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The UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance held its annual Convocation on May 3 - in person after two years on Zoom - to honor its music scholarship award winners and graduates. The winning students are listed below, and the event program can be viewed here.

Hosted by department chair Salvatore Macchia, the Convocation included a performance by clarinetist Jonathan Decker, last year's Theodore Presser Scholar, of the first movement of Schumann's Fantasiestuck, Op. 73, along with Nikki Stoia, piano. The Student Speaker for the Class of 2022 was M.M. recipient in Orchestral Conducting Britney Alcine.

The Dance Program's Senior Recognition Event took place that same evening and featured guest speaker Michele Byrd-McPhee, street dance activist and founder/Executive Director of Ladies of Hip-Hop; Dance Program director Tom Vacanti hosted the event. The honored dance graduates were Camrie Baams, Madeline Canavan, Jade Farrell, Emma Garber, Hannah Lieberman, Kayla Reid, Stephanie Schramm and Katya Taylor.

This year's music scholarship award winners are:

Theodore Presser Scholar Award: Rachel Hertz

Howard Lebow Memorial Scholarship: Juan Tovar

Fletcher Henderson Memorial / Max Roach Scholarship: Molly Plaisted & Matthew Padula

Russell E. & Janet R. Falvey Scholarship: Maya Powe

Ornest Undergraduate Award: Crystal Curran, Eliza Howells, Justin McArthur, Matt Taylor & Hannah White

Philip Bezanson Graduate Voice Award: Victor Bento & Pietro Pizzatto

Eugenie M. May Piano Award: Jess Larsen

Julian Olevsky Memorial Award in Violin: Christopher Bolduc

Laura Klock Award in Horn: Courtney Brennan

Lynn Klock Award in Saxophone: Zoe Stinson

Susan Cunningham Campbell Outstanding Freshman Award: Christian Bearse

Susan Cunningham Campbell Outstanding Sophomore Award: Maya Powe

Friends of Music Senior Award: Zoe Stinson