Honoring the Class of 2020 | MSU College of Music Virtual Commencement

This virtual ceremony celebrates the achievements of all undergraduate and graduate students earning degrees from the Michigan State University College of Music.

The college postponed its May 2 in-person commencement due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The virtual event does not replace an in-person ceremony, and members of the Class of 2020 will be invited to participate in a future in-person commencement.

Program

Music – :07
Send One Your Love
by Stevie Wonder, arr. by Mike Tomaro
MSU Jazz Orchestra I
Rodney Whitaker, conductor

Welcome – 7:24
James B. Forger, Dean

Music – 9:00
America the Beautiful
by Samuel Ward and Katherine Lee Bates
Daniel Dade, baritone
Gabriel Moreau, piano

Senior Class Address – 10:26
Brandon Rose, Jazz Studies

Faculty Postcards #1 – 15:57

Awards and Recognitions
David Rayl, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research – 18:21
Michael Kroth, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Operations – 19:52

Faculty Postcards #2 – 22:03

Awards and Recognitions
Rodney Whitaker, Director of Diversity and Inclusion – 24:19

Faculty Postcards #3 – 27:07

Music – 28:54
Étude Op. 10, No. 1
by Frédéric Chopin
Jingyu Xu, piano

Presentation of bachelor’s and master’s candidates and conferral of degrees – 31:01

Faculty Postcards #4 – 40:56

Presentation of DMA and PhD candidates and conferral of degrees – 43:05

Faculty Postcards #4 – 50:23

Closing remarks – 52:43
James B. Forger, Dean

Music – 53:46
MSU Shadows
by Bernard Traynor
2020 College of Music graduates

Music – 55:42
Victory for MSU
by Francis Irving Lankey and Arthur Sayles
MSU Wind Symphony
Kevin Sedatole, conductor

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