On May 5, 2012 DMA student Jessica Ducharme presented her first degree recital. The program was as follows:

• Carlos Salzédo – Piece Concertante
• Dimitri Shostakovich – Four Preludes, trans. Ostrander
• Johannes Brahms – Vier ernste Gesänge
• Gustav Mahler – Adagietto
• Ming-ching Chiu – Two Dragons (with Daniel Spencer, horn; Kathryn Wohlman, tuba)

Casey Rafn assisted on piano for the first four pieces on the program.