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The Inaugural Convocation

Musical Prelude
Voluntary William Walond (1725-1770)
Transcribed by Verne Reynolds
Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 12
   Adagio non troppo; Allegro non tardante
   Canzonetta: Allegretto
   Andante espressivo
   Molto allegro e vivace
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Arranged by Reynolds
Overture Pieter Hellandaal (1721–1799)
Arranged by Reynolds
Procession

The audience is requested to stand for the procession and to remain standing until the Platform Party is seated.

Canzon Gallicam Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Transcribed by Reynolds
Rondeau Jean Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
Transcribed by Robert King
March Hellendaal
Transcribed by Reynolds
Invocation

Reverend Laurie Tiberi
Chaplain, Protestant Chapel Community

Words of Welcome
From the students Matt Goldblatt ’06
Students’ Association President
From the faculty Nicholas Bigelow
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Physics, Professor of Optics
From the alumni Kim Dyce Faucette ’89, ’90W (MS), ’97W (MS), ’05W (EdD)
Remarks and Investiture

G. Robert Witmer, Jr. ’59
Chairman, University Board of Trustees

Conferring of Honorary Awards and Degrees

William A. Peck, Hutchison Medal
Former Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs,
Washington University in St. Louis

Lee C. Bollinger, Doctor of Laws
President, Columbia University

Amy Gutmann, Doctor of Laws
President, University of Pennsylvania

John Sexton, Doctor of Laws
President, New York University

Performance
Quaerere et Invenire Robert Morris (b. 1943)
(World premiere, commissioned for this inaugural event)
Nelita True, piano, and the Eastman Chamber Winds, Mark Scatterday, conductor
Inaugural Address

President Joel Seligman

Alma Mater
The Genesee Audience led by members of the Midnight Ramblers,
Yellowjackets, and Vocal Point
Words by T. T. Swinburne, Class of 1892
Music by Herve D. Wilkins, Class of 1866
Recession
Canzon Aechiopicam Scheidt

Musical selections (with exception of the world premiere) performed by the Eastman Brass