Commencement 2020 Prizes

Congratulations to these graduates who were honored with special prizes as part of Juilliard's 115th commencement ceremony. The program for the ceremony, which includes the list of departmental and career services prizes, can be found here.

Richard F. French Doctoral Prize
Pianist Duanduan Hao (dissertation: “L’Ange du Cocasse, Monsieur Croche, and the Velvet Gentleman: The Humorous Aspects in Solo Piano Music of Emmanuel Chabrier, Claude Debussy, and Erik Satie”) and organist Patrick Wayne Kreeger (“Impressions of Spirituality and Mortality in the First Set of Brahms’ Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: A Final Outlook on the Divine”)

John Erskine Prize
Horn player Lee Cyphers and pianist and composer Tengku Ahmad Irfan

Martha Hill Prize
Dancer Sarah Pippin

Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize
Actor Mary Cavett

Peter Mennin Prize
Jazz bassist Philip Burn Norris and pianist Derek Wang

William Schuman Prize
Horn player Hannah Miller and pianist Anna Han

Joseph W. Polisi Prize
Soprano Jaylyn Elaine Simmons, dancer Treyden Chiaravalloti, and actor Jalen Coleman

Follow the growth of the 280 young artists who graduated this year in The Graduates’ Journey