanPartner, Holland & Knight
Darius SidebothamFinancial Advisor, AB Bernstein,Private Wealth Management
Susan SolomontSenior Advisor, The Philanthropic Initiative
Beth Carillo Thomas ‘10Managing Director of Bain Capital Real Estate
Tarik WardDirector of Music Programs,the ELMA Philanthropies Services
Marillyn ZacharisCochair, ArtsEmerson
Barry ZubrowPresident, ITB LLC
Vivian C. Beard
J. Scott Benson
Patricia Casale
William M. Davis
Mike Dreese
William E. Falconer
Allan T. McLean
Craigie Zildjian
Herb Alpert
Lee Eliot Berk, President Emeritus
David Friend
Quincy Jones
George Wein
Trustees Emeriti
Global Ambassadors
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