Undergraduates
Music Majors
The department celebrates twenty-one music majors in 2025, including many double and triple majors: Annika Currie, Adam Dixon (Sociology), Jack Dobosh (Economics), Delia Ferry (Computer Science, Psychology), Hannah Friedman, Destini-Joy Green (Information Science), Joseph Johnson (Computer Science), Zeke Lawrence, Ivy Lin (Economics), Sasha Loayza (Computer Science), Sarah Grace Lynch, Matthew Manevitz, Jonathan Charles Mong (Government), Katiana E. Montero-Valdez, Adedayo Rhuday Perkovich (Africana Studies), Summer Emily Seward (Government, Sociology), Flan Sheahan (Biology & Society), Anson Tran (English), Anthony Washington (Anthropology), Dean Zhang (Biological Sciences, Computer Science), George Zou (Computer Science)
Music Minors
Thirteen students earned a Music Minor this year, demonstrating their commitment to engage with musical theories, materials, and techniques, the study of music in history and culture, and performance while continuing studies in their major. Some were constant members of our ensembles, some were solo performers, and some engaged through music and sound studies or composition.
We congratulate our minors of 2025: PJ Brown, Miles Dhalwala, Kai Ellis, Jonathan Indajang, Masha Kobin, Audrey Liu, Ian Miller, Omeed Moini, Freya Nangle, Cedric Orton-Urbina, Meg Pardee, Connor Stroth, Fiona Sun
Graduates
We congratulate our recent graduates with the following degrees conferred:
Laura Raquel Cetilia - DMA Composition
Thomas Cressy - PhD Music and Sound Studies
Thomas Tianliang Feng - DMA Performance
Sean Louis Peters - PhD Music and Sound Studies
Theodora Serbanescu-Martin - PhD Music and Sound Studies
Rafael Torralvo da Silva - PhD Music and Sound Studies
Student Prizes
The Ellen Gussman Adelson Prize, which rewards and encourages outstanding Cornell students excelling in instrumental music performance, went to Jack Dobosh, Hannah Friedman, and Derek Thompson.
The John James Blackmore Prize, which assists undergraduate and graduate students studying music, was awarded to Claire Wang, Thomas Feng, Jack Yarbrough, Anthony Washington, and Olivia Penick.
The H.A. Falconer Memorial Scholarship, which assists talented undergraduates in studying voice, went to Seamus Gillis.
The Otto R. Stahl Memorial Award, which honors a graduate composer for excellent work, went to James Parker.
The Barbara Troxell Vocal Music Award, for outstanding vocal students who evidence professional musical interests, went to Alice Roberts and Summer Seward.
The Donald J. Grout Memorial Prize, for recognition of exceptional dissertations, went to Thomas Cressy and Morton Wan.
