Summer 2025 Commencement Program
Summer 2025 Commencement Ceremony
College of Music & Dramatic Arts
Friday, August 15th, 2025
9:00am
LSU Maravich Assembly Center
Summer 2025 Graduating Class
Undergraduate Degrees
Sydney E. Sanchez
Film and Television
Graduate Degrees
Please note that graduate degrees are officially conferred by the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School.
Daniel Daigle
Acting
Marina Deyoe-Pedraza
Acting
Craig Ester
Acting
Maura McErlean
Acting
Emmanuela Wade
Acting
Devin Gilbreath
Woodwind Performance
Monograph: Tracing the Evolution of Viet Cuong’s Compositional Voice
Sijing Guo
Collaborative Keyboard
Portfolio: Art Song as a Vehicle for Developing Musicianship andCollaborative Skills in Intermediate
to Advanced Young Pianists: A Guide with Suggested Repertoire
Zi-Yun Luo
String Performance
Monograph: The Legacy of Auguste Franchomme: Pedagogical Analysis and Performance Practice for
the “Twelve Caprices Opus. 7 for Cello Solo”
Ronald Rodriguez
Piano Performance
Monograph: The Application of Syncopated Rhythms in the Development of Sight-Reading Skills for
Non-keyboard College Music Majors
Yuiba Shin
Vocal Performance
Monograph: Selected Bird-Themed Chamber Works for Coloratura Soprano, Flute, and Piano
Maria Thomas
Vocal Performance
Monograph: A Performance Guide to Christos Hatzis’s Songs on Poems by Sappho
For a full list of LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts faculty and staff, please visit our college directory.
The appearance of a name in this program is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive. Students whose names are listed more than once in this program are receiving multiple degrees. The names of some students may not be listed in this program due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Because of printing deadlines, honors designations may not be accurate.