Goodbye, Class of 2022!

Graduating class of 2022

On Sunday, May 22, the ISM presented its newest graduates with their ISM certificates at a banquet in the Old Refectory at YDS. It was the first such gathering in three years and filled with an even fuller measure of joy.

Prizes and Scholarships

  • The Hugh Giles Prize | Moe Graviet and C Han
  • The Hugh Porter Prize | EmmaRae Carroll and Jake Cunliffe
  • The Edwin Stanley Seder Prize | Carolyn Craig and Elizabeth Searcy
  • The Margot Fassler Prize in the Performance of Sacred Music | Benjamin Ferriby and Patrick McGill
  • The Aidan Kavanagh Achievement Prize | Madison Blonquist and Manuel Piazza
  • The Director’s Prize (best Colloquium presentation) | Nilaya Knafo (solo presentation) and Clare Byrne & Patrick McGill (team presentation)
  • The Richard Paul DeLong Prize | Gloria Yin
  • The Liturgical Studies Prize | Jenny Smith
  • The John Cook Prize | Clare Kemmerer
  • The Faculty Prize | Alexandra Dreher
  • Students’ Choice for Best Colloquium Presentation | Nilaya Knafo (solo presentation) and Ben Bond, Sydney Mukasa & Elizabeth Searcy (team presentation)
  • ISM Community Award | Jake Cunliffe and Alexandra Dreher

  • The Robert Baker Scholarship | Isaac Lee
  • The Mary Baker Scholarship in Organ Accompanying | Noah Klein
  • The Hugh Porter Scholarship | Yiran Zhao
  • The E. Stanley Seder Scholarship | Ryan Rogers
  • The Louise E. MacLean Scholarship | Kalvin Cummings
  • The Dominique de Menil Scholarship | Meredith Noorda

Students

  • C.E. AARON  Master of Arts in Religion 
  • MADISON YVONNE BLONQUIST  Master of Arts in Religion
  • BENJAMIN BOND  Master of Divinity
  • EMMARAE KING CARROLL  Master of Arts in Religion
  • HON LAM TEDDY CHENG  Master of Music
  • CAROLYN ANN CRAIG  Master of Musical Arts
  • JACOB CUNLIFFE  Master of Divinity
  • ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH DREHER  Master of Arts in Religion
  • BENJAMIN BAE STACKHOUSE FERRIBY  Master of Music
  • ETHAN MARK HAMAN  Master of Musical Arts
  • MATTHEW ALEXANDER INGWERSEN  Master of Music
  • CLARE FRANCES KEMMERER  Master of Arts in Religion
  • NILAYA SARAH KNAFO  Master of Arts in Religion
  • ABIGAIL DOROTHEA KROMMINGA  Master of Arts in Religion
  • MICHAEL JAMES CLIFTON LUKIN  Master of Music
  • PATRICK GEORGE McGILL  Master of Musical Arts
  • SYDNEY TENDO SSEMPA MUKASA  Master of Music
  • MANUEL GIOVANNI PIAZZA  Master of Music
  • KYLER SCHUBKEGEL  Master of Arts in Religion
  • ELIZABETH HOLLAND SEARCY  Master of Divinity
  • JENNY CLAIRE SMITH  Master of Arts in Religion
  • CHRISTINE SIMMONS STANG  Master of Divinity
  • MAURA ELIZABETH TUFFY  Master of Musical Arts
  • NATHANIEL M. WIDELITZ  Doctor of Musical Arts (expected 2026)
  • GLORIA ENLIN YIN  Master of Music